The venture capital market remains tight, yet new unicorns continue to emerge. TechCrunch has identified the latest batch of startup unicorns backed by VCs, featuring healthcare companies like Hippocratic AI and satellite space companies like Loft Orbital. Here are 10 newly minted unicorns so far this year.
Recent Unicorn List Updates:
– Fleetio ($1.5 billion): An Alabama-based fleet operations software company.
– The Bot Company ($2 billion): A robotics platform founded in 2024.
– Celestial AI ($2.5 billion): An AI company launched in California in 2020.
– Underdog Fantasy ($1.3 billion): A sports gaming company founded in 2020.
– Build Ops ($1 billion): A software company valued at $1 billion, launched in 2018.
– Insilico Medicine ($1 billion): A drug research company with over $500 million in funding.
– Olipop ($2 billion): A probiotic soda company with a valuation of $1.96 billion, founded in 2018.
– Peregrine ($2.5 billion): A data analysis and integration platform launched in 2017.
– Assured ($1 billion): An AI company helping process claims, valued at $1 billion since 2020.
– Mercor ($2 billion): A contract recruiting startup with a valuation of $2 billion, founded in 2022.
These unicorns will continue to be updated throughout the year.
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/21/7-new-tech-unicorns-were-minted-in-2025-so-far