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Unicorn (Company) - Definition

Written by Jason Gordon

Updated at December 16th, 2020

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What is a Unicorn Company?

A unicorn company is a term used to describe a privately-held, startup company with a valuation of $1 billion or more.

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Academic Research on Unicorn Company

  • Electronic finance recent developments, Dandapani, K. (2017). Electronic financerecent developments. Managerial Finance, 43(5), 614-626.6. 
  • A founders' guide to unicorn creation: how liquidation preferences in M&A transactions affect start-up valuation, Bartlett, R. P. (2015). 
  • Unicorns, Cheshire cats, and the new dilemmas of entrepreneurial finance, Kenney, M., & Zysman, J. (2018). 
  • How to Catch a Unicorn, Simon, J. P. (2016). EC JRC IPTS, forthcoming.
  • The 400 Percent Loan, the $36,000 Hotel Room, and the Unicorn, Berlau, J. (2012). Competitive Enterprise Institute, OnPoint, (176).
  • Role of Unicorn tag in gaining legitimacy and accessing funds, Kerai, A. (2017). The Business & Management Review, 9(2), 119-127.
  • Analysis on Risks and Countermeasures of Unicorn Enterprises Based on Diamond Model, Han, R. (2018). Open Access Library Journal, 5(09), 1.
  • Finding the Next Unicorn: When Big Data Meets Venture Capital, Weibl, J., & Hess, T. (2019, January). In Proceedings of the 52nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences.
  • Unicorn Stock Options-Golden Goose or Trojan Horse?, Alon-Beck, A. (2018). Unicorn Stock Options-Golden Goose or Trojan Horse?.

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