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Global New Unicorn Counts In The First Half Of 2026 Have Already Surpassed 2025’s Totals

A total 195 companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board in the first half of 2026 — far surpassing counts seen since the second half of 2022. Already, H1 is above the new unicorn totals for all of 2025, when 193 companies were minted with that status.

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Where The Next Generation Of Super Apps Will Be Built

The next generation of super apps will likely emerge in markets where widespread mobile access, weak competition, poor financial services and crises that erode trust in banks create demand for a single trusted platform, writes guest author Nnamdi Okike, co-founder and managing partner of 645…

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