![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The UK was fourth with 13, led by health and beauty online retailing platform The Hut Group (US$5bn). India was third with 21 unicorns, led by payments solutions platform One97 Communications (US$10bn), cab aggregator Ola Cabs (US$6bn), online educator Byju’s (US$6bn), and travel-stay finder OYO Rooms (US$5bn). China pipped the USA to lead by 206 versus 203, together accounting for over 80% of the world’s unicorns. The world’s unicorns are based in only 24 countries around the world, spread around 118 cities. The rest of the world needs to wake up to creating an environment that allows unicorns to flourish in.” “China and the USA dominate with over 80% of the world’s known unicorns, despite representing only half of the world’s GDP and a quarter of the world’s population. These young companies, only seven years old on average, are the world’s most exciting start-ups, leading a new generation of disruptive technology.” The Hurun Global Unicorn List 2019 is designed to inspire entrepreneurship amongst wannabe entrepreneurs and encourage investors. Hurun Report Chairman and Chief Researcher Rupert Hoogewerf said: “We have found just under 500 unicorns in the world. Set up seven years ago on average, they are worth US$3.4bn on average and US$1.7tn in total. Hurun Research found 494 unicorns in the world, based in 24 countries and 118 cities. Valuations are a snapshot of 30 June 2019. This is the first year of the list, and follows on from the 6 th quarterly Hurun China Unicorn Index. The Hurun Research Institute released last October the inaugural Hurun Global Unicorn List 2019 , a ranking of the world’s billion-dollar tech ‘start-ups’ founded in the 2000s and not yet listed on a public exchange. TOTAL VALUE OF ALL KNOWN UNICORNS IN THE WORLD US$1.7 TRILLION OTHERS INCLUDE TENCENT, SOFTBANK, TIGER, IDG, GOLDMAN SACHS AND ALIBABA. SEQUOIA WORLD’S MOST SUCCESSFUL INVESTOR INTO UNICORNS, BEING A KEY INVESTOR IN ONE IN FIVE OF THE WORLD’S UNICORNS. OTHER SECTORS INCLUDE EDTECH, E-CARS, BLOCKCHAIN, 3D PRINTING, SPACE TECH AND ROBOTICS UNICORNS IN AI SECTOR 40, SHARED ECONOMY 22, LIFE SCIENCES 18. WORLD’S TOP THREE UNICORNS FROM CHINA: ANT FINANCIAL US$150BN, BYTEDANCE US$75BN AND DIDI CHUXING US$55BNĮ-COMMERCE AND FINTECH LEAD WITH 68 AND 56 UNICORNS, FOLLOWED BY CLOUD 44 HURUN RESEARCH FINDS 494 UNICORNS IN WORLDĬHINA LEADS USA BY 206 TO 203, MAKING UP 83% OF WORLD’S UNICORNS. ![]()
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