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Max Levchin

Angel investor · Active in 2026

Max Levchin is an angel investor based in USA. The page below shows 25 Power Law outcomes from Max Levchin's portfolio — 19 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 0 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).

Outcomes are concentrated in Fintech · eCommerce & Marketplaces · Other B2B Software; top portfolio geographies are USA · Brazil · UK. Max Levchin ranks #147 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.

25 Power Law outcomes Power Law Ranking #147 · Global · 25 Power Law outcomes · Active 2026
Unicorns ↑ 6% 5y
19
Decacorns ↓ 33% 5y
4
Thoroughbreds ↑ 60% 5y
16
01 · Exits

Max Levchin’s biggest exits.

Max Levchin 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.

$18.0B IPO · 2020
Entered Series ANow $4.7B
$15.4B IPO · 2021
Entered SeedNow $10.0B
$15.0B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $986M
$13.7B IPO · 2020
Entered Series ANow $11.3B
$10.0B IPO · 2019
Entered Series ANow $10.7B
$5.2B acquisition · 2026
Entered Series A
$2.5B acquisition · 2021
Entered Series B+
$2.0B acquisition · 2025
Entered Series B+
IPO · 2012
Now $1.3B
03 · Portfolio analysis

The 25 Max Levchin Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).

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

By countryCount
  1. USA23
  2. Brazil1
  3. UK1
By sectorCount
  1. Fintech11
  2. eCommerce & Marketplaces6
  3. Other B2B Software4
  4. Biotech & Life Sciences2
  5. Health Tech & Medtech1
  6. Energy1
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+6
  2. Series A8
  3. Seed5
04 · Portfolio market map

Max Levchin's 25 Power Law outcomes.

Stage entered
Outcome tier
Region
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25 of 25 Power Law outcomes
05 · Power Law comparison

How does Max Levchin stack up?

Max Levchin 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.

Compare against

Share of new unicorns per year

% of global unicorns minted that year, year by year · hover the chart to see which unicorns
Performance window All-time → 2026

Stage focus

Companies by selected outcome stage

Sector focus

Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectors

Beyond 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.
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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.
06 · Portfolio founders

Where Max Levchin's portfolio founders come from — and where they studied.

66 founders across the 25 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 States43
South Africa4
Portugal3
Morocco3
Taiwan3
Canada2
Netherlands2
Finland2
Spain1
Belgium1
+1 more →
UniversityCount
Stanford University13
University of Lisbon Higher Technical Institute - Tecnico Lisboa3
Stanford University Graduate School of Business3
Yale University3
University of California, San Diego3
Washington State University2
University of Washington2
Cornell University2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology2
Washington University in St. Louis2
+16 more →
Origin companyCount
Alphabet | Google7
Microsoft4
LinkedIn3
PayPal3
Digital Turbine2
Trulia2
Docker2
Dropbox1
Sift1
Dollar Shave Club1
+18 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.
07 · Key people

Key people at Max Levchin.

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Market sentiment

What the market is saying about Max Levchin

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