Nine unicorn companies are on the list!Chengdu is among the "top 30 entrepreneurial cities in the world"

This morning

Hurun Research Institute was released

"Global Unicorn List in the Middle of 202"

List the world after 2000

Non -listed companies worth more than $ 1 billion

Among them, there are 9 companies on the list in Chengdu

The number of lists on the list increased by 4 newly added last year

It is one of the fastest -growing Chinese cities in unicorn enterprises

Chengdu also entered

"Hurun's top 30 entrepreneurial cities" list

In the first half of the year, there were 59 new unicorn companies in China

Mainly distributed in health technology, artificial intelligence

E -commerce and semiconductor fields

It is reported that the deadline for the calculation of this list is June 30, 2022. The Hurun Research Institute has been tracking and recorded unicorn companies in 2017. This is the fourth time Hurun Research Institute released the global unicorn list. A total of 1312 unicorn companies were on the list, distributed in 48 countries (regions) around the world (region) worldwide (region). , 259 cities. On average, these companies were established 8 years ago, 2014. 80%of sales software and services, only 20%of physical products. 52%are B2B companies, and 48%are directly facing consumers. The most affected industries affected by unicorn companies are financial services, corporate management, medical health and retail. The total value of global unicorn companies is worth RMB 2.79 trillion.

The list shows that the valuation of 592 unicorn companies has increased within half a year, of which 369 are on the list. 228 valuations declined, 81 of which "downgraded" last year -the valuation fell below $ 1 billion and withdrew from the list. 34 unicorn last year "upgraded" and withdrew from the list (25 were listed and 9 were acquired). In addition, 573 valuations remain unchanged.

In addition, the average age of unicorn companies was 44 years old, which means that they created the company at the age of 36. Unicorn companies have average two joint founders.

Which industries are the most potential?

Hu Run, chairman and chief research officer of Hu Run, said that nearly half of the world's unicorn companies come from fintech, e -commerce, software services, health technology and artificial intelligence industries, corporate services and logistics this year industry. The top three industries with the most unicorn in China are health technology, artificial intelligence, e -commerce and semiconductor.

In addition, Hurun said that through the global unicorn list, it can be seen that the global economy shows a new trend under the epidemic. From the first global unicorn list in 2019, there are nearly 1,200 new unicorn. These new unicorn are changing financial services, corporate management, medical health and retail industries. Especially in the first half of this year, the financial services and corporate management industries were the most affected by the new unicorn.

"Unicorn enterprises are the symbol of world -class entrepreneurial ecology. The more unicorn companies in a country, the stronger the innovation ability, the more perfect the entrepreneurial ecosystem." Hurun said that there were 369 unicorn new in the first half of the year On the list, one -third of them came from fintech, software services, blockchain and corporate services. At the same time, there were 59 new unicorn in China.

Chengdu unicorn companies increase to 9

Return to "the top 30 entrepreneurial cities in the world"

Xiaobu learned from the list that a total of 9 companies in Chengdu were on the list this time, namely the Medical Federation, Xinchao Media, Timely, 1919, Leng Life Cold Chain (New List), Wesk Bio (New List) Books also burned fairy grass (new list), Fiture (new list), Koma and horse logistics.

It is reported that to enter the "Hurun's top 30 entrepreneurial cities", at least 8 unicorn companies are needed. This year, the United States, Austin, Miami, Washington, and Chengdu, China entered the top 30 for the first time. The list shows that in China, Guangzhou and Chengdu are the fastest growing cities in unicorn enterprises.

From the perspective of Chengdu -listed companies, Chengdu unicorn companies are mainly concentrated in the fields of health technology, biomedicine, electronic information, logistics, etc. These are also Chengdu's advantageous industries.

It is worth mentioning that among the companies on the list of Chengdu, there are both veteran unicorn companies that have taken root in Chengdu for many years and new "black horse" that have just been established.

Chengdu Tianfu International Biological City

For example, the establishment of Wesk Biological on the list is only two years, which was jointly established by the West China Hospital of Sichuan University, the Academician Vaccine Research Team, and the Chengdu Tianfu International Biological City. When the Omicron mutant strain just appeared at the end of 2021, Wesk Bio actively promoted the study of the strains, cell matrix and process quality of the new coronary virus vaccine (SF9 cells). Be assembled as a stable protein particles. The large -scale production of vaccines adopts international advanced insect cell protein expression technology, and cooperates with WGA01 (MF59 sample agent) that can induce more immune response. In July of this year, Mexican pharmaceutical regulatory department has issued a license to approve the new -type coronary virus vaccine (SF9 cells) developed by its research and development to conduct phase I/II clinical research. At present, Wesk Bio has submitted a new type of coronary virus vaccine (SF9 cell) I/II clinical trial application in China, Japan, and other places. R & D process of coronary virus vaccine (SF9 cells).

In the field of health and technology, the medical federation of the 8 -year -old and deep cultivation of Internet hospitals has also been on the list.

This is not the first time that the Medical Federation has been on the list. In June 2014, Wang Shirui founded the Medical Federation in Chengdu and was promoted to "unicorn" enterprises four years later. At the end of last year, in the future, doctors (formerly Penguin almonds) merged into the Medical Federation Group to become a business department. The scale of the Medical Federation Internet Hospital has also expanded. Chengdu gave birth to a larger Internet medical group with a larger scale. From the perspective of capital, according to publicly disclosed data, from 2014 to 2019, the Medical Federation has received a total of five rounds of financing. Behind financing is Tencent, Sequoia China, Huaxing Capital and other capitals. According to the 2020 annual report of Chinese biopharmaceuticals, China Biopharmaceutical contributed to the Medical Federation of US $ 514 million. This means that when Chinese biopharmaceuticals invested in the Medical Federation in 2020, their valuations were nearly $ 4 billion. In addition, in April 2021, penguin almonds were upgraded to future doctors. Prior to this, penguin almonds received $ 250 million in financing in 2019, and the overall valuation of more than $ 1 billion later.

The growth of unicorn companies is also inseparable from the support of local policies and the help of the development environment. "A good platform, coupled with Chengdu's policy environment, market potential and talent reserves, it has cultivated fertile soil for the development of the digital economy. Chengdu has the potential and fully capable of building a height of the medical industry." Wang Shirui said.

Chengdu Business Daily-Chengdu Reporter | Peng Xiangping

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Part of the picture according to the Hurun Research Institute

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