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The StepStone Group
Global job platform connecting talent and companies efficiently. | Formerly known as Jobshop
At a glance
- Founded
- 1996
- Headquarters
- Düsseldorf, Germany
- Listing
- IPO 2000
- Sector
- eCommerce & Marketplaces
- Power Law
- Unicorn$1–10B valuation tierThoroughbred$100M+ revenue
Research & analysis
Latest news
Press, funding announcements and product moves mentioning The StepStone Group.
Investors
From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.
Series A1 investor entered at this stage
Series B and later1 investor entered at this stage
- OCOutcome Capital
Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.
Alumni founders
Former The StepStone Group employees who went on to found companies, sorted by Dealroom signal score.
SGSmall Giant GamesEst. 2013
Timo SoininenFinland
Pyry TakalaFinland
DODocumasterEst. 2014
Adrian SøbyskogenNorwayGlobal footprint
team presence
across markets
Investments and acquisitions
Disclosed deals where The StepStone Group was the backer or acquirer, 2012–2025. Toggle between venture rounds, M&A, or both. The map below is grouped by the target company's sector — the colored pill on each chip is the round type.
17 deals across The StepStone Group's capital deployment.
Where the deals concentrate by sector, stage, and decade.
The StepStone Group's portfolio, mapped.
Each chip is one company. Pill colour shows round type — green for Seed, blue for Series A, purple for B/C+, pink for late-stage, amber for M&A. Bigger sectors keep their full list behind “+ N more”.
Market sentiment
An AI-synthesised read of the highest-engagement posts about The StepStone Group on X, ranked by likes and reposts, corporate channels excluded.
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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