Uber Becomes the World's Most Valuable Startup
Uber, the five-year old startup running a popular app matching drivers with consumers, is once again the world's most valuable startup. After the last round of funding, the company is now worth $50 billion. Uber is followed by Chinese smartphone vendor Xiaomi ($46 billion) and Airbnb ($25.5 billion). The Wall Street Journal currently lists 108 so called "Unicorns", companies valued at $1 billion or more by venture-capital firms. Most of them are U.S. (72) or Asia based. Only nine of them are European.
Leading unicorns worldwide as of April 2026 (in billion U.S. dollars)
Valuation of Uber and Airbnb from 2014 to 2018 (in billion U.S. dollars)
Most valuable start-up companies based in New York in 2016, by estimated value (in billion U.S. dollars)
Market valuation of unicorns worldwide as of 2025, by country (in billion U.S. dollars)
Highest-valued e-commerce and direct-to-consumer unicorns worldwide as of March 2026 (in billion U.S. dollars)
Market valuation of unicorns in China as of April 2021, by industry (in billion U.S. dollars)
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