According to the Hurun Research Institute, as of 30 November 2021, there are 1,058 unicorns around the world together worth over US$3.6tn – the number of unicorns has almost doubled in less than a ...

2021 was a banner year for DC growth companies. Here’s a look at the public debuts, major mergers and more. Cvent's team at its Nasdaq opening. Look, we’re not here to discredit the impact of Amazon ...

The accolades rain down for the 2021 Butkus Award winner. National champion linebacker Nakobe Dean was a menace to opposing offenses during his collegiate career at the University of Georgia, and it ...

Seventy-four VC-backed startups have surpassed $1 billion in valuation this year, per PitchBook. As bullish investors pour record levels of funding into startups, unicorns are less rare. Insider ...

Europe's newly-minted fintech unicorns racked up 8.6m Android app downloads in 2021, new data shows. App Radar data points to a 33% year-on-year increase in demand for fintech unicorn apps. Austrian ...

Editor’s note: David Gardner, founder of Cofounders Capital in Cary, is a regular contributor to WRAL TechWire. Startup Spotlight is part of TechWire’s Startup Monday package that includes our ...

A parade of high-profile companies, including Coinbase, Bumble, Oatly, SoFi and Roblox, made their stock market debuts in the first half of 2021. The second half of the year could bring even more ...

We were bullish on fintech when we launched the Matrix Fintech Index in 2017, but even we underestimated the magnitude of the growth to come. Fintech tailwinds, strengthened by the COVID-19 pandemic ...

Europe's unicorn club grew at a record pace this year, with 74 venture-backed companies reaching a $1 billion valuation. When the term "unicorn" was coined, it reflected something rare. Now unicorns ...