Unicorns and Dragons, but what about Honey Badgers? There has been 26 startups (SoFi being the latest one) that have raised more than $1b. Theses companies that have raised $1b or more in equity funding according to Fortune are called Honey Badgers. By the very nature of how much money they've raised they are automatically in the Unicorn club.
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The other billion dollar startup club
According to data provided by research firm Mattermark, SoFi is the 26th startup to ever raise $1 billion or more in venture capital (including corporate venture), of which 21 remain privately-held. Of the five ‘exited’ companies, the results are a decidedly mixed-bag. On the upside are Facebook FB 1.17% and Alibaba BABA -0.17% — yes, we’re counting the Yahoo YHOO 0.00% investment. Somewhere in between is Groupon GRPN -0.31% , which has worked out great for its early investors but been a slog for those who came in pre-IPO. And then there was the partial flameout Clearwire (acquired by existing shareholder Sprint for just a fraction of its earlier valuation) and the total flameout Fisker Automotive (Chapter 11).
