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Earlybird Venture Capital
Venture capital firm · Active in 2026
Earlybird Venture Capital is a venture capital firm active globally. The page below shows 16 Power Law outcomes from Earlybird Venture Capital's portfolio — 10 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 4 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).
Outcomes are concentrated in Transportation · AI · Other B2B Software; top portfolio geographies are Germany · Switzerland · USA. Earlybird Venture ranks #12 in Germany in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.
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.
The 16 Earlybird Venture Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).
Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.
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Germany9
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Switzerland2
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USA2
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Türkiye1
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Australia1
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Finland1
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Transportation2
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AI2
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Other B2B Software2
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Fintech2
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Health Tech & Medtech1
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Other1
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Edtech1
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Biotech & Life Sciences1
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Space1
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Energy1
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Cybersecurity1
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eCommerce & Marketplaces1
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Series B+7
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Series A5
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Seed2
Earlybird Venture’s biggest current holdings.
An estimate of Earlybird Venture’s largest live positions — disclosed shareholding × Dealroom’s latest valuation — across 5 companies where Earlybird Venture is a named shareholder, worth about $1.3B in estimated equity value.
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N26
10.5%
$6.0B
$630M
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2
Aiven
10%
$3.0B
$300M
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3
Payhawk
18.62%
$1.0B
$186M
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4
Isar Aerospace
10.5%
$1.1B
$116M
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5
Onefootball
9%
$1.0B
$90M
Estimated value = Earlybird Venture’s disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →
Earlybird Venture’s biggest exits.
Earlybird Venture 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.
Earlybird Venture's 16 Power Law outcomes.
How does Earlybird Venture stack up?
Earlybird Venture 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.
Share of new unicorns per year
% of global unicorns minted that year, year by year · hover the chart to see which unicornsStage focus
Companies by selected outcome stageSector focus
Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectorsBeyond 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.Where Sequoia's portfolio founders come from — and where they studied.
47 founders across the 16 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. University of St.Gallen and Stability AI are the deepest single pipelines.
Key people at Earlybird Venture.
Market sentiment
What the market is saying about Earlybird Venture Capital
An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Earlybird Venture 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 Earlybird Venture Capital
Recent press, funding announcements, and portfolio moves mentioning Earlybird Venture — pulled live from Dealroom's news feed.
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