Daily Current Affairs / India becomes world's third largest unicorn ecosystem
Category : National Published on: September 04 2021
· Hurun Research Institute has released the Hurun India Future Unicorn List 2021, according to which India is the third largest unicorn/startup ecosystem in the world.
· America is on top followed by China in second place.
· According to the list there are 51 rhinos in India. There are 396 unicorns in the United States and 277 in China.
Important facts
About the unicorn
v Zilingo unicorn tops the ranking in India with USD 310.
v Zilingo is headquartered in Singapore. Bengaluru is the top Indian city in terms of number of unicorns headquartered in a city.
v Bengaluru has 31 unicorns followed by Mumbai with 12 rhinos.
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