A unicorn company is a privately owned startup that has a current valuation of one billion U.S. dollars or over. Once a company has gone public (IPO) or has been acquired it is no longer termed as a unicorn.
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Industries with the highest share of unicorns globally 2025
As of 2025, active fintech unicorns accounted for ** percent of all unicorns worldwide. Companies such as Ant Group, Stripe, and Revolut were among the most prominent fintech unicorns. Fintech was followed by artificial intelligence (AI), which, driven by a recent boom, accounted for ** percent of all unicorns.
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Hurun Research Institute. (June 26, 2025). Industries with the highest share of unicorns worldwide as of 2025 [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 30, 2026, from /statistics/1092753/share-of-unicorns-worldwide-by-industry/
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