Aberdeen AM's Dunbar: Unicorn sighted in London
Private companies valued at £1bn or more
As fledgling British tech firm Improbable joins the list of 'unicorns' - private companies valued at more than £1bn - Richard Dunbar, senior investment strategist at Aberdeen Asset Management, argues what the future has in store for such companies.
Earlier this month, Japan's Softbank invested $502m into UK technology company Improbable - the largest-ever venture-financing round for a private British company. Founded just five years ago by two...
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