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Floodgate

Venture Capital · Founded 2006 · Palo Alto, United States

#109 Investor Ranking 2026 Top 1% of investors worldwide

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249 Portfolio companies+18% in 5 years
12 Unicorns
2 Decacorns
369 Investments
Feb 2026 Last investment
01 · Biggest holdings

Floodgate’s biggest current holdings.

The most valuable companies Floodgate still holds, ordered by Dealroom’s latest valuation. Companies that have been acquired or gone public are in Exits instead. Dealroom has no parsed shareholder register for Floodgate, so the size of each stake isn’t shown.

#CompanyValuation
  1. 1 Applied IntuitionDecacorn · Transportation · USA $15.0B
  2. 2 HadrianUnicorn · Robotics · USA $8.0B
  3. 3 StarkWare IndustriesUnicorn · Fintech · Israel $8.0B
  4. 4 RappiUnicorn · Food · Colombia $5.2B
  5. 5 OutreachUnicorn · Telecom · USA $4.4B
  6. 6 SnapLogicUnicorn · Enterprise Software · USA $1.0B
  7. 7 The ZebraUnicorn · Fintech · USA $1.0B
  8. 8 PantheonUnicorn · Hosting · USA $1.0B
  9. 9 Merkle ManufactoryUnicorn · Enterprise Software · USA $1.0B
  10. 10 Ontic TechnologiesSecurity · USA $920M
  11. 11 LobEnterprise Software · USA $200M
  12. 12 EgnyteSecurity · USA $118M

Unicorns and thoroughbreds Floodgate has backed and still holds, at Dealroom’s latest valuation. See the underlying shareholder registers on Dealroom →

02 · Exits

Floodgate’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 Floodgate’s transaction record.

$24B IPO · 2019
Entered SeedNow $6.1BTransportation
$1.5B IPO · 2017
Entered SeedNow $24BSecurity
$3.7B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $2.2BHealth
$1.6B IPO · 2020
Entered Series B+Now $242MFintech
$1.1B IPO · 2013
Now $80MEducation
03 · Portfolio analysis

Where Floodgate’s portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 249 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. USA273
  2. UK3
  3. Canada1
  4. Colombia1
  5. Cuba1
  6. France1
  7. Germany1
  8. Indonesia1
  9. Israel1
  10. Italy1
  11. Poland1
  12. Switzerland1
By sectorCount
  1. Enterprise Software76
  2. Media43
  3. Fintech32
  4. Marketing27
  5. Education20
  6. Health19
  7. Telecom14
  8. Transportation14
  9. Security13
  10. Fashion11
  11. Energy10
  12. Food9
By stage enteredCount
  1. Seed145
  2. Series A85
  3. Series B+17
By growth stageCount
  1. Early Growth147
  2. Breakout Stage91
  3. Late Growth51
  4. Mature1
04 · Portfolio market map

Inside Floodgate’s portfolio.

The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 249 tracked.

Lyft
Transportation · Unicorn
$6.1B
Rappi
Food · Unicorn
$5.2B
Hadrian
Robotics · Unicorn
$8.0B
Clover Health
Health · Unicorn
$2.2B
Applied Intuition
Transportation · Decacorn
$15B
Bolt
Security
$300M
Outreach
Telecom · Unicorn
$4.4B
SnapLogic
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$1.0B
Merlin Labs
Transportation
$800M
Ontic Technologies
Security
$920M
Reputation.com
Media
$330M
StarkWare Industries
Fintech · Unicorn
$8.0B
The Zebra
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.0B
United Masters
Music
$550M
Okta
Security · Decacorn
$24B
BigCommerce
Fintech
$242M
PayNearMe
Fintech
$200M
Chegg
Education
$80M
IRL App
Media
Pantheon
Hosting · Unicorn
$1.0B
Farcaster
Media
$600M
Last Energy
Energy
$400M
Hebbia
Fintech
$700M
LTSE
Fintech
$400M
Cheetah
Food
$300M
Workboard
Enterprise Software
$300M
Zeus Living
Real Estate
Egnyte
Security
$118M
Data.world
Enterprise Software
$350M
Shipper
Transportation
$175M
Refinery29
Media
$400M
Fieldguide
Fintech
$700M
Wellfound
Jobs Recruitment
$400M
Skale
Enterprise Software
$400M
Sandbox VR
Gaming
$148M
TetraScience
Health
$320M
Spiceworks
Media
$228M
Smule
Music
$270M
Ensighten
Enterprise Software
$212M
Welcome Software
USA
NewsCred
Media
$80M
Sensa
Fintech
$220M
Aceable
Education
$188M
Eudia
Legal
$420M
N3TWORK Studios
Gaming
$184M
Monetate
Fintech
$32M
Ohmconnect
Energy
$220M
Civitas Learning
Education
$240M
NextRoll
Marketing
$280M
ClearSlide
Enterprise Software
$200M
VarageSale
Fashion
$136M
Xamarin
Enterprise Software
$217M
DoubleDutch
Event Tech
$180M
Lob
Enterprise Software
$200M
ModCloth
Fashion
$60M
Upthere
Music
$308M
Tango Card
Fintech
$40M
Kno - Intel Education Study
Media
$149M
Culdesac
Real Estate
$120M
Nooks
Media
$172M
05 · Portfolio founders

Where Floodgate’s portfolio founders come from.

139 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 States110
  2. Israel4
  3. United Kingdom4
  4. Argentina3
  5. Brazil1
  6. Cuba1
  7. Hong Kong1
  8. Indonesia1
  9. Netherlands1
  10. Peru1
UniversityCount
  1. Stanford University25
  2. University of California, Berkeley8
  3. Harvard University6
  4. University of California, Los Angeles5
  5. Yale University5
  6. Columbia University4
  7. Harvard Business School4
  8. Massachusetts Institute of Technology4
  9. Stanford University Graduate School of Business4
  10. University of Oxford4
Previous companyCount
  1. Alphabet | Google7
  2. Microsoft6
  3. Activa Live4
  4. Amazon4
  5. IBM4
  6. McKinsey & Company4
  7. Salesforce4
  8. Stanford University4
  9. Bazaarvoice3
  10. JP Morgan3
07 · Key people

Key people at Floodgate.

Source: Dealroom next-gen API — investor team endpoint.