Most people associate startup culture with San Francisco and for a good reason, as the city hosted the highest number of privately held companies valued over a billion U.S. dollars, known as unicorns, in 2022. At that time, 181 unicorns had their headquarters in the Californian tech capital, while New York housed 126 of them. Beijing came third in the ranking with 79 unicorns.
Cities with the highest number of unicorns worldwide as of 2022
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Hurun Research Institute. (April 18, 2023). Cities with the highest number of unicorns worldwide as of 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 06, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1062457/cities-highest-number-of-unicorns/
Hurun Research Institute. "Cities with the highest number of unicorns worldwide as of 2022." Chart. April 18, 2023. Statista. Accessed May 06, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1062457/cities-highest-number-of-unicorns/
Hurun Research Institute. (2023). Cities with the highest number of unicorns worldwide as of 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 06, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1062457/cities-highest-number-of-unicorns/
Hurun Research Institute. "Cities with The Highest Number of Unicorns Worldwide as of 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Apr 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1062457/cities-highest-number-of-unicorns/
Hurun Research Institute, Cities with the highest number of unicorns worldwide as of 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1062457/cities-highest-number-of-unicorns/ (last visited May 06, 2024)
Cities with the highest number of unicorns worldwide as of 2022 [Graph], Hurun Research Institute, April 18, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1062457/cities-highest-number-of-unicorns/