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Adams Street Partners
Investment firm · Founded 1972 · Active in 2026
Adams Street Partners is an investment firm based in USA, founded in 1972. The page below shows 52 Power Law outcomes from Adams Street Partners's portfolio — 44 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 5 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).
Outcomes are concentrated in Other B2B Software · Fintech · Biotech & Life Sciences; top portfolio geographies are USA · Ireland · Canada. Adams Street ranks #331 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.
The 52 Adams Street Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).
Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.
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USA41
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Ireland2
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Canada2
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Sweden2
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UK2
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Germany1
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Israel1
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France1
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Other B2B Software13
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Fintech9
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Biotech & Life Sciences8
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Health Tech & Medtech6
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Cybersecurity5
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AI4
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Marketing4
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Edtech1
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eCommerce & Marketplaces1
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Other1
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Series B+46
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Series A3
Adams Street's 52 Power Law outcomes.
Where Adams Street's founders come from — and where they study.
129 founders across the 52 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. Stanford University and Check Point are the deepest single pipelines.
Key people at Adams Street.
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How does Adams Street stack up?
Adams Street 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.
Share of new unicorns per year
% of global unicorns minted that year, year by year · hover the chart to see which unicornsStage focus
Companies by entry stage and outcome tierSector focus
Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectorsSentiment on X
What X is saying about Adams Street Partners
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