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Small Business Innovation Research
Government / non-profit · Founded 1982 · Active in 2026
Small Business Innovation Research is a government / non-profit based in USA, founded in 1982. The page below shows 82 Power Law outcomes from Small Business Innovation Research's portfolio — 61 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 4 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).
Outcomes are concentrated in Biotech & Life Sciences · Space · Transportation; top portfolio geographies are USA · Israel · UK. Small Business Innovation Research ranks #264 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.
The 82 Small Business Innovation Research Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).
Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.
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USA79
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Israel1
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UK1
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Finland1
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Biotech & Life Sciences24
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Space12
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Transportation8
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AI8
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Cybersecurity6
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Health Tech & Medtech6
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Energy4
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Robotics4
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Other4
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Other B2B Software3
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Marketing2
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Food1
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Series B+64
Small Business Innovation Research's 82 Power Law outcomes.
Where Small Business Innovation Research's founders come from — and where they study.
142 founders across the 82 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.
Key people at Small Business Innovation Research.
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How does Small Business Innovation Research stack up?
Small Business Innovation Research 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.
Share of new unicorns per year
% of global unicorns minted that year, year by year · hover the chart to see which unicornsStage focus
Companies by entry stage and outcome tierSector focus
Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectorsSentiment on X
What X is saying about Small Business Innovation Research
An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Small Business Innovation Research 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 Small Business Innovation Research
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