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Bessemer is tracking 53 private cloud unicorns globally as of 2019

Byron Deeter · 20VC: Bessemer's Byron Deeter On Lessons From Investing in 14 $Bn Companies, What The Heck Is Going On In Cloud Today and Why Cloud IPO Floodgates Are About To Burst Open · Jul 8, 2019 · at 9:20

Byron Deeter, partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, discusses the pipeline of private cloud companies valued over $1 billion with host Harry Stebbings.

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“I think that the floodgates are about to burst wide open, and as we look at the private cloud landscape, we do the cloud 100 event every year with Forbes, and it'll be in the September issue this year from the cloud 100 list, but right now we're tracking 53 private cloud unicorns, meaning private cloud companies valued at over a billion dollars globally.”

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The claim, plainly

As of July 2019, there are at least 53 private cloud companies globally valued at over $1 billion.

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Assessment

The claim made by Byron Deeter on July 8, 2019, states that there were at least 53 private cloud companies globally valued at over $1 billion as of July 2019. The provided evidence strongly supports this statement. Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP) tracked 55 private cloud unicorns in early to mid-2019 (State of the Cloud report in February and SaaStr in May 2019) and over 60 private cloud unicorns by September 2019 in the Forbes Cloud 100 evaluation. Furthermore, database data from CB Insights and PitchBook indicates that in the U.S. alone there were 54 enterprise tech and cloud unicorns in mid-2020, and globally over 100 enterprise software and cloud startups were valued at $1 billion or more in 2019. Therefore, the threshold of at least 53 global private cloud unicorns in July 2019 is verified as true.

Bessemer Venture Partners tracked 55 private cloud unicorns in its February 2019 State of the Cloud Report and May 2019 SaaStr presentation.
The September 2019 Forbes Cloud 100 list confirmed over 60 private cloud unicorns based on mid-2019 evaluations.
Valuation database breakdowns (CB Insights, PitchBook) confirmed well over 50 enterprise tech and cloud startups valued at or above $1 billion globally during 2019.

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