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Real Ventures

Venture capital firm · Founded 2007 · Active in 2026

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8 Power Law outcomes Power Law Ranking #322 · Global · 8 Power Law outcomes · Active 2026
Unicorns ↑ 40% 5y
7
Decacorns → 0% 5y
1
Thoroughbreds ↑ 200% 5y
3

Real Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Canada, founded in 2007. The page below shows 8 Power Law outcomes from Real Ventures's portfolio — 7 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 1 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).

Outcomes are concentrated in eCommerce & Marketplaces · Fintech · AI; top portfolio geographies are Canada · USA. Real ranks #322 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.

Portfolio analysis

The 8 Real Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).

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

By countryCount
  1. Canada6
  2. USA2
By sectorCount
  1. eCommerce & Marketplaces3
  2. Fintech2
  3. AI2
  4. Edtech1
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+1
  2. Series A2
  3. Seed5
01 · Portfolio market map

Real's 8 Power Law outcomes.

Stage entered
Outcome tier
Region
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8 of 8 Power Law outcomes
02 · Founder talent

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

19 founders across the 8 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. University of Toronto and Hybris are the deepest single pipelines.

LocationCount
United States11
Serbia3
Canada2
Spain1
Belgium1
United Kingdom1
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UniversityCount
University of Toronto2
KU Leuven1
University of Exeter1
MIT Sloan Executive Education1
Rhode Island School of Design1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology1
Harvard University1
Brown University1
Stanford University1
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Origin companyCount
Hybris2
Microsoft2
WorkOS2
Apple1
Abrigo1
LiveAction1
Twitch1
Nextdoor1
Deputy1
Practice Ignition1
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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 Real.

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04 · Compare with peers

How does Real stack up?

Real 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 Real Ventures

An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Real 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 Real Ventures

Recent press, funding announcements, and portfolio moves mentioning Real — pulled live from Dealroom's news feed.

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