As of August 2022, fintech company Toss was the highest valued unicorn company in South Korea with a valuation of about 5.5 billion U.S. dollars. Yellow Mobile followed with a valuation of around four billion U.S. dollars.
Leading unicorn companies in South Korea as of August 2022, based on valuation (in billion U.S. dollars)
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CB Insights. (August 1, 2022). Leading unicorn companies in South Korea as of August 2022, based on valuation (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 30, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1091457/south-korea-leading-unicorn-companies-based-on-valuation/
CB Insights. "Leading unicorn companies in South Korea as of August 2022, based on valuation (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. August 1, 2022. Statista. Accessed November 30, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1091457/south-korea-leading-unicorn-companies-based-on-valuation/
CB Insights. (2022). Leading unicorn companies in South Korea as of August 2022, based on valuation (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 30, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1091457/south-korea-leading-unicorn-companies-based-on-valuation/
CB Insights. "Leading Unicorn Companies in South Korea as of August 2022, Based on Valuation (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Aug 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1091457/south-korea-leading-unicorn-companies-based-on-valuation/
CB Insights, Leading unicorn companies in South Korea as of August 2022, based on valuation (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1091457/south-korea-leading-unicorn-companies-based-on-valuation/ (last visited November 30, 2023)
Leading unicorn companies in South Korea as of August 2022, based on valuation (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], CB Insights, August 1, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1091457/south-korea-leading-unicorn-companies-based-on-valuation/