Format Web Page "Aileen Lee’s 2013 unicorn dataset found an average of seven-plus years to a liquidity event among companies that had exited, excluding the roughly one-third that were still private." View Source Location PART 2 - FOUR HIDDEN CHIMNEYS CHAPTER 9: ARE UNICORNS REALLY WHITE? Valuation Gamification Source title Welcome To The Unicorn Club: Learning From Billion-Dollar Startups Source authors Aileen Lee Source year 2013 Confidence high Importance high
Format Web Page "Aileen Lee estimated that about 0.07 percent, or 1 in 1,538, of an assumed 60,000 U.S. venture-backed consumer and enterprise software startups became unicorns." View Source Location PART 2 - FOUR HIDDEN CHIMNEYS CHAPTER 9: ARE UNICORNS REALLY WHITE? Valuation Gamification Source title Welcome To The Unicorn Club: Learning From Billion-Dollar Startups Source authors Aileen Lee Source year 2013 Confidence high Importance high
Format Web Page "The 76-startup figure in Sohum’s angel-investing essay was a personal portfolio-sizing choice, derived by doubling a 38-company estimate based on a 2.6 percent unicorn rate from top VC portfolios." View Source Location PART 2 - FOUR HIDDEN CHIMNEYS CHAPTER 9: ARE UNICORNS REALLY WHITE? Valuation Gamification Source title Math of Being an Angel Investor Source authors Sohum Source year 2022 Confidence high Importance mid
Format Online paper / PDF "AGC Partners described fast venture-growth investing in 2021 as involving limited due diligence, 30-day closings, sky-high valuations and typically passive investors." View Source Location PART 2 - FOUR HIDDEN CHIMNEYS CHAPTER 9: ARE UNICORNS REALLY WHITE? Valuation Gamification Source title AGC’s Tech Private Equity Annual Report Source authors AGC Partners Source year 2021 Confidence high Importance high
Format Online paper / PDF "A study of global unicorns found startup valuations, especially unicorn valuations, were significantly associated with increased media coverage before funding rounds." View Source Location PART 2 - FOUR HIDDEN CHIMNEYS CHAPTER 9: ARE UNICORNS REALLY WHITE? Valuation Gamification Source title The Rise of the Unicorns - How Media Affects Start-Up Valuations Source authors Severin Zörgiebel Source year 2016 Confidence high Importance mid
Format Web Page "Crossover funds participated in nearly a third of European funding rounds above $100 million in 2021 and were a major driver of the increased pace and scale of investment." View Source Location PART 2 - FOUR HIDDEN CHIMNEYS CHAPTER 9: ARE UNICORNS REALLY WHITE? Valuation Gamification Source title State of European Tech Source authors Atomico Source year 2022 Confidence high Importance high
Format Web Page "Crossover investors such as Tiger Global and Coatue made a major 2021 foray into European tech, and Atomico said their presence increased competitive pressure on incumbent investors." View Source Location PART 2 - FOUR HIDDEN CHIMNEYS CHAPTER 9: ARE UNICORNS REALLY WHITE? Valuation Gamification Source title Europe’s evolving capital markets Source authors Atomico Source year 2021 Confidence high Importance high
Format Web Page "In Atomico’s 2021 survey, valuation and cheque-size inflation were the most cited consequences of heightened VC competition, and about a third of respondents mentioned lighter due diligence." View Source Location PART 2 - FOUR HIDDEN CHIMNEYS CHAPTER 9: ARE UNICORNS REALLY WHITE? Valuation Gamification Source title VC: Disrupt or be disrupted Source authors Atomico Source year 2021 Confidence high Importance high
Format Web Page "Atomico’s 2024 European tech data show startup valuations bottomed out after the market reset and were rising again, with early-stage valuations on a longer upward trend." View Source Location PART 2 - FOUR HIDDEN CHIMNEYS CHAPTER 9: ARE UNICORNS REALLY WHITE? Valuation Gamification Source title Investment Levels Source authors Atomico Source year 2024 Confidence high Importance high
Format Tweet "C. J. Silverio published the referenced tweet on August 6, 2017." View Source Location PART 2 - FOUR HIDDEN CHIMNEYS CHAPTER 9: ARE UNICORNS REALLY WHITE? The Cold Start Problem Source title A very tiny percentage of our industry Source authors C. J. Silverio Source year 2017 Confidence mid Importance low
