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K5 Global

Investment firm · Founded 2007 · Active in 2026

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29 Power Law outcomes Power Law Ranking #489 · Global · 29 Power Law outcomes · Active 2026
Unicorns ↑ 30% 5y
26
Decacorns ↑ 33% 5y
4
Thoroughbreds ↑ 110% 5y
22

K5 Global is an investment firm based in USA, founded in 2007. The page below shows 29 Power Law outcomes from K5 Global's portfolio — 26 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 1 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).

Outcomes are concentrated in Other B2B Software · AI · Fintech; top portfolio geographies are USA · UK · Australia. K5 Global ranks #489 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.

Portfolio analysis

The 29 K5 Global Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).

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

By countryCount
  1. USA26
  2. UK2
  3. Australia1
By sectorCount
  1. Other B2B Software9
  2. AI6
  3. Fintech4
  4. Transportation3
  5. Space2
  6. Cybersecurity2
  7. Health Tech & Medtech2
  8. Other1
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+27
  2. Seed1
01 · Portfolio market map

K5 Global's 29 Power Law outcomes.

Stage entered
Outcome tier
Region
Group by
29 of 29 Power Law outcomes
02 · Founder talent

Where K5 Global's founders come from — and where they study.

108 founders across the 29 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.

LocationCount
United States37
India12
Germany9
Australia8
France6
China3
Israel3
Sweden3
Russia2
Romania2
+3 more →
UniversityCount
Stanford University7
Harvard University4
Tsinghua University3
WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management3
Savitribai Phule Pune University3
University of Kentucky3
Berkeley3
UC Berkeley, Haas Business School3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology3
University of Sydney2
+48 more →
Origin companyCount
Alphabet | Google11
Meta5
LinkedIn4
Microsoft4
Yahoo!3
Apple2
Sisense2
Lazada2
HorizonIQ2
Skello1
+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 K5 Global.

Senior investment team at K5 Global has not been published on this profile yet.
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04 · Compare with peers

How does K5 Global stack up?

K5 Global 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 K5 Global

An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about K5 Global 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 K5 Global

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