Venture capital over the past two decades has been central to the rapid growth and success of today's top technology firms, with the United States of America and China being the biggest beneficiaries of this boom. Talent and resources within venture capital have flowed relatively freely between the two regions, especially given that the United States and China being the homes of the most and the second-most number of “unicorn” companies (privately-held startups worth $1B or more), respectively, and the United States has consistently been the largest source of foreign venture capital funding in China.