The Journal and Dow Jones VentureSource are tracking companies that are valued at $1 billion or more by venture-capital firms. The club is becoming less exclusive as venture capitalists funnel large sums of capital in the best startups. Today there are more than 30 such companies in the U.S., Europe and China.
The Billion-Dollar Startup Club
Chart of all 30 companies
Its a bit sad; with Zalando, Spotify and Mobileye there are only 3 european Startups in this Club, even 8 asian companies are not that much if you compare it to U.S.
Is it just harder to get Venture Capital in other countries than the U.S. or are there the most valuable ideas?