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GLOBAL UNICORN MAP: WHERE BILLION-DOLLAR STARTUPS ARE BORN

  • Writer: Fernanda Bezerril
    Fernanda Bezerril
  • Oct 16
  • 1 min read

Updated: Nov 4

The United States currently leads the global unicorn landscape, home to 793 companies, including Thinking Machines Lab, which reached a $10 billion valuation just six months after launch, backed by investors like NVIDIA and a16z.


China ranks second with 284 unicorns, led by ByteDance (TikTok) and Ant Group, while India holds third place with 88 unicorns, highlighted by Reliance Retail, valued at $100 billion.


Brazil stands out with 20 unicorns, ahead of Japan, Australia, and Mexico, but still with significant room for value creation. The country has already proven its ability to build unicorns — the challenge now is scaling them sustainably and with a global vision.


Bubble chart showing the number of “Unicorns” (technology companies valued at US$1 billion or more) per country in 2025. The globe in the center is surrounded by bubbles of varying sizes, representing the number of unicorns in each country. The countries with the highest number of Unicorns are: United States: 793 China: 284 India: 88 United Kingdom: 64 Germany: 40 Other countries listed, in descending order, are: France: 30 Canada: 30 Singapore: 22 Israel: 22 South Korea: 21 Brazil: 20 Japan: 16 Hong Kong: 12 Australia: 12 Mexico: 10 Ireland: 10 Indonesia: 10 Switzerland: 9 Netherlands: 9 Sweden: 9 The graph highlights the dominance of the United States and China in the global Unicorn landscape. The source of the information is Crunchbase.

If rapid growth once guaranteed billion-dollar funding, today’s differentiators are financial resilience, defensible models, and adaptability.


Recognizing where traction and innovation truly lie is no longer a competitive edge — it’s a matter of survival.


UNICORNS BY COUNTRY 2025



By DealMaker Insights | DealMaker

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