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General Atlantic

Private equity / VC · Founded 1980 · Active in 2026

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161 Power Law outcomes Power Law Ranking #60 · Global · 161 Power Law outcomes · Active 2026
Unicorns ↑ 20% 5y
131
Decacorns ↓ 12% 5y
23
Thoroughbreds ↑ 81% 5y
109

General Atlantic is a private equity / vc based in USA, founded in 1980. The page below shows 161 Power Law outcomes from General Atlantic's portfolio — 131 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 7 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).

Outcomes are concentrated in Fintech · eCommerce & Marketplaces · Biotech & Life Sciences; top portfolio geographies are USA · China · UK. General Atlantic ranks #60 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.

Portfolio analysis

The 161 General Atlantic Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).

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

By countryCount
  1. USA78
  2. China14
  3. UK12
  4. India8
  5. France7
  6. Brazil7
  7. Netherlands5
  8. Germany3
  9. Mexico3
  10. Israel2
  11. Singapore2
  12. Norway2
By sectorCount
  1. Fintech37
  2. eCommerce & Marketplaces25
  3. Biotech & Life Sciences15
  4. Other B2B Software15
  5. Marketing15
  6. AI14
  7. Other10
  8. Edtech10
  9. Cybersecurity9
  10. Health Tech & Medtech6
  11. Transportation3
  12. Space1
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+128
  2. Series A9
  3. Seed1
01 · Portfolio market map

General Atlantic's 161 Power Law outcomes.

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161 of 161 Power Law outcomes
02 · Founder talent

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

262 founders across the 161 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. Stanford University and Microsoft are the deepest single pipelines.

LocationCount
United States104
Israel22
China16
Vietnam15
Canada14
United Kingdom9
Germany9
France8
Brazil8
Uruguay7
+15 more →
UniversityCount
Stanford University14
Carnegie Mellon University9
Harvard University8
Massachusetts Institute of Technology7
Technion Israel Institute of Technology6
Stanford University Graduate School of Business5
Tel Aviv University4
The University of Chicago4
Aarhus University3
INSEAD Business School3
+107 more →
Origin companyCount
Microsoft12
Alphabet | Google7
Yahoo!6
OpenAI6
Enova International3
PayPal3
Dianping3
Uber3
Aiolos Bio3
Rent the Runway3
+70 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 General Atlantic.

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04 · Compare with peers

How does General Atlantic stack up?

General Atlantic 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 General Atlantic

An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about General Atlantic 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

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Latest news about General Atlantic

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