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Franklin Templeton Investments

Venture Capital · Founded 1947 · Saint Petersburg, United States

Global investment management solutions for institutional and retail clients

173 portfolio companies Venture Capital · $38B invested · 232 investments · Investor rank #76 · Last investment 7/2026
Portfolio companies 173 ↑ 63% 5y
Decacorns 19 ↑ 25% 5y
Thoroughbreds 69 ↑ 32% 5y
01 · Biggest holdings

Franklin Templeton Investments’ biggest current holdings.

The most valuable companies Franklin Templeton Investments 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 Franklin Templeton Investments directly, the stake and its estimated value are shown too.

#CompanyEst. stakeValuationEst. value
  1. 1 DatabricksCenticorn · Enterprise Software · USA $188B
  2. 2 RevolutCenticorn · Fintech · UK $115B
  3. 3 Epic GamesDecacorn · Gaming · USA $18.0B
  4. 4 Applied IntuitionDecacorn · Transportation · USA $15.0B
  5. 5 DiscordDecacorn · Gaming · USA $15.0B
  6. 6 CelonisDecacorn · Enterprise Software · Germany 3% $13.0B $390M
  7. 7 Checkout.comDecacorn · Fintech · UK $12.0B
  8. 8 CrusoeDecacorn · Energy · USA $10.0B
  9. 9 TalkdeskDecacorn · Enterprise Software · USA 4.5% $10.0B $450M
  10. 10 TaniumUnicorn · Security · USA $9.0B
  11. 11 PlaidUnicorn · Fintech · USA $8.0B
  12. 12 SnykUnicorn · Security · USA $7.4B

Estimated value = Franklin Templeton Investments’ disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. Franklin Templeton Investments also appears inside investor groups in Aptos Labs, Checkout.com, Checkr, Discord, Figment, Goat, Plaid, Redwood Materials and 2 more, where a standalone stake isn’t disclosed. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →

02 · Exits

Franklin Templeton Investments’ 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 Franklin Templeton Investments’ transaction record.

$4.4B IPO · 2019
Entered Series B+Now $106BSecurity
$1.8B IPO · 2015
Entered Series B+Now $46BHealth
$12B IPO · 2021
Now $30BFood
$24B IPO · 2021
Now $5.7BEnergy
$12B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $23BEnterprise Software
$19B IPO · 2025
Now $11BMedia
$14B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $7.1BSecurity
$6.5B IPO · 2020
Now $13BGaming
$11B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $10BEnterprise Software
$11B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $5.3BSecurity
$6.6B IPO · 2024
Entered Series B+Now $10BHealth
Kalyan Jewellers
IPO · 2021
Now $9.2BJobs Recruitment
03 · Portfolio analysis

Where Franklin Templeton Investments’ 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. USA148
  2. India15
  3. Singapore7
  4. Canada4
  5. UK3
  6. Australia2
  7. Brazil2
  8. British Virgin Islands2
  9. China2
  10. Hong Kong2
  11. UAE2
  12. Cayman Islands1
By sectorCount
  1. Fintech72
  2. Enterprise Software48
  3. Health26
  4. Transportation22
  5. Security14
  6. Energy13
  7. Media9
  8. Jobs Recruitment6
  9. Food5
  10. Marketing5
  11. Gaming4
  12. Real Estate4
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+103
  2. Series A34
  3. Seed24
By growth stageCount
  1. Late Growth116
  2. Breakout Stage44
  3. Early Growth32
  4. Mature5
04 · Portfolio market map

Inside Franklin Templeton Investments’ portfolio.

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

Databricks
Enterprise Software · Centicorn
$188B
Flipkart
Home Living · Decacorn
$36B
Epic Games
Gaming · Decacorn
$18B
Fanatics
Sports · Decacorn
$31B
Revolut
Fintech · Centicorn
$115B
Lucid Motors
Energy · Unicorn
$5.7B
Redwood Materials
Energy · Unicorn
$7.0B
Zomato
Food · Decacorn
$30B
Crusoe
Energy · Decacorn
$10B
EQRx
Health
Lacework
Security · Unicorn
$8.3B
Checkout.com
Fintech · Decacorn
$12B
Celonis
Enterprise Software · Decacorn
$13B
Snyk
Security · Unicorn
$7.4B
Ola Electric
Transportation · Unicorn
$2.6B
Lime
Transportation · Unicorn
$2.4B
Airtable
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$1.3B
Plaid
Fintech · Unicorn
$8.0B
Proterra
Energy
$210M
Applied Intuition
Transportation · Decacorn
$15B
OneTrust
Security · Unicorn
$4.5B
DataRobot
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$6.3B
T1 Energy
Energy · Unicorn
$2.3B
Discord
Gaming · Decacorn
$15B
Wheels Up
Travel
$826M
DraftKings
Gaming · Decacorn
$13B
Samsara
Enterprise Software · Decacorn
$23B
Tempus
Health · Decacorn
$10B
SpotOn
Fintech · Unicorn
$3.6B
Astranis
Telecom · Unicorn
$2.8B
Tanium
Security · Unicorn
$9.0B
STORD
Transportation · Unicorn
$3.0B
Figma
Media · Decacorn
$11B
Workrise
Energy · Unicorn
$2.9B
Gusto
Fintech
$9K
Ather Energy
Transportation · Unicorn
$7.7B
Vestwell
Fintech · Unicorn
$2.0B
SES AI
Energy
$38M
Gong
Marketing · Unicorn
$7.3B
Forterra
Robotics · Unicorn
$1.0B
Payoneer
Fintech · Unicorn
$2.2B
CAIS
Fintech · Unicorn
$2.0B
Illumio
Security · Unicorn
$2.8B
Checkr
Legal · Unicorn
$4.6B
Talkdesk
Enterprise Software · Decacorn
$10B
Goat
Fashion · Unicorn
$3.7B
Moove
Fintech · Unicorn
$2.1B
CesiumAstro
Telecom · Unicorn
$1.1B
Confluent
Enterprise Software · Decacorn
$10B
Blaize
Semiconductors
$126M
GitLab
Security · Unicorn
$5.3B
6Sense
Marketing · Unicorn
$5.2B
Amagi Media Labs
Media
$869M
Benchling
Health · Unicorn
$6.1B
Rent the Runway
Fashion
$284M
Alkami
Fintech · Unicorn
$2.4B
Carmot Therapeutics
Health · Unicorn
$2.7B
Candid Therapeutics
Health · Unicorn
$2.0B
Day One Biopharmaceuticals
Health · Unicorn
$1.8B
ClearMotion
Transportation
$575M
05 · Portfolio founders

Where Franklin Templeton Investments’ portfolio founders come from.

181 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 States133
  2. India9
  3. United Kingdom8
  4. Canada5
  5. Israel4
  6. Germany3
  7. Netherlands3
  8. United Arab Emirates3
  9. Italy2
  10. Norway2
UniversityCount
  1. Stanford University16
  2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology13
  3. University of California, Berkeley9
  4. Duke University6
  5. Harvard University6
  6. Harvard Business School5
  7. Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania5
  8. MIT Sloan School of Management4
  9. Washington University in St. Louis4
  10. Columbia Business School3
Previous companyCount
  1. Alphabet | Google11
  2. Microsoft10
  3. Meta7
  4. IBM6
  5. Intel Corporation6
  6. Lehman Brothers6
  7. Goldman Sachs5
  8. Intel NAND Memory Unit5
  9. Cisco4
  10. Cognitive Security4