PSA: in this article "Europe" seem to include the UK, which seems to be native to a lot of these "unicorn" companies.
The numbers might look different if the UK numbers weren't included.
The numbers might look different if the UK numbers weren't included.
But I'm aware many transpose the two terms as the same. Either way - what is not known is how those ventures were funded and whilst a company may startup in EUrope, it don't mean all that financing came from within that domain.
If that's your definition, how can you exclude big parts of China from that same plate?
Great Britain was in Europe millions of years ago and will still be in Europe a million years from now. It doesn't matter whether the subject at hand is economy or geography. Some parts of the former Soviet union or Turkey could be debated whether they are in Europe and it could even be dependent on context, but great britain will never be outside europe even if Nigel Farage paddles for the rest of his life.
And yes, the UK isn't part of the European Union anymore, but it's still part of Europe.