by Amanda | May 17, 2019 | IPO Outlook, Unicorn Brief
With Crowdstrike about to go public, we thought it would be interesting to look at a few companies in the Prime Unicorn Index that are in the same industry niche. We’ve compared 7 companies by valuation, investment amount, and price per share by round of...
by Amanda | May 9, 2019 | Unicorn Brief
Unity Software authorized enough shares for a $125 million raise at a valuation of $5.96 billion, if all shares authorized are issued. Unity provides a real-time 3D development platform and is previously backed by Thrive Capital Partners, DFJ Growth, Silver Lake...
by Amanda | Apr 24, 2019 | Quarterly Report, Unicorn Brief
The Q1 Prime Unicorn Index Trend Report is an analysis of 116 components that comprised the Index in the first quarter of 2019. The Index includes both unicorns and “approaching unicorns,” which are private companies with a valuation of at least $500 million....
by Amanda | Apr 23, 2019 | Quarterly Report, Unicorn Brief
The Prime Unicorn Index added 12 constituents and dropped 4 in its quarterly reconstitution, for a total of 124 index components for Q2 2019. Currently, we are tracking 124 U.S.-based private companies in the Index, with a median market cap of $1.01 billion. The...
by Amanda | Apr 11, 2019 | Prime Unicorn Index Updates, Unicorn Brief
SpaceX authorized enough shares for a $500 million raise at a valuation of $29 billion, if all shares authorized are issued. The rocket and spacecraft company was founded by Elon Musk in 2002 and has been making history ever since. SpaceX has gained worldwide...
by Amanda | Apr 3, 2019 | Unicorn Brief
Have unicorns startups become present day versions of IBM, GE, Bell Labs, GM and Walmart on steroids? In the days of old (pre-Amazon circa 1994), for these giants of industry, emphasis was on the bottom line and steady growth over many, many years. This strategy is in...
