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Thursday 15 October 2026

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Unicorns with European founders are valued higher in the US than in Europe. Latest valuations of 653 unicorns founded since 1990 where at least half the founders are from Europe, split by where they are based: UK and Ireland, Benelux, France, DACH, Southern Europe, the Nordics, CEE, New Palo Alto and the US.

Latest valuations of 653 unicorns founded since 1990 where at least half the founders are from Europe, grouped by where the company is based. The top 10% start at $9.6B in the US versus $7.6B in Europe, and the top 1% at $118B (Snowflake) versus $60B (argenx).

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  • ModalNew York$750M Series D

    The serverless platform for genAI training. Led by Accel at a $15.

  • MMIPisa$510M

    A developer of novel robotic solutions for unmet medical needs for microsurgery, with a teleoperated robotic platform for suturing in open surgery with wristed microinstruments. Led by Baillie Gifford.

  • SignSplitWilmington$400M Seed

    Platform for licensing and compensation for human data. Led by W Group.

By country

  • US$60B
  • South Korea$2.6B
  • China$1.1B
  • Spain$629M
  • India$539M
  • UK$447M

By sector

  • Enterprise software$54B
  • Health$5.2B
  • Fintech$5.1B
  • Hosting$4.4B
  • Food$2.8B
  • Robotics$1.7B

$68B across 619 rounds in October so far, by headquarters and by sector.

  • UlpianusSantiago

    AI-powered legal research with verifiable sources.

    NBNicolás Barriga

  • Q ChatGernsheim

    AI website agents that answer citizens' and employees' questions for German municipalities, public institutions and companies.

    PSPeter Schuch

  • AI-driven agribusiness ecosystem optimizing agricultural value chains.

    RPNHRGRafig Pashayev, Nazim Hamidli & Ridvan Garakhani founded it. Pashayev previously founded Enverson. Hamidli worked at Azericard and Customar.

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