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83North

Venture capital firm · Founded 2006 · Active in 2026

83North is a venture capital firm based in UK, founded in 2006. The page below shows 19 Power Law outcomes from 83North's portfolio — 16 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 3 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).

Outcomes are concentrated in Fintech · Marketing · eCommerce & Marketplaces; top portfolio geographies are USA · UK · Germany. 83North ranks #427 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.

19 Power Law outcomes Power Law Ranking #427 · Global · 19 Power Law outcomes · Active 2026
Unicorns ↑ 23% 5y
16
Decacorns ↓ 67% 5y
1
Thoroughbreds ↑ 100% 5y
14
01 · Exits

83North’s biggest exits.

83North 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.

$15.0B IPO · 2021
Entered Series ANow $986M
IPO · 2014
Entered Series B+Now $8.2B
$8.1B acquisition · 2021
Entered Series A
$3.3B IPO · 2021
Entered Series ANow $1.4B
$1.6B buyout · 2019
Entered Series ANow $2.5B
$2.4B acquisition · 2018
Entered Series B+
$2.1B IPO · 2025
Entered Series ANow $888M
$1.3B acquisition · 2020
Entered Series A
02 · Estimated holdings

83North’s selected top holdings.

An estimate of 83North’s largest live positions — disclosed shareholding × Dealroom’s latest valuation — across 5 companies where 83North is a named shareholder, worth about $6.2B in estimated equity value.

#CompanyEst. stakeValuationEst. value
  1. 1 Vast DataEnterprise Software · Decacorn 12.5% $30.0B $3.8B
  2. 2 CelonisEnterprise Software · Decacorn 11.5% $13.0B $1.5B
  3. 3 MiraklEnterprise Software · Unicorn 15.5% $3.5B $542M
  4. 4 LendbuzzTransportation · Unicorn 20.5% $1.1B $226M
  5. 5 PaddleFintech · Unicorn 10.57% $1.4B $148M

Estimated value = 83North’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 →

03 · Portfolio analysis

The 19 83North Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).

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

By countryCount
  1. USA7
  2. UK3
  3. Germany3
  4. France2
  5. Israel1
  6. Finland1
  7. Spain1
  8. Sweden1
By sectorCount
  1. Fintech5
  2. Marketing4
  3. eCommerce & Marketplaces3
  4. AI2
  5. Other B2B Software2
  6. Transportation1
  7. Robotics1
  8. Other1
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+9
  2. Series A10
04 · Portfolio market map

83North's 19 Power Law outcomes.

Stage entered
Outcome tier
Region
Group by
19 of 19 Power Law outcomes
05 · Power Law comparison

How does 83North stack up?

83North 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.

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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.
06 · Portfolio founders

Where 83North's portfolio founders come from — and where they studied.

40 founders across the 19 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. Aalto University and SAP are the deepest single pipelines.

LocationCount
Israel13
Finland10
Sweden3
France2
United States2
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UniversityCount
Aalto University6
Tel Aviv University3
Stockholm School of Economics3
Aarhus University2
Reichman University2
University of Haifa2
The College of New Jersey2
Reserviupseerikoulu - Reservofficersskolan - Reserve Officer School1
Stellenbosch University1
University of Technology Sydney1
+9 more →
Origin companyCount
SAP3
Balyo1
Domo1
Deliveroo1
Digia1
Supercell1
Yousician1
Zalando1
Ex1
Playbuzz1
+9 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.
07 · Key people

Key people at 83North.

Sources: Dealroom desktop research, official firm profiles and public investor lists.

Market sentiment

What the market is saying about 83North

An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about 83North 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 83North

Recent press, funding announcements, and portfolio moves mentioning 83North — pulled live from Dealroom's news feed.

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