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Foundation Capital
Venture capital firm · Founded 1995 · Active in 2026
Foundation Capital is a venture capital firm based in USA, founded in 1995. The page below shows 52 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.
Foundation’s biggest exits.
Foundation 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.
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The 52 Foundation 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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USA44
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Canada2
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India1
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UK1
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Netherlands1
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Mexico1
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Decentralised1
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Colombia1
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Fintech13
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Cybersecurity9
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Other B2B Software8
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Other5
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Marketing4
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AI4
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Energy2
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Edtech2
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eCommerce & Marketplaces2
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Health Tech & Medtech1
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Transportation1
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Space1
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Series B+31
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Series A10
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Seed3
Foundation’s biggest current holdings.
An estimate of Foundation’s largest live positions — disclosed shareholding × Dealroom’s latest valuation — across 8 companies where Foundation is a named shareholder, worth about $1.1B in estimated equity value.
2 companies hidden on this public profile. Estimated value = Foundation’s disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. Foundation also appears inside investor groups in AVATR, Berachain, Boba network, Cohesity, JUST, Phantom, Picnic, Skydio, where a standalone stake isn’t disclosed. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →
Foundation's 52 Power Law outcomes.
How does Foundation stack up?
Foundation 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 Foundation's portfolio founders come from — and where they studied.
111 founders across the 52 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. Stanford University and Alphabet | Google are the deepest single pipelines.
Key people at Foundation.
Market sentiment
What the market 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
Recent press, funding announcements, and portfolio moves mentioning Foundation — pulled live from Dealroom's news feed.
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