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American Express Ventures
Corporate venture · Founded 1850 · Active in 2026
American Express Ventures is a corporate venture based in USA, founded in 1850. The page below shows 22 Power Law outcomes from American Express Ventures's portfolio — 22 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 0 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).
Outcomes are concentrated in Fintech · eCommerce & Marketplaces · Transportation; top portfolio geographies are USA · Mexico · UK. American Express ranks #341 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.
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.
The 22 American Express Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).
Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.
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USA16
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Mexico1
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UK1
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Canada1
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Sweden1
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Israel1
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India1
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Fintech17
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eCommerce & Marketplaces3
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Transportation1
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Cybersecurity1
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Series B+15
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Series A5
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Seed2
American Express’ biggest current holdings.
An estimate of American Express’ largest live positions — disclosed shareholding × Dealroom’s latest valuation — across 1 companies where American Express is a named shareholder, worth about $120M in estimated equity value.
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1
FalconX
1.5%
$8.0B
$120M
Estimated value = American Express’s disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. American Express also appears inside investor groups in Stripe, where a standalone stake isn’t disclosed. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →
American Express’ biggest exits.
American Express 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.
American Express's 22 Power Law outcomes.
How does American Express stack up?
American Express 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.
Share of new unicorns per year
% of global unicorns minted that year, year by year · hover the chart to see which unicornsStage focus
Companies by selected outcome stageSector focus
Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectorsBeyond 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.Where Sequoia's portfolio founders come from — and where they studied.
63 founders across the 22 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and PayPal are the deepest single pipelines.
Key people at American Express.
Market sentiment
What the market is saying about American Express Ventures
An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about American Express 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 American Express Ventures
Recent press, funding announcements, and portfolio moves mentioning American Express — pulled live from Dealroom's news feed.
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