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Boldstart Ventures

Venture Capital · Founded 2010 · Miami, United States

#153 Investor Ranking 2026 Top 1% of investors worldwide

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101 Portfolio companies+37% in 5 years
11 Unicorns
1 Decacorns
189 Investments
Jun 2026 Last investment
02 · Biggest holdings

Boldstart Ventures’ biggest current holdings.

Boldstart Ventures is a named shareholder in 4 companies. Dealroom estimates those stakes are worth about $1.4B in total — the disclosed percentage × each company’s latest valuation. The 4 biggest are below, each sized by that estimate.

#CompanyEst. stakeValuationEst. value
  1. 1 SnykEnterprise Software · Unicorn 12.5% $7.4B $925M
  2. 2 BlockdaemonEnterprise Software · Unicorn 8.5% $3.3B $276M
  3. 3 ClayEnterprise Software · Unicorn 5% $3.1B $155M
  4. 4 BigIDSecurity · Unicorn 6.5% $1.0B $65M

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

03 · Exits

Boldstart Ventures’ 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 Boldstart Ventures’ transaction record.

$30B IPO · 2018
Now $90BMusic
$3.9B IPO · 2018
Now $2.7BHosting
GoToMeeting
$1.8B acquisition · 2016
Enterprise Software
$1.0B acquisition · 2020
Entered SeedEnterprise Software
04 · Portfolio analysis

Where Boldstart Ventures’ portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 101 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. USA96
  2. Israel5
  3. Canada4
  4. UK2
  5. Germany1
  6. Ireland1
  7. Sweden1
  8. UAE1
By sectorCount
  1. Enterprise Software52
  2. Security21
  3. Marketing12
  4. Media10
  5. Fintech8
  6. Event Tech5
  7. Telecom5
  8. Jobs Recruitment4
  9. Gaming3
  10. Education2
  11. Health2
  12. Legal2
By stage enteredCount
  1. Seed80
  2. Series A11
  3. Series B+6
By growth stageCount
  1. Early Growth52
  2. Breakout Stage41
  3. Late Growth19
05 · Portfolio market map

Inside Boldstart Ventures’ portfolio.

The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 101 tracked.

Spotify
Music · Decacorn
$90B
Pivotal
Hosting · Unicorn
$2.7B
Snyk
Security · Unicorn
$7.4B
Gong
Marketing · Unicorn
$7.3B
YipitData
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.0B
Generalist AI
Robotics · Unicorn
$2.0B
Blockdaemon
Fintech · Unicorn
$3.3B
BigID
Security · Unicorn
$1.0B
SecurityScorecard Inc.
Security
$950M
Kustomer
Enterprise Software
$300M
Spectro Cloud
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$1.0B
Front
Marketing · Unicorn
$1.7B
Clay
Marketing · Unicorn
$3.1B
HYPR
Security
$100M
Tessl
Enterprise Software
$750M
Protect AI
Security
$400M
Superhuman
Telecom
$825M
Dooly
Marketing
$320M
Reco
Security
$120M
Replicated
Enterprise Software
$200M
Jyve Corporation
Jobs Recruitment
$140M
Hypernative
Security
$160M
Robin
Marketing
$120M
Harbr
Enterprise Software
$169M
Surf AI
Security
$228M
Indiegogo
Fintech
$160M
Prolexic Technologies
Security
$390M
FortressIQ
Security
$120M
Catalytic
Enterprise Software
$120M
Amberdata
Enterprise Software
$330M
Env0
Enterprise Software
$72M
WEVR
Gaming
$125M
LivePerson
Marketing
$325M
Emissary
Jobs Recruitment
$18M
Jit
Security
$154M
Keycard Labs
Security
$120M
QuizUp
Gaming
$7.5M
Cotendo
Media
$268M
Cloudquery
Security
$64M
Wallaroo
Enterprise Software
$100M
Smallstep
Security
$28M
Stellate
Enterprise Software
$20M
AtomicJar
Enterprise Software
$100M
Kumospace
Media
$84M
Cape Privacy
Security
$80M
Divide
Security
$48M
HyPR
Security
$32M
Dope Security
Security
$64M
Handshake
Dating
$56M
Pinpoint
Enterprise Software
$54M
Jeli
Marketing
$60M
Tres
Fintech
$130M
Manifold.co
Event Tech
$74M
Humanix
Security
$54M
Upstream
Event Tech
$50M
Baz
Enterprise Software
$36M
Klipfolio
Enterprise Software
$25M
Steadybit
Security
$39M
Waldo
Health
$40M
Pinpoint
Jobs Recruitment
$54M
06 · Portfolio founders

Where Boldstart Ventures’ portfolio founders come from.

138 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 States87
  2. Israel19
  3. France7
  4. Canada5
  5. Argentina3
  6. Germany3
  7. United Kingdom3
  8. Estonia2
  9. Sweden2
  10. Belgium1
UniversityCount
  1. Tel Aviv University9
  2. Harvard University5
  3. University of California, Berkeley5
  4. University of Cambridge4
  5. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev3
  6. McGill University3
  7. Princeton University3
  8. Technion Israel Institute of Technology3
  9. University of Pennsylvania3
  10. Bar-Ilan University2
Previous companyCount
  1. Microsoft9
  2. Alphabet | Google6
  3. Cisco5
  4. Cognitive Security4
  5. IBM4
  6. Salesforce4
  7. VMware4
  8. EMC3
  9. Goldman Sachs3
  10. Activa Live2