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5Y Capital

Venture capital firm · Founded 2008 · Active in 2026

5Y Capital is a venture capital firm based in China, founded in 2008. The page below shows 39 Power Law outcomes from 5Y Capital's portfolio — 36 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 3 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).

Outcomes are concentrated in Other · Other B2B Software · AI; top portfolio geographies are China · USA · Singapore. 5Y Capital ranks #170 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.

39 Power Law outcomes Power Law Ranking #170 · Global · 39 Power Law outcomes · Active 2026
Unicorns ↑ 20% 5y
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Decacorns ↑ 20% 5y
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Thoroughbreds ↑ 36% 5y
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01 · Exits

Sequoia’s biggest exits.

Sequoia portfolio companies worth $1B+ that have IPO’d or been acquired. Each shows its valuation at exit and, in grey, its current value if still public.

IPO · 1999
Entered SeedNow $5.2T
IPO · 2004
Entered Series ANow $4.6T
IPO · 1980
Now $4.5T
IPO · 2014
Entered Series B+Now $306B
$214B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $20.1B
IPO · 2012
Entered Series ANow $207B
$82.0B IPO · 2019
Now $153B
IPO · 2012
Entered Series B+Now $103B
$95.0B IPO · 2020
Entered SeedNow $69.1B
$93.9B IPO · 2020
Entered Series B+Now $58.4B
$24.0B IPO · 2018
Entered Series B+Now $73.3B
$39.0B IPO · 2020
Entered Series ANow $67.6B
$32.0B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $67.5B
$41.5B IPO · 2021
Entered SeedNow $64.4B
$60.0B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $28.0B
$55.5B IPO · 2026
Entered Series B+Now $55.5B
$52.8B IPO · 2018
Entered Series ANow $49.6B
IPO · 2013
Now $45.0B
IPO · 2015
Entered Series B+Now $39.4B
IPO · 2002
Entered SeedNow $39.1B
$32.0B acquisition · 2025
Entered Seed
$12.0B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $29.5B
IPO · 2014
Entered Series B+Now $28.6B
IPO · 2015
Entered Series ANow $28.2B
03 · Portfolio analysis

The 39 5Y Capital Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).

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

By countryCount
  1. China32
  2. USA4
  3. Singapore1
  4. UK1
  5. Hong Kong1
By sectorCount
  1. Other6
  2. Other B2B Software6
  3. AI6
  4. Biotech & Life Sciences5
  5. Transportation5
  6. eCommerce & Marketplaces3
  7. Marketing2
  8. Health Tech & Medtech2
  9. Energy1
  10. Space1
  11. Food1
  12. Cybersecurity1
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+20
  2. Series A16
  3. Seed3
Estimated holdings

5Y Capital’s biggest current holdings.

An estimate of 5Y Capital’s largest live positions — disclosed shareholding × Dealroom’s latest valuation — across 6 companies where 5Y Capital is a named shareholder, worth about $947M in estimated equity value.

#CompanyEst. stakeValuationEst. value
  1. 1 WeDoctorHealth · Unicorn 4.7% $6.8B $320M
  2. 2 SoucheTransportation · Unicorn 8% $3.5B $280M
  3. 3 Galaxy SpaceSpace · Unicorn 13% $1.5B $197M
  4. 4 METiS TherapeuticsHealth · Unicorn 4.5% $1.5B $68M
  5. 5 Soul APPMedia · Unicorn 4.2% $1.5B $63M
  6. 6 XiaoiceMarketing · Unicorn 2% $1.0B $20M

Estimated value = 5Y Capital’s disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →

5Y Capital’s biggest exits.

5Y Capital portfolio companies worth $1B+ that have IPO’d or been acquired. Each shows its valuation at exit and, in grey, its current value if still public.

$214B IPO · 2021
Entered SeedNow $20.1B
$54.0B IPO · 2018
Entered Series B+Now $84.4B
$73.0B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $13.9B
$39.8B IPO · 2025
Entered Series ANow $44.0B
$8.4B IPO · 2020
Entered Series B+Now $13.0B
$7.0B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $7.6B
$4.5B IPO · 2024
Entered Series B+Now $7.2B
$2.8B IPO · 2024
Entered Series B+Now $2.8B
$2.6B IPO · 2025
Entered Series ANow $2.2B
$2.4B IPO · 2018
Entered Series ANow $108M
$2.0B IPO · 2020
Entered Series ANow $172M
$1.4B acquisition · 2019
Entered Series B+
04 · Portfolio market map

5Y Capital's 39 Power Law outcomes.

Stage entered
Outcome tier
Region
Group by
39 of 39 Power Law outcomes
05 · Power Law comparison

How does 5Y Capital stack up?

5Y Capital in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 609 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
Performance window All-time → 2026

Stage focus

Companies by selected outcome stage

Sector focus

Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectors

Beyond Unicorns — how the portfolio compounds

% of each investor's unicorn portfolio that later crossed $10B, $25B and $50B. Pick a sort tier and entry stage.
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Entry stage
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.
06 · Portfolio founders

Where Sequoia's portfolio founders come from — and where they studied.

65 founders across the 39 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. Tsinghua University and Microsoft are the deepest single pipelines.

LocationCount
China63
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UniversityCount
Tsinghua University7
Shanghai Jiaotong University5
The Chinese University of Hong Kong4
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen 香港中文大学(深圳)2
Peking University2
Nankai University2
Nanjing University2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology2
Washington University in St. Louis2
National University of Singapore1
+14 more →
Origin companyCount
Microsoft6
Alphabet | Google4
Alibaba3
Baidu3
Meta2
Lazada2
Wandoujia2
Renren1
GrubMarket1
Nvidia1
+12 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.

Market sentiment

What the market is saying about 5Y Capital

An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about 5Y Capital 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 5Y Capital

Recent press, funding announcements, and portfolio moves mentioning 5Y Capital — pulled live from Dealroom's news feed.

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