6 new tech unicorns had been minted in January 2025

Despite a nonetheless tight enterprise capital market, new unicorns are nonetheless being created each month.

Using information from Crunchbase and PitchBook, TechCrunch tracked down the newly VC-backed startup minted unicorns to date this 12 months (as of the tip of January). These embrace healthcare firms like Hippocratic AI and satellite tv for pc house firms like Loft Orbital. 

This listing can be up to date all year long, so verify again and see the powerhouses elevating this 12 months! 

January 

Kikoff — $1 billion: This private finance platform final raised an undisclosed quantity that valued it at $1 billion, based on PitchBook. The firm, based in 2019, has raised $42.5 million so far and counts Female Founders Fund, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and basketballer Steph Curry as buyers. 

Netradyne — $1.35 billion: Founded in 2015, this laptop imaginative and prescient startup raised a $90 million Series D valuing it at $1.35 billion, based on Crunchbase. The spherical was led by Point72 Ventures.

Hippocratic AI — $1.6 billion: This startup, based in 2023, creates healthcare fashions. It raised a $141 million Series B, valuing it at $1.64 billion, based on Crunchbase. The spherical was led by Kleiner Perkins. 

Truveta — $1 billion: This genetic analysis firm raised a $320 million spherical valuing it at $1 billion, based on Crunchbase. Founded in 2020, its buyers embrace the CVCs from Microsoft and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals.  

Mercor — $2 billion: This contract recruiting startup raised a $100 million Series B valuing it at $2 billion. The firm, based in 2022, counts Felicis, Menlo Ventures, Jack Dorsey, Peter Thiel, and Anthology Fund as buyers. 

Loft Orbital — $1 billion: Founded in 2017, the satellite tv for pc firm raised a $170 million Series C valuing the corporate at $1 billion, based on Crunchbase. Investors within the spherical included Temasek and Tikehau Capital.