We used CB Insights’ real-time unicorn tracker to identify all the e-commerce startups globally that have reached unicorn status, i.e. are valued at more than $1B. There are a total of 22 e-commerce unicorns with a total value of $59.4B, which translates to 13% of the valuation of all unicorns combined as of July 29, 2015.
India-based online marketplace Flipkart tops the list with a $15B valuation as of May 2015. Flipkart is backed by major investors, including Accel Partners and Morgan Stanley and has received $3B in total funding. Second on the list is Coupang, a Korean daily-deals site valued at $5B. It has received $1.44B in funding and is backed by BlackRock and Softbank Corp.
See the rest of the list below:
| Company | Valuation ($B) | Select Investors |
|---|---|---|
| Flipkart | $15 | Accel Partners, Digital Sky Technologies, Iconiq Capital |
| Coupang | $5 | Sequoia Capital, Founder Collective, Wellington Management |
| Dianping | $4.1 | QiMing Venture Partners, Lightspeed China Partners, Sequoia Capital |
| Delivery Hero | $3.1 | Rocket Internet, Phenomen Ventures, Insight Venture Partners |
| Fanatics | $3.1 | Insight Venture Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Temasek Holdings |
| Global Fashion Group | $3.1 | Access Industries, Rocket Internet, Tengelmann Ventures |
| VANCL | $3 | Ceyuan Ventures, QiMing Venture Partners, Temasek Holdings |
| ContextLogic (dba. Wish) | $3 | Founders Fund, GGV Capital, Digital Sky Technologies |
| Snapdeal | $2.5 | Intel Capital, Kalaari Capital, Nexus Venture Partners |
| Houzz | $2.3 | New Enterprise Associates, Sequoia Capital, Comcast Ventures |
| Blue Apron | $2 | Bessemer Venture Partners, First Round Capital, BoxGroup |
| Instacart | $2 | Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Collaborative Fund |
| Avito.ru | $1.8 | Accel Partners, Northzone Ventures, Naspers |
| Lazada | $1.3 | Tengelmann Ventures, Rocket Internet, Summit Partners |
| Warby Parker | $1.2 | BoxGroup, Felicis Ventures, First Round Capital |
| Gilt Groupe | $1.1 | GSV Capital, Norwest Venture Partners, Pinnacle Ventures |
| Home24 | $1 | Rocket Internet, JP Morgan Chase & Co. |
| BeiBei | $1 | Banyan Capital, New Horizon Capital, IDG Capital Partners |
| Farfetch | $1 | Advent Venture Partners, Index Ventures, e.ventures |
| Quikr | $1 | Tiger Global Management, Norwest Venture Partners |
| JustFab | $1 | Matrix Partners, Passport Capital, Rho Ventures |
| Fanli | $1 | QiMing Venture Partners, Steam boat Ventures |
The pie chart below shows is a geographic breakdown of the e-commerce unicorns. United States, with 8, has the largest number of unicorns. This list includes companies such as Gilt Groupe, Delivery Hero and Warby Parker. China is second with 4 unicorns including Dianping and VANCL. India is in third with 3 unicorns, and then Germany with 2 unicorns.
Feature image credit: By Wolfgang Sauber. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.
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