Despite Japan's reputation as a tech powerhouse, it only has three unicorns, compared to 192 in the US, 96 in China, and 20 in the UK, according to CB Insights
Financial Times : Tweets: @trevornoren , @psb_dc , @yaromir , @financialtimes , and @cint Tweets: Trevor Noren / @trevornoren : Number of unicorns by country https://www.ft.com/... https://twitter.com/... Theo / @psb_dc : “There remains a large gap between the technological reality and the very high expectations that people have towards robots...” #robotics #AI #Japan #startup cc @moyle_l @LizLum @GhelaBoskovich https://www.ft.com/... via @financialtimes Alexei Polyakov / @yaromir : Japan 's 3 unicorns: AI start-up Preferred Networks, news aggregation app SmartNews and fintech company Liquid. Since Mercari IPOed it's not counted. https://twitter.com/... @financialtimes : Despite its reputation as a technology powerhouse, Japan has failed to punch its weight in breeding ‘unicorns’, private companies valued at $1bn or more https://www.ft.com/... https://twitter.com/... Cint Kortmann / @cint : #Japanese #startups are too easily enticed to float their #shares prematurely in #Tokyo, forcing them to submit to market #discipline before they have #unicorn status. https://lnkd.in/e8buC92