The race to back the next generation of billion-dollar startups accelerated last year as the stable of unicorn startups ...

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, ...

The defense sector keeps getting hotter, minting a record number of unicorns with skyrocketing valuations this year. Are we in an iron bubble? Investment activity this year has created a record number ...

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

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 ...

• 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 ...