Employees are seen at the Ant Financial Services headquarters in Hangzhou on October 17. Alipay operator Ant Financial was ranked as the world’s most valuable tech start-up, with a US$150 billion valuation, according to a new global unicorn list published by Hurun Report. Photo: Bloomberg
Employees are seen at the Ant Financial Services headquarters in Hangzhou on October 17. Alipay operator Ant Financial was ranked as the world’s most valuable tech start-up, with a US$150 billion valuation, according to a new global unicorn list published by Hurun Report. Photo: Bloomberg
US-China tech war
Tech

China tops world in unicorns as Ant Financial, ByteDance, Didi Chuxing lead US$1.7 trillion market

  • China had 206 tech start-ups valued at more than US$1 billion, moving ahead of the US with 203
  • Sequoia Capital ranked as the world’s top unicorn investor, followed by Tencent Holdings and SoftBank Group Corp

Bien Perez
Bien Perez

Updated: 1:36pm, 28 Oct, 2019

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Employees are seen at the Ant Financial Services headquarters in Hangzhou on October 17. Alipay operator Ant Financial was ranked as the world’s most valuable tech start-up, with a US$150 billion valuation, according to a new global unicorn list published by Hurun Report. Photo: Bloomberg
Employees are seen at the Ant Financial Services headquarters in Hangzhou on October 17. Alipay operator Ant Financial was ranked as the world’s most valuable tech start-up, with a US$150 billion valuation, according to a new global unicorn list published by Hurun Report. Photo: Bloomberg
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