

These young companies, only nine years old on average, are the world’s most exciting startups, leading a new generation of disruptive technology and attracting the world’s top young talent. Hurun Report Chairman and Chief Researcher Rupert Hoogewerf said: “We have found 586 unicorns in the world. Of the drop-offs, 30 were because they went public or were acquired and 20 saw their valuation drop below US$1bn. There were 142 ‘new faces’ and 50 drop-offs. The total value of all known unicorns in the world is US$1.9tn, equivalent to the GDP of Italy.Ĩ9 unicorns saw their valuations rise, 23 saw their valuations drop. 5% were in traditional sectors, with the majority disrupting financial services, retail, entertainment, business management solutions, healthcare, logistics and automobile.
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On average, they were set up nine years ago, with 80% selling software and services and 60% consumer-facing. Hurun Research found 586 unicorns in the world, based in 29 countries and 145 cities. Valuations are a snapshot of 31 March 2020. This report includes the Hurun Best Unicorn Investors in the World 2020, a ranking of the 100 most successful unicorn investors. This is the second year of the list and follows on from six quarterly Hurun China Unicorn Indices. (4 August 2020, Suzhou, China, Mumbai, India and Oxford, UK) The Hurun Research Institute, in association with Suzhou New District from East China, today released the Hurun Global Unicorn Index 2020, a ranking of the world’s start-ups founded in the 2000s, worth at least a billion dollars and not yet listed on a public exchange. TOTAL VALUE OF ALL KNOWN UNICORNS IN WORLD US$1.9 TRILLION HILLHOUSE AND ACCEL BROKE INTO TOP 10 FOR THE FIRST TIMEĩ43 CO-FOUNDERS OF WORLD’S UNICORNS, AVERAGE AGE 42ģ3 UNICORNS FOUNDED WITHIN 3 YEARS, AVERAGE AGE 9YRSĨ0% SELL SOFTWARE AND SERVICES, 20% PHYSICAL PRODUCTSġ8 OF 20 SPIN-OFFS FROM LARGE CHINESE COMPANIES, LED BY ALIBABA AND JDĪFRICA HAS ONE UNICORN: NIGERIA-BASED PAYMENTS GATEWAY INTERSWITCH WORTH US$1BN. SEQUOIA WORLD’S MOST SUCCESSFUL UNICORN INVESTOR, INVESTING INTO ONE IN FIVE OF THE WORLD’S UNICORNS, FOLLOWED BY TENCENT, SOFTBANK AND IDG. OTHERS INCLUDE SAAS 53, SHARED ECONOMY 33 AND HEALTH TECH 28īIGGEST LOSERS: JUUL LABS AND WEWORK, DOWN US$36BN AND US$27BN USA AND CHINA ADDED 30 AND 21 UNICORNS IN THE PAST YEAR, EQUIVALENT TO THE NUMBER OF UNICORNS IN INDIA OR UKįINANCIAL SERVICES AND RETAIL SECTORS MOST DISRUPTED BY UNICORNS, FOLLOWED BY MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT, BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS, HEALTHCARE, LOGISTICS AND AUTOMOBILESĮ-COMMERCE LED WITH 89 UNICORNS, FOLLOWED BY AI (EG AUTONOMOUS DRIVING AND FACIAL RECOGNITION) AND FINTECH (EG PAYMENT SOLUTIONS) WITH 63 EACH. NO UNICORNS: ITALY, RUSSIA, MEXICO AND HOLLAND LARGEST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD BY GDP WITHOUT A UNICORN SAN FRANCISCO-BASED PAYMENTS PLATFORM STRIPE BIGGEST GAINER, ADDING US$13BN AND 5 PLACES TO 5TH PLACEĩ OF TOP 10 CITIES ARE IN CHINA AND USA, WITH LONDON THE ONLY OTHER CITY IN TOP 10 SPACEX, WHICH JUST SUCCESSFULLY DELIVERED TWO ASTRONAUTS TO THE ISS, FIFTH IN WORLD, WORTH US$36BN WORLD’S TOP THREE UNICORNS FROM CHINA: ANT GROUP US$150BN, ON BACK OF SHANGHAI AND HK IPO PLAN, BYTEDANCE UP US$5BN TO US$80BN, DESPITE RECENT US GOVT THREAT TO TIKTOK, AND TAXI-HAILING APP DIDI CHUXING US$55BN NEW TO TOP 10: BEIJING-BASED VIDEO-SHARING APP KUAISHOU UP US$10BN, HANGZHOUBASED PARCEL TRACKER CAINIAO UP US$8BN AND PALO ALTO-BASED DATA MINER PALANTIR UP US$11BN INDIANS FOUNDED A FURTHER 40 UNICORNS OUTSIDE INDIA, CHINESE FOUNDED FURTHER 16 OUTSIDE CHINA. UK AND INDIA THIRD AND FOURTH WITH 24 AND 21 USA LEADS CHINA BY 233 TO 227, MAKING UP 79% OF WORLD’S UNICORNS HURUN RESEARCH FINDS 586 UNICORNS IN WORLD, UP 92
