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In 2021, unicorn exits in North America reached 96. Meanwhile, 26 unicorns from the Asia-Pacific region and 15 from Europe exited the unicorns status. Unicorns in the world of venture capital are companies that are valued at one billion U.S. dollars or over. If that company subsequently goes public or is acquired, it is no longer referred to as a unicorn. When a unicorn company does one of these two things, it is called an exit. Going public via IPO, direct listing or reverse IPO was the Number of unicorn exits worldwide from 2006 to November 2022, by region
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Other statistics that may interest you Global unicorns
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- Premium Statistic Highest valued unicorn companies worldwide 2023
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Key markets
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- Premium Statistic Number of unicorns in China 2021, by industry
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Equity funding
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- Premium Statistic Unicorn equity funding volume worldwide as of January 2020, by region
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Exits
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- Value of foreign M&As in Italy 2019, by country
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