Prime Unicorn Index Blog

Week of November 13 – November 19, 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 get pummeled, Ripple rockets in secondaries. Big AI rounds appear on the horizon. Index +2.9%

Instacart at a Glance As we head into the Thanksgiving season, a time when grocery lists grow as fast as guest counts, it’s fitting to spotlight Instacart, a company that helped redefine how millions of households stock up for the holidays. Founded in 2012 by Apoorva Mehta, Instacart launched in

Week of November 6 – November 12, 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. Public components took a beating, while Devoted Health authorized its Series F round. Primary Rounds &

Week of October 30 – November 5, 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. BillionToOne goes public; Verkada, KoBold authorize new rounds; Cerebras sees a bump in secondaries, and publics

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.

The Rise Carta built itself into an essential tool in the private-markets ecosystem. Founded to manage cap-tables and equity plans for startups and investors, Carta amassed sensitive, private data: investor identities, shareholdings, company valuations, cap tables, and secondary transactions. It became ubiquitous in the venture / startup world. The Fall: