ER
Eight Roads Ventures
Venture capital firm · Founded 1969 · Active in 2026
Eight Roads Ventures is a venture capital firm based in London, Bermuda, founded in 1969. The page below shows 72 Power Law outcomes from Eight Roads Ventures's portfolio — 53 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 10 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).
Outcomes are concentrated in Biotech & Life Sciences · Fintech · Health Tech & Medtech; top portfolio geographies are USA · China · UK. Eight Roads ranks #78 in Global 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 72 Eight Roads Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).
Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.
-
USA42
-
China10
-
UK5
-
India4
-
France3
-
Germany2
-
Spain1
-
Switzerland1
-
Indonesia1
-
Japan1
-
Türkiye1
-
Norway1
-
Biotech & Life Sciences29
-
Fintech12
-
Health Tech & Medtech8
-
Other B2B Software6
-
Other5
-
Transportation3
-
eCommerce & Marketplaces3
-
Cybersecurity2
-
Marketing2
-
AI1
-
Energy1
-
Series B+45
-
Series A15
-
Seed6
Eight Roads’ biggest current holdings.
An estimate of Eight Roads’ largest live positions — disclosed shareholding × Dealroom’s latest valuation — across 10 companies where Eight Roads is a named shareholder, worth about $1.5B in estimated equity value.
4 companies hidden on this public profile. Estimated value = Eight Roads’s disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. Eight Roads also appears inside investor groups in Akulaku, Fever, Owkin, where a standalone stake isn’t disclosed. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →
Eight Roads’ biggest exits.
Eight Roads 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.
+1 more $1B+ exits on the full Dealroom profile.
Eight Roads's 72 Power Law outcomes.
How does Eight Roads stack up?
Eight Roads 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.
162 founders across the 72 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Microsoft are the deepest single pipelines.
Key people at Eight Roads.
Market sentiment
What the market is saying about Eight Roads Ventures
An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Eight Roads 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 Eight Roads Ventures
Recent press, funding announcements, and portfolio moves mentioning Eight Roads — pulled live from Dealroom's news feed.
Want the full picture on Eight Roads Ventures?
The Dealroom platform tracks every round, every co-investor, and every portfolio company in real time — across 25,000+ investors and 3M+ companies globally.