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Contour Venture Partners
Venture capital firm · Founded 2005 · Active in 2026
Contour Venture Partners is a venture capital firm based in USA, founded in 2005. The page below shows 9 Power Law outcomes from Contour Venture Partners's portfolio — 8 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 1 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).
Outcomes are concentrated in Marketing · Fintech · Other B2B Software; top portfolio geographies are USA. Contour Venture ranks #290 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.
The 9 Contour Venture 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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USA9
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Marketing3
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Fintech3
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Other B2B Software2
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Edtech1
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Series B+2
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Series A3
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Seed4
Contour Venture's 9 Power Law outcomes.
Where Contour Venture's founders come from — and where they study.
29 founders across the 9 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. Carnegie Mellon University and Enervee are the deepest single pipelines.
Key people at Contour Venture.
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How does Contour Venture stack up?
Contour Venture 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 Contour Venture Partners
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