What Is A Decacorn? The Era Of Decacorn Companies

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What Is A Decacorn? The Era Of Decacorn Companies

A Decacorn is a company valued at over $10 billion. The top ten Decacorn Companies as of January 2019, comprise Bytedance, Uber, Didi Chuxing, WeWork, Lu.com, Airbnb, SpaceX, Palantir Technologies, Stripe and JUUL Labs.

With the rise of consumer technologies able to have worldwide traction, unicorns seem to be no longer the rule. In other words, a decade ago a billion dollar valuation was a strong position to be which allowed the company in that position to create a long-lasting advantage.

However, as of now 2019, this paradigm seems to have shifted toward Decacorn Companies, those that managed to reach over a ten billion dollar valuation!

Those Decacorns operate in the following industries:

Digital Media/ AI
On-Demand
Facilities
Fintech
eCommerce/Marketplace
Other Transportation
Big Data
Consumer Electronics
Gaming
Social
Blockchain
Biotechnology
Computer Hardware & Services
Internet Software & Services
Hardware

You can appreciate the business models used by Decacorn Companies in 2019 in the table below:

CountryCompanyValuation in $B Business Model Label
ChinaToutiao (Bytedance)$75digital short-video format model powered by AIUnited StatesUber$72ride-sharing on-demand marketplace modelChinaDidi Chuxing$56digital media on-demand marketplace modelUnited StatesWeWork$47WeWork business model: office space sharing/real-estate-as-a-service modelChinaLu.com$38online finance marketplace modelUnited StatesAirbnb$29.30e-commerce/on-demand home-sharing marketplace modelUnited StatesSpaceX$21.50space transportation modelUnited StatesPalantir Technologies$20big data-based enterprise SaaS modelUnited StatesStripe$20payment marketplace modelUnited StatesJUUL Labs$15consumer electronics modelUnited StatesEpic Games$15digital games marketplace modelUnited StatesPinterest$12.30digital advertising modelChinaBitmain Technologies$12crypto mining blockchain-based modelUnited StatesSamumed$12biotech-based modelUnited StatesLyft$11.50ride-sharing on-demand marketplace modelSingaporeGrabTaxi$11ride-sharing on-demand marketplace modelUnited KingdomGlobal Switch$11.08multi-tenanted data centers-as-a-service modelUnited StatesInfor$10cloud-based enterprise SaaS modelChinaDJI Innovations$10drones products-based modelIndiaOne97 Communications (operates Paytm)$10marketplace and virtual bank model

If you download the data reference back at FourWeekMBA.com and CB Insights

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