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  Startups

  World’s most valuable VC-backed companies

  March 7, 2025

  The PitchBook 100 is a ranking of the highest-valued venture capital-backed companies along with recent secondary pricing data

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  Unicorns

  Unicorn companies tracker

  March 3, 2025

  Our global unicorn tracker allows you to see all the billion-dollar companies formed since 2016. Explore trends in unicorn formation by filtering for geography or date.

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  PitchBook Private Capital Indexes

  PitchBook Indexes

  February 20, 2025

  Combining PitchBook’s expertise in private markets with Morningstar’s public equity data, we have constructed multiple indexes that track private to public company performance.

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  Unicorns

  Europe’s ‘soonicorns': Who will reach a €1B valuation in 2025?

  January 9, 2025

  Europe is expected to see an uptick in unicorn creation this year, but who will join the herd?

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  Fund Performance

  VC fund extensions are LPs’ new normal—blame sluggish unicorn IPOs

  December 12, 2024

  More than 40% of unicorns have spent at least nine years in a VC fund

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  Venture Capital

  What is a unicorn company? What you need to know

  December 6, 2024

  In VC, a unicorn is a privately held startup valued at $1 billion or more. It has become a common term, but where did it come from and why are some companies called unicorns?

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  Agtech

  Wilted greens: How a leaf-eating pathogen, failed deals brought down Bowery Farming

  November 8, 2024

  A pathogen decimated crop yields at both of Bowery’s farms, former employees said. They never fully recovered.

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  Unicorns

  Up to $100B could be wiped off Europe’s unicorn market value

  October 9, 2024

  If valued today, Europe’s unicorn market could be worth significantly less than current estimates.

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  Unicorns

  India’s unicorns come under pressure as VC deal flow contracts

  September 11, 2024

  After several years of growth, India’s $1 billion-plus startups are facing a more uncertain future as access to capital becomes limited.

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  Unicorns

  AI startup Codeium notches $1.25B valuation in race to automate coding

  August 29, 2024

  AI code completion platform Codeium raised a $150 million Series C at a $1.25 billion valuation.

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  Europe

  Research: Europe suffers lack of founders with technical expertise

  June 19, 2024

  Research from London-based VC firm Antler has pointed to a lack of founders with software development or engineering skills as to why Europe has yet to produce a tech giant.

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  Series A

  Monad Labs rises to unicorn status with $225M raise in largest crypto round of 2024

  April 9, 2024

  The blockchain startup raised $225 million, highlighting renewed excitement for the vertical.

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  Unicorns

  2 of top 10 most valuable startups in Europe known to be profitable

  February 20, 2024

  At a time when investors are focusing on startup profitability, just two of the top 10 most valuable European VC-backed companies have confirmed profits.

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  VC Exits

  IPO Watchlist: European unicorns most likely to list

  February 16, 2024

  These are the 10 European unicorns most likely to go public in 2024 or beyond, according to PitchBook’s VC Exit Predictor.

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  Venture Capital

  AI, cybersecurity topped unicorn leaderboards in 2023

  February 16, 2024

  According to the Morningstar PitchBook Global Unicorn Vertical Indexes, the value of cybersecurity unicorns grew 24.3% and AI unicorns grew 22.9%.

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  Europe

  Europe welcomes 2024’s first $1B startup with DataSnipper Series B

  February 1, 2024

  Automated auditing platform DataSnipper has closed a $100 million Series B at a $1 billion valuation.

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  Venture Monitor

  Despite AI boost, unicorn creation hits 6-year low

  January 17, 2024

  Fewer unicorns were minted in 2023 than any year since 2017, but among them, generative AI companies dominated.

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  Venture Capital

  Europe’s ‘soonicorns': Who will reach a €1B valuation in 2024?

  December 18, 2023

  Take a look at five startups that could reach a €1 billion-plus valuation in 2024.

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