The momentum of new unicorn creation picked up in the final four months of 2025, with the fourth quarter showing the highest count of newly minted billion–dollar-plus valued companies since Q2 2022.

A unicorn refers to a privately held startup company valued at over $1 billion. The term was coined in 2013 by venture capitalist Aileen Lee, choosing the mythical animal to represent the statistical ...

Almost 600 companies became unicorns between rounds 3 and 4. But coming in with the most common figure, half of all unicorns ...

Just a handful of years ago, the idea of one person creating a company worth over a billion dollars seemed like a pipe dream. Thanks to rapid advancements in AI, the possibility of a “solopreneur ...

Think this is nice? It’s a version of the weekly Under 30 newsletter and would be even better in your inbox. When Adam Guild saw his mother’s dog grooming business struggle, he developed software to ...

Having recently raised $290 million in new funding, Sierra Space has officially become a $5 billion space unicorn company. Sierra Space is also getting ready to debut its new Dream Chaser spaceplane - ...

I love working with startups. Entrepreneurship is inspiring in all its forms, and working with founders will often open up your team’s creativity to all kinds of new and exciting possibilities. Yet, ...

With its latest funding round, rental and healthcare proptech company EliseAI has reached a $1B valuation, making it a unicorn company. The New York-based company — which provides artificial ...

If you’re a fledgling investor, you may have come across the term “unicorn” and wondered what a mythical creature has to do with finance. Venture capital investor Aileen Lee first used the term in ...