trailing only behind Uber. Xiaomi, which means "little rice," has a fervent fan base although its competitor Huawei Technologies has been gaining on the tech startup. Xiaomi is now expanding its cell phone sales outside of China and into emerging markets like Africa, India, and Brazil...
His innovative business model disrupted the traditional taxi industry, and it became the highest-valued private startup in the world before going public in 2019. Not just Uber, Camp co-founded StumbleUpon in 2002, a web-discovery platform that allowed users to find cool websites, videos, and ...
By Namitha Jagadeesh
In Ep. 28 of TechBuzz China, co-hosts Ying-Ying Lu and Rui Ma talk about the Chinese AI company that recently toppled Uber to become the highest-valued startup in the world: Bytedance. Having just closed on $3 billion led by Softbank, the company is currently valued at $75 billio...
Kothari said that blacklisting will not affect startups in India significantly. “I don't think the kinds of people who would like to work for a startup have joined it for the money. They do it because they want to create or build something, they want to create value out of nothing...
Capiter is a B2B marketplace that enables merchants to order products through an e-commerce checkout and receive credit on their purchases. Before launching Capiter in July 2020, Mahmoud Nouh was a cofounder and a former COO of Egyptian ride-hailing unicorn Swvl, which was valued at $1.5 ...
In this graphic, we show the most valuable unicorn companies in the world as of October 2024, according to Carbon Finance, CB Insights, and Bloomberg. What is a Unicorn Company? A unicorn refers to a privately-held startup valued at over $1 billion. The term was coined by Aileen Lee, ...
Key Startup Statistics for 2025 – Editor’s Choice The Bottom Line Sources The Bottom Line Small businesses play an enormous role in the national economy and development, making up almost 100% of American companies. Making a startup succeed requires various skills, good predictions, a well-th...
Despite recent jumps in valuation for generative artificial intelligence company OpenAI and Elon Musk's aerospace company SpaceX, ByteDance is still the highest-valued unicorn worldwide. According toCB Insights, the Chinese parent company of TikTok holds a valuation of $225 billion, ahead of SpaceX...
SpaceX is poised to become the most valuable startup in the U.S.According to reports, Elon Musk’s company has been valued over $125Bn in the ongoing share sale in the secondary market. However, it is not known which investors are participating in the ongoing secondary sale. But rumors ...