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Meritech Capital

Investment firm · Founded 1999 · Active in 2026

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99 Power Law outcomes Power Law Ranking #107 · Global · 99 Power Law outcomes · Active 2026
Unicorns ↑ 22% 5y
90
Decacorns ↓ 8% 5y
11
Thoroughbreds ↑ 38% 5y
82

Meritech Capital is an investment firm based in USA, founded in 1999. The page below shows 99 Power Law outcomes from Meritech Capital's portfolio — 90 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 5 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).

Outcomes are concentrated in Other B2B Software · Cybersecurity · Fintech; top portfolio geographies are USA · Germany · Netherlands. Meritech ranks #107 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.

Portfolio analysis

The 99 Meritech Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).

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

By countryCount
  1. USA90
  2. Germany3
  3. Netherlands2
  4. France2
  5. Canada1
  6. China1
By sectorCount
  1. Other B2B Software27
  2. Cybersecurity22
  3. Fintech12
  4. Marketing10
  5. AI9
  6. Health Tech & Medtech5
  7. Other3
  8. eCommerce & Marketplaces3
  9. Transportation3
  10. Biotech & Life Sciences3
  11. Edtech2
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+93
  2. Series A4
01 · Portfolio market map

Meritech's 99 Power Law outcomes.

Stage entered
Outcome tier
Region
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02 · Founder talent

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

246 founders across the 99 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 States120
France20
India14
Germany11
Canada9
Russia7
Israel6
Turkey6
Poland5
Argentina4
+11 more →
UniversityCount
Stanford University17
Massachusetts Institute of Technology14
Harvard University13
Berkeley8
École Polytechnique - IP Paris5
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich5
Carnegie Mellon University5
University of Waterloo4
Sorbonne University4
Cairo University3
+101 more →
Origin companyCount
Microsoft16
Alphabet | Google15
Meta13
Amazon6
Dropbox5
Yahoo!4
Booking.com4
PayPal3
DocuSign3
Netscape2
+62 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 Meritech.

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04 · Compare with peers

How does Meritech stack up?

Meritech 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 Meritech Capital

An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Meritech 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 Meritech Capital

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