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Valar Ventures

Venture capital firm · Founded 2010 · Active in 2026

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12 Power Law outcomes Power Law Ranking #315 · Global · 12 Power Law outcomes · Active 2026
Unicorns ↑ 57% 5y
11
Decacorns → 0% 5y
1
Thoroughbreds ↑ 50% 5y
6

Valar Ventures is a venture capital firm based in USA, founded in 2010. The page below shows 12 Power Law outcomes from Valar Ventures's portfolio — 11 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 0 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).

Outcomes are concentrated in Fintech · Cybersecurity; top portfolio geographies are USA · Germany · Austria. Valar ranks #315 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.

Portfolio analysis

The 12 Valar Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).

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

By countryCount
  1. USA4
  2. Germany3
  3. Austria1
  4. France1
  5. Canada1
  6. New Zealand1
  7. UK1
By sectorCount
  1. Fintech11
  2. Cybersecurity1
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+1
  2. Series A7
  3. Seed3
01 · Portfolio market map

Valar's 12 Power Law outcomes.

Stage entered
Outcome tier
Region
Group by
12 of 12 Power Law outcomes
02 · Founder talent

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

34 founders across the 12 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. University of St.Gallen and Groupon are the deepest single pipelines.

LocationCount
United States12
France6
Austria6
Canada5
Estonia4
United Kingdom1
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UniversityCount
University of St.Gallen4
INSEAD Business School3
Georgia Institute of Technology3
University of Tartu2
University of Saskatchewan2
University of Chicago Law School2
Tallinn University of Technology1
The University of Tokyo1
Sophia University1
University of Canberra1
+7 more →
Origin companyCount
Groupon3
Wise2
Epirus2
Microsoft1
Shareworks (formerly Solium Capital)1
Fevo1
Qualtrics1
Rocket Internet1
Skype1
Preligens1
+4 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 Valar.

Senior investment team at Valar Ventures has not been published on this profile yet.
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04 · Compare with peers

How does Valar stack up?

Valar 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.

Compare against

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 Valar Ventures

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

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