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586 startup unicorns in the world

E-commerce, Fintech, AI and SaaS are top 4 core competence sectors of world’s unicorns, making up 45.9% of the sectoral universe of these unicorns

Sequoia is the world’s most successful investor in unicorns, being a key investor in 1/5 of the world’s unicorns. Others include Tencent, Softbank, Tiger, IDG, Goldman Sachs, and Alibaba

On average, set up 9 years ago, with 80% selling services and 60% consumer-facing

The total value of all known unicorns in the world is $1.8tn, equivalent to the GDP of Italy

Of the 61 unicorns founded by Indians, a massive 2/3 are based outside of India, predominately Silicon Valley in the USA, whilst only 21 are based in India

By city, Beijing is the world’s unicorn capital with 93, ahead of San Francisco with 68 and followed by Shanghai, New York, Shenzhen and Hangzhou.

As a region, Silicon Valley leads the world with 122 or 21% of the world’s unicorns

Top countries and cities where the world’s unicorns are based

Source: Harun

Assistant Product Manager at IndiaMART

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