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Commonfund
Private Equity, Venture Capital · Founded 1971 · Wilton, United States
Investment arm of commonfund specializing in both direct, fund of fund investments, and secondary
The funds Commonfund backs.
Commonfund is a limited partner in 68 funds. 11 of them place in the Power Law Investor Ranking, and the best-ranked are shown here.











Commonfund’s biggest current holdings.
An estimate of Commonfund’s largest live positions — disclosed shareholding × Dealroom’s latest valuation — across 1 companies where Commonfund is a named shareholder, worth about $40M in estimated equity value.
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1
LetsGetChecked
4%
$1.0B
$40M
Estimated value = Commonfund’s disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. Commonfund also appears inside investor groups in Vast Data, where a standalone stake isn’t disclosed. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →
Where Commonfund’s portfolio is concentrated.
Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 11 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.
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USA8
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Germany2
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China1
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Enterprise Software4
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Health4
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Marketing2
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Media2
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Education1
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Food1
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Travel1
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Series B+10
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Series A1
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Late Growth9
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Breakout Stage2
Inside Commonfund’s portfolio.
The 11 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 11 tracked.
Where Commonfund’s portfolio founders come from.
26 founders across the 11 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.
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United States12
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Germany7
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Israel3
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Ireland1
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Netherlands1
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Technical University Munich3
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New York University2
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Tel Aviv University2
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University of California, Berkeley2
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Yale University2
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Aarhus University1
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Arizona State University1
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Charles University1
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Colgate University1
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Comillas Pontifical University1
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Meredith Corporation2
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Popsugar2
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POPSUGAR2
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451 Research1
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Aspen Healthcare1
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Atlas Venture1
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Beltone1
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Cameron Thomson Group1
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Chronicle Books1
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Cisco1
Similar LPs.
Other funds of funds in the Power Law LP ranking, closest to Commonfund by combined power-law score, with the assets each one manages and how many VC funds it backs.










