Hectocorn

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A private startup with a valuation of US$100 billion or greater.

    "If Ant Financial is able to raise it’s $9B funding round at an expected $150B valuation it will become the first Hectocorn (or venture backed private company valued at over $100B) – a massive business by any standards, public or private."

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"If Ant Financial is able to raise it’s $9B funding round at an expected $150B valuation it will become the first Hectocorn (or venture backed private company valued at over $100B) – a massive business by any standards, public or private."

Etymology

From hecto- (“hundred”) + -corn, by analogy with unicorn.

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