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Foundation Capital

Venture capital firm · Founded 1995 · Active in 2026

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46 Power Law outcomes Power Law Ranking #155 · Global · 46 Power Law outcomes · Active 2026
Unicorns ↑ 28% 5y
41
Decacorns ↑ 17% 5y
7
Thoroughbreds ↑ 37% 5y
30

Foundation Capital is a venture capital firm based in USA, founded in 1995. The page below shows 46 Power Law outcomes from Foundation Capital's portfolio — 41 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 3 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).

Outcomes are concentrated in Fintech · Cybersecurity · Other B2B Software; top portfolio geographies are USA · Canada · India. Foundation ranks #155 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.

Portfolio analysis

The 46 Foundation Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).

Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.

By countryCount
  1. USA39
  2. Canada2
  3. India1
  4. Decentralised1
  5. Mexico1
  6. Colombia1
  7. Netherlands1
By sectorCount
  1. Fintech12
  2. Cybersecurity9
  3. Other B2B Software6
  4. Marketing4
  5. Other4
  6. AI3
  7. Energy2
  8. eCommerce & Marketplaces2
  9. Edtech2
  10. Space1
  11. Transportation1
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+31
  2. Series A10
  3. Seed3
01 · Portfolio market map

Foundation's 46 Power Law outcomes.

Stage entered
Outcome tier
Region
Group by
46 of 46 Power Law outcomes
02 · Founder talent

Where Foundation's founders come from — and where they study.

101 founders across the 46 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. Stanford University and Meta are the deepest single pipelines.

LocationCount
United States33
Colombia11
Canada10
India9
France8
Uruguay4
China4
Germany3
Mexico2
Netherlands2
+1 more →
UniversityCount
Stanford University7
Berkeley4
Harvard Business School4
The University of the Andes3
University of Toronto2
Western University2
Dalhousie University2
University of Manitoba2
University of Bordeaux2
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi2
+45 more →
Origin companyCount
Meta6
Microsoft6
Alphabet | Google5
Apple3
Spire Global3
Netflix3
Yahoo!2
OpenTable2
Yammer2
Airbnb2
+31 more →
Origin = country a founder is born in or grew up in (founders may have multiple origins; counts include all entries). University = highest-listed degree. Origin company = a previous employer where the founder was tagged before starting their current company.
03 · Key people

Key people at Foundation.

Senior investment team at Foundation Capital has not been published on this profile yet.
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04 · Compare with peers

How does Foundation stack up?

Foundation 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.

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Share of new unicorns per year

% of global unicorns minted that year, year by year · hover the chart to see which unicorns

Stage focus

Companies by entry stage and outcome tier

Sector focus

Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectors
Source: Dealroom Power Law dataset. Investors shown are the 2026 Power Law top 35 by combined entry-to-outcome score, drawn from the overview and locations_data sheets. Funnel-matrix axes rescale per-axis using the maximum among the currently selected investors, so the polygons always fill the chart for shape comparison.

Sentiment on X

What X is saying about Foundation Capital

An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Foundation 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 Foundation Capital

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