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The results are very different by market cap though. Half of the value on the list came from 2009 alone (Stripe and Airbnb). (Obviously it takes a while to be
by nostromo 8y ago
The results are very different by market cap though. Half of the value on the list came from 2009 alone (Stripe and Airbnb). (Obviously it takes a while to become a unicorn.) Here's the sum of the unicorn market caps by year:
2005 1b
2006 (none)
2007 11
2008 5
2009 50
2010 2
2011 (none)
2012 10
2013 6
2014 16
2015 1
2016 1
2017 1
- savrajsingh 8y agoalso of note, there was an economic crisis in 2009, which is also the year with the highest current market cap (it was super hard to raise a round of any size at that time)
- jedc 8y agoYou can see the progression of # of companies per class and how much they raised here - https://seed-db.com/accelerators/view?acceleratorid=1011 https://seed-db.com/accelerators/view?acceleratorid=1011