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Using data from Crunchbase and PitchBook, TechCrunch tracked down the newly VC-backed startup minted unicorns <\/a>so far this year (as of the end of January). These include healthcare companies like Hippocratic AI and satellite space companies like Loft Orbital.\u00a0<\/p>\n This list will be updated throughout the year, so check back and see the powerhouses raising this year!\u00a0<\/p>\n Fleetio <\/strong>\u2014 $1.5 billion: This Alabama-based startup creates software to help make fleet operations easier. It last raised a $454 million Series D at a $1.5 billion valuation, according to PitchBook. It was launched in 2012 and has raised $624 million in funding to date, with investors including Elephant Partners and Goldman Sachs Asset Management.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Bot Company <\/strong>\u2014 $2 billion: This robotics platform last raised a $150 million early-stage round, valuing it at $2 billion, according to PitchBook. The company, which was founded in 2024, has raised $300 million to date in funding.\u00a0<\/p>\n Celestial AI<\/strong> \u2014 $2.5 billion: The AI company raised a $250 million Series C led by Fidelity that valued the company at $2.5 billion, per Crunchbase. The company, based in California, was launched in 2020 and counts BlackRock and Engine Ventures as investors. It has raised more than $580 million in capital to date, per PitchBook.\u00a0<\/p>\n Underdog Fantasy <\/strong>\u2014 $1.3 billion: The sports gaming company last raised a $70 million Series C valuing the company at $1.3 billion, according to Crunchbase. The company, founded in 2020, has raised more than $100 million in capital to date, per PitchBook. Investors include Spark Capital.\u00a0<\/p>\n Build Ops <\/strong>\u2014 $1 billion: This software company last raised a $122.6 million Series C, valuing it at $1 billion. Build Ops, which was launched in 2018, has raised $273 million in total, according to PitchBook, with investors including Founders Fund and Fika Ventures.\u00a0<\/p>\n Insilico Medicine <\/strong>\u2014 $1 billion: The drug research company raised a $110 million Series E valuing the company at $1 billion, per Crunchbase. It launched in 2014, has raised more than $500 million to date in capital, and counts Lilly Ventures and Value Partners Group as investors.\u00a0<\/p>\n Olipop<\/strong> \u2014 $2 billion: This popular probiotic soda company last raised a $137.9 million Series C at a $1.96 billion valuation. It was founded in 2018 and has raised $243 million to date with investors including Scoop Ventures and J.P. Morgan Growth Equity Partners.\u00a0<\/p>\n Peregrine<\/strong> \u2014 $2.5 billion: This operations management platform, launched in 2017, last raised a $190 million Series C with a valuation of $2.5 billion. It has raised more than $250 million in funding to date, according to PitchBook, with investors including Sequoia and Fifth Down Capital.\u00a0<\/p>\n Assured<\/strong> \u2014 $1 billion: The AI company helps process claims and last raised a $23 million Series B, valuing the company at $1 billion. It was launched in 2019 and has raised a little more than $26 million to date, with investors including ICONIQ Capital and Kleiner Perkins.\u00a0<\/p>\n Veza<\/strong> \u2014 1.7 billion: This data security company, founded in 2020, last raised a $108 million Series D, valuing the company at $1.7 billion, per PitchBook. Veza has raised more than $230 million to date in capital and counts JP Morgan Chase as an investor.\u00a0<\/p>\n Abridge<\/strong> \u2014 $2.8 billion: This medtech, founded in 2018, last raised a $250 million Series D at a $2.75 billion valuation, per PitchBook. The company has raised more than $460 million to date in funding and counts Elad Gil and IVP as investors.\u00a0<\/p>\n OpenEvidence<\/strong> \u2014 $1 billion: This medtech company, founded in 2017, last raised a $75 million Series A at a $1 billion valuation, per PitchBook. The company has raised $135 million to date in funding and counts Sequoia Capital as an investor.\u00a0<\/p>\n Hightouch <\/strong>\u2014 $1.2 billion: The data platform, founded in 2018, last raised an $80 million Series C at a $1.2 billion valuation, per PitchBook. The company has raised $171 million to date in funding and counts Sapphire Ventures and Bain Capital Ventures as investors.<\/p>\n Kikoff \u2014 $1 billion:<\/strong> This personal finance platform last raised an undisclosed amount that valued it at $1 billion, according to PitchBook. The company, founded in 2019, has raised $42.5 million to date <\/a>and counts Female Founders Fund, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and basketballer Steph Curry as investors.\u00a0<\/p>\n Netradyne \u2014 $1.35 billion:<\/strong> Founded in 2015, this computer vision startup raised a $90 million Series D<\/a> valuing it at $1.35 billion, according to Crunchbase. The round was led by Point72 Ventures.<\/p>\n Hippocratic AI \u2014 $1.6 billion:<\/strong> This startup, founded in 2023, creates healthcare models. It raised a $141 million Series B<\/a>, valuing it at $1.64 billion, according to Crunchbase. The round was led by Kleiner Perkins.\u00a0<\/p>\n Truveta \u2014 $1 billion:<\/strong> This genetic research company<\/a> raised a $320 million round valuing it at $1 billion, according to Crunchbase. Founded in 2020, its investors include the CVCs from Microsoft and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals.\u00a0<\/p>\n Clay \u2014 $1.25 billion:<\/strong> Founded in 2017, Clay is an AI sales platform. The company raised a $40 million Series B, valuing it at $1.25 billion, according to PitchBook. It has raised more than $100 million to date and counts Sequoia, First Round, Boldstar, and Box Group as investors.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Mercor \u2014 $2 billion:<\/strong> This contract recruiting startup raised<\/a> a $100 million Series B valuing it at $2 billion. The company, founded in 2022, counts Felicis, Menlo Ventures, Jack Dorsey, Peter Thiel, and Anthology Fund as investors.\u00a0<\/p>\n Loft Orbital \u2014 $1 billion:<\/strong> Founded in 2017, the satellite company<\/a> raised a $170 million Series C valuing the company at $1 billion, according to Crunchbase. Investors in the round included Temasek and Tikehau Capital.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\nMarch\u00a0<\/h2>\n
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