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Spectrum Equity
Investment firm · Founded 1994 · Active in 2026
Spectrum Equity is an investment firm based in USA, founded in 1994. The page below shows 16 Power Law outcomes from Spectrum Equity's portfolio — 11 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 4 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).
Outcomes are concentrated in Fintech · AI · Marketing; top portfolio geographies are USA · UK · Canada. Spectrum Equity ranks #486 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.
The 16 Spectrum Equity 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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USA14
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UK1
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Canada1
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Fintech3
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AI2
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Marketing2
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Edtech2
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Health Tech & Medtech2
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Other B2B Software2
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Biotech & Life Sciences1
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Other1
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Cybersecurity1
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Series B+11
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Series A2
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Seed2
Spectrum Equity's 16 Power Law outcomes.
Where Spectrum Equity's founders come from — and where they study.
14 founders across the 16 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. University of Oxford and Meta are the deepest single pipelines.
Key people at Spectrum Equity.
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How does Spectrum Equity stack up?
Spectrum Equity 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 Spectrum Equity
An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Spectrum Equity 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 Spectrum Equity
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