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Compound
Venture capital firm · Founded 2009 · Active in 2026
Compound is a venture capital firm based in USA, founded in 2009. The page below shows 9 Power Law outcomes from Compound's portfolio — 9 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 0 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).
Outcomes are concentrated in Marketing · AI · Health Tech & Medtech; top portfolio geographies are USA · UK. Compound ranks #255 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.
The 9 Compound 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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USA8
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UK1
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Marketing3
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AI2
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Health Tech & Medtech2
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eCommerce & Marketplaces1
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Transportation1
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Series B+1
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Series A4
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Seed4
Compound's 9 Power Law outcomes.
Where Compound's founders come from — and where they study.
21 founders across the 9 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. University of Cambridge and Rent the Runway are the deepest single pipelines.
Key people at Compound.
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How does Compound stack up?
Compound 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 Compound
An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Compound 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 Compound
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