Recently, Deutsche Bank bought the specialist corporate brokerage Numis, a deal which is a statement of intent and a positive move for the UK market.

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But in consequence, it is providing the rare opportunity to find companies trading at notable discounts to their true value, a scenario which could see the small cap sector benefit once inflation turns, the managers add. Another solution is for governments to provide more assistance to budding companies so that they can be successful.The unicorn club needs proof of membership, otherwise any company could proclaim itself a unicorn and the world would descend into madness. At the same time, many households faced constantly rising bills for healthcare, housing, and other essentials. The path to profitability and cash generation will continue to gain increasing weight in investment decisions into Unicorns - levelling up with the more “traditional” factors such as rapid revenue growth and size of potential market which have arguably been given too high a multiple over the past few years. It’s not a value fund, it has inherent growth characteristics of investing into high value smaller companies but it’s not an out-an-out growth fund either. However, macro trends like inflation, rising interest rates, and geopolitical crises — such as the war in Ukraine — arose to shock the public markets.

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He believes that financial literacy is the cornerstone of financial independence and is committed to simplifying intricate financial concepts. Game says the Unicorn fund is a “purist small cap investor, focussed on genuine small cap businesses”. Asset and investment managers like Tiger Global have seen the largest decline in median deal size among investor types. This money is pouring into all parts of the startup world, from angel investments to late-stage deals, from enterprise software to financial technology.

We remain optimistic in the potential growth in number and scale of Unicorns given their alignment with “megatrends”, such as climate change and digitalisation, underpinning their ongoing attractiveness to public and private investors. As the reporting season has developed, nearly all the fund’s companies have “met or exceeded expectations”, Moon says. Exits cool off: The decline in unicorn births cannot simply be attributed to more companies exiting before they can raise unicorn-minting rounds.