Unicorn: 1 billion mobile internet companies have reached 25

Investment bank Digi-capital has just released a 498-page global Mobile Internet Investment Review report for the second quarter of 2014. The report says there are at least 25 mobile internet companies with a global value of more than $1 billion trillion.

According to the report, in the past 12 months, the total amount of mergers and acquisitions in the mobile internet market amounted to $61 billion trillion, and the mobile market was expected to earn more than $700 billion trillion by 2017. Among them, mobile E-commerce will be the main revenue contributor, in 2013-2017 its composite annual growth rate will reach 40%, is expected to 2017 this piece of revenue will reach 500 billion dollars. Asia is also the locomotive of Mobile E-commerce development (see chart).

According to statistics, a total of 25 mobile internet companies worth more than 1 billion dollars, of which 12 are American companies, it is noteworthy that Asian companies occupy 9 seats, almost half of the other 3 are European companies. The Unicorn Club is also very diverse in its membership, spanning gaming, messaging, transportation, productivity, social networking, music, navigation, and mobile e-commerce.

The figure below is the annual growth of valuations and values for mobile internet companies, as can be seen from the chart, where valuations such as Twitter, Uber, WhatsApp and Snapchat are growing at an average annual rate of $4 billion trillion, with unprecedented rates of growth and valuations. Digi-capital that the first-mover advantage of mobile Internet is much better than any other technology market in history. Therefore, for players in this field, it is important to quickly occupy the market.

The following is a complete list of 25 mobile internet companies valued at $1 billion trillion, sorted by value in descending order:

· Twitter

· WhatsApp

· Uber

· Snapchat

· Dropbox

· Line

· GungHo

· Square

· Pandora

· Colopl

· King

· Spotify

· Cheetah Mobile

· Kakao

· Supercell

· Cyberagent

· DeNA

· GREE

· IGG

· Rocket Fuel

· AirWatch

· Waze

· Evernote

· Instagram

· Funplus

· Twitter

· WhatsApp

· Uber

· Snapchat

· Dropbox

· Line

· GungHo

· Square

· Pandora

· Colopl

· King

· Spotify

· Cheetah Mobile

· Kakao

· Supercell

· Cyberagent

· DeNA

· GREE

· IGG

· Rocket Fuel

· AirWatch

· Waze

· Evernote

· Instagram

· Funplus

The first advantage is equally important to investors and acquirers. Digi-capital the potential acquirers (traditional technology giants) into a 3-story pyramid. The spire is Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, Tencent and other Big Macs, while the middle tier is Adobe, Box and other medium-sized technology companies, the bottom layer is a number of more but smaller technology companies.