Billion Dollar Unicorn: Does Gaurav Dhillon Have Another Winner With SnapLogic?

According to an IDC report, the global cloud market is expected to grow to $118 billion by 2015 and will be worth $200 billion by 2018. The growth will be driven by an increased adoption of the hybrid cloud as organizations are still trying out the cloud and would like to use ways that help

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LinkedIn Acquires Lynda.com: An Analysis

Earlier this year, we covered Billion Dollar Unicorn company Lynda.com. Carpinteria, California-based Lynda.com is an online learning company that has seen meteoric rise in valuation in the recent past. Last week, they reached their peak when they were bought for $1.5 billion by professional social network, LinkedIn. This was not only the biggest acquisition by LinkedIn

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: RealReal Shows How to Consign Luxury Products

According to Bain & Company research, the personal luxury goods market in the US is estimated to be worth $74 billion. Economic conditions have hurt the segment, but the market has still managed to register a growth of 2% annually. Billion Dollar Unicorn club member RealReal is helping consigners deal with the luxury products. 

Billion Dollar Unicorns: Powa Puts London on the Map

According to a Wevio report published last month, global B2C ecommerce sales are projected to grow 17.75% in 2015 to $1.74 trillion. The market is projected to grow 10% annually to $2.356 trillion in 2018.  Billion Dollar Unicorn club member Powa Technologies is helping retailers gear up for this growth.

Billion Dollar Unicorns: Niche E-Commerce Works for Fanatics

A recent TechNavio report, Global Licensed Sports Merchandise Market 2015-2019, estimated the licensed sports merchandise market to grow 2.74% annually over the period 2014 through 2019. Recent turnover of the industry is not available, but back in 2011, analysts had estimated the market to be worth $15 billion. Billion Dollar Unicorn club member Fanatics is

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: Privalia Dominates the Latin America Markets

According to a Forrester Research report published earlier this year, the Latin American eCommerce market is led by Brazil where the B2C ecommerce sales are projected to grow from $17.8 billion in 2014 to $40.8 billion in 2019. The number of online buyers in Brazil is expected to increase from 33.5 million in 2014 to 61.8 million

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: athenahealth Enters the EHR Market

A Frost and Sullivan report on the US Hospital Information Systems (HIS) estimates the market for HIS in US hospitals to grow at 5.7% annually over the period 2014 through 2020. Billion Dollar Unicorn club member athenahealth (NASDAQ: ATHN) is a leading player in this market.

Billion Dollar Unicorns: The Impressive Story of Airpush

According to a BI Intelligence report, mobile advertising will be the fastest growing digital advertising format in the US. Mobile display ads are expected to grow 96% annually over the period 2013 through 2018. Mobile programmatic ad revenues, including ads sold through real-time bidding will account for 43% of US mobile display-related ad revenue in

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