SecureWorks After Its IPO

According to Gartner, the worldwide cyber security market was estimated to grow 4.7% to $75.4 billion in 2015. Growth in cloud computing, mobile computing, and the Internet of Things as well as advanced cyber attacks have spurred interest in security technologies. Another report by MarketsAndMarkets expects the global cyber security to grow 9.8% annually over the next five years to be worth $170.2 billion by 2020. >>>

2016 IPO Prospects: BigCommerce Prepares to List

According to market research firm eMarketer, global e-commerce sales will be worth $3.5 trillion by the year 2019. By 2019, e-commerce is estimated to account for 12.4% of total retail sales compared with 7.3% share in 2014. Australian company BigCommerce is helping turn this growth forecast into reality.

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: WeWork Riding the Sharing Economy Wave

About 80% US consumers are expected to be using the sharing economy by 2017 and about 40% people are expected to be freelancers by 2020. These factors coupled with the surge in VC funding for sharing economy startups are driving up the value of shared-office company WeWork, which is among the top ten Billion Dollar Unicorns. >>>

Billion Dollar Unicorns: Souq.com the Middle East Entry to the Club

According to a PayPal report, the e-commerce market in the Middle East was expected to be worth $15 billion in 2015, with about 10% of the transactions occurring on mobile devices. Another report from Payfort put the value of the e-commerce sector in the Middle East at $7 billion in 2015 and projected that the industry would be worth up to $10 billion in the UAE and Saudi Arabia by 2020. Souq.com is a leading e-commerce company in the Middle East that has recently joined the Billion Dollar Unicorn Club. >>>

From Unicorn to Unicorpse: Zomato Flounders

Over the past year, several companies have seen their valuations plummet. After years of stellar increases in valuation, some of it unjustified, the VCs have finally begun to reevaluate business models and assign justifiable valuations to companies. The process has resulted in the creation of several unicorpses*. One such story is that of India’s restaurant search and discovery portal Zomato. >>>

Billion Dollar Unicorns: TutorGroup Enters the Club

According to research reports, the market for learning English in China is growing 25% a year and is expected to be worth $21 billion in revenue by the end of 2016. China state media claims that the country has as many as 400 million English-language learners at the beginning of the decade. Billion Dollar Unicorn club member TutorGroup is catering to this high growth market.

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: Yello Mobile Acquires its Way into the Club

Unlike most other startups that stick to their core offering and grow inorganically, South Korean Billion Dollar Unicorn club entrant Yello Mobile has gone the other way. Yello Mobile’s mission from the beginning has been to provide users with mobile apps that can be used 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. To deliver on that mission, Yello Mobile has been on an unending acquisition spree since its inception.

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: Japan’s Mercari Joins the Club

According to an AT Kearney report, global e-commerce sales are expected to grow from $840 million in 2014 to $1.5 trillion in 2018. US, China, UK, and Japan are some of the most attractive e-commerce markets due to their size, consumer behavior, and infrastructure. These factors have also helped Japan’s Mercari to make it to the Billion Dollar Unicorn Club. >>>