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hectocorn

hectocorn noun: a private startup with a valuation of US$100 billion or greater.

Noun

hectocorn (plural hectocorns)

  1. A private startup with a valuation of US$100 billion or greater.
    • If Ant Financial is able to raise it’s $9B funding round at an expected $150B valuation it will become the first Hectocorn (or venture backed private company valued at over $100B) – a massive business by any standards, public or private.2018 May 8, David Kellenberger, “Entering the Age of the Hectocorn”, in LinkedIn
    • You’ve probably heard of “unicorns” – technology startups valued at more than $1bn – but 2026 is shaping up to be the year of the “hectocorn”, with several US and European companies potentially floating on stock markets at valuations over $100bn (£75bn).2026 January 22, Aisha Down, Dan Milmo, “The year of the ‘hectocorn’: the $100bn tech companies that could float in 2026”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Forms of hectocorn

pluralhectocorns

Origin of hectocorn

From hecto- (“hundred”) + -corn, by analogy with unicorn.

Questions about hectocorn

What does hectocorn mean?
Hectocorn means a private startup with a valuation of US$100 billion or greater.
What part of speech is hectocorn?
Hectocorn is a noun.
What is the plural of hectocorn?
The plural of hectocorn is hectocorns.

Words near hectocorn in the dictionary

  1. hectobillion
  2. hectobillionaire
  3. hectobillionaires
  4. hectobillions
  5. hectochlorin
  6. hectocorn
  7. hectocorns
  8. hectocotyli
  9. hectocotyliferous
  10. hectocotylised
  11. hectocotylization

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