Week of September 11 – September 17, 2025
Quick Summary
Welcome back to This Week in the Index, where we’ll give a brief overview of what happened this week among Prime Unicorn Index components. Via goes public, with Netskope on deck. Secondaries mixed (Discord lower; Shield AI lower). Publics higher (Circle led). Index -0.3% WoW.
Primary Rounds & Filings
- Via Transportation: IPO at $46 (last private round: Series G at $45.51).
Secondary Transactions
- Discord: $250 → $240 (-4.0%)
- Shield AI: $79.40 → $78.00 (-1.8%)
Public Components
- CoreWeave (CRWV): +3.2% to $120.86
- Circle (CRCL): +15.3% to $131.04
- Figma (FIG): +7.3% to $54.78
- Hinge Health (HNGE): +1.0% to $56.74
- Via Transportation (VIA): $50.00
Notable News
- Shield AI expanded to Europe with a new Oslo office.
- Databricks launched an AI Accelerator program.
- Netskope priced its IPO.
- xAI laid off 500 employees.
Index Performance
- The Prime Unicorn 30 Index closed at 172.61 on Sept 17, down 0.3% vs 173.13 on Sept 10
