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Sapphire Ventures

Venture capital firm · Founded 2006 · Active in 2026

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98 Power Law outcomes Power Law Ranking #102 · Global · 98 Power Law outcomes · Active 2026
Unicorns ↑ 22% 5y
89
Decacorns ↑ 20% 5y
6
Thoroughbreds ↑ 92% 5y
75

Sapphire Ventures is a venture capital firm based in USA, founded in 2006. The page below shows 98 Power Law outcomes from Sapphire Ventures's portfolio — 89 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 2 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 · UK · India. Sapphire ranks #102 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.

Portfolio analysis

The 98 Sapphire Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).

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

By countryCount
  1. USA84
  2. UK4
  3. India3
  4. Israel2
  5. Portugal1
  6. Canada1
  7. Germany1
  8. France1
  9. Australia1
By sectorCount
  1. Other B2B Software24
  2. Cybersecurity17
  3. Fintech16
  4. Marketing15
  5. AI12
  6. Edtech4
  7. Health Tech & Medtech4
  8. Transportation2
  9. Other2
  10. eCommerce & Marketplaces1
  11. Biotech & Life Sciences1
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+88
  2. Series A7
01 · Portfolio market map

Sapphire's 98 Power Law outcomes.

Stage entered
Outcome tier
Region
Group by
98 of 98 Power Law outcomes
02 · Founder talent

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

293 founders across the 98 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
India53
Portugal24
Israel16
Taiwan7
Argentina5
Canada5
United Kingdom5
Estonia4
Russia4
+13 more →
UniversityCount
Stanford University16
Massachusetts Institute of Technology14
Carnegie Mellon University8
NYU Stern School of Business6
University of Aveiro5
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi5
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras5
University of Wisconsin-Madison5
Berkeley5
Harvard Business School5
+117 more →
Origin companyCount
Microsoft25
Alphabet | Google17
Meta7
Yahoo!6
Amazon5
Nutanix3
Apple3
Zoho3
Juniper Networks3
Dropbox3
+78 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.
04 · Compare with peers

How does Sapphire stack up?

Sapphire 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 Sapphire Ventures

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

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