[TechWeb] On April 16, it was reported that Hurun Research Institute recently released the 2024 Global Unicorn List in Guangzhou, listing unlisted companies worth more than US $1 billion that were founded in the world after 2000. Hurun Research Institute has been tracking and recording unicorn enterprises since 2017, and released unicorn index research. In 2019, the global unicorn list was released for the first time. So far, the global unicorn list has been released for six times. The global free Internet platform WiFi master key has been on the list for six consecutive years.
The list shows that in 2024, the number of global unicorn enterprises reached 1453, an increase of 7% over the previous year. It has increased from 494 for the first time to 1453 now, which also shows that global entrepreneurship has maintained an upward trend for many years.
Unicorn enterprises, as pioneers in the field of scientific innovation, are pioneers of new economy and new business types, and are the core driving force for the development of new quality productivity. The continuous growth of the Unicorn list means the overall dynamic trend of the global innovation economy in the past. Zhu Lihua, CEO of Shangwang Network, said: "WiFi master key will take advantage of the traffic advantage accumulated over a long period of time, hand in hand with partners in the industry, continue to provide users and merchants with high-quality service supply, at the same time, it will go deep into connection, think deeply, and explore a new way of creating a more intelligent, efficient and comfortable online life for users."