🦄 US-Based Unicorns

Latin American ideas need a bigger stage in the US.

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December 03, 2024 • Reading Time: 2 minutes

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Unicorns 🦄

Digging into contemporary data in the United States reveals an interesting paradox: despite immigration being a top concern for many Americans, the country’s economic success remains heavily powered by foreigners.

Immigration has been cited as a chief reason why the US has outperformed its Group of Seven (G7) counterparts in post-pandemic growth. And foreign-born workers produce nearly a quarter of total US innovation…despite making up just 16% of inventors.

Finally, there are the country’s star companies, of which a large number are founded by foreign-born entrepreneurs. Take the unicorns, for example.

Where do foreign US unicorns come from?

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