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Xero
Connects to all things business: accountants, bookkeepers, banks, enterprise, and apps
At a glance
- Founded
- 2006
- Headquarters
- Wellington, New Zealand
- Listing
- IPO 2007
- Sector
- Fintech
- Power Law
- Unicorn$1–10B valuation tierThoroughbred$100M+ revenue
Latest news
Press, funding announcements and product moves mentioning Xero.
Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.
Alumni founders
Former Xero employees who went on to found companies, sorted by Dealroom signal score.
IVIvoEst. 2022
Jacob DuligallUnited States
KAKarbonEst. 2014
Stuart McLeodUnited States
SHSharesiesEst. 2016
Sonya WilliamsNew Zealand
OSObsidian SecurityEst. 2017
Ben JohnsonUnited States
CACarepatronEst. 2019
David PeneNew ZealandGlobal footprint
team presence
across markets
Investments and acquisitions
Disclosed deals where Xero 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.
21 deals across Xero's capital deployment.
Where the deals concentrate by sector, stage, and decade.
Xero'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 Xero 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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