What is the Prime Unicorn Index?
The Prime Unicorn Index is an equally-weighted price return index that measures the share price performance of U.S. private companies valued at $500 million or more. The price changes of component companies are derived from publicly available information associated with company transactions, filings, and other disclosures. The index provides empirical data to asset managers and financial advisors interested in tracking today’s private capital markets. The index is designed for use in the creation of financial products and as a performance benchmark.
Can I Invest in the Index?
Several banks are discussing Swaps and Structured Notes off the Index. Contact your financial institutions Equity Derivatives desk.
Investors who already own shares in the underlying component companies (i.e. VC fund managers, Family Offices, Asset Managers) or who are Limited Partners in the funds that invested into the Index companies, may want to hedge their investments by taking a short position off a derivative product.
Wealth Managers, Asset Managers, Private Banks, can get net exposure to the Pre-IPO private companies by taking a long position. Contact your broker to discuss in further detail.
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April 19, 2018 – The Wall Street Journal: Discord Valued At $1.65 Billion In New Funding Round
April 19, 2018 – Cheddar: Exclusive: Gaming Chat App Discord Seeks to Join Unicorn Club With New Round of Funding
April 12, 2018 – recode: SpaceX’s valuation is expected to climb to $24 billion
March 8, 2018 – Cheddar: Exclusive: Warby Parker Seeks To Raise $75 Million
Prime Unicorn Index Companies
As of August 3, 2018
Uber
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AirBnb
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SpaceX
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WeWork
JUUL Labs
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Lyft
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Magic Leap
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Social Finance
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Maplebear
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Tanium
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Houzz
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Intarcia
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Crowdstrike
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Unity
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Bloom Energy
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23andMe
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AppNexus
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Zenefits
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Bird Rides
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DraftKings
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GitHub
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Warby Parker
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Automation
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Prosper
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Affirm
ZocDoc
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Apttus
InsideSales.com
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Compass
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Planet Labs
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Human Long.
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Quanergy
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Coinbase
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Heartflow
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Lookout
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Peloton
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DoorDash
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Proteus
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Samsara
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AvidXchange
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Automattic
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Actifio
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Medallia
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Eventbrite
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Thumbtack
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SoundHound
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Payoneer
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MarkLogic
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Procore
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Formlabs
Cohesity
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Zoom Video
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Cylance
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ZipRecruiter
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Evernote
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Brightsource
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ThoughtSpot
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Fastly
Udacity
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Mixpanel
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Databricks
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Elevance
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Proterra
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Discord
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Acquia
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ServiceTitan
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Runway
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1LIFE
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Turo
Honest Co.
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Turbonomic
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ezCater
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Accolade
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Yapstone
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Sonos
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OnShape
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Datadog
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Bolt Threads
Pollen
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Outbrain
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Catalyst
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MediaMath
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Mesosphere
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Bill.com
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Pindrop
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Wag Labs
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Counsyl
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WellTok
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Postmates
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Infusion
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AdRoll
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Trion
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Hyla
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Gainsight
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Inrix
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Prysm
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Privateer
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LogRythm
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Sweetgreen
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Mirantis
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Twist
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Chris Yeagley
Co-Founder, Level ETF Ventures. Former U.S. Head of Equity Structured Products at UBS and Head of Americas Structured Equity Products at Deutsche Bank
Ross Barrett
Founded VC Experts, a private company analysis data company; General Partner to three venture funds; Active venture capital investor; former U.S. Congressional Aide
Kris Monaco
Co-Founder of Level ETF Ventures. Former Head of ISE (International Securities Exchange) ETF Ventures for 15 years. Executive at Arizona Stock Exchange.
Joseph W. Bartlett
Former Senior Partner, Morrison Foerster, New York. Former Under Secretary, Department of Commerce. Former Clerk, US Supreme Court. Co-Founded VC Experts, Inc.
Justin Byers
Director Business Analytics and Valuations, Lagniappe Labs & VC Experts. Director at CyberTrader (Charles Schwab); Charles Schwab Margin and Stock Loan Operations Manager