This Week in the Index- Navan Tanks after IPO
Week of October 23 – October 29, 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. Primaries picked up; secondaries were mixed (Cerebras up, Anduril/SpaceX down); publics mostly higher, led by CoreWeave. Index +0.2% WoW. Primary Rounds […]
This Week in the Index- Redwood Materials Raises $350M
Week of October 16 – October 22, 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. It was a busy week with primary rounds, secondary trades, and acquisitions. Publics pulled back. Index −0.5% WoW. Primary Rounds & […]
Prime Unicorn Index – Q4 2025 Reconstitution
The Prime Unicorn Index and Prime Unicorn 30 have completed their quarterly reconstitution, reflecting the latest private-market activity across U.S. venture-backed unicorns. This quarter saw ten new components added to the Composite Index and three removed following acquisitions, bringing the total component count to 225. Meanwhile, the Prime Unicorn 30 saw two new additions as […]
This Week in the Index- Q4 Reconstitution
Week of October 9 – October 15, 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. This week was Q4 2025 Reconstitution, meaning both indexes were rebalanced, and new companies were added. Whatnot sees a big jump […]
This Week in the Index- Acquisitions Everywhere
Week of October 2 – October 8, 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. Primaries were quiet (one merger), secondaries rose (xAI, Cohesity), and publics rallied, led by Figma and Circle. Index +3.8% WoW. Primary […]
This Week in the Index- Signs of LIFE
Week of September 25 – October 1, 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. Full slate of primary rounds – Vercel raised big at a higher price; Carbon crammed down; Upgrade ticked up; Ethos filed […]
This Week in the Index- Cerebras Stays Private (For Now)
Week of September 18 – September 24, 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. Publics mostly up; CoreWeave led. Cerebras, Human Interest file new primary rounds. Databricks flat in secondaries; Netskope’s public debut. Index edged […]
This Week in the Index- IPO Fever
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. […]
This Week in the Index- Databricks Shines
Week of September 4 – September 10, 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. Databricks raised $1B at a reported $100B valuation. Secondaries split (Rippling up; xAI, PsiQuantum down). Publics diverged — CoreWeave rallied; Figma […]
This Week in the Index- Secondaries Liftoff
Week of August 28 – September 3, 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. Anthropic’s $13B raise headlined. Public components pulled back, while secondary trades trended up. Index +1.7% WoW. Primary Rounds & Filings Secondary […]