What Comes After The Unicorn Carnage?

March 30th, 2016

Ted Schadler Vice President, Principal Analyst

With contributors:

James McQuivey, PhD , Christopher Mines , Allison Cazalet , Peter Harrison

Summary

By the end of 2015, investors had given 152 tech startups "unicorn" valuations of more than $1 billion. But now, valuations are deflating for many private and public tech companies. Is this 2000 all over again? No. The bubble popping will mean job loss in Silicon Valley and a pullback in disruptor investment but not a collapse of tech spending or of the wider economy. CIOs should seize this small window of opportunity to hire or acquire talent for digital transformation to serve customers in the digital channels of their choice.

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