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5Y Capital

Venture capital firm · Founded 2008 · Active in 2026

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39 Power Law outcomes Power Law Ranking #170 · Global · 39 Power Law outcomes · Active 2026
Unicorns ↑ 20% 5y
36
Decacorns ↑ 20% 5y
6
Thoroughbreds ↑ 31% 5y
19

5Y Capital is a venture capital firm based in China, founded in 2008. The page below shows 39 Power Law outcomes from 5Y Capital's portfolio — 36 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 3 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).

Outcomes are concentrated in Other · Other B2B Software · AI; top portfolio geographies are China · USA · Singapore. 5Y Capital ranks #170 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.

Portfolio analysis

The 39 5Y Capital Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).

Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.

By countryCount
  1. China31
  2. USA5
  3. Singapore1
  4. UK1
  5. Hong Kong1
By sectorCount
  1. Other6
  2. Other B2B Software6
  3. AI6
  4. Transportation5
  5. Biotech & Life Sciences5
  6. eCommerce & Marketplaces3
  7. Marketing2
  8. Health Tech & Medtech2
  9. Space1
  10. Energy1
  11. Food1
  12. Cybersecurity1
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+20
  2. Series A16
  3. Seed3
01 · Portfolio market map

5Y Capital's 39 Power Law outcomes.

Stage entered
Outcome tier
Region
Group by
39 of 39 Power Law outcomes
02 · Founder talent

Where 5Y Capital's founders come from — and where they study.

65 founders across the 39 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. Tsinghua University and Microsoft are the deepest single pipelines.

LocationCount
China63
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UniversityCount
Tsinghua University7
Shanghai Jiaotong University5
The Chinese University of Hong Kong4
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen 香港中文大学(深圳)2
Wuhan University2
Peking University2
Nankai University2
Nanjing University2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology2
Washington University in St. Louis2
+14 more →
Origin companyCount
Microsoft6
Alphabet | Google4
Baidu3
Alibaba3
Meta2
Wandoujia2
Lazada2
Nvidia1
Lynda1
Getui1
+12 more →
Origin = country a founder is born in or grew up in (founders may have multiple origins; counts include all entries). University = highest-listed degree. Origin company = a previous employer where the founder was tagged before starting their current company.
03 · Key people

Key people at 5Y Capital.

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04 · Compare with peers

How does 5Y Capital stack up?

5Y Capital in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 35 peer investors — scope by startup location or hit "Find similar shapes" to auto-pick the three closest. The funnel matrix mirrors the spider chart on the ranking page; the line chart shows each firm's share of unicorns minted in the selected startup location — peaks reveal vintage years.

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Share of new unicorns per year

% of global unicorns minted that year, year by year · hover the chart to see which unicorns

Stage focus

Companies by entry stage and outcome tier

Sector focus

Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectors
Source: Dealroom Power Law dataset. Investors shown are the 2026 Power Law top 35 by combined entry-to-outcome score, drawn from the overview and locations_data sheets. Funnel-matrix axes rescale per-axis using the maximum among the currently selected investors, so the polygons always fill the chart for shape comparison.

Sentiment on X

What X is saying about 5Y Capital

An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about 5Y Capital on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.

Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…

Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour

In the news

Latest news about 5Y Capital

Recent press, funding announcements, and portfolio moves mentioning 5Y Capital — pulled live from Dealroom's news feed.

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