91 Global Startups Are Now Unicorns Worth $1 Billion or More

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91 global startup are now unicorn

By Larry Kim

More companies outside of the U.S. are reaching unicorn status at a quicker pace than ever before.

Membership in the Unicorn Club is exploding. These unicorns, or startup companies valued at more than a billion dollars, are increasingly based outside of the U.S.

In fact, nearly half of the 193 current members of the unicorn club (with a total cumulative valuation of $665 billion) are based outside of the U.S., according to data from CB Insights, a venture capital and angel investment database.

“Thirty-seven percent of all companies (current and past unicorns) that achieved a $1B+ valuation in 2014 were based outside the U.S.,” according to CB Insights. “The following year, 53 percent of all the companies that reached unicorn status that year were based outside of the U.S. In 2016, that number increased again to 58 percent. So far in 2018, there have been 11 companies added to the global unicorn club; 8 are based outside of the U.S.

China, with 46, has the most unicorn startups. In fact, China has more unicorns than all the other countries combined. China is also home to the five most valuable startups (Xiaomi, Didi Chuxing, China Internet Plus, Lu.com, and Toutiao), according to CB Insights.

India is the closest rival to China, with 9 unicorns, followed by the UK with 8; Germany with 4; and South Korea with 3.

Five countries each have two startups that reached the unicorn level: France, Israel, Singapore, Sweden and Switzerland.

Ten other countries made the list, adding one unicorn each to the list: Argentina, Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, Indonesia, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Nigeria, and South Africa.

Here’s a map from CB Insights showing all the international unicorns:

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About The Author

Larry Kim is the CEO of Mobile Monkey and founder of WordStream. You can connect with him on TwitterFacebookLinkedIn and Instagram

source: medium.com