Unicorn AI, Robotika, Teknologi Luar Angkasa, dan Fintech Baru Menjuarai Papan Peringkat Di Bulan Februari

Ten new unicorns globally added more than $18 billion in value to Papan Unicorn Crunchbase in February, but in a sign that the long-term status of many companies on the board are in flux, one startup fell off completely after its valuation was slashed to less than a third of a unicorn valuation.

Two companies from China joined the board after raising around a billion dollars in funding each: a year-old foundation model company and a 6-year-old satellite network company. 

The next-largest funding for a new February unicorn was raised by a 2-year-old U.S.-based robotics company.  

The artificial intelligence theme was evident again on the board last month: Two of the new companies on the board are in the AI sector, and many of the other newcomers have the technology woven into their products.

Four of the new unicorns hail from the U.S., three from China and one each from France, The Netherlands and Italy. 

Now let’s take a closer look at the new unicorns of February 2024 and the sectors from which they hail.

AI

• One-year-old foundation model LLM company AI Tembakan Bulan raised a Series B of $1 billion led by e-commerce giant Alibaba Group dan Sequoia Ibukota Cina. The Beijing-based company was valued at $2.5 billion in the deal. 
• Berbasis di San Francisco Lambda, a cloud-based GPU company, raised its $320 million Series C. Pittsburgh-based Dana Teknologi Inovatif AS led the funding to the 12-year-old company, at a value of $1.5 billion.  

Security

• Texas-based endpoint management company NinjaSatu has grown in recent years with the shift to hybrid work and the need for oversight of remote devices by IT teams. According to the company, it has around 17,000 customers. The 10-year-old company raised a $232 million Series C led by Pertumbuhan ICONIQ. It was valued at $1.9 billion. 
• San Francisco-based crowdsourced security platform kerumunan serangga raised a $102 million Series E funding. The 11-year-old company was valued at $1 billion in the funding led by Katalisator Umum. 

Fintech

• Berbasis di Paris uang receh, a bookkeeping platform for small and medium sized businesses, raised a Series C of $43 million at a value of $1.1 billion. The 3-year-old company’s funding was led by DST Global dan Modal Sequoia.
• Berbasis di Amsterdam DataSnipper, a financial audit company, raised a Series B of $100 million. The 6-year-old company was valued at $1 billion by Indeks Ventures. The company plans to automate tedious tasks using AI, freeing auditors to focus on higher level tasks. 

Space

• Low-orbit broadband satellite network company Satelit Yuanxin raised a Series A of $943 million and joined the unicorn ranks. The 6-year-old Shanghai-based company’s funding was led by Bank Pembangunan Cina.

angkutan

• Two-year-old electric hydrogen truck company Zhizi Automobile, based in China, raised a  $53 million funding at a $3.3 billion value. 

Robotika

• Sunnyvale, California-based humanoid robot developer Angka raised a $675 million Series B funding. The 2-year-old company raised a party round including Microsoft, OpenAIDana Awal, Nvidia dan Ekspedisi Bezos, among others, that valued it at $2.7 billion.

Penjualan dan pemasaran

Diturunkan

While 10 new companies joined the board, one fell off. 

Online checkout company Bolt was removed from the unicorn board as the company initiated a share buyback plan at a mere $300 million valuation, sebagaimana dilaporkan by The Information. In that move, the company shaved 97% off its value from its last known valuation of $11 billion in January 2022. 

Kueri unicorn Crunchbase terkait 

Metodologi

Papan Unicorn Crunchbase adalah daftar kurasi yang mencakup perusahaan unicorn swasta dengan penilaian pasca-uang sebesar $1 miliar atau lebih dan didasarkan pada data Crunchbase. Perusahaan baru adalah ditambahkan ke Papan Unicorn saat mereka mencapai tanda penilaian $ 1 miliar sebagai bagian dari putaran pendanaan. 

Dewan unicorn tidak mencerminkan penilaian internal perusahaan — seperti yang ditetapkan melalui proses 409a untuk opsi saham karyawan — karena ini berbeda dari, dan lebih cenderung lebih rendah daripada, putaran pendanaan harga. Kami juga tidak menyesuaikan valuasi berdasarkan penurunan nilai investor, yang berubah setiap tiga bulan, karena investor yang berbeda tidak akan menilai perusahaan yang sama secara konsisten dalam kuartal yang sama. 

Pendanaan untuk perusahaan unicorn mencakup semua pembiayaan swasta untuk perusahaan yang ditandai sebagai unicorn, serta yang telah lulus ke Papan Unicorn yang Keluar. 

Keluaran yang dianalisis di sini hanya mencakup saat pertama kali suatu perusahaan keluar. 

Harap dicatat bahwa semua nilai pendanaan diberikan dalam dolar AS kecuali dinyatakan lain. Crunchbase mengubah mata uang asing menjadi dolar AS dengan kurs spot yang berlaku sejak tanggal putaran pendanaan, akuisisi, IPO, dan peristiwa keuangan lainnya dilaporkan. Bahkan jika peristiwa itu ditambahkan ke Crunchbase lama setelah acara diumumkan, transaksi mata uang asing akan dikonversi ke harga spot bersejarah.

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