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Highland Capital Partners
Venture capital firm · Founded 1987 · Active in 2026
Highland Capital Partners is a venture capital firm based in USA, founded in 1987. The page below shows 29 Power Law outcomes from Highland Capital Partners's portfolio — 23 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 5 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).
Outcomes are concentrated in eCommerce & Marketplaces · Cybersecurity · Biotech & Life Sciences; top portfolio geographies are USA · Canada · Brazil. Highland Capital ranks #192 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.
The 29 Highland Capital 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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USA21
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Canada2
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Brazil1
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Germany1
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China1
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UK1
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France1
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Ireland1
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eCommerce & Marketplaces8
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Cybersecurity4
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Biotech & Life Sciences3
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Health Tech & Medtech3
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Other3
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Fintech2
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Food1
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Transportation1
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Marketing1
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Edtech1
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AI1
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Other B2B Software1
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Series B+12
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Series A13
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Seed2
Highland Capital's 29 Power Law outcomes.
Where Highland Capital's founders come from — and where they study.
54 founders across the 29 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. ETH Zurich and Microsoft are the deepest single pipelines.
Key people at Highland Capital.
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How does Highland Capital stack up?
Highland Capital 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 Highland Capital Partners
An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Highland Capital 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 Highland Capital Partners
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