Throwback Thursday Highlighting Vacasa, the Vacation Rental Unicorn That Came Back Down to Earth
Vacasa at a Glance As summer travel hits full swing and families book beach houses, lake cabins, and mountain retreats, it’s the perfect moment to look back at Vacasa, the company that tried to bring big-tech scale to vacation home management. Vacasa was born around a dining room table in 2009, when founder Eric Breon […]
Unicorn Spotlight: Anduril Industries and America’s New Arsenal
z Welcome back to Unicorn Spotlight, a series where we highlight standout companies within the Prime Unicorn Index. With Independence Day just behind us, and the country’s attention briefly turned to questions of national defense and industrial strength, this edition turns to a company building the hardware and software behind America’s next generation of military […]
Sector Snapshot: Healthcare
Healthcare is one of the broadest and most consequential segments of the Prime Unicorn Index Composite, spanning health insurance, care delivery, biotechnology, diagnostics, clinical research, and the frontier of medical devices. Because so much of healthcare’s innovation now happens inside private companies, the sector is a clear example of why consistent private-market visibility matters. The […]
Soonicorn™ Spotlight: ScaleOps
Welcome to Soonicorn Spotlight, a new series where we highlight standout private companies whose recent funding, valuations, and traction put them on a path toward $1 billion and, potentially, the Prime Unicorn Index . The name says it all: a soonicorn is a company that’s soon to be a unicorn, a private business closing in on […]
SpaceX vs. The Biggest IPOs in History: How SPCX Stacks Up
. . A Record That Rewrites the Record Books For more than 30 years, the largest IPOs in history were generational events. A state-owned oil giant, a Chinese e-commerce empire, a payments network built during a financial crisis, each raised $15 to $25 billion and held records for years. That era ended on June 12, […]
Breaking News: The Prime Unicorn 30™ Index Breaks 300 for the First Time
The Benchmark for Private Market Transparency On Tuesday, June 16, the Prime Unicorn 30™ Index closed at 303.20, its first-ever close above 300, and an all-time high. Since launching at a base value of 100 on January 21, 2021, the benchmark has more than tripled, a +203% climb that now stands as the highest level […]
Throwback Thursday: DraftKings, the Fantasy Startup That Became a Sports-Betting Powerhouse
This summer, the world’s biggest sporting event has come to North America. For the first time ever, the 2026 FIFA World Cup is being co-hosted by the United States, Mexico, and Canada, bringing an expanded field of 48 national teams and millions of fans together across the continent. As supporters pack stadiums and crowd around […]
Breaking News: SpaceX Goes Public in the Largest IPO in History
A Top Holding Graduates to the Public Markets SpaceX, the top-weighted component of the Prime Unicorn 30 Index, priced its initial public offering last night at $135 per share. Shares began trading sharply above the IPO price, opening near $160 and climbing toward the high $160s and low $170s in early trading, a gain of […]
Breaking News: Anthropic Files for IPO, Marking a Defining Moment for AI and Private Markets
A Major AI IPO Enters the Pipeline Anthropic has confidentially filed for an initial public offering, marking one of the most significant private-to-public market transitions in the artificial intelligence sector to date. As one of the leading frontier AI companies, Anthropic’s move is more than a company milestone. It signals that the IPO window for […]
Sector Snapshot: Fintech
The fintech sector represents one of the most important segments within the Prime Unicorn Index Composite, reflecting how technology continues to reshape payments, banking, lending, wealth management, payroll, and financial infrastructure. Because many leading fintech companies remain private, the sector also highlights why early private market visibility matters. The Prime Unicorn Index helps track where […]