Analysis

August 20, 2021

Europe has now created more $1bn 'unicorn' companies than China

Europe’s bumper year has pushed it to overtake China’s total unicorn count for the first time since 2016.


Riddhi Kanetkar

3 min read

Anne Boden, founder of Starling Bank

Europe’s unicorn herd has outgrown China’s, following a bumper year of VC investments into the region. Since 1990, Europe has created 296 unicorn companies, worth more than $1bn in total, whereas China's created a total of 276. 

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