[raverbashing]

I think you have the right idea there

> I saw a list of European unicorns (on HN in fact I think) and probably about 2/3 were UK/London based

While unicorns are an interesting measure (even though it favours the biggest startups - are 2x 500Mi startups "worse than" 1x 1Bi startup?), I always wonder how much of it is some form "language blindness". How much value is on startups or companies that don't get on HN or "don't speak English" much?

[rich_sasha]

Agreed, this was the first proxy that came to mind.

This is probably quite good for VC funded companies, as there is some transparency in this. But, apart from the arbitrary 1bn cutoff, what is a startup? What about more established, but still innovative companies? What about ones that are not VC funded?