Most of the world's unicorns as of April 2021 were active in technology and telecommunications, or supplied technological solutions for other industries. Over 110 of privately owned startups with a valuation of over one billion U.S. dollars were active in technology. In comparison, there were roughly 45 unicorns specifically dedicated to health and pharmaceuticals. Note that the figures provided here are based on unicorns that did not go public via an IPO and were not at some point acquired by another company.
Number of unicorns worldwide as of April 2021, by industry
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