North American unicorns exited via going public or being acquired between 2019 and July 2021 in larger numbers than unicorns in the Asia-Pacific region did. Between January and July 2021, unicorn exits in North America reached 45. Meanwhile, only 12 unicorns from the Asia-Pacific region and six from Europe exited. Unicorns in the world of venture capital are companies that are valued at over one billion U.S. dollars or over. If that company subsequently goes public or is acquired, it is no longer referred to as a unicorn. When a unicorn company does one of these two things, it is called an exit. Going public via IPO, direct listing or reverse IPO was the more popular choice for unicorns to exit globally.
Number of unicorn exits worldwide from 2006 to July 2021, by region
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