The funding landscape for emerging unicorns has seen remarkable fluctuations over the past decade. In 2024, these high-potential startups raised 8.6 billion U.S. dollars worldwide, a significant increase from the mere 120 million raised in 2010, but far from the peak of 23 billion U.S. dollars recorded in 2021.
Funding raised by current emerging unicorns worldwide from 2010 to 2024
(in billion U.S. dollars)
An emerging unicorn company is a privately owned startup that has a current valuation between 500 million and one billion U.S. dollars. Once a company reached a valuation of one billion U.S. dollars or higher, it becomes a unicorn.
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CrunchBase. (February 27, 2025). Funding raised by current emerging unicorns worldwide from 2010 to 2024 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 04, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1094398/funding-raised-by-emerging-unicorns-worldwide/
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CrunchBase. (2025). Funding raised by current emerging unicorns worldwide from 2010 to 2024 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1094398/funding-raised-by-emerging-unicorns-worldwide/
CrunchBase. "Funding Raised by Current Emerging Unicorns Worldwide from 2010 to 2024 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Feb 2025, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1094398/funding-raised-by-emerging-unicorns-worldwide/
CrunchBase, Funding raised by current emerging unicorns worldwide from 2010 to 2024 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1094398/funding-raised-by-emerging-unicorns-worldwide/ (last visited May 04, 2025)
Funding raised by current emerging unicorns worldwide from 2010 to 2024 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], CrunchBase, February 27, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1094398/funding-raised-by-emerging-unicorns-worldwide/
