Prime Unicorn Index News
Q4 2020 Reconstitution Report: 13 added; 4 dropped
About the report The Prime Unicorn Index added 13 constituents and dropped 4 in its quarterly reconstitution, for a total of 90 index components for Q4 2020. Currently, the median market cap is $2.11 billion and the Index’s total market value is $400 billion....
Feature Company: Hims
A modern approach to healthcare... Hims is a personal wellness company for men, treating everything from mental health to hair loss. The most recent $52 million Series D round follows $102.79 million raised for Series C. The terms surrounding the Series D include pari...
Maplebear (Instacart) Secured $200M Series H Round
Maplebear (Instacart) secured $200 million at a valuation of $15.66 billion post-money for their new Series H round. The grocery delivery service company announced the funding was from existing investors Valiant Peregrine Fund and D1 Capital Partners. The most recent...
Feature Company: Opendoor
Real estate made easy... Opendoor offers a unique platform to buy and sell homes. The most recent $300 million Series E-2 round was a follow-on equity financing from investors including General Atlantic, Hawk Equity, SoftBank Vision Fund, Access Technology Ventures,...
Feature Company: Devoted Health
Insurance that cares... Devoted Health is a next-generation Medicare Advantage plan guided by a deep belief that every member should be treated like we would treat our own family. The most recent $217 million Series C round was in April 2020 and follows $300 million...
Prime Unicorn Index in the Press
September 18, 2020 – PYMNTS.com: Mobile Banking Firm Chime Gets $14.5B Valuation With New Funding
January 7, 2020 – PYMNTS.com: US Backers Rain Money On Savvy Startups
December 27, 2019 – Reuters: Temasek-backed fitness app ClassPass eyes $1 billion valuation in new funding round
November 21, 2019 – San Francisco Business Times: S.F. commercial real estate software firm scores big raise, looks to double staff
October 25, 2019 – Reuters: Auto marketplace ACV Auctions seeks to raise $150 million at $1 billion valuation
October 15, 2019 – San Francisco Business Times: Fast-growing S.F. search company scores $110 million in funding
October 11, 2019 – Financial Times: The WeWork surge: how multibillion-dollar investors are propelling private valuations
September 27, 2019 – CNN Business: Dog-walking startup Wag raised $300 million to unleash growth. Then things got messy
September 25, 2019 – Cheddar: Peloton Bills Itself as More Than a Fitness Company
September 16, 2019 – Axios: Venture Capital Deals: Gitlab
September 5, 2019 – Crunchbase News: WeWork May Reduce Its Valuation Ahead Of IPO By Tens Of Billions
August 26, 2019 – Axios: Venture Capital Deals: ThoughtSpot
August 9, 2019 – Inc.com: Inside the Startup Topic No Founder Wants to Confront
August 8, 2019 – Crunchbase: WeWork May Reduce Its Valuation Ahead Of IPO By Tens Of Billions
August 12, 2019 – Startup World: Proterra To Raise $75M Through The Sale Of Its Shares
August 9, 2019 – TechCrunch: Proterra, the Tesla of electric buses, closes in on $1 billion valuation
August 8, 2019 – Forbes: Electric Unicorn: Bus Maker Proterra May Hit $1 Billion Valuation With New Funding Round
July 30, 2019 – Finextra: DataRobot raises $200 million for AI software development
July 29, 2019 – Xconomy: DataRobot, Now a Unicorn, Raises Close To $200M for Machine Learning
July 26, 2019 – Observer: Elon Musk Has Built Another (Almost) Unicorn in Less Than 3 Years
June 27, 2019 – The Wall Street Journal: SpaceX Is Seeking More Capital From Investors
June 24, 2019 – NerdWallet: 14 Launched and Upcoming IPOs to Watch in 2019
June 19, 2019 – Justin Byers Turns Passion for ‘Trading’ into a Career Tracking Behemoth Private Companies at Prime Unicorn Index
June 7, 2019 – Crunchbase News: Thumbtack Intends To Raise $120 Million At A $1.3 Billion Valuation
June 6, 2019 – TechCrunch: Thumbtack is raising up to $120M on a flat valuation
May 9, 2019 – Bloomberg: Game Development Platform Unity Files to Raise $125 Million
April 24, 2019 – Retail Dive: Prime Unicorn Index: The RealReal set to hit unicorn status with latest funding
April 24, 2019 – PYMNTS: Funding Could Bring The RealReal To $1B Valuation
April 23, 2019 – Tech Crunch: Luxury consignment e-tailer The RealReal to enter the unicorn club with new funding
April 17, 2019 – cheddar: A New Way to Invest in Tech’s Largest Private Companies
April 15, 2019 – Wall Street Journal: SpaceX Is Raising $500 Million Amid Internal Questions Over Satellite Internet Business
April 11, 2019 – Axios: SpaceX is raising another $500 million
March 29, 2019 – TechCrunch: Toast, the restaurant management platform, has raised $250M at a $2.7B valuation
March 29, 2019 – Cheddar: Lending Startup Affirm is Raising $316 Million in Fresh Funding
March 15, 2019 – San Francisco Business Times: Does Lyft’s IPO ‘road show’ put it on a collision course with Uber?
March 12, 2019 – San Francisco Business Times: Cloudflare’s $150 million funding round puts its IPO plans in question
March 11, 2019 – Bloomberg: A New Honda for Almost Nothing? Car Sharing Becomes a Sales Tool
February 28, 2019 – TechCrunch: Sequoia-backed Medallia raises $70M at a $2.4B valuation
February 15, 2019 – TheStreet: Uber Faces Off Against Lyft in Closely Watched Race to Go Public
February 15, 2019 – TechCrunch: Opendoor files to raise another $200M at a $3.7B valuation, documents show
February 14, 2019 – The Wall Street Journal: New CFO at Videogame Tech Startup Unity Brings Tech Savvy
February 11, 2019 – San Francisco Business Times: Amazon to buy San Francisco smart home Wi-Fi router maker
February 8, 2019 – Cheddar: Slack, Postmates Filed to Go Public this Week, Whose Next?
January 31, 2019 – The Wall Street Journal: Scooter Startup Lime Is Raising $400 Million at $2 Billion Valuation
January 23, 2019 – Forbes: Continued Growth In Private Markets Creates Broader Investment Opportunities
January 17, 2019 – The Wall Street Journal: Databricks Seeks $2.5 Billion Valuation
January 17, 2019 – San Francisco Business Times: Exclusive: Databricks seeks to raise $255 million
January 8, 2019 – TheStreet: Uber, Lyft and Other Unicorns Could Face a Rough Road to IPO
January 7, 2019 – Cheddar: Lyft May Fare Better Than Uber on the Public Markets, Unicorn Expert Says
December 28, 2018 – Cheddar: Exclusive: Enterprise Sensor Start-Up Samsara to Raise $100 Million at $3.6 Billion Valuation
December 21, 2019 – Money Inc: What Goes Up Can Go Down When It Comes to the Valuation of Large Private Companies, or Unicorns
December 21, 2018- The Wall Street Journal: Chat Startup Discord Tops $2 Billion Valuation
December 11, 2018 – The Wall Street Journal: Construction Tech Specialist Procore Seeks $2.8 Billion Valuation
December 7, 2018 – The Wall Street Journal: Genomics Startup Human Longevity’s Valuation Falls 80%
November 8, 2018 – The Information: Private Tech Surge Fuels Unicorn Stock Indexes
November 1, 2018 – Barron’s: What’s Behind the Rise of ‘Stealth Wealth’ in the U.S.?
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
March 2, 2018 – TechCrunch: UiPath raising around $120M at $1B+ valuation for its ‘software robots’ for internal business tasks
Feb. 23, 2018 – Axios: Andreessen Horowitz invests in digital custody startup Anchor Labs
Feb. 6, 2018 – recode: ZipRecruiter is raising money for the first time in almost four years
Jan. 2, 2018 – Cheddar: All Eyes on 2017 IPOs
Dec. 8, 2017 – Axios: Max Levchin’s lending startup is heading for unicorn territory
Nov. 22, 2017 – Axios: Lyft is raising another $500 million
Press Releases
July 29, 2019 – The Prime Unicorn Index Surges to 133 Companies in Latest Reconstitution of the Index
April 9, 2019 – Prime Unicorn Index Announces Partnership with The Aeon Group, Inc., Becoming First to Offer Index Linked Investments to Accredited Investors
January 29, 2019 – The Prime Unicorn Index Announces Quarterly Reconstitution; Seven Companies Added, While Three Drop Out
October 22, 2018 – The Prime Unicorn Index Announces Quarterly Reconstitution; Year to Date Return on the Index is 25.16% A record 15 private companies joined the Index, while five left.
January 18, 2018 – The Prime Unicorn Index Announces Quarterly Reconstitution
Nov. 1, 2017 – New Prime Unicorn Index Tracks Private Companies on the Road to IPO
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