This Video Reveals Why So Many Tech Firms Are Worth Billions

Charting the rise of the unicorns.

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With so many of the world’s highest-valued startups coming from the tech sector, the second instalment of Vice’s Compound Interested video series explores how their high valuations have occurred in spite of the fact that some of them are yet to even turn a profit. Keeping it succinct at just two-and-a-half minutes, this episode – with input from Vice Money editor-in-chief Matt Phillips — touches on venture capitalism and issues of valuation and sheds light on so-called unicorn startups to provide inspiration to any would-be Zuckerbergs out there.

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