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Haystack
Venture capital firm · Founded 2013 · Active in 2026
Haystack is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, USA, founded in 2013. The page below shows 16 Power Law outcomes from Haystack's portfolio — 15 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 0 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).
Outcomes are concentrated in eCommerce & Marketplaces · AI · Cybersecurity; top portfolio geographies are USA · South Africa. Haystack ranks #150 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.
The 16 Haystack 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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USA15
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South Africa1
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eCommerce & Marketplaces4
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AI4
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Cybersecurity2
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Fintech2
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Other B2B Software2
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Space1
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Marketing1
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Series B+6
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Series A2
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Seed7
Haystack's 16 Power Law outcomes.
Where Haystack's founders come from — and where they study.
37 founders across the 16 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. Stanford University and Amazon are the deepest single pipelines.
Key people at Haystack.
How does Haystack stack up?
Haystack 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 Haystack
An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Haystack 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 Haystack
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