BEIJING, April 12,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- On April
9, the Hurun Research Institute released the Global Unicorn
Index 2024 in Guangzhou, a ranking
of the world's start-ups founded in the 2000s, worth at least a
billion dollars and not yet listed on a public exchange.
NewLink, with its successful digital practices in energy
digitalization, EV charging services, and transport energy
transformation, once again made the list, enjoying the title of
"Hurun Global Unicorn" for the fifth consecutive year. The list
also includes companies such as ByteDance, SpaceX, and OpenAI.
The Hurun Research Institute has been tracking unicorn companies
since 2017, and this is the sixth time it has announced the Global
Unicorn Index. The list shows that as of January 1, 2024, there are a total of 1,453
unicorn companies in 291 cities and 53 countries worldwide, with a
total value of USD 4.6 trillion. Over
the past year, a third of all global unicorn companies were in the
sectors of fintech, software services, and AI. China, with 340 unicorn companies, ranked
second globally, just behind the United
States. China is home to a
quarter of the world's unicorn companies. Those companies were
mainly specialized in AI, semiconductor, and new energy.
Rupert Hoogewerf, Chairman and
Chief Research Officer of the Hurun Report, said that over the past
year, a new unicorn company was born every two days globally, with
the total number growing to three times that of five years ago. In
2024, AI replaced e-commerce to become one of the top three popular
industries. In China, the fields
in which unicorn companies are specialized have shown different
distribution characteristics from previous years. In 2024, a number
of start-ups in the new energy industry appeared on the list,
involving various sectors such as PV, energy storage, energy
digitalization, EVs, and charging services.
As an IoT solution provider and a digital energy asset operator,
NewLink, founded in 2016, spurs the development of full-chain
energy conservation and carbon emission reduction to contribute to
global carbon neutrality by leveraging digital technologies.
Currently, NewLink enjoys an annual GMV of over RMB 100 billion, accounting for about 3% of
China's energy retail market. Its
business focuses on two scenarios: gas stations and charging
stations, providing energy digitalization, asset management for gas
and charging stations, and supply chain services for the upstream
and downstream industries. Through its innovative business model of
NewLink as a Service, NewLink has connected thousands of gas
stations and 876,000 chargers. It has packaged refueling and
charging services into the vehicles of 80% of OEMs in China to build the fuel and electricity
integrated digital network.
NaaS (NASDAQ:NAAS), as a global operator of new energy assets,
delivers one-stop services from site selection consulting to
software/hardware procurement, EPC, operation and maintenance,
energy storage and PV, for charging pile manufacturers, charging
station operators and OEMs in the whole new energy industry chain,
with a view to engaging EV owners in better charging experience and
streamlining operation of all industry chain players.
Digital technology has become an important engine for promoting
high-quality industrial development, and the transport energy
industry is enjoying the engine first. In 2023, NaaS, boasting its
own connection and operation capabilities, launched the NEF (NaaS
Energy Fintech) system and integrated the system with user-side
distributed resources such as EVs, public charging piles, and
integrated PV-storage-charging stations. The system can
intelligently optimize the operation, trading, and coordination
regarding the transport energy. Based on the AI model, the system
can provide services such as intelligent site selection,
assessment, scheduling, operation, and maintenance for charging
stations, thus helping government agencies and station investors
scientifically plan and arrange charging infrastructures and
improve operation efficiency.
NewLink has been included in the "Global Unicorn Index" for five
consecutive years and has repeatedly ranked among the "Top 500
Global Unicorn Companies" and "Top 500 Global New Energy
Companies". Prior to this, NewLink has completed multiple rounds of
financing, with shareholders including Bain Capital, Joy Capital,
CICC Capital, CR Capital MGMT, and China Merchants Capital.
Contact:
Sabrina Wang
wangxuedong@newlink.com
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