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Unicorns, IPOs and the next tech giants

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Unicorns, IPOs and the next tech giants

Seattle has a new unicorn, Outreach, the sales and marketing automation company that raised a $114 million funding round this week, pushing its valuation to $1.1 billion. The news sends John and Todd on a startup odyssey, exploring the hidden connections among the new wave of public companies and tech behemoths in Silicon Valley and Seattle, including…

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  1. A company valued at $1 billion or more. On GeekWire, John Cook and Todd Bishop use that line as the threshold for a giant startup that might later go public. Full answer

  2. Lone Pine Capital is an American hedge fund headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. Full answer

  3. Was it because of Seattle's attempt to regulate ride sharing and scooters, or was it because Uber has a growing engineering presence in Seattle? No. Full answer

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