Unicorns

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Cowboy Ventures’ Aileen Lee coined the term ‘unicorn.’ Here’s what she thinks about billion-dollar startups, 10 years later
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Cowboy Ventures’ Aileen Lee coined the term ‘unicorn.’ Here’s what she thinks about billion-dollar startups, 10 years later

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January 19, 2024
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Apex Fintech Solutions, which called off its SPAC merger in 2021, has revived plans to go public 

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December 12, 2023
Ryan Peterson, chief executive officer and founder of Flexport Inc., stands for a photograph at the company's office in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Wednesday, April 15, 2015.
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CEO of freight giant Flexport rescinds dozens of job offers just days before the new hires’ start date: ‘I hope you will forgive us someday’

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September 11, 2023
One of the weirdest AI unicorns worth $1 billion is one that lets you talk to Albert Einstein, Elon Musk or Mickey Mouse
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One of the weirdest AI unicorns worth $1 billion is one that lets you talk to Albert Einstein, Elon Musk or Mickey Mouse

By Rachel Metz and Bloomberg
July 7, 2023
Mustafa Suleyman wears glasses and a button up.
Tech

Bill Gates, along with Eric Schmidt and Nvidia, just minted another A.I. unicorn in a massive $1.3 billion funding round

By Rachel Shin and Jeremy Kahn
June 29, 2023
Bill Gates’ venture firm, with backing from Jeff Bezos and Jack Ma, just minted a $1 billion A.I. unicorn that uses machine learning for mining rare earth metals crucial for EVs
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Bill Gates’ venture firm, with backing from Jeff Bezos and Jack Ma, just minted a $1 billion A.I. unicorn that uses machine learning for mining rare earth metals crucial for EVs

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June 20, 2023
CAVA’s IPO was a ‘break in the clouds’ for the icy IPO market, says one of its early investors. Will others follow?
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CAVA’s IPO was a ‘break in the clouds’ for the icy IPO market, says one of its early investors. Will others follow?

By Jessica Mathews and Anne Sraders
June 16, 2023
M&A for venture-backed startups has fallen to the lowest quarterly level in a decade
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M&A for venture-backed startups has fallen to the lowest quarterly level in a decade

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April 24, 2023
The age of unicorns is not over. Here’s why you shouldn’t count out tech’s growth equity investors
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The age of unicorns is not over. Here’s why you shouldn’t count out tech’s growth equity investors

By Christian Buecker, Greg Fiore, Dunigan O’Keeffe and Sean Tanaka
December 1, 2022
Europe’s tech winter will inspire a new generation of founders
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Europe’s tech winter will inspire a new generation of founders

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October 5, 2022
35-year-old Canva founder Melanie Perkins got rejected by 100 VCs. Now her $26 billion design startup is ready to take on Microsoft and Google
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35-year-old Canva founder Melanie Perkins got rejected by 100 VCs. Now her $26 billion design startup is ready to take on Microsoft and Google

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October 4, 2022
How the founder of Incredible Health became one of the few Black women to run a unicorn startup
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How the founder of Incredible Health became one of the few Black women to run a unicorn startup

By Emma Hinchliffe and Paige McGlauflin
August 24, 2022
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Environment

The race is on to build the world’s biggest plant that sucks carbon straight from the sky—with tiny Iceland emerging as an unlikely superpower

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June 28, 2022
Unicorns are finding it harder to run with the pack as valuations tumble
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Unicorns are finding it harder to run with the pack as valuations tumble

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May 9, 2022
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Exclusive: Oyster, a remote workforce management platform, hits $1 billion unicorn valuation

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April 20, 2022

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