2017年独角兽总量再创新高，多家Fintech创企位列其中

曾几何时，价值10亿美元以上的创业公司被称为“独角兽”，因为人们觉得这样的市值实属罕见。而在过去的几年里，这样的罕见实物却变得越来越常见了。

一年前，风投趋势似乎开始收紧。然而来自PitchBook的实际数据显示，2017年风投资金仍然不断走高，并成功达到甚至突破了2016年水平。

虽然从总体来看，巨额大型交易占比不到1%，但是单就第三季度而言，这一数字却高达22%。

这说明，2017年肯定诞生了不少新兴的独角兽企业。来自CB Insights的数据显示，这数十家独角兽中有23家来自美国。有些你可能听说过，而有些可能则是头一回了解到。而这其中也出现了不少金融科技创企的名字。

Rubicon Global（10亿美元）

投资者：高盛、莱昂纳多·迪卡普里奥、Promecap

Rubicon允许企业在需要时预定垃圾上门清理服务，并帮助他们回收更多垃圾。

Symphony Communications Services（10亿美元）

投资者：法国巴黎银行、高盛、谷歌

Symphony是一个面向金融服务行业的基于云的通信平台，可以让 41 32176 41 13224 0 0 5676 0 0:00:05 0:00:02 0:00:03 5675们交流和共享文档。

Katerra（10亿美元）

投资者：富士康科技公司、科斯拉风险投资公司、摩尔资本管理公司

Katerra为建筑行业提供建筑设计、物流和采购软件。 《华尔街日报》报道，该公司目前正在进行新一轮的融资，寻求25亿美元的估值。

Zoom Communications（10亿美元）

投资者：红杉资本、高通创投、Emergence Capital Partners

Zoom提供在线视频和网络会议服务。

Desktop Metal（10.2亿美元）

投资者：澳大利亚未来基金、GE风险投资公司、Data Collective

Desktop Metal的3D打印机可以打印金属。

CrowdStrike（10.5亿美元）

投资者：Warbug Pincus、capitalG、Accel Partners

CrowdStrike提供使用人工智能防止黑客的网络安全软件。

Rocket Lab（11亿美元）

投资者：洛克希德·马丁公司、Khosla Ventures、Bessemer Venture Partners

Rocket Lab提供卫星运载火箭出租业务。

Duo Security（11.7亿美元）

投资者：Meritech Capital、Lead Edge Capital、Benchmark

Duo是一种云服务，它可以管理密码，并确保设备在连接到企业网络之前无病毒。

Clover Health（12亿美元）

投资者：Google Ventures、红杉资本、First Round Capital

Clover Health代表了一种健康保险的新选择，该平台通过实时监控和大数据分析帮助用户管理慢性病。

Rubrik（13亿美元）

投资者：Greylock Partners、Lightspeed Venture Partners、Khosla Ventures

Rubrik为那些将数据存储在云端和数据中心的公司提供数据备份、恢复和搜索软件。

Robinhood（13亿美元）

投资者：Google Ventures，DST Global的Andreessen Horowitz

Robinhood为用户提供“免费股票交易”的应用程序，整个购买过程无需支付佣金

Ginkgo BioWorks（13.8亿美元）

投资者：Y Combinator、Data Collective、MassVentures

Ginkgo BioWorks称自己是有机体公司。它为各种各样的应用设计定制的微生物、从施肥的农作物到发酵的香料成分。

Indigo农业（14亿美元）

投资者：Activant Capital Group、阿拉斯加永久基金、Baillie Gifford＆Co.

Indigo农业使用大数据来提高作物产量。（比如通过大数据决定作物需要的微生物，然后用这些微生物处理种子。）

AvidXchange（14亿美元）

投资者：淡马锡控股、夏洛特天使合作伙伴、TPG Growth

AvidXchange通过专门的软件系统完成企业账单支付、审批和其他任务的自动化革新。

Peloton Interactive（14.1亿美元）

投资者：True Ventures、Tiger Global Management、L Catterton

Peloton提供了一种按需课程的运动自行车。

C3物联网（14.1亿美元）

投资者：Makena Capital Management、TPG Growth、Breyer Capital

C3物联网提供托管大数据，人工智能和物联网应用程序的云服务。

Squarespace（15亿美元）

投资者：General Atlantic、Index Ventures、Accel Partners

Squarespace提供建设和托管网站的服务。

Coinbase（16亿美元）

投资者：Y Combinator、联合广场风险投资、DFJ Growth

Coinbase是一个在线交易平台，允许用户购买和存储他们的数字货币。

Afiniti（16.0亿美元）

投资者：GAM Holding

Afiniti提供联络中心软件，使用人工智能将客户与客户服务代理配对。

Quora（17亿美元）

投资者：Y Combinator、Matrix Partners、Benchmark

Quora是一个问答网站。

Carbon3D（17.4亿美元）

投资者：Google Ventures、Sequoia Capital、Wakefield Group

Carbon3D制造3D打印机，使用先进的技术，使他们能够产生抛光的最终结果。

Reddit（18亿美元）

投资者：Y Combinator、Sequoia Capital、Coatue Management

Reddit是一个自称为“互联网首页”的网站，在这个网站上，人们分享和讨论文章、照片、论坛帖子和视频的链接。

Affirm（18亿美元）

投资者：Andreessen Horowitz、Khosla Ventures、新加坡财富基金

Affirm是一家财务公司，允许网上商店向其客户提供每月付款计划。

以下为翻译原文：

Once upon a time, a startup worth $1 billion or more was considered to be a rare, almost mythical thing — a unicorn. But in the past few years, unicorns have become far more plentiful, more like horses.

A year ago, the venture capital industry looked like it was going to tighten its belt and bring valuations back to earth. But in 2017, venture investment continued to flow heavily and is on track to match or exceed dollars deployed in 2016, says PitchBook, a database that tracks such deals.

Mega deals, where investors poured giant sums into one company at a high valuation, made up less than 1% of total transactions, but, by the third quarter, PitchBook says they accounted for 22% of the total deal value.

All of that means that new unicorns were plentiful in 2017. Dozens of startups were crowned with unicorn status worldwide, including these 23 US companies, according to CB Insight's list of unicorns. (We took the valuations of these companies from Pitchbook.)

Some of them, you've likely heard of. Others may have slipped under your radar.

Rubicon Global ($1 billion)

Select investors: Goldman Sachs, Leonardo DiCaprio, Promecap

Rubicon allows business to order trash collection from a variety of waste haulers when they need it, and helps them recycle more.

Symphony Communication Services ($1 billion)

Select investors: BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs, Google

Symphony is a cloud-based communications platform for the financial services sector that lets people communicate and share documents.

Katerra ($1 billion)

Selected investors: Foxconn Technology Company, Khosla Ventures, Moore Capital Management

Katerra offers software for the construction industry for building design, logistics and purchasing. It is currently working on a new round of financing seeking a $2.5 billion valuation, the WSJ reports.

Zoom Communications ($1 billion)

Select investors: Sequoia Capital, Qualcomm Ventures, Emergence Capital Partners

Zoom offers online video and web-conferencing services.

Desktop Metal ($1.02 billion)

Select investors: Australian Future Fund, GE Ventures, Data Collective

Desktop Metal makes 3D printers that can print metal.

CrowdStrike ($1.05 billion)

Select investors: Warbug Pincus, capitalG, Accel Partners

CrowdStrike offers cybersecurity software that uses artificial intelligence to protect against hackers.

Rocket Lab ($1.10 billion)

Select investors: Lockheed Martin, Khosla Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners

Rocket Lab offers a rocket-for-hire launch vehicle used to launch satellites.

Duo Security ($1.17 billion)

Select investors: Meritech Capital, Lead Edge Capital, Benchmark

Duo is a cloud service that manages passwords and makes sure devices are virus-free before they connect to the corporate network.

Clover Health ($1.20 billion)

Select investors: Google Ventures, Sequoia Capital, First Round Capital

Clover Health is a new option for health insurance that includes real-time monitoring and big data analysis to help manage chronic illness.

Rubrik ($1.30 billion)

Select investors: Greylock Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures

Rubrik offers data backup, recovery, and search software for companies that store data both in the cloud and in their own data centers.

Robinhood ($1.30 billion)

Select investors: Google Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, DST Global

Robinhood offers an app for "free stock trading" allowing people to buy stocks without paying commissions.

Ginkgo BioWorks ($1.38 billion)

Select investors: Y Combinator, Data Collective, MassVentures

Ginkgo BioWorks calls itself the organism company. It designs custom microbes for all sorts of applications, from crops that fertilize themselves to fermented ingredients for fragrances.

Indigo Agriculture ($1.40 billion)

Select investors: Activant Capital Group, Alaska Permanent Fund, Baillie Gifford & Co.

Indigo is using big data to improve crop yields. It determines which microbes a crop will need, then treats seeds with those microbes.

AvidXchange ($1.40 billion)

Select investors: Temasek Holdings, Charlotte Angel Partners, TPG Growth

AvidXchange makes software that automates a company's bill payments, approvals, and other manual tasks.

Peloton Interactive ($1.41 billion)

Select investors: True Ventures, Tiger Global Management, L Catterton

Peloton offers an exercise bike that streams on-demand classes.

C3 IoT ($1.41 billion)

Select investors: Makena Capital Management, TPG Growth, Breyer Capital

C3 IoT offers a cloud service that hosts big data, AI, and Internet of Things applications.

Squarespace ($1.50 billion)

Select investors: General Atlantic, Index Ventures, Accel Partners

Squarespace offers a service for building and hosting websites.

Coinbase ($1.60 billion)

Select investors: Y Combinator, Union Square Ventures, DFJ Growth

Coinbase is an online exchange that allows users to purchase and store their cryptocurrency.

Afiniti ($1.60 billion)

Select investors: GAM Holding

Afiniti offers contact center software that uses artificial intelligence to pair customers with customer service agents.

Quora ($1.70 billion)

Select investors: Y Combinator, Matrix Partners, Benchmark

Quora is a question-and-answer website.

Carbon3D ($1.74 billion)

Select investors: Google Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Wakefield Group

Carbon3D manufactures 3D printers that use a sophisticated technology that allow them to produce polished final results.

Reddit ($1.80 billion)

Select investors: Y Combinator, Sequoia Capital, Coatue Management

Reddit is website that bills itself as "the front page of the internet," where people share and discuss links to articles, photos, forum posts, and videos.

Affirm ($1.80 billion)

Select investors: Andreessen Horowitz, Khosla Ventures, Singapore Wealth Fund

Affirm is a finance company that allows online stores to offer monthly payment plans to their customers.

           

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