Billion Dollar Unicorns: Lookout Getting Ready for an IPO

A recent Allied Market Research report forecasts the global mobile security market to grow 41% annually to $34.8 billion by 2020. The market was estimated to be worth $3.4 billion in 2013. San Francisco-based Lookout is a leading mobile device security market player and a prestigious Billion Dollar Unicorn club member.

Billion Dollar Unicorns: MapR Readies IPO

A recent research report published by Allied Market Research estimates the global Hadoop market to grow from $2 billion in 2013 to $50.2 billion by the year 2020. That translates to a 58% compounded annual growth rate over the seven-year period. The growth is projected to be driven by the software segment which is expected

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: Druva Poised to Produce an Indian Unicorn

Not many successful technology product companies have emerged from India. Data protection solutions provider Druva is one of the first of its kind. Druva still has some way to go before it joins the Billion Dollar Unicorn club. But given its performance thus far, it certainly shows promise.

Will CA or BMC Acquire Apigee?

According to a recent Forrester report, application programming interface (API) management is a fast growing, albeit, relatively recent IT concern. The issue has gained significant importance due to the growing adoption of mobile applications as the means for consumers to shop and access a company’s goods and services. The market is led by CA Technologies,

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RetailMeNot is Focused on the Beacon

An eMarketer report released in November 2014 estimated that Internet users of ages 18 and above who redeem a digital coupon or code via any device for online or offline shopping at least once per year accounted for 55% of all US Internet users in 2014. The number of adults redeeming coupons via mobile devices is estimated to

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: AppNexus In The IPO 2015 Pipeline

According to a Forrester research report released last year, the online digital display advertising spend in the US is estimated to grow to $37.6 billion by the year 2019, compared with $19.8 billion last year. During the same period, Forrester estimates the offline ad market, which includes channels like the cable TV, radio, and television

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: Capital-Efficient StartApp Is A Prospect

According to a recent market research study by the University of Alabama, over 1 billion smartphones are expected to be sold in 2015. Back in 2013, Google’s Android had surpassed 50 billion app downloads and by the year 2014, Apple had recorded 75 billion downloads. These numbers are expected to grow rapidly in the coming years. By

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Billion Dollar Unicorn: Taboola Faces New Competition From Google

The market may be waiting for online content discovery platform and Billion Dollar Unicorn Club member Taboola to go public. But Taboola’s management has no plans to go public soon. Analysts project the content recommendation market to grow from $700 million in 2014 to $3.4 billion by the year 2018. Here is how Taboola is planning to capitalize

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