Europe. A unicorn is a privately held company with a market valuation of one billion U.S. dollars or more. As of April 2021, there were over 60 unicorns in Europe, with the majority based in the United Kingdom and Germany.
As of April 2021, Auto1 Group and Otto Bock HealthCare were both valued at 3.5 billion U.S. dollars, which made them the highest valued unicorns in Germany and the 11th and 12th highest valued in Leading unicorns in Germany as of April 2021, by market valuation (in billion U.S. dollars)
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Statista. (April 19, 2021). Leading unicorns in Germany as of April 2021, by market valuation (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 30, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1094398/ranking-of-highest-valued-startup-companies-germany/
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Statista. "Leading Unicorns in Germany as of April 2021, by Market Valuation (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Apr 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1094398/ranking-of-highest-valued-startup-companies-germany/
Statista, Leading unicorns in Germany as of April 2021, by market valuation (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1094398/ranking-of-highest-valued-startup-companies-germany/ (last visited May 30, 2023)
Leading unicorns in Germany as of April 2021, by market valuation (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], Statista, April 19, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1094398/ranking-of-highest-valued-startup-companies-germany/