Every year thousands of entrepreneurs start their bet in the business world and create different products and services to launch them on the market. The more innovative the business, the risks also increase. But when the objective of conquering consumers is achieved, a good idea well executed can end up becoming one of the most valuable startups in the world.
Meet the most valuable startups in the world
On this occasion, he shares with us the top with the most valuable startups in the world, great unicorns that achieved exceed a $1 billion valuation and that most of them are technology companies that have been disruptive in their sector.
Likewise, we have decided to keep the figures in dollars since currently their difference in value with the euro is minimal, with a parity of almost 1 to 1. This is the top with the twenty most valued startups:
Rank 2022 Valuation 2021 Valuation Country Sector 1 ByteDance $140bn $140bn China IA 2 SpaceX $127bn US$100.3bn Space 3 Shein $100bn $15bn China eCommerce B2C 4 Stripe $95bn US$95bn US Fintech 5 Canva $40bn $40bn Australia Internet software and services 6 Checkout.com $40bn $15bn Fintech 7 Instacart $39bn US$39bn Supply chain, logistics and delivery 8 Databricks US$38bn US$38bn Data Management & Analytics 9 Revolut US$33bn US$33bn UK Fintech 10 FTX US$32bn US$25bn Bahamas Fintech 11 Epic Games US$31.5bn US$28.7bn Video Games 12 Fanatics $27bn $18bn US B2C eCommerce 13 Chime $25bn US$25bn Fintech 14 BYJU’s $22bn $21bn India Edtech 15 Xiaohongshu $20bn $20bn China eCommerce B2C 16 J&T Express $20bn $20bn Indonesia Supply chain, logistics and delivery 17 Miro US$17.5bn Software and internet services 18 Yuanfudao $15.5bn $15.5bn China Edtech 19 DJI Innovations $15bn $15bn China Hardware 20 Discord $15bn US Software and internet services
1.ByteDance
Founded in 2012 by Zhang Yimin in China, it is the parent company of , the social network of the moment. However, its success began with the 2016 launch of its short video app Douying, the Chinese version of TikTok and its predecessor. In 2017 ByteDance acquired Musical.ly, a move that was also key in the creation of TikTok.
2.SpaceX
It is the well-known aerospace transport firm founded by in 2002. The company is currently immersed in a process to create, based on previous models such as Falcon 9 or Falcon Heavy, reusable aerospace vehicles. Making Mars and space in general an accessible destination is his goal.
3.Shein
It is the Chinese “fast-fashion” (fast clothing) and sportswear company, known in the world for its low-cost clothing made directly in China. Quickly, from its beginnings in 2002 selling wedding dresses online, it has managed to position itself as one of the largest online fashion companies and now sells its products in more than 220 countries.
4. Stripe
This fintech based in San Francisco, California (USA) and Dublin (Ireland), has Khosla Ventures, LowercaseCapital and capitalG as main investors. Stripe offers payment services to both individual customers and businesses.
5. Canvas
Founded in 2012, the company is behind the popular free, streamlined graphic design software and website Canva. Its headquarters are located in Surry Hills, Australia. The facilities it offers its users, democratizing access to design tools, has been key to its success. In addition, in recent times it has been able to form valuable alliances, integrating with other platforms such as Filkers or TikTok.
6. Checkout.com
Financial technology company based in the United Kingdom, dedicated to offering solutions in terms of payment methods to businesses. Currently, it provides services as a payment provider to large eCommerces and service companies such as Netflix, Farfetch, Grab, NetEase, Pizza Hut, Shein, Siemens or Sony.
7.Instacart
It is a food delivery and collection service that operates through a mobile app and from its website in both the United States and Canada. In its beginnings, in 2012, it was a revolution for local businesses that were able to take advantage of the opportunity to enjoy the advantages of eCommerce.
8. Databricks
Created in 2013, it is a company in the business software sector, which has created the open source projects Delta Lake, MLflow and Koalas, which are dedicated to data engineering, data science and machine learning.
9. Revolut
It is a neobank founded in the United Kingdom: its services include a prepaid debit card (VISA or MasterCard), currency exchange without additional charges or cryptocurrency exchanges. It currently provides services to more than 16 million customers and is one of the main alternatives to the traditional banking model in Spain and Europe.
10.FTX
It is a platform with which users can trade cryptocurrencies. The company was originally founded in Hong Kong in 2019, but later moved its operations center to the Bahamas. Their platform caters to both professional and first-time traders who are immersing themselves in the world of cryptocurrencies.
11.Epic Games
One of the giants of video games: it is the company behind the successful battle-royale Fortnite, as well as the powerful game engine Unreal Engine. This powerful video game developer has a long history since its foundation in 1991 in the US
12.Fanatics
This American company founded in 1995 is dedicated to the minority distribution of sportswear lines for large clubs, as well as collectible and licensed items. Currently, Candy Digital, a company of which Fanatics is the majority owner, is creating an official ecosystem of officially licensed sports NFTs.
13.Chime
It is an American fintech that offers mobile banking services at no additional charge. It was founded in 2012 on the premise that banking should be useful, simple and free, and there are currently more than 6.5 million accounts open on Chime.
14. BYJU’s
It is a multinational educational technology company founded in India in 2011. Its learning method is based on pedagogy and technology as its main engines. In November 2021, it became the most valuable educational technology company on the planet. It currently has more than 15 million students.
15. Xiaohongshu
This Chinese e-commerce platform hails from China. It is known as “the Chinese answer to Instagram”. It was born in 2013 as an app for Chinese buyers who traveled abroad, in which they could post comments and recommendations of products purchased in their destinations, and evolved into an eCommerce platform dedicated exclusively to imported luxury products.
16. J&T Express
It is an Indonesia-based company dedicated to logistics and the shipping and delivery of urgent packages. It has both land and air fleets and covers a wide range of services: deliveries, package transport, storage and supply chain. Its network spans 11 countries and serves more than 2 million people worldwide.
17. I look
Miro is a collaborative virtual whiteboard platform that enables teams, partners, and clients to come together and share their ideas visually. Created in 2011, its headquarters are located in Amsterdam and San Francisco and it already serves more than 35 million users.
18. Yuanfudao
It is a Chinese company dedicated to online education and tutoring. It offers technological services for educational purposes to children from preschool to high school. It was launched in 2012 and since then it has helped more than 200 million students by tutoring them.
19. DJI Innovations
DJI Innovations is a Chinese manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) used for both aerial photography and videography. Headquartered in Shenzhen, considered China’s Silicon Valley, the company has grown from the small office it was in 2016 to a company with more than 6,000 employees and offices in Germany, the US, the Netherlands, Hong Kong, Japan and Beijing.
20.Discord
The origins of this platform date back to 2015, but it was in recent years that it began to gain popularity. Its differential factor has been key to its success, since Discord is not just a platform to create groups to chat or make video calls. The platform allows you to have your own server, create different channels, have your own IRC and invite whoever you want.
Analysis of the top of most valuable startups in the world
Once again, the leader in the startup ranking is , the parent company of stands at 140,000 million dollars, a position and figure that it had already reached in 2021 and that this 2022 is repeated. In 2019, Bytedance had managed to get a valuation of 75,000 million dollars, so in 2021 it almost doubled its value in just over a yeara value that it continues to maintain.
Second, we meet again SpaceX: the American aerospace transportation company founded by . While third Shein scroll to Stripe: the mark of fast fashion reaches 100,000 million dollars, while the fintech maintains a valuation of 95,000 million, falling to fourth place.
inputs and outputs
This year there have been two exits, and their corresponding two entries, in the top 20 best valued startups. Greatly highlights the output of Klarnathe company that had made the most noise two years ago by managing to increase its valuation by 45% in just 90 days and that had reached a valuation of 45.6 billion dollars, ranking fourth, has dropped to a valuation of 6.7 billion dollars .
The other output is goPuffthat drops to 21st place being outclassed by Discord. The Philadelphia-based company, dedicated to the delivery of consumer food and beverages, is again valued at 15,000 million dollars.
And, of course, the startups that enter are the ones that leave. This is the case of Discordwhich as and we mentioned has risen to rank 20but also that of I look. The collaborative platform has climbed in the ranking to be in seventeenth position thanks to its recent valuation at $17.5 billion.
Chinese companies among the world’s top unicorns
As it has been for some time, Chinese companies continue to take over much of the top spot in the world’s most valuable startupswhen until a few years ago in the top positions we could find .
In addition to Bytedance (1st) and Shein (3rd), outside the top 10 but among the first 20 startups by valuation, we find three more Chinese companies. xiaohongshu (15th), the luxury import eCommerce platform, Yuanfudao (18th)a Chinese platform dedicated to online learning and tutoring, and DJI Innovations (19th)a leading company in the manufacturing market of…
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