GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory. by Taylor Soper on Nov 16, 2023 at ...
Startups that were deemed worthy of a $1 billion valuation while still private were once so unusual, they seemed almost mythical — hence the “unicorn” moniker they were awarded. But when the COVID-19 ...
When Aileen Lee, founder of Cowboy Ventures, first came up with the term "unicorn" in 2013 she was trying to connote something exceedingly rare – there were only 39 startups valued at more than a ...
The US continues to hog the global herd of unicorns, dwarfing the EU in both the number and total valuation of billion-dollar startups. However, the Netherlands provides a minor bright spot, according ...