Which European-founded Unicorns relocated to the US?
Startup News Europe - Here are the Top 20 European-founded Unicorns that relocated to the US, according to a report by Dealroom dated September 6, 2026:
42% of European-founded unicorns relocated to the US, namely 416 companies, including Stripe, Datadog and Hugging Face that sold for $13B to Nvidia in September 2026. Together they are worth $1.8T once each is credited to its European founders in proportion; the same founders have built $1.9T at home.
Top 20 European-founded Unicorns that relocated to the US:
1 - Anthropic - from Great Britain to the US
Anthropic is a European-founded Unicorn that relocated to the US and is valued at USD 965 billion.
2 - OpenAI - from Poland to the US
OpenAI is a European-founded Unicorn that relocated to the US and is valued at USD 852 billion.
3 - xAI - from Germany to the US
xAI is a European-founded Unicorn that relocated to the US and is valued at USD 250 billion.
4 - Arista Networks - from Germany to the US
Arista Networks is a European-founded Unicorn that relocated to the US and is valued at USD 225 billion.
5 - Databricks - from Sweden to the US
Databricks is a European-founded Unicorn that relocated to the US and is valued at USD 190 billion.
6 - Shopify - from Germany to the US
Shopify is a European-founded Unicorn that relocated to the US and is valued at USD 178 billion.
7 - Stripe - from Ireland to the US
Stripe is a European-founded Unicorn that relocated to the US and is valued at USD 159 billion.
8 - Snowflake - from France to the US
Snowflake is a European-founded Unicorn that relocated to the US and is valued at USD 111 billion.
9 - CoreWeave - from Sweden to the US
CoreWeave is a European-founded Unicorn that relocated to the US and is valued at USD 91 billion.
10 - Datadog - from France to the US
Datadog is a European-founded Unicorn that relocated to the US and is valued at USD 77 billion.
11 - Anysphere / Cursor - from Sweden to the US
Anysphere / Cursor is a European-founded Unicorn that relocated to the US and is valued at USD 50 billion.
12 - PayPal - from Ukraine to the US
PayPal is a European-founded Unicorn that relocated to the US and is valued at USD 47 billion.
13 - Cerebras Systems - from Switzerland to the US
Cerebras Systems is a European-founded Unicorn that relocated to the US and is valued at USD 37 billion.
14 - Safe Superintelligence - from France to the US
Safe Superintelligence is a European-founded Unicorn that relocated to the US and is valued at USD 32 billion.
15 - Affirm - from Ukraine to the US
Affirm is a European-founded Unicorn that relocated to the US and is valued at USD 31 billion.
16 - FanDuel - from Great Britain to the US
FanDuel is a European-founded Unicorn that relocated to the US and is valued at USD 31 billion.
17 - Alnylam Pharmaceuticals - from Germany to the US
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals is a European-founded Unicorn that relocated to the US and is valued at USD 31 billion.
18 - VeriSign - from Great Britain to the US
VeriSign is a European-founded Unicorn that relocated to the US and is valued at USD 27 billion.
19 - Okta - from France to the US
Okta is a European-founded Unicorn that relocated to the US and is valued at USD 27 billion.
20 - LinkedIn - 2 founders from Germany & France to the US
LinkedIn is a partly European-founded Unicorn that relocated to the US and is valued at USD 26 billion.
