decacornとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

decacorn (plural decacorns)

1. (finance) A private startup with a valuation of US$10 billion or greater.

   Coordinate terms: unicorn, hectocorn

   • 2017 May 18, Alex Davies, “With Uber Freight, Travis Takes On Trucking”, in Wired‎:

     Today, the delinquent decacorn of Silicon Valley announced Uber Freight, a bid to bring the ride hailing model to trucking.

   • 2018 November 26, Alex Wilhelm, Savannah Dowling, “2019 Could Be The Year Of The Decacorn IPO”, in Crunchbase‎:

     It's not the only domestic decacorn (a unicorn at least ten times over) targeting a 2019 debut.

   • 2019 April 6, Karlis Salna, “Go-Jek Joins 'Decacorn' Ranks With $10 Billion Valuation”, in Bloomberg‎:

     Indonesian ride-hailing service Go-Jek's value was estimated at $10 billion by a U.S. market intelligence company, putting it in the ranks of startups called decacorns.

   • 2019 April 29, Michael J. de la Merced, Andrew Ross Sorkin, “WeWork Files for I.P.O., Joining Wave of Cash-Burning Start-Ups in Going Public”, in New York Times‎:

     Many of the biggest so-called decacorns, or privately held companies with valuations of at least $10 billion, have filed to go public in the past several months. Among them are Lyft, the ride-hailing company, and Pinterest, the digital pin board.

アナグラム

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