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FirstMark

Venture Capital · Founded 2008 · New York City, United States

Early-stage venture capital firm. Their portfolio includes successful companies like Pinterest, Shopify, Airbnb, Discord, Riot Games, and DraftKings

173 portfolio companies Venture Capital · $13B invested · 372 investments · Investor rank #213 · Last investment 7/2026
Portfolio companies 173 ↑ 29% 5y
Decacorns 9
Thoroughbreds 24 ↑ 11% 5y
01 · Biggest holdings

FirstMark’s biggest current holdings.

The most valuable companies FirstMark still holds — unicorns and thoroughbreds it has backed, ordered by Dealroom’s latest valuation. Companies that have been acquired or gone public are in Exits instead. Where a cap table names FirstMark directly, the stake and its estimated value are shown too.

#CompanyEst. stakeValuationEst. value
  1. 1 xAICenticorn · Enterprise Software · USA $250B
  2. 2 ClickHouseDecacorn · Enterprise Software · USA $15.0B
  3. 3 DiscordDecacorn · Gaming · USA $15.0B
  4. 4 CartaUnicorn · Legal · USA $7.4B
  5. 5 UpgradeUnicorn · Fintech · USA 4% $7.3B $292M
  6. 6 Ro HealthUnicorn · Health · USA 18.5% $7.0B $1.3B
  7. 7 LegoraUnicorn · Legal · Sweden $5.6B
  8. 8 Cockroach LabsUnicorn · Enterprise Software · USA 10% $5.0B $500M
  9. 9 SynthesiaUnicorn · Media · UK 16.09% $4.0B $644M
  10. 10 DataikuUnicorn · Enterprise Software · USA 9.5% $3.7B $352M
  11. 11 PendoUnicorn · Enterprise Software · USA 4% $2.6B $104M
  12. 12 Function HealthUnicorn · Health · USA $2.5B

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

02 · Exits

FirstMark’s 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 FirstMark’s transaction record.

$1.3B IPO · 2015
Entered Series ANow $190BHosting
$47B IPO · 2020
Entered Series B+Now $97BTravel
$10B IPO · 2019
Entered SeedNow $13BMedia
$6.5B IPO · 2020
Entered Series B+Now $13BGaming
$2.6B acquisition · 2020
Food
$853M IPO · 2009
Now $2.4BMedia
$1.7B IPO · 2021
Entered Series ATelecom
$1.5B IPO · 2018
Entered Series B+Now $993MJobs Recruitment
$1.3B acquisition · 2021
Entered Series B+Media
03 · Portfolio analysis

Where FirstMark’s portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 173 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. USA170
  2. France8
  3. UK8
  4. Canada6
  5. Germany2
  6. Austria1
  7. Brazil1
  8. Panama1
  9. Sweden1
  10. Switzerland1
  11. UAE1
By sectorCount
  1. Enterprise Software58
  2. Fintech37
  3. Marketing24
  4. Media22
  5. Health20
  6. Security10
  7. Telecom9
  8. Food8
  9. Gaming7
  10. Home Living7
  11. Transportation7
  12. Education6
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series A94
  2. Seed52
  3. Series B+26
By growth stageCount
  1. Breakout Stage83
  2. Late Growth62
  3. Early Growth54
  4. Mature2
04 · Portfolio market map

Inside FirstMark’s portfolio.

The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 173 tracked.

xAI
Enterprise Software · Centicorn
$250B
Airbnb
Travel · Decacorn
$97B
Pinterest
Media · Decacorn
$13B
Carta
Legal · Unicorn
$7.4B
ClickHouse
Enterprise Software · Decacorn
$15B
Ro Health
Health · Unicorn
$7.0B
Discord
Gaming · Decacorn
$15B
DraftKings
Gaming · Decacorn
$13B
Postmates
Food · Unicorn
$2.6B
Legora
Legal · Unicorn
$5.6B
Dataiku
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$3.7B
Function Health
Health · Unicorn
$2.5B
Upgrade
Fintech · Unicorn
$7.3B
Cockroach Labs
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$5.0B
Ledger
Security · Unicorn
$1.4B
Synthesia
Media · Unicorn
$4.0B
Pendo
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$2.6B
Gravie
Health
$716M
Pigment
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.0B
Helium
Security · Unicorn
$1.2B
InVision
Enterprise Software
Rain
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.9B
HyperScience
Enterprise Software
$400M
Starry
Telecom
Orchard
Real Estate · Unicorn
$1.0B
Bluecore
Marketing · Unicorn
$1.0B
Harmattan AI
Robotics · Unicorn
$1.4B
H Company
Enterprise Software
$370M
Conductor
Media
$500M
Imperfect Foods
Food
$700M
Happy Money
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.1B
Ada
Marketing · Unicorn
$1.2B
TraceLink
Enterprise Software
$372M
Dashlane
Security
$440M
Knewton
Education
$20M
Gravia
Home Living
$360M
Kasa Living
Travel
$280M
Justworks
Fintech
$67M
Demandbase
Marketing
$260M
Willow
Health
$275M
ActionIQ
Marketing
$272M
Legacy Health
Health
$125M
Omaze
Fintech
$340M
Loop Returns
Marketing
$325M
Shopify
Hosting · Centicorn
$190B
Parsley Health
Health
$104M
Crossbeam
Enterprise Software
$304M
Aura
Fintech
$1.7M
HopSkipDrive
Kids
$148M
Welcome Software
USA
NewsCred
Media
$80M
Upwork
Jobs Recruitment
$993M
Workit Health
Health
$500M
POSH
Event Tech
$148M
Gradium
Enterprise Software
$350M
Aura
Home Living
$200M
Statespace
Gaming
$200M
Crisp
Food
$175M
Aereo
Media
$136M
Frame.io
Media · Unicorn
$1.3B
05 · Portfolio founders

Where FirstMark’s portfolio founders come from.

187 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 States124
  2. France20
  3. United Kingdom11
  4. Sweden6
  5. Canada3
  6. Israel3
  7. Germany2
  8. Netherlands2
  9. Guernsey1
  10. South Africa1
UniversityCount
  1. Stanford University16
  2. Harvard University9
  3. Columbia University6
  4. Princeton University6
  5. CentraleSupélec - Paris-Saclay University5
  6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology5
  7. University of California, Los Angeles5
  8. Carnegie Mellon University4
  9. École Polytechnique - IP Paris4
  10. Harvard Business School4
Previous companyCount
  1. Alphabet | Google12
  2. Microsoft10
  3. Sunopsis6
  4. Tangosol6
  5. Stanford University5
  6. Boston Consulting Group4
  7. Bridgewater Associates4
  8. Harvard University4
  9. Morgan Stanley4
  10. Accenture3