The “Unicorns”: Startups valued valued $1 billion or more

1. Uber (San Francisco, United States) – Transportation services – $62 billion
2. Xiaomi (Beijing, China) – Consumer electronics – $45 billion
3. Airbnb (San Francisco, United States) – Lodging services- $25.5 billion
4. Palantir (Palo Alto, United States) – Data analytics software- $20.5 billion
5. Snapchat (Venice, United States) – Social media- $16 billion
6. Didi Kuaidi (Beijing, China) – Transportation services – $16 billion
7. Flipkart (Bangalore, India) – E-commerce- $15 billion
8. China Internet Plus (Beijing, China) – Internet services- $15 billion
9. SpaceX (Hawthorne, United States) – Aerospace- $12 billion
10. Pinterest (San Francisco, United States) – Social media – $11 billion
11. WeWork (New York, United States) – Coworking – $10 billion
12. Lufax (Shanghai, China) – Financial services – $10 billion
13. Dropbox (San Francisco, United States) – Cloud storage – $10 billion
14. Theranos (Palo Alto, United States) – Health care – $9 billion
15. Spotify (Stockholm, Sweden) – Streaming media – $8.5 billion
16. Zhong An (Hong Kong) – Insurance – $8 billion
17. DJI (Beijing, China) – Robotics – $8 billion
18. Lyft (San Francisco, United States) – Transportation – $5.5 billion
19. Intarcia Therapeutics (Boston, United States) – Biotechnology – $5.5 billion
20. Stripe (San Francisco, United States) – Mobile payments – $5 billion
21. Stemcentrx (San Francisco, United States) – Cancer treatments – $5 billion
22. Snapdeal (New Delhi, India) – E-commerce – $5 billion
23. Ola (aka Olacabs; dba Ani Technologies) (Bangalore, India) – Transportation – $5 billion
24. Coupang (Seoul, South Korea) – E-commerce- $5 billion
25. Zenefits (dba YourPeople) (San Francisco, United States) – Business Software – $4.5 billion
26. Vice Media (New York, United States) – Media & entertainment – $4 billion
27. Social Finance (aka SoFi) (San Francisco, United States) – Financial services – $4 billion
28. Tanium (Emeryville, United States) – Business software – $3.7 billion
29. UCar (dba Shenzhou Zuche) (Beijing, China) – Transportation  – $3.6 billion
30. Credit Karma (San Francisco, United States) – Financial software – $3.5 billion
31. Global Fashion Group (London, United Kingdom) – E-commerce – $3.4 billion
32. Meizu (Zhuhai, China) – Consumer electronics – $3.3 billion
33. Jawbone (dba AliphCom) (San Francisco, United States) – Consumer electronics – $3.3 billion
34. CloudFlare (San Francisco, United States) – Web publishing – $3.2 billion
35. Machine Zone (Palo Alto, United States) – Video games – $3.1 billion
36. Delivery Hero (Berlin, Germany) – Food delivery – $3.1 billion
37. Wish (dba ContextLogic) (San Francisco, United States) – E-commerce – $3 billion
38. Vancl (Beijing, China) – E-commerce – $3 billion
39. Sogou (Beijing, China) – Search engine – $3 billion
40. Moderna Therapeutics (Cambridge, United States) – Biotechnology – $3 billion
41. Legendary Entertainment (Burbank, United States) – Film – $3 billion
42. Fanatics (Jacksonville, United States) – E-commerce – $3 billion
43. Ele.me (Shanghai, China) – Food delivery – $3 billion
44. DocuSign (San Francisco, United States) – Business software – $3 billion
45. Bloom Energy (Sunnyvale, United States) – Alternative energy – $3 billion
46. Slack (San Francisco, United States) – Business software – $2.9 billion
47. HelloFresh (Berlin, Germany) – Food delivery – $2.9 billion
48. Powa (London, United Kingdom) – Mobile payments – $2.7 billion
49. Klarna (Stockholm, Sweden) – Mobile payments – $2.5 billion
50. InMobi (San Francisco, United States) – Advertising – $2.5 billion

Source: Fortune

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