Taken from a new report from KPMG and CB Insights, and spotted by Paul Marsden, who asks what are the common characteristics of these ‘unicorns’?

From a UK perspective the obvious is that 3 out of 4 are Fintech businesses. I am working on growth hacking that very market (starting today) with Causeway’s Tradex.

1. Xiaomi Technology Co (CN) ($46bn: Consumer Tech – mobile/smart devices)
2. Uber (US) ($41bn: Transport – mobile taxi app/service)
3. Palantir Technologies (US) ($15bn: Enterprise Tech – Data)
4. Shapchat (US) ($15bn: Mobile – Communications)
5. SpaceX  (US) ($12bn: Aerospace)
6. Flipkart (IN) ($11bn: Ecommerce – B2C)
7. Pinterest (US) ($11bn: Media – Photosharing)
8. Dropbox (US) ($10bn: SaaS – Cloud)
9. Airbnb (US) $10bn: Travel – B2C (Booking))
10. Theranos (US) $9bn: HealthTech)
11. Kuaidi Dache (CN) $8.75bn: Transport – Mobile taxi app/service)
12. Spotify (SE) ($8.4bn: Media – Music)
13. Meituan (CN) ($7bn: Ecommerce – B2C Group Buying)
14. Square Inc. (US) ($6bn: FinTech – Payments)
15. WeWork (US) ($5bn: Office space/services)
16. Zenefits (US) ($4.5bn: Enterprise Tech – Health Insurance)
17. Cloudera (US) ($4.1bn – Enterprise Tech – B2B)
18. Dianping (CN) ($4.05bn: Media – Reviews)
19. Stripe (US) $3.5bn: FinTech – Payments)
20. Atlassian (AU) ($3.3bn: Enterprise Tech – SaaS)
21. Jawbone (US) ($3.3bn: Consumer Tech – Devices)
22. Fanatics (US) ($3.1bn: Ecommerce B2C Sports)
23. Legendary Entertainment (US) ($3bn: Media – studio)
24. Vancl (CN) ($3bn: Ecommerce – Fashion)
25. Pure Storage (US) ($3bn: Enterprise Tech)
26. Moderna Therapeutics (US) ($3bn: HealthTech)
27. Slack Technologies (CA) ($2.8bn: Enterprise Tech)
28. Bloom Energy (US) ($2.7bn Energy)
29. Powa Technologies (UK) ($2.7bn: Fintech – Mobile Payments)
30. Snapdeal (IN) ($2.5bn: Marketplace – C2C)
31. Lyft (US) ($2.5bn: Transport – Mobile taxi app/service)
32. Vice Media (CA) ($2.5bn: Media – magazine, music label, film)
33. Ola Cabs (IN) ($2.4bn: Transport – Mobile taxi app/service)
34. Houzz (US) ($2.3bn: Media – Interior Decoration app/magazine)
35. SurveyMonkey (US) ($2bn: Software – Online survey service)
36. Evernote (US) ($2bn: Software – Productivity)
37. One97 Communications (IN) ($2bn:  Mobile / Ecommerce)
38. Coupang (KR) ($2bn: Ecommerce – B2C)
39. Nutanix (US) ($2bn: Enterprise Tech)
40. Domo (US) ($2bn: Enterprise Tech)
41. Trendy International Group (CN) ($2bn: Retail – fashion)
42. Instacart (US) ($2bn: Ecommerce – Grocery)
43. Magic Leap (US) ($2bn: Augmented Reality)
44. Prosper (US) $1.9bn: Fintech)
45. Delivery Hero (DE) ($1.876bn: Online food ordering)
46. Avito (RU) ($1.8bn: Marketplace – C2C)
47. Intarcia Therapeutics (US) ($1.75bn HealthTech)
48. Tanium (US) ($1.75bn Network Solutions)
49. DocuSign (US) $1.6bn Enterprise Tech)
50. mongoDB (US) ($1.6bn Software)
51. insidesales (US) ($1.6bn Enterprise Tech – Sales)
52. Adyen (NL) ($1.5bn: Fintech – Payments)
53. Oscar (US: $1.5bn Fintech – Health Insurance)
54. IronSource (IL) ($1.5bn Software – Distribution)
55. Koudai (CN) ($1.4bn: Mobile Commerce)
56. Jasper (US) ($1.4bn: IoT)
57. deem (US) ($1.35bn: FinTech – Mobile)
58. SoFi (US) ($1.3bn: FinTech)
59. Sunrun (US) ($1.3bn: Energy)
60. Lazada (KR) ($1.25bn: Ecommerce)
61. Appnexus (US) ($1.2bn: Media – Advertising)
62. Warby Parker (US) ($1.2bn Ecommerce)
63. Infinidat (IL) ($1.2bn: Data)
64. Sprinklr (US) ($1.170: Enterprise Tech)
65. Automattic (US) ($1.160bn: Software – Publishing)
66. Twilio (US) ($1.1bn: Communications)
67. Good Technology (US) ($1.1bn: Enterprise Tech)
68. Proteus (US) ($1.1bn: HealthTech)
69. Actifio (US) ($1.1bn: Enterprise Tech – Data)
70. Tango (US) ($1.1bn: Mobile – Social Networking)
71. Nextdoor (US) ($1.1bn: Media – Social Networking)
72. Docker (US) ($1.070bn: Software)
73. Gilt Groupe (US) ($1.050bn: Ecommerce – Fashion)
74. Transferwise (UK) ($1bn: FinTech)
75. Shazam (US) ($1bn: Mobile/Media – Music)
76. Shopify (CA) ($1bn: FinTech – B2B)
77. CloudFlare (US) ($1bn: Enterprise Tech)
78. Eventbrite (US) ($1bn: Ecommerce – Ticketing)
79. Credit Karma (US) ($1bn: FinTech)
80. Lookout (US) ($1bn: Mobile – Security)
81. AppDynamics (US) ($1bn: SaaS – Software Performance)
82. Hootsuite (CA) ($1bn: Media – Social Media Management)
83. Kabam (US) $1bn: Software – Games)
84. Klarna (SE) ($1bn: FinTech – Ecommerce Payments)
85. Farfetch (UK) ($1bn: Ecommerce – Fashion)
86. Funding Circle (UK) ($1bn: FinTech)
87. Razer (US) ($1bn: Consumer Tech: Gaming)
88. Fanli (CN) ($1bn: Ecommerce – B2C)
89. Zomato (IN) ($1bn: Media/Mobile – Restaurants)
90. JustFab (US) ($1bn: Ecommerce – B2C)
91. Simplivity (US) ($1bn: Enterprise Tech – Data)
92. Qualtrics (US) ($1bn: Enterprise Tech – Market Research)
93. Mogujie (CN) ($1bn: Media – Fashion)
94. Illumio (US) ($1bn: Enterprise Tech – Data/Security)
95. Grabtaxi (MY) ($1bn: Transport – mobile taxi app/service)
96. Beibei (CN) ($1bn: Ecommerce – B2C Infants)
97. Yello mobile (KR) ($1bn: Mobile Incubator)
98. Pluralsight (US) ($1bn: Education)
99. Quikr (IN) ($1bn: Mobile – Classified Ads – IN)
100. InMobi (IN) ($1bn: Mobile – Advertising – US)