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Tech unicorns breeding like rabbits

The number of tech unicorns in the UK, companies worth more than $1 billion last ten years according to a new report.

Research from the UK government’s digital economy council and data company Dealroom.co found that the number of unicorns in 2020 was 81 when there were only eight in 2010. Venture capitalists use the term unicorn to describe a startup with funding of over $1 billion.

More than 132 businesses are about to achieve this status, while funding from venture capital investors was found to have jumped from €1.4 billion in 2010 to €13.6 billion in 2020.