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The rise of the winged pink unicorn

March 12, 2020March 12, 2020 NewsEditorTechCrunch Include, unicorns

Claire Diaz-Ortiz Public opinion agrees. Alongside TruePublic, where I am an advisor and angel investor, I ran a study asking if people believed we would see more female-led unicorns in the 2020s.6 At the time of this article, 68% of the 6,500 respondents said they believed we would see more, with 30% of women responding “many more” (as opposed to only 16% of men). Only 4% of women, but 9% of men, responded “no, not a chance.”7 Kaben Clauson, founder and CEO, says “to represent Gen Z, Millennials and Gen…

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The newest members of the $100M ARR club

January 5, 2020January 5, 2020 NewsEditoregnyte, gitlab, O\'Reilly, unicorns

Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the grey space in between. Today we’re taking stock of a cohort of special companies: still-private startups that have reached $100 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR). Our goal is to understand which startup companies are actually exceptional. This late in the unicorn era, hundreds of companies around the world have reached a valuation of $1 billion, making the achievement somewhat pedestrian. Reaching $100 million in ARR, however, still stands out. We explored the idea…