A unicorn refers to a privately held startup company valued at over $1 billion. The term was coined in 2013 by venture capitalist Aileen Lee, choosing the mythical animal to represent the statistical ...

Funding season is about to restart in Europe after the summer lull, and if all goes well, it will be counting new unicorns in dozens — plural. While mega-rounds are less common than they were in 2021, ...

Over the last decade, the word unicorn has become synonymous with venture capital: billion-dollar valuations, massive funding rounds, and founders who often lose ...

Warfighting software delivery startup Defense Unicorns Inc. said today it has raised $136 million in a new funding round that pushes its valuation past the $1 billion mark, making it an official ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When it comes to unicorns or private companies valued at $1 billion or more, Colorado has become a breeding ground. But until recently, it has lacked the ...

In 2025, the momentum held steady as six more startups – Netradyne, Porter, Drools, Fireflies.ai, Jumbotail and Dhan – entered the unicorn club With this, India is now home to 125 unicorns, which have ...

• Unicorns cluster hard in a few metros, especially the Bay Area and NYC, and city lines often fail to describe where companies actually live and hire. • Seed funding hasn’t “corrected” in recent ...

January was such a long month that it has already brought us five fresh European unicorns: from Belgium to Ukraine, several tech startups raised funding at valuations above the $1 billion threshold.