The latest reveals bring the grand total of celebrities who have been unmasked to seven, with five still battling it out to win the show. Former EastEnders star Patsy Palmer, 47, was Butterfly, Pharaoh was former Home Secretary, Alan Johnson, 69, and Chameleon was Darkness singer, Justin Hawkins, 44. Tree was exposed as football manager […]
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23 startups that became unicorns in 2017, scoring valuations of $1 billion or more
Once upon a time, a startup worth $ 1 billion or more was considered to be a rare, almost mythical thing — a unicorn. But in the past few years, unicorns have become far more plentiful, more like horses. A year ago, the venture capital industry looked like it was going to tighten its belt […]
The 7 biggest unicorns you’ve likely never heard of
GUEST: When Aileen Lee first coined the term “unicorn” in 2013 to describe startups valued at over $ 1 billion, there were only 39 of them. There are currently about 215 of them, many of which hail from emerging markets. For instance, China is home to two of the highest valued unicorns: Didi Chuxing and […]
Hardware unicorns are on the rise, and China is dominating
GUEST: Four years ago, when the first unicorn count took place, there were 39 startups on the list, only one of them a hardware company. Today the world has some 213 unicorns, and 18 of those are hardware startups. Considering hardware accounts for only a small percentage of the world’s tech startups, that’s an impressive number. […]
Blue Apron and Snap’s ‘busted’ IPOs herald judgment day for unicorns
ANALYSIS: A year that began with high hopes for a tech IPO revival has crashed into a wall of reality following sputtering public offerings from Snap and Blue Apron. The catastrophe that is Blue Apron was driven home in recent days thanks to multiple shareholder lawsuits claiming management misled investors. Less than two months after […]
It’s getting harder to cash out of ‘unicorns’
Getty Images/Matt Cardy With Friends like these… Goldman Sachs’ hedge fund, Goldman Sachs Investment Partners, has offloaded over $ 75 million of Spotify shares, or “less than half” of its stake, in recent weeks, Sky News “has learnt” from “insiders.” This is peculiar because the Swedish music streaming service is preparing to list its shares […]