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A “unicorn” is a privately owned startup valued at over $1 billion, a term coined by venture capitalist Aileen Lee to signify the rarity and success of such startups. Unicorns, often backed by venture capitalists, aspire for high growth, leveraging innovative and forward-thinking business strategies. They might evolve to be valued at over $10 billion, termed “decacorns,” or even over $100 billion, falling into the categories of “centicorns” or “hectocorns.”
Mainly, startup value of $1 billion are initial unicorns, While unicorns holding a value of $10 billion, known as “decacorn” and with a value over $100 billion, come under the known category ‘centicorn’ and ‘hectocorn’ in the business world.
Venture capitalists mostly support the Unicorn’s financing. Such Establishments or companies are investing in high-risk, including the high reward startups. The outcome of their investments generally includes huge equity amounts from those companies or startups.
Such funding for startups means achieving secured funding that can easily hold the potential to be $1 billion in valuation. We must keep in mind about unicorn financing that-
In case you thought to apply for unicorn financing, then the above-mentioned points must be in your mind- You need a strong trained expert team because investors usually focus on whether the experienced or intellectual groups are running the same business or not, with a solid business plan and a good record of business development. Investors will look at every aspect perfectly and conclude whether your establishment is on the right track or not to be a $1 billion company.
In 2022, more than 1,000 unicorns were reported worldwide with a gross valuation of over $3,516 billion together. Most recognized and famous unicorns, including Uber, Airbnb, SpaceX, Palantir Technologies, WeWork, and Pinterest from the USA, and a few Chinese are Didi Chuxing, Xiaomi, China Internet Plus Holding (Meituan Dianping), and Lu.com. Indian Unicorns like BYJU’s, Swiggy, OYO Rooms, Dream11, Razorpay, and Ola Cabs etc.
Usually, unicorns are startup industries. You must be a private investor or venture capitalist because they are required to accept decent investments. However, interested investors need to keep an eye on the track records of such unicorns where they wish to invest and need to wait till they decide and opt to be like a public company for initial public offerings, etc.
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