Tagged: unicorns

May 6, 2026 @ 4:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PitchBook has pointed out that when Aileen Lee first used the term “unicorn” in 2013, it described a rare breed of venture-backed startups valued at $1 billion or more—fewer than 40 existed then. By the end of Q1 2026, the global unicorn population has swelled… Read More

September 1, 2025 @ 8:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, the artificial intelligence (AI) sector has witnessed an unprecedented surge in innovation, investment, and valuation growth. According to a recent report by CB Insights, 100 AI startups have achieved unicorn status—private companies valued at $1 billion or… Read More

March 14, 2025 @ 5:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Artificial intelligence or AI is the new hotness as everyone rushes to get a piece of the action. While more and more firms are leveraging the technology, AI remains in its infancy, with predictions of greatness still largely unrealized. This is not the only time… Read More

December 13, 2024 @ 8:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nearly 1 in 2 new unicorns is an AI company, according to an extensive update from CBInsights. CBInsights has reportedly examined every billion-dollar startup around the globe and breaks down what they think are emerging “areas of opportunity.” As noted in the research report from… Read More

December 7, 2024 @ 2:18 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Blockchain Coinvestors, a blockchain venture fund-of-funds and co-investment program with a combined portfolio of more than 1,250 such enterprises and projects (including more than 110 blockchain unicorns) this week unveiled its bi-annual Meet the Blockchain Unicorns, a comprehensive list of unicorns – including private enterprises… Read More

October 6, 2024 @ 6:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PitchBook has shared an extensive update that takes a closer look at European Unicorns (firms / startups valued at $1 billion or more). PitchBook recently shared the following key insights and takeaways from their comprehensive research report: Critical / important questions emerge, as 54% of… Read More

July 20, 2024 @ 5:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain Coinvestors, a blockchain venture fund-of-funds and co-investment program with a combined portfolio of more than 1,250 blockchain enterprises and projects, including 95 blockchain unicorns, announced its bi-annual Meet the Blockchain Unicorns report which includes the most comprehensive list of blockchain unicorns globally – “including… Read More

June 23, 2024 @ 7:55 pm By Michael Wong  |  

India’s fintech sector is making significant strides, with the future unicorns currently valued at $58 billion, marking a 1.8% increase from the previous year. The latest ASK Private Wealth Hurun India Future Unicorn Index 2024, released by the Hurun Research Institute, showcases notable advancements and… Read More

March 26, 2024 @ 8:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The world’s 1,229 unicorn companies, which are businesses valued at $1 billion or more, have been closely examined in an extensive update shared by CBInsights. CBInsights has looked at every billion-dollar startup around the globe and profiled the fastest-growing unicorn markets in the fast-evolving digital… Read More

February 27, 2024 @ 1:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

Private securities marketplace EquityZen has issued a report that notes 28% of unicorns are now trading at less than $1 billion. These former unicorns have been impacted by the overall decline in markets as well as a stumbling economy, which has impacted valuations and access… Read More

June 9, 2023 @ 4:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

James Watt’s ‘The Next Unicorn’ project, where he has linked up with Crowdcube in order to find the next “beast,” has provided Basket with £250,000 in funding, according to a report in Tech.eu. Basket is a tech startup established by Lex Deak and William Neill…. Read More

August 14, 2021 @ 6:09 pm By Priyanka Pani  |  

US-based venture capital firm Craft Ventures has announced its latest $1.12 billion funds for SaaS and Marketplace founders. The fund is divided into Craft Ventures III ($612 million) and Craft Ventures Growth I ($510 million), bringing Craft’s total assets under management at $2 billion. The… Read More

August 4, 2021 @ 3:06 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

GlobalData believes it has a good idea of who the next blockchain unicorns will be. The company used its Unicorn Prediction Model to produce a list of 25 startups with the potential to exceed a $1 billion valuation. GlobaData looked to its scorecard of 10,000… Read More

June 8, 2021 @ 9:37 pm By Priyanka Pani  |  

American venture capital fund Tiger Global has been on the prowl for Fintech startups worldwide. The investment firm has recently invested around $30 million in Briq, a Fintech platform for the construction industry, as per a TechCrunch report. With this, Briq has raised a total… Read More

January 4, 2021 @ 6:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore-based iSTOX, a blockchain-powered digitized securities platform, has revealed that it has listed a unicorn fund in digitized securities form, enabling the issuance of security tokens where manual processes may be automated and minimum investment ticket sizes to be reduced to $20,000. This move should… Read More

February 23, 2020 @ 3:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

In 2019, there were $34.5 billion in 1,913 Fintech deals around the world a decline of 15% versus 2018 – a year that benefited from Ant Financial’s huge $14 billion deal.  If you choose to ignore Ant, part of Alibaba, then 2019 would be a… Read More

November 9, 2019 @ 5:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore has been ranked number one in Asia and eighth worldwide when it comes to innovation and embracing the latest technologies. Singapore is also recognized as one of the world leaders in key sectors including Fintech,  engineering, manufacturing, healthcare, biomedical sciences, urban solutions and sustainability,… Read More

July 23, 2015 @ 11:55 am By JD Alois  |  

KPMG and CB Insights have released a quarterly report on global VC funding and according to their data VC backed companies are booming.  In Q2 alone over $32 billion went toward 1819 deals.  This pushed VC funding globally to almost $60 billion. If you compare… Read More