A unicorn company is a private company with a valuation over $1 billion. As of December 2021, there are more than 900 unicorns around the world. Get the full list with Name, Valuation, Date it joined the list, Country, Industry and Major Investors.

Automation Anywhere Inc, a software company backed by SoftBank Group Corp's (9984.T) Vision Fund, has agreed to acquire cloud computing company FortressIQ, according to people familiar with the matter.

This has been a banner year for initial public offerings. In 2021 so far, they have totaled more than $301 billion collectively, much beyond 2020's record of $168 billion, according to Dealogic. Next year, tech, and particularly fintech, likely will dominate IPO activity. With venture-capital flowing freely, some of the largest private tech companies in the United States held out on predicted IPOs in 2021 because they didn't need additional cash infusions. But a different story could play out in the coming year. These are the fast-growing companies to watch that might--finally--go public in 2022.

Initial public offerings are often a hot topic among investors who envision getting in on the ground floor of “the next big thing.” And in many cases, IPOs do rip higher immediately after they start trading, particularly if they are for well-known, up-and-coming companies.

During the last part of the year we update our analytical monitors and charts, in order to be ready to lead syndication of deals from January next year. We thought you may be interested in a short update of where the names we follow are trading.

Impossible Foods has raised nearly $500 million in a funding round led by existing shareholder Mirae Asset Global Investments, highlighting a surge in investor appetite for fast-growing plant-based meat makers.

More new startups valued at $10 billion or above have been minted in 2021—far more than in any prior year, and double the number created in 2020, which set the previous record for new “decacorns,” as these highly valued companies are known.