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August Capital

Venture capital firm · Founded 1995 · Active in 2026

August Capital is a venture capital firm based in USA, founded in 1995. The page below shows 18 Power Law outcomes from August Capital's portfolio — 16 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 2 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. August ranks #462 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.

18 Power Law outcomes Power Law Ranking #462 · Global · 18 Power Law outcomes · Active 2026
Unicorns ↑ 33% 5y
16
Decacorns ↓ 67% 5y
1
Thoroughbreds ↑ 50% 5y
15
01 · Exits

August’s biggest exits.

August 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 · 2012
Entered Series ANow $24.6B
$11.0B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $3.3B
$1.6B IPO · 2019
Entered Series B+Now $3.3B
IPO · 2009
Entered Series B+Now $3.3B
$1.5B IPO · 2019
Entered Series B+Now $2.6B
$850M buyout · 2018
Entered Series B+Now $1.6B
$1.6B IPO · 2020
Entered Series B+Now $92M
$1.1B acquisition · 2021
Entered Series A
$1.1B acquisition · 2025
Entered Series B+
$1.0B IPO · 2022
Entered Series ANow $1.0B
02 · Estimated holdings

August’s selected top holdings.

An estimate of August’s largest live positions — disclosed shareholding × Dealroom’s latest valuation — across 2 companies where August is a named shareholder, worth about $274M in estimated equity value.

#CompanyEst. stakeValuationEst. value
  1. 1 Kin InsuranceFintech · Unicorn 7.5% $2.0B $154M
  2. 2 FourKitesEnterprise Software · Unicorn 12% $1.0B $120M

Estimated value = August’s disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. August also appears inside investor groups in Legora, where a standalone stake isn’t disclosed. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →

03 · Portfolio analysis

The 18 August Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).

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

By countryCount
  1. USA18
By sectorCount
  1. Fintech5
  2. Marketing3
  3. eCommerce & Marketplaces3
  4. Cybersecurity2
  5. Other B2B Software2
  6. AI1
  7. Transportation1
  8. Other1
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+12
  2. Series A5
  3. Seed1
04 · Portfolio market map

August's 18 Power Law outcomes.

Stage entered
Outcome tier
Region
Group by
18 of 18 Power Law outcomes
05 · Power Law comparison

How does August stack up?

August 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.

Compare against

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

61 founders across the 18 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. Harvard University and Groupon are the deepest single pipelines.

LocationCount
United States23
India14
Uzbekistan2
Denmark2
Sweden1
Canada1
United Kingdom1
Mexico1
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UniversityCount
Harvard University3
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras2
Anna University2
College of Engineering, Guindy2
Savitribai Phule Pune University2
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute2
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Gies College of Business2
University of Pennsylvania2
Stanford University2
Stanford University Graduate School of Business2
+24 more →
Origin companyCount
Groupon3
Enova International3
Alphabet | Google3
Microsoft2
Cloudflare2
Yahoo!2
Blue Nile2
Avant1
Broadcom1
SAP1
+13 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 August.

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

Market sentiment

What the market is saying about August Capital

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

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

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