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You have been asked to support an investment firm by analyzing trends in high-growth companies. They are interested in understanding which industries are producing the highest valuations and the rate at which new high-value companies are emerging. Providing them with this information gives them a competitive insight as to industry trends and how they should structure their portfolio looking forward.
You have been given access to their unicorns database, which contains the following tables:
dates
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
company_id | A unique ID for the company. |
date_joined | The date that the company became a unicorn. |
year_founded | The year that the company was founded. |
funding
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
company_id | A unique ID for the company. |
valuation | Company value in US dollars. |
funding | The amount of funding raised in US dollars. |
select_investors | A list of key investors in the company. |
industries
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
company_id | A unique ID for the company. |
industry | The industry that the company operates in. |
companies
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
company_id | A unique ID for the company. |
company | The name of the company. |
city | The city where the company is headquartered. |
country | The country where the company is headquartered. |
continent | The continent where the company is headquartered. |
The output
Your query should return a table in the following format:
| industry | year | num_unicorns | average_valuation_billions |
|---|---|---|---|
| industry1 | 2021 | --- | --- |
| industry2 | 2020 | --- | --- |
| industry3 | 2019 | --- | --- |
| industry1 | 2021 | --- | --- |
| industry2 | 2020 | --- | --- |
| industry3 | 2019 | --- | --- |
| industry1 | 2021 | --- | --- |
| industry2 | 2020 | --- | --- |
| industry3 | 2019 | --- | --- |
Where industry1, industry2, and industry3 are the three top-performing industries.
WITH yearly_rankings AS (SELECT industry,
EXTRACT('year' from date_joined) AS year,
COUNT(i.company_id) AS num_unicorns,
AVG(valuation) AS average_valuation
FROM industries AS i
INNER JOIN dates AS d
ON i.company_id = d.company_id
LEFT JOIN funding AS f
ON i.company_id = f.company_id
WHERE EXTRACT('year' from date_joined) IN (2019, 2020, 2021)
GROUP BY industry, EXTRACT('year' from date_joined)),
count_id AS (SELECT industry, COUNT(i.company_id) AS cnt_id
FROM industries as i
INNER JOIN dates as d
ON i.company_id = d.company_id
WHERE EXTRACT('year' from date_joined) IN (2019, 2020, 2021)
GROUP BY industry, EXTRACT('year' from date_joined)
ORDER BY cnt_id DESC
LIMIT 3)
SELECT industry,
year,
num_unicorns,
ROUND((AVG(average_valuation)/1000000000), 2) AS average_valuation_billions
FROM yearly_rankings
WHERE year IN (2019, 2020, 2021)
AND industry IN (SELECT industry FROM count_id)
GROUP BY industry, year, num_unicorns
ORDER BY year DESC, num_unicorns DESC;SELECT industry, COUNT(i.company_id) AS cnt_id
FROM industries as i
INNER JOIN dates as d
ON i.company_id = d.company_id
WHERE EXTRACT('year' from date_joined) IN (2019, 2020, 2021)
GROUP BY industry, EXTRACT('year' from date_joined)
ORDER BY cnt_id DESC
LIMIT 3SELECT industry,
EXTRACT('year' from date_joined) AS year,
COUNT(i.company_id) AS num_unicorns,
AVG(valuation) AS average_valuation
FROM industries AS i
INNER JOIN dates AS d
ON i.company_id = d.company_id
LEFT JOIN funding AS f
ON i.company_id = f.company_id
WHERE EXTRACT('year' from date_joined) IN (2019, 2020, 2021)
GROUP BY industry, EXTRACT('year' from date_joined)