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Altos Ventures
Venture capital firm · Founded 1996 · Active in 2026
Altos Ventures is a venture capital firm based in USA, founded in 1996. The page below shows 16 Power Law outcomes from Altos Ventures's portfolio — 13 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 2 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).
Outcomes are concentrated in Other B2B Software · Fintech · eCommerce & Marketplaces; top portfolio geographies are South Korea · USA · Canada. Altos ranks #350 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.
Altos’ biggest exits.
Altos portfolio companies worth $1B+ that have IPO’d or been acquired. Each shows its valuation at exit and, in grey, its current value if still public.
The 16 Altos 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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South Korea8
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USA7
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Canada1
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Other B2B Software4
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Fintech4
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eCommerce & Marketplaces3
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Marketing2
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AI1
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Edtech1
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Transportation1
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Series B+7
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Series A6
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Seed2
Altos’ biggest current holdings.
An estimate of Altos’ largest live positions — disclosed shareholding × Dealroom’s latest valuation — across 3 companies where Altos is a named shareholder, worth about $1.1B in estimated equity value.
Estimated value = Altos’s disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →
Altos's 16 Power Law outcomes.
How does Altos stack up?
Altos in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 609 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 selected outcome stageSector focus
Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectorsBeyond Unicorns — how the portfolio compounds
% of each investor's unicorn portfolio that later crossed $10B, $25B and $50B. Pick a sort tier and entry stage.Where Altos' portfolio founders come from — and where they studied.
15 founders across the 16 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. University of Saskatchewan and Alphabet | Google are the deepest single pipelines.
Key people at Altos.
Market sentiment
What the market is saying about Altos Ventures
An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Altos 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 Altos Ventures
Recent press, funding announcements, and portfolio moves mentioning Altos — pulled live from Dealroom's news feed.
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