There were no unicorn exits between 2007 and 2010. Any unicorn exits via direct listing, reverse IPO, or SPAC merger were excluded because any capital raised was not disclosed.
2020 was the most successful year for unicorn companies, when comparing the exit values of global unicorns between 2006 and July 2021. The value of unicorn exits between January and July 2021 reached billion U.S. dollars and are on track to meet or even surpass the 2020 peak of * billion U.S. dollars. Unicorns are private companies that are valued at over *** billion U.S. dollars or over. If that company subsequently goes public or is acquired, it is no longer referred to as a unicorn. When a unicorn company does one of these two things, it is called an exit.
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