Top 10 Unicorn all over the World
1. ByteDance
It is Chinese multinational technology company which is located in Beijing. It was founded in 2012. The CEO of ByteDance is Zhang Yiming and the co-founder is Liang Rubio. The first app of ByteDance was Neihan Duanzi launched in March 2012. This app allows the user to share memes, jokes and videos. It has almost 200 million users. In August 2012 they launched their second app which is about the news. The app is called Toutiao which means Headlines. This app became their core product. The app became very popular and has 1 million users after four months of launching. The net worth of the company is $140 billion. ByteDance holds the funding of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Sequoia, SoftBank Group, Capital, Hillhouse Capital Group and General Atlantic.
2. SpaceX In 2002 SpaceX was founded by Elon Musk. SpaceX – Space Exploration Technologies is an American multinational company whose headquarters are in Hawthrone, California. Falcon
1 was the first orbital launch of SpaceX developed between 2005 to 2009. The development cost of the Falcon 1 was approximately $90 million to $100 million. According to sources the current net worth of SpaceX is approximately $100.3 billion.
3. Stripe
It is an American-Irish software as a service and financial services company located in San Francisco, United States of America. Stripe offers payment processing and API for e- commerce websites and applications. It was founded in 2009 and launched in 2011 by the Irish brothers Pattrick and John Collison. The company currently hold a total net worth of $95 billion. The investments in stipe done by Elon Musk and Peter Thiel of $2 million in 2011 for the company’s startup. Stripe expanded its services in 2020 to 5 European markets: Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Romania, Malta, and Cyprus.
4. Didi Chuxing aka Didi Dache
It is a vehicle for hire company founded by Cheng Wei in June 2012. After working for eight years on Alipay divisions and Alibaba sales he founded this taxi app. Its headquarters are in Beijing. Currently, this app has over 500 million users and 10 million drivers. Didi Dache provides transportation services including personal rides, taxis, bikes, on-demand delivery services, maintenance, leasing, charging of electric vehicles, etc. The net worth of the company according to 2022 is over $50 million.
5. Canva
It is an online graphic designing platform where user can design their documents, presentations, social media posts and many more visual contents. It provides two types of services one is free and another is paid. Canva was founded in 2013 in Perth, Australia. The founder of Canva are Melanie Perkins, Cameron Adams and Cliff Obrecht. It has 2500 employees and approximately 75 million active users. The net worth of the company is $40 billion.
6. Databricks
It is an American software company founded in 2013 based in San Francisco. It was founded by Ali Ghodsi, Arsalan Tavakoli-Shiraji, Matei Zaharia, Andy Konwinski, Reynold Xinand Patrick Wendell. Databricks is an open-source platform where users can easily deploy Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning applications. It was the first party service on Microsoft Azure in November 2017. The company holds a total net worth of $38 billion.
7. Klarna
It is a Swedish fintech company. It is commonly known as Kalrna Bank AB. The company provides financial services such as online payments and direct payments. It has more than 4000 employees. Klarna’s headquarters are located in Stockholm and Berlin. Klarna was founded in the mid of 2005. The company has three founders they are Sebastian Siemiatkowski, Victor Jacobsson and Niklas Adalbert. The net worth of Klarna is $31 billion.
8. Rivian
It is an electric vehicle automaker technology company that was founded in 2009. The company is based in Irvine, California. Its manufacturing plant is located in Normal, Illinois. The company was founded by Robert RJ Scaringe as Mainstream Motors. The company was renamed twice. Firstly they named it Avera Automotive and then finally Rivian Automotive. Rivian company manufactures and designs the trucks and vans as well as offers the maintenance of the vehicle too. The company’s net worth is $22.9 billion.
9. Nubank
It is a Brizzillian Fintech Bank founded in the year 2013. It was founded by three people they are Christina Junqueira from Brazil, Edward Wible from America and David Velez from Colombia. The company offer a credit card which is all managed by it’s own mobile application. The application allows the user to track their transactions, block their cards and they also provide a contact support. In 2018 Nubank was featured in Guinness world record for the world’s largest unboxing. The net worth of Nubank is $10.1 million.
10. UiPath
It is a software company which makes RPA (Robotic process animation) software. RPA is a technology-based business process that is based on Artificial Intelligence or metamorphic software robots. UiPath was founded by Daniel Dines in the year 2005. Its headquarters are located in Bucharest, Romania. The net worth of UiPath is $9.67 billion.