我們知道,獨角獸為西方神話傳說中的一種生物,它稀有而且高貴。
而牛津字典給出的英文解釋如下:
unicorn /ˈjuːnɪkɔːn/
(in stories) an animal like a white horse with a long straight horn on its head (傳說中的)獨角獸
經常看美劇的同學們,可能知道,國外小孩子們很喜歡夢幻的unicorn,所以這個詞彙也有代表那種「幸運、幻象、天真」的感覺在裡面。和這個感覺類似的詞是「rainbow」。
記得很小的時候看過一個國外電影,一群小孩子找到了彩虹的一端,其中一個小孩拿走了彩虹裡面的一個石頭,之後世界面臨崩潰,最後,那個小孩子把石頭放回到了彩虹裡,因此拯救了世界。(又是拯救世界的套路)電影名字忘記了,有知道的盟友可以留言提示一下。不過rainbow的另外一層意思,當然是和同性戀者有關,在國外的同志遊行 gay pride中,會有很多同志身披彩虹旗,主張同性戀權力平等。
回過頭來,而天我們說的「獨角獸公司」又指什麼呢?
美國著名Cowboy Venture投資人Aileen Lee在2013年將私募和公開市場的估值超過10億美元的創業公司做出分類,並將這些公司稱為「獨角獸」。
中國很多新興的科技公司都算做是獨角獸公司。下面我們來看看相關報導~
Source: ChinaDaily
China took second place in the world for its number of unicorn companies, according to sina.com.cn, which quoted data from CB Insights in a report on Wednesday.
Unicorns reflect the vitality of a country's new economy, industry trends and national competitiveness, the Evergrande Research Institute said, adding the era for windfall financing from investors was over in 2019, due to the weakening recovery of the global economy.
Unicorns in China were born largely in association with internet giants and are crucial components of the giants' ecological system. Statistics showed about 50 percent of unicorns in China are more or less related to Alibaba, Baidu, Tencent, JD and Meituan.
下面來看看這10家都是誰吧~
No 10 JD Logistics
Value: $13.4 billion
No 9 Bitmain
Value: $14.8 billion
No 8 WeBank
Value: $16.1 billion
No 7 JD Finance/JD Digits
Value: $20.5 billion
No 6 Kuaishou
Value: $28.6 billion
No 5 Cainiao Network Technology
Value: $29.8 billion
No 4 Lu.com
Value: $38 billion
No 3 DiDi Chuxing
Value: $51.6 billion
No 2 ByteDance
Value: $75 billion
No 1 Ant Financial
Value: $150 billion