A ‘unicorn’ is a startup company valued over $1 billion. But what is a ‘dragon’? A dragon is where things get interesting. They are startup companies that were able to raise the same amount of money. In a single round. Here are some examples you may or may not know.
Flipkart
Flipkart is an Indian e-commerce company founded by two ex Amazon employees. The company started out distributing books and quickly grew out to acquire other businesses. The company’s revenue is at US$6.1 billion.
Didi Kuaidi
Didi Kuaidi is a Chinese vehicle for hire company headquartered in Beijing with over 550 million users and tens of millions of drivers. With services starting to appear worldwide it’s one of the most promising transport companies out there right now.
AirBnb
Probably the world’s most popular tourism application right now. AirBnb provides users with comfortable user-friendly homestays and lodging. The company’s total equity is at $2.901 billion.
Tumblr
Tumblr is one of the most used multimedia micro-blogging platforms and allows users to create small blogs consisting of posts. The company is now owned by Automattic and hosts more than 529 million blogs.
Zynga
With it’s mission being “connecting the world through games.”, Zynga strives to do exactly that. The company has multiple social video games on their name and it’s revenue is on US$ 1.97 billion.
