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Alibaba
Corporate venture · Founded 1999 · Active in 2026
Alibaba is a corporate venture based in China, founded in 1999. The page below shows 77 Power Law outcomes from Alibaba's portfolio — 60 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 1 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).
Outcomes are concentrated in Transportation · Other · AI; top portfolio geographies are China · USA · Hong Kong. Alibaba ranks #205 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.
The 77 Alibaba 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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China52
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USA9
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Hong Kong5
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India4
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Singapore2
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South Korea1
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Indonesia1
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Israel1
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Taiwan1
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UK1
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Transportation17
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Other14
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AI10
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eCommerce & Marketplaces10
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Marketing7
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Edtech5
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Fintech5
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Other B2B Software3
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Robotics3
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Cybersecurity2
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Biotech & Life Sciences1
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Series B+52
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Series A7
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Seed2
Alibaba's 77 Power Law outcomes.
Where Alibaba's founders come from — and where they study.
125 founders across the 77 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.
Key people at Alibaba.
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How does Alibaba stack up?
Alibaba 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 Alibaba
An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Alibaba 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 Alibaba
Recent press, funding announcements, and portfolio moves mentioning Alibaba — pulled live from Dealroom's news feed.
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