An unprecedented number of companies have joined Crunchbase’s private company unicorn board already this year: Less than halfway into 2021 there are 166 new companies, compared to 163 for the whole of 2020.

Based on our analysis, New York-based hedge fund Tiger Global Management is the most active investor in the 2021 crop of new unicorns as well as in private unicorn startups overall — and that’s not only with the most portfolio companies, which one could expect, but also by the number of investments. READ MORE