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August Capital

Venture Capital · Founded 1995 · San Francisco, United States

#462 Investor Ranking 2026 Top 3% of investors worldwide

August Capital manages over $25 billion in committed capital and has invested in a mix of companies across the IT spectrum

144 Portfolio companies+9% in 5 years
18 Unicorns
4 Decacorns
284 Investments
Feb 2026 Last investment
01 · Biggest holdings

August Capital’s biggest current holdings.

The most valuable companies August Capital still holds, ordered by Dealroom’s latest valuation. Companies that have been acquired or gone public are in Exits instead. Dealroom has no parsed shareholder register for August Capital, so the size of each stake isn’t shown.

#CompanyValuation
  1. 1 Kin InsuranceUnicorn · Fintech · USA $2.0B
  2. 2 SendBirdUnicorn · Marketing · USA $1.1B
  3. 3 FourKitesUnicorn · Transportation · USA $1.0B

Unicorns and thoroughbreds August Capital has backed and still holds, at Dealroom’s latest valuation. August Capital also appears inside investor groups in Legora, where a standalone stake isn’t disclosed. See the underlying shareholder registers on Dealroom →

02 · Exits

August Capital’s biggest exits.

Portfolio companies that IPO’d or were acquired at $1B+, with the valuation recorded at exit and — for those still public — their value today. Exit events come from each company’s funding-round history; entry stage from August Capital’s transaction record.

$1.6B IPO · 2012
Entered Series ANow $25BSecurity
$11B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $5.3BSecurity
$1.6B IPO · 2019
Entered Series B+Now $4.5BFintech
$1.5B IPO · 2019
Entered Series B+Now $3.7BTelecom
$3.6B acquisition · 2026
Entered SeedEnterprise Software
$3.3B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $1.6BMedia
$2.7B IPO · 2013
Entered Series B+Now $2.4BFashion
$1.6B IPO · 2020
Entered Series B+Now $122MFood
$1.1B acquisition · 2021
Entered Series ASemiconductors
IPO · 2022
Entered Series ANow $1.0BTravel
03 · Portfolio analysis

Where August Capital’s portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 144 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. USA151
  2. Japan3
  3. Canada2
  4. Cuba2
  5. Singapore2
  6. Chile1
  7. Ireland1
  8. Poland1
  9. UK1
By sectorCount
  1. Enterprise Software45
  2. Fintech22
  3. Media22
  4. Telecom17
  5. Marketing14
  6. Security12
  7. Semiconductors10
  8. Transportation10
  9. Fashion8
  10. Health6
  11. Energy5
  12. Food5
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+66
  2. Series A64
  3. Seed13
By growth stageCount
  1. Breakout Stage72
  2. Late Growth47
  3. Early Growth39
  4. Mature7
04 · Portfolio market map

Inside August Capital’s portfolio.

The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 144 tracked.

Mavenir Systems
Telecom
$231M
Avant
Fintech · Unicorn
$2.0B
Turo
Travel · Unicorn
$1.0B
GitLab
Security · Unicorn
$5.3B
Kin Insurance
Fintech · Unicorn
$2.0B
BILL
Fintech · Unicorn
$4.5B
Innovium
Semiconductors · Unicorn
$1.1B
Amount
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.1B
Tintri Inc
Enterprise Software
$60M
Rocket Lawyer
Legal
$60M
SendBird
Marketing · Unicorn
$1.1B
Reputation.com
Media
$330M
Fastly
Telecom · Unicorn
$3.7B
MaintainX
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$3.6B
RetailNext
Enterprise Software
$625M
Mirantis
Enterprise Software
$625M
FourKites
Transportation · Unicorn
$1.0B
PayNearMe
Fintech
$200M
INRIX
Transportation
$700M
Tegile Systems
Enterprise Software
$132M
Luxtera
Semiconductors
$150M
Snagajob
Jobs Recruitment
$32M
Trilliant
Energy
$424M
Barkbox
Food
$122M
Zulily
Fashion · Unicorn
$2.4B
Ditto
Enterprise Software
$462M
CommonBond
Fintech
$200M
TurboLinux
Enterprise Software
$120M
Sun Basket
Food
$120M
UpGuard
Security
$300M
Xirrus
Telecom
$30M
Adchemy
Marketing
$244M
Stance
Fashion
$250M
Housecall Pro
Enterprise Software
$260M
ShopRunner
Fashion
$160M
Handle Financial
Fintech
$59M
Magnum Semiconductor
Media
$55M
Kentik
Security
$160M
Airship
Marketing
$100M
Ubicom
Media
$28M
Yumi
Food
$268M
hipcamp
Travel
$300M
SAY Media
Media
$108M
SuVolta
Semiconductors
$42M
Drop
Consumer Electronics
$160M
WePay
Fintech
$350M
Spring Labs
Fintech
$150M
Alta Devices
Energy
$504M
Brilliant
Home Living
$200M
Adara Media
Travel
$16M
SkyPilot Networks
Media
$14M
PubMatic
Telecom
$713M
ThreatMetrix
Security
$817M
BroadLogic Network Technologies
Semiconductors
$18M
Mimosa Systems
Media
$7.2M
Rockets of Awesome
Fashion
$98M
Netpulse
Health
$52M
LiveOps
Fintech
$112M
Integral Ad Science
Media · Unicorn
$1.6B
ReputationDefender
Media
05 · Portfolio founders

Where August Capital’s portfolio founders come from.

103 founders across the 100 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.

LocationCount
  1. United States84
  2. United Kingdom4
  3. Japan2
  4. Canada1
  5. Chile1
  6. India1
  7. Switzerland1
  8. Türkiye1
UniversityCount
  1. Stanford University6
  2. Harvard University5
  3. Stanford University Graduate School of Business4
  4. Claremont McKenna College3
  5. Harvard Business School3
  6. San Diego State University3
  7. McGill University2
  8. Princeton University2
  9. University of California, Berkeley2
  10. University of California, Los Angeles2
Previous companyCount
  1. 500 Global3
  2. BitTorrent3
  3. Digital Fountain3
  4. McKinsey & Company3
  5. Microsoft3
  6. Qualcomm3
  7. Townsquared3
  8. Accenture2
  9. Alphabet | Google2
  10. Amazon2
07 · Key people

Key people at August Capital.

Source: Curated from official investor team pages and verified public profiles.