When looking at unicorn exits between 2006 and November 2022, the United States and China accounted for the vast majority of them. Unicorns in the world of venture capital are companies that are valued at over one billion U.S. dollars or over. If that company subsequently goes public or is acquired, it is no longer referred to as a unicorn. When a Unicorn company does one of these two things, it is called an exit.
Since the term unicorn was coined in 2013, the number of unicorns globally has grown massively, with the majority headquartered in North America and Asia Pacific.
Number of unicorn exits through initial public offerings (IPOs) and acquisition worldwide as of November 2022, by country
A unicorn company is a privately owned startup that has a current valuation of one billion U.S. dollars or over. Once a company has gone public (IPO) or has been acquired it is no longer termed as a unicorn.
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