\Venture Capital News/ Europe now has 60 startup unicorns How many have you heard of? By Amy Lewin 23 November 2020 \Venture Capital Sifted readers respond: Should the EU put money directly into startups? By Michael Stothard 15 January 2021 \Venture Capital News/ Europe now has 60 startup unicorns How many have you heard of? By Amy Lewin 23 November 2020 Like it or not, startup ecosystems are partly defined by how big their unicorn herds are; in other words, by how many companies have hit the billion-dollar valuation mark. In Europe, the unicorn count is steadily growing — and has now hit 60. In 2020 so far, several new unicorns have been ‘born’ — including super-speedily growing events platform Hopin, meal kit company Gousto, communications platform MessageBird, fitness business Gymshark, payments fintech Mollie, messaging platform Infobip, online used car retailer Cazoo, rental kitchens company Karma Kitchen, cybersecurity startup Snyk and electric vehicle maker Arrival. Advertisement There are also plenty more fast-growing startups likely to join the list soon, from French healthtech startup Alan to German fintech Solaris Bank. Others will leave: Europe has also seen several IPOs this year, including The Hut Group (although Covid has slowed things here) — and is likely to see many more in 2021. To help you keep track of it all, Sifted’s team has compiled a list of Europe’s unicorns using data from European Startups and our own research. Read it here. We’ll update the list whenever a new company hits the billion-dollar valuation. N.B. To make the list, companies must hit the following criteria: headquartered in Europe; founded in 2000 or later; private (not listed or acquired or spun out of a larger company). See the full list of Europe’s 60 unicorns here. Advertisement Help Sifted get bigger and better (and get a sneak peak at our future plans). Please take our reader survey. Take the survey Terms of Use Related Articles The fintech offering free API that could help millions access credit Sponsored Microsoft Click here to read more Why founders need founders Sponsored Google For Startups Click here to read more How to have a second career as an innovation consultant By Oliver Graham-Yooll Click here to read more Why plant-meat maker Moving Mountains is stocking up the supermarket shelves By Sarah Drumm Click here to read more Get the best of Sifted in your inbox By entering your email you agree to Sifted’s Terms of Use Sign up to \Future Proof Sifted’s weekly \Corporate Innovation roundup email By entering your email you agree to Sifted’s Terms of Use Most Read 1 \Fintech Inside Revolut’s bid to become a bank 2 \Venture Capital Europe’s top climate tech investors 3 \Mobility Glovo partners with real estate investor to pile €100m into ‘dark stores’ 4 \Venture Capital Klarna cofounder Niklas Adalberth’s Norrsken Foundation launches €100m impact fund 5 \Mobility Last-mile-delivery startup Budbee raises €52m as ecommerce booms Join the conversation Subscribe Notify of new follow-up comments new replies to my comments
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