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CICC

Venture capital firm · Founded 1995 · Active in 2026

CICC is a venture capital firm based in China, founded in 1995. The page below shows 59 Power Law outcomes from CICC's portfolio — 46 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 1 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).

Outcomes are concentrated in Transportation · Robotics · Biotech & Life Sciences; top portfolio geographies are China · USA · Hong Kong. CICC ranks #241 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.

59 Power Law outcomes Power Law Ranking #241 · Global · 59 Power Law outcomes · Active 2026
Unicorns ↑ 64% 5y
46
Decacorns → 0% 5y
2
Thoroughbreds ↑ 82% 5y
22
01 · Exits

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.

IPO · 1999
Entered SeedNow $5.2T
IPO · 2004
Entered Series ANow $4.6T
IPO · 1980
Now $4.5T
IPO · 2014
Entered Series B+Now $306B
$214B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $20.1B
IPO · 2012
Entered Series ANow $207B
$82.0B IPO · 2019
Now $153B
IPO · 2012
Entered Series B+Now $103B
$95.0B IPO · 2020
Entered SeedNow $69.1B
$93.9B IPO · 2020
Entered Series B+Now $58.4B
$24.0B IPO · 2018
Entered Series B+Now $73.3B
$39.0B IPO · 2020
Entered Series ANow $67.6B
$32.0B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $67.5B
$41.5B IPO · 2021
Entered SeedNow $64.4B
$60.0B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $28.0B
$55.5B IPO · 2026
Entered Series B+Now $55.5B
$52.8B IPO · 2018
Entered Series ANow $49.6B
IPO · 2013
Now $45.0B
IPO · 2015
Entered Series B+Now $39.4B
IPO · 2002
Entered SeedNow $39.1B
$32.0B acquisition · 2025
Entered Seed
$12.0B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $29.5B
IPO · 2014
Entered Series B+Now $28.6B
IPO · 2015
Entered Series ANow $28.2B
03 · Portfolio analysis

The 59 CICC Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).

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

By countryCount
  1. China51
  2. USA6
  3. Hong Kong2
By sectorCount
  1. Transportation9
  2. Robotics9
  3. Biotech & Life Sciences6
  4. Other5
  5. Fintech4
  6. Health Tech & Medtech4
  7. AI4
  8. Energy4
  9. Food3
  10. Other B2B Software3
  11. Space3
  12. eCommerce & Marketplaces3
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+39
  2. Series A7
  3. Seed1
Estimated holdings

CICC’s biggest current holdings.

An estimate of CICC’s largest live positions — disclosed shareholding × Dealroom’s latest valuation — across 9 companies where CICC is a named shareholder, worth about $871M in estimated equity value.

#CompanyEst. stakeValuationEst. value
  1. 1 NeolixTransportation · Unicorn 7.8% $3.6B $281M
  2. 2 Chongqing Tailan New EnergyEnergy · Unicorn 9% $2.2B $198M
  3. 3 Space PioneerSpace · Unicorn 7.5% $2.1B $155M
  4. 4 METiS TherapeuticsHealth · Unicorn 6% $1.5B $90M
  5. 5 Galaxy SpaceSpace · Unicorn 4% $1.5B $60M
  6. 6 BaibuFashion · Unicorn 2% $1.5B $30M
  7. 7 2.5% $1.0B $25M
  8. 8 0.9% $2.3B $21M
  9. 9 5% $220M $11M

3 companies hidden on this public profile. Estimated value = CICC’s disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. CICC also appears inside investor groups in Beijing Baichuan Intelligent Technology, Beijing Interstellar Glory Space Technology, Galbot, Linkdoc, Xreal, where a standalone stake isn’t disclosed. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →

CICC’s biggest exits.

CICC 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.

$12.0B IPO · 2020
Entered Series B+Now $110B
$32.9B IPO · 2020
Entered Series ANow $6.3B
$1.6B IPO · 2022
Entered Series ANow $12.1B
$11.0B IPO · 2017
Entered Series ANow $2.1B
$5.0B IPO · 2019
Entered Series B+Now $8.8B
$7.0B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $7.6B
$5.5B IPO · 2016
Entered Series B+Now $5.5B
$410M IPO · 2019
Entered Series B+Now $5.0B
$3.1B IPO · 2024
Entered Series B+Now $548M
$2.5B IPO · 2023
Entered Series B+Now $770M
$1.2B IPO · 2022
Entered Series B+Now $2.2B
IPO · 2015
Now $1.7B
$41M IPO · 2025
Entered Series B+Now $1.3B
Lightelligence
$1.3B IPO · 2026
Entered Series ANow $1.3B
$1.2B IPO · 2026
Entered Series B+Now $1.2B
$1.0B acquisition · 2025
Entered Series B+
04 · Portfolio market map

CICC's 59 Power Law outcomes.

Stage entered
Outcome tier
Region
Group by
59 of 59 Power Law outcomes
05 · Power Law comparison

How does CICC stack up?

CICC 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.

Compare against

Share of new unicorns per year

% of global unicorns minted that year, year by year · hover the chart to see which unicorns
Performance window All-time → 2026

Stage focus

Companies by selected outcome stage

Sector focus

Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectors

Beyond 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.
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Entry stage
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 Sequoia's portfolio founders come from — and where they studied.

52 founders across the 59 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. Shanghai Jiaotong University and Microsoft are the deepest single pipelines.

LocationCount
China39
United States6
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UniversityCount
Shanghai Jiaotong University5
The Chinese University of Hong Kong4
Tsinghua University4
Stanford University4
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen 香港中文大学(深圳)2
Nanjing University2
Fudan University2
Macalester College2
Utah State University2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology2
+10 more →
Origin companyCount
Microsoft3
DJI Innovations3
Baidu3
Brightcove2
Magic Leap1
Alphabet | Google1
eBay1
Nvidia1
SAP1
Meta1
+7 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.

Market sentiment

What the market is saying about CICC

An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about CICC 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

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Latest news about CICC

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