United Kingdom into a European "Unicorn", the number of European one-third-Unicorn, United Kingdom-IT information
According to the guardian report, technology investment bank GP Bullhound published report shows that Europe has become a "Unicorn" success of the ranch, valued at more than $ 1 billion in private technology companies has reached 47. Among them, the United Kingdom, is a "Unicorn", more than 1/3 of the European "Unicorn" is in the United Kingdom established by Sweden's "Unicorn" number of second in the Europe.
In the past 1 years, Europe's "Unicorn" grew by 10%, sum the valuations of these companies reached $ 130 billion. Among them, one-third "Unicorn" headquarters located in the United Kingdom, including the online clothing retailer Asos financial start-ups, Internet Transferwise as well as the property website Zoopla. There are new start-ups, such as augmented reality Blippar, business planning-software developer Anaplan, both in the United Kingdom set up, but has now moved to San Francisco.
The world's largest legal music streaming service Spotify has more than instant communication software Skype has been of the highest valuations in Europe "Unicorn", its valuations have reached $ 8.5 billion, also helped Sweden become a "Unicorn" number of many European countries. Sweden, 7 valued at more than $ 1 billion in private technology companies, Germany, and France, and Israel ranks, each with 6, 3, 3 "Unicorn".
Since 2015, there are 10 "Unicorn" join the list, but also removed the list. Powa such as mobile payment company valuations were close to $ 3 billion, but its now even cannot afford to pay transaction costs. Less and less high profile business failures, probably due in part to the European venture threshold and higher. The European "Unicorn" than the United States "Unicorn" higher average income, which means that United States investors prefer money to low income or income enterprise does not exist in order to reap greater rewards in the future.
GP Bullhead statistics show that Europe "Unicorn" average income of $ 315 million, 18 times the valuation of and in accordance with their income. In the United States, "the Unicorn" average income is only $ 129 million valuation income 46 times multiplier. But nearly half of the European "Unicorn" still failed to profit, including some of the most famous "Unicorn", such as Spotify, P2P platforms, Funding Circle (Finland) and Rovio (angry bird developer).
Finland, another "Unicorn" Supercell is a mobile game developer, things seem to be better. GP Bullhound which may be Europe's first "ten unicorns", that is, over billions of dollars in business less than 10 years but technology companies. Supercell in annual revenue growth rate of 173%, its valuation has more than $ 5 billion.
In addition to "the Unicorn", the GP Bullhound CITES 12 so-called "young unicorns", that is, in the next few months or years stock index is expected to reach $ 1 billion in European technology companies. Restaurant delivery service Deliveroo, music-streaming site Soundcloud, and Sweden paid service iZettle has been included in the list.
GP Bullhound, co-founder and managing partner of mannishi·madefanni (Manish Madhvani) said the report showed that strong European technology development. He said: "in the European market, never better business situation. I firmly believe that the right ecosystem would induce many companies over the next few years, valued at US $ 10 billion technology company. Over time, Europe could reach $ 100 billion technology giant was born the first valuation. ”
Madefanni said: "the Unicorn in Europe has not yet reached Facebook, Google and other United States Science and technology giant, dizzying heights, but when you find the businesses between $ 1 billion to $ 3 billion, you can see that we obviously insufficient in quantity, it makes up for in quality. All the data points to a stable and mature market, this market to avoid the United States the excessive growth of the market is conducive to sustainable growth. We are seeing the technology market in Europe showed amazing resilience. ”
英国成欧洲“独角兽之都”，数量占欧洲三分之一 - 独角兽,英国 - IT资讯
据卫报报道，科技投资银行GP Bullhound公布报告显示，欧洲已经成为“独角兽”的成功牧场，这些估值超过10亿美元的私人科技公司已达47家。其中，英国堪称“独角兽之都”，超过1/3的欧洲“独角兽”是在英国建立的，瑞典的“独角兽”数量位居欧洲第二。
过去1年中，欧洲“独角兽”数量增长了10%，这些公司的估值总和达到1300亿美元。其中，三分之一“独角兽”总部位于英国，包括网上服装零售商Asos、互联网金融初创企业Transferwise以及房地产网站Zoopla等。还有新入门的初创企业，比如增强现实公司Blippar、业务规划软件开发商Anaplan等，它们都在英国成立，但现在已经移居旧金山。
全球最大正版流媒体音乐服务平台Spotify已经超过即时通讯软件Skype成为欧洲估值最高的“独角兽”，其估值目前达到85亿美元，同时帮助瑞典成为“独角兽”数量第二多的欧洲国家。瑞典有7家估值超过10亿美元的私人科技公司，德国、法国、以色列位列其后，各有6家、3家、3家“独角兽”。
自从2015年以来，共有10家“独角兽”加入榜单，但也有被移除榜单者。比如移动支付公司Powa估值曾接近30亿美元，但其现在甚至无力支付交易成本。高调的创业失败案例越来越少，部分原因可能是欧洲创业门槛越来越高。欧洲“独角兽”往往比美国“独角兽”平均收入更高，这表示美国投资者更喜欢将资金投给低收入或不存在收入的企业，以便将来获取更大回报。
GP Bullhead统计显示，欧洲“独角兽”平均收入为3.15亿美元，并可按照其收入的18倍估值。而在美国，“独角兽”平均收入仅为1.29亿美元，估值按照收入的46倍计算。但是欧洲近半数“独角兽”依然未能盈利，包括某些最著名的“独角兽”，比如Spotify、P2P平台Funding Circle（芬兰）以及Rovio（《愤怒小鸟》开发者）。
芬兰另一家“独角兽”Supercell是移动游戏开发商，情况似乎更好。GP Bullhound认为其可能是欧洲首家“十角兽”，即创业不到10年但市值超过百亿美元的科技公司。Supercell的年收入增长率达173%，其估值已经超过50亿美元。
除了“独角兽”外，GP Bullhound还列举出12家所谓的“幼年独角兽”，即在未来数月或数年内股指有望达到10亿美元的欧洲科技企业。餐馆递送服务Deliveroo、音乐流媒体网站Soundcloud、瑞典支付服务iZettle都被列入榜单。
GP Bullhound联合创始人兼管理合伙人曼尼什·马德范尼( Manish Madhvani)表示，这份报告显示，欧洲科技界发展强劲。他说：“在欧洲市场上，从来没有像现在更好的创业局面。我坚信，正确的生态系统将促使许多公司在未来数年成为估值达到100亿美元的科技企业。随着时间推移，欧洲可能诞生首家估值达到1000亿美元的科技巨头。”
马德范尼还称：“欧洲独角兽尚未达到Facebook、谷歌等美国科技巨头令人眩晕的高度，但当你寻找10亿美元到30亿美元之间的企业时，可以发现我们在数量上明显不足，但可在质量上弥补。所有数据都指向一个稳定而成熟的市场，这个市场避免了美国市场的过度增长，有利于可持续增长。我们正看到欧洲科技市场展现出惊人的弹性。”