The Great Unicorn Backlog: Visualizing A Decade Of Private-Market Buildup

The Great Unicorn Backlog: Visualizing A Decade Of Private-Market Buildup

As a part of our series looking at how the venture and startup landscape has evolved over the past 10 years, we look at the vast backlog of still-private unicorn startups, highlighting how the private market boom has evolved into an overhang of capital, value and expectation.

StanChart Nabs Ex-DBS Executive for Private Markets

London-headquartered Standard Chartered is strengthening its private markets capabilities in Asia with the hire of a former DBS executive. Standard Chartered has appointed Stacey Hsiao as head of private markets, Greater China, according to a statement. In this new role, she is responsible for leading the private markets build-out for the bank in Greater China. Based in Hong Kong, she reports to head of private markets group Nicholas Cheng. Hsia…

The Great Unicorn Backlog: Visualizing A Decade Of Private-Market Buildup - Data Intelligence

Editor’s note: This article is part of a series looking at how the venture and startup landscape has evolved over the past 10 years. Read more articles about seed funding, Series B trends and the rise of megafunds over the decade. Over the past decade, Crunchbase has chronicled the rise of unicorn companies — private startups valued at $1 billion or more — as a signal of where venture capital dollars and market enthusiasm flow. What began as a t…