Fourteen companies joined The Crunchbase 糖心视频 in October as late-stage funding plummeted worldwide.
The new unicorns together added $36 billion in value to the board, according to an analysis of Crunchbase data. Financial services led the way with three new companies joining the list. Web3 and artificial intelligence startups were runners-up by company counts.
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Of the 14 companies, seven raised funding in 2021. Risk insurance platform announced seed through Series B funding in 2021. And AI content creation company was founded last year as well, making the startup the youngest company among this cohort.
Here are the newest companies valued in private financing at a billion dollars or more in October 2022.
Financial services
- Tokyo-based online brokerage company , a subsidiary of e-commerce company , raised $552 million at a valuation of $2.8 billion from .
- Indonesia-based , parent of buy now, pay later startup , raised a $140 million Series D valuing it at $1.7 billion. FinAccel raised the round, led by India-based global asset manager , in lieu of going public via a special-purpose acquisition company.
- Insurance risk management Vesttoo, headquartered in Tel Aviv, raised an $80 million Series C led by . The company was valued at $1 billion. With this round, Vesttoo鈥檚 valuation tripled from that of its Series B raised in late 2021, also led by Mouro as well as .
Web3
- New York-based cryptocurrency exchange raised a $165 million Series B led by cryptocurrency investor . The funding valued the company at聽 $1.7 billion.
- Blockchain ledger company , based in Liechtenstein, raised a $55 million Series A led by and Polychain at a $1 billion valuation.
AI
- AI content creation company from Austin, Texas, raised a $125 million Series A led by , valuing it at $1.5 billion. The company previously raised $6 million in seed funding in June 2021 led by .
- London-based image creation from text service raised a $101 million first funding at a $1 billion valuation. This funding was led by , and .
Transportation
- Guangzhou-based raised a $2.5 billion Series A strategic investment which valued it at $14.3 billion, making it the most highly valued private electric vehicle company in China.
Software
- Insight Partners and invested in Indiana-based ERP software company , which is valued at $3.6 billion. The funding amount was not disclosed. in the company.
Mining
- Copper extraction company , based in Boulder, Colorado, raised a $100 million Series D from that valued the company at $2.5 billion. The company is venture-backed, with Los Angeles-based and listed among its investors.
Real estate
- New-York based , a reward program for renters, raised a $150 million funding led by Brooklyn-based early-growth equity firm , which valued it at $1.5 billion. from New York is an early backer of Bilt Rewards.
Health care
- Medical device company from New York State raised a secondary financing led by which valued it at $1.3 billion. The company builds medical devices that protect health care workers from exposure to hazardous drugs.
Hardware
- Wearables and audio tech company from New Delhi raised $60 million from existing investors and delayed its IPO. The funding valued the company at $1.2 billion.
HR
- Barcelona-based raised a Series C funding of $120 million. Led by , this latest round valued the human resource management startup at $1 billion. The funding is double the valuation of Factorial鈥檚 Series B raised a year ago, which was led by .
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Methodology
Funding rounds included in this report are seed, angel, venture, corporate-venture and private-equity rounds in venture-backed companies. This reflects data in Crunchbase as of Nov. 4, 2022.
The Crunchbase 糖心视频 is a curated list that includes private unicorn companies with post-money valuations of $1 billion or more and is based on Crunchbase data. New companies are as they reach the $1 billion valuation mark as part of a funding round.
Funding to unicorn companies includes all private financings to companies that are tagged as unicorns, as well as those that have since graduated to .
Please note that all funding values are given in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted. Crunchbase converts foreign currencies to U.S. dollars at the prevailing spot rate from the date funding rounds, acquisitions, IPOs and other financial events are reported. Even if those events were added to Crunchbase long after the event was announced, foreign currency transactions are converted at the historic spot price.
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