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The StepStone Group

eCommerce & Marketplaces · Düsseldorf, Germany · Founded 1996 · IPO 2000

Global job platform connecting talent and companies efficiently. | Formerly known as Jobshop

Valuation $1–2.5B
Revenue $1–5B
Headcount 2–5k
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Power Law Unicorn$1–10B valuation tier Thoroughbred$100M+ revenue
Knowledge graph
Market map Future of work in Europe

Talent graph

The StepStone Group's talent

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Startup mafia 11 alumni-founded startups
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Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.

Investors

2 investors on The StepStone Group's cap table

Sourced from Dealroom's funding history. Investor profile links are shown where available.

Series A 1 investor entered at this stage
Northzone
Series B+ 1 investor entered at this stage
Outcome Capital

The StepStone Group mafia

Startups founded by The StepStone Group alumni

Former The StepStone Group employees who went on to start their own companies. Sorted by Dealroom signal score.

Small Giant GamesEst. 2013
Timo SoininenFinland
Signal score80
Husleie.noEst. 2012
JRJan Erik RNorway
Signal score79
EpicbriefEst. 2022
Pyry TakalaFinland
Signal score71
DocumasterEst. 2014
Adrian SøbyskogenNorway
Signal score65
InviteDeskEst. 2018
MKMark Van der kinderenBelgium
Signal score64
AdminkitEst. 2020
Pål Reinert BredveiNorway
Signal score63
SnowcrashEst. 2021
Walter de BrouwerUnited States
Signal score63
Szopi.plEst. 2015
Konrad KorycińskiPoland
Signal score58
DiplomasafeEst. 2016
Mikkel EgehaveDenmark
Signal score55
Gabi SmartCareEst. 2017
JBJonathan BautBelgium
Signal score54
Bid4AdEst. 2013
JMjean-Claude MarchandSingapore
Signal score48

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Global footprint

Where The StepStone Group has talent and traffic

Workforce by country
28 countries with
team presence
🇩🇪 Germany36.1%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom35.1%
🇵🇱 Poland10.2%
🇮🇪 Ireland5.5%
🇧🇪 Belgium5.4%
Top 5 of 28 shown
Web traffic by country
92K monthly visits
across markets
🇺🇸 United States54.1%
🇩🇪 Germany28.8%
🇵🇱 Poland7.2%
🇨🇭 Switzerland1.7%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom1.6%
Top 5 markets shown

Capital deployed

The StepStone Group's 17 investments and acquisitions.

Every disclosed deal where The StepStone Group appeared as a 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.

Portfolio analysis

17 deals across The StepStone Group's capital deployment.

Where the deals concentrate by sector, stage, and decade.

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        02 · Portfolio market map

        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”.

        Stage
        Period
        17 of 17 deals

        Market sentiment

        What the market is saying about The StepStone Group

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        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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