Research report: Silicon Valley no longer monopolies outstanding start-ups

NetEase Science and technology news October 27, according to foreign media reports, a recent survey shows that the past decade, the success of the 1 billion-dollar valuation of technology start-ups are not founded in Silicon Valley, more and more outstanding technology start-ups in the Bay Area outside the California.

The report was released by Atomico, the UK venture company, founded by Skype founder Nicolas Zeinstom (Niklas zennstr m). The report is based on 134 companies (also known as unicorns), which have valued $1 billion trillion over the past decade, whether they are valued at $1 billion trillion through initial public offerings, sales or financing. The end result found that 60% of the companies were created outside the Bay Area of California.

According to the report, there are 79 U.S. companies, 26 Chinese companies and 21 European companies in 134 companies, none from Latin America, Africa or the Middle East. Of the 79 U.S. companies, 52 are from the Silicon Valley region.

Zeinstom said that the global spread of computer expertise and the exposure of large numbers of technology start-ups outside the U.S. meant an irreversible trend around the world: large technology companies created outside Silicon Valley would have an increasingly large share.

Zeinstom said: "To build a truly successful company, we need to have outstanding entrepreneurs, and now such talent all over the world." ”

Mojang, a Swedish gaming company, is the latest example of a successful Minecraft company that developed a popular game that was bought by Microsoft last month, and Microsoft has paid 2.5 billion of dollars for it. Zoopla, the UK real estate Trading website, is another example of the company's successful IPO this June, with a valuation of $1 billion trillion.

But a lot of people are skeptical about the research report. Hussein Kanji, founder of Hoxton Ventures, the UK venture company, says most tech start-ups are still created in the US, and technology giants such as Google and Microsoft are often the most likely buyers of the best start-ups.

He added that many overseas technology companies are often set up in relation to American investors. Alibaba in China and Zendesk, a Danish client-management software company, set up offices in the Bay Area.

"I agree that many technology companies are now from outside the United States, but they are still inseparable from the influence of Silicon Valley," says Kuan. These companies will eventually move to New York or Silicon Valley as they grow and look like American companies. ”

Atomico's research report found that today's elite technology companies are growing faster than ever before, averaging six years to join the Unicorn club. 24 companies have only spent three years to reach a 1 billion dollar valuation, but most have spent five years or so.

"Now there are more and more Internet talent, mobile internet accelerates a lot of things." "Zeinstom said.