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Not every tech startup can hit a $72 billion valuation like Uber , but the club of startups valued at $1 billion or more is getting bigger.
Members of this coveted group are known as "unicorns." They make up only a small percentage of all startups, but that percentage has been gradually growing.
2018 was a record-setting year for unicorns almost 100 companies were able to woo investors and achieve ten-digit valuations, according to data from Pitchbook. As 2019 takes off, Pitchbook has been tracking the startups that have already reached unicorn status this year.
These are the tech startups whose valuations reached $1 billion in 2019:
YouTube/Bloomberg Technology
Date unicorn status achieved: January 7
Headquarters: Pleasanton, California
Year founded: 2012
Current valuation: $1.28 billion
Read more about 10x Genomics on PitchBook.
AP Photo/Ng Han Guan
Date unicorn status achieved: January 9
Headquarters: Beijing, China
Year founded: 2015
Current valuation: $3 billion
Read more about 360 Enterprise Security Group on Pitchbook.
Reuters/Axel Schmidt
Date unicorn status achieved: January 10
Headquarters: Berlin, Germany
Year founded: 2013
Current valuation: $2.7 billion
Read more about N26 on Pitchbook.
YouTube/Terminal
Date unicorn status achieved: January 28
Headquarters: San Francisco, California
Year founded: 2017
Current valuation: $1.1 billion
Read more about Hims on Pitchbook.
Databricks/YouTube
Date unicorn status achieved: February 5
Headquarters: San Francisco, California
Year founded: 2013
Current valuation: $2.75 billion
Read more about Databricks on Pitchbook.
Calm
Date unicorn status achieved: February 6
Headquarters: San Francisco, California
Year founded: 2012
Current valuation: $1 billion
Read more about Calm on Pitchbook.
Reuters/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
Date unicorn status achieved: February 7
Headquarters: Palo Alto, California
Year founded: 2016
Current valuation: $2.5 billion
Read more about Aurora on Pitchbook.
YouTube/World Medical Innovation Forum
Date unicorn status achieved: February 7
Headquarters: Salt Lake City, Utah
Year founded: 2008
Current valuation: $1 billion
Read more about Health Catalyst on Pitchbook.
YouTube/X
Date unicorn status achieved: February 11
Headquarters: Mountain View, California
Year founded: 2016
Current valuation: $2.7 billion
Read more about Nuro on Pitchbook.
YouTube/Y Combinator
Date unicorn status achieved: February 21
Headquarters: San Francisco, California
Year founded: 2013
Current valuation: $3.2 billion
Read more about Flexport on Pitchbook.
VCG/VCG via Getty Images
Date unicorn status achieved: February 26
Headquarters: Beijing, China
Year founded: 2015
Current valuation: $3 billion
Read more about Horizon Robotics on Pitchbook.
Danke website
Date unicorn status achieved: February 28
Headquarters: Beijing, China
Year founded: 2015
Current valuation: $2 billion
Read more about Danke Apartment on Pitchbook.
Chime/YouTube
Date unicorn status achieved: March 5
Headquarters: San Francisco, California
Year founded: 2013
Current valuation: $1.3 billion
Read more about Chime on Pitchbook.
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