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Haystack

Venture capital firm · Menlo Park, USA · Founded 2013 · Active in 2026

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15 Power Law outcomes Power Law Ranking #91 · 15 Power Law outcomes · Active 2026
Enterprise value ↓ 5% 5y
$164B
Unicorns ↑ 50% 5y
15
Decacorns ↓ 40% 5y
3
Thoroughbreds ↑ 36% 5y
15
Featured in #91Power Law Investor Ranking · Global · 2026 Top 1%by Seed → $100M+ revenue outcomes

Haystack is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, USA, founded in 2013. The page below shows 15 Power Law outcomes from Haystack's portfolio — 15 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 0 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).

Outcomes are concentrated in eCommerce & Marketplaces · AI · Fintech; top portfolio geographies are USA. Haystack ranks #91 globally in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Ranking by Seed → $100M+ revenue companies.

Portfolio analysis

The 15 Haystack Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue and above).

Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.

By countryCount
  1. USA15
By sectorCount
  1. eCommerce & Marketplaces4
  2. AI4
  3. Fintech2
  4. Other B2B Software2
  5. Cybersecurity1
  6. Space1
  7. Marketing1
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+4
  2. Series A3
  3. Seed7
01 · Portfolio market map

Haystack's 15 Power Law outcomes.

Toggle between a sector landscape and a world map. Both views respond to the stage and outcome-tier filters. The faded names at the bottom of bigger boxes are part of the full list — click "+ N more" to reveal them.

Stage entered
Outcome tier
Region
Group by
15 of 15 Power Law outcomes
Logos hosted by Dealroom; click any chip to open the company in app.dealroom.co. The dot inside each chip shows the company's highest tier — red Gigacorn, violet Centicorn/Decacorn, lavender Unicorn, blue Thoroughbred, green Colt. Tiers are inclusive: a Unicorn (e.g. Klarna) also matches the Thoroughbred filter, a Decacorn also matches Unicorn and Thoroughbred, and so on up the ladder. Colt is a separate axis (high-growth, smaller revenue) and only matches itself. Map dots use the same colour code; hover for details. Sectors are mutually exclusive (priority-ordered classification). Stage entered = the round Haystack first invested in (where data is available — coverage 93%).
02 · Origin of portfolio founders

Where Haystack's founders come from — and where they study.

36 founders across the 15 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. Stanford University and Amazon are the deepest single pipelines.

LocationCount
United States26
China2
Brazil1
Hong Kong1
Romania1
India1
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UniversityCount
Stanford University6
Massachusetts Institute of Technology4
University of Cambridge2
Washington University in St. Louis2
Stanford University Graduate School of Business2
Carleton University1
University of Waterloo1
Nottingham Trent University1
Brown University1
San Jose State University1
+8 more →
Origin companyCount
Amazon4
Alphabet | Google4
Microsoft3
Palantir2
Box2
X.2
LinkedIn2
Meta2
Applied Intuition1
Newfront1
+20 more →
Origin = country a founder is born in or grew up in (founders may have multiple origins; counts include all entries). University = highest-listed degree. Origin company = a previous employer where the founder was tagged before starting their current company. Explore the full Sequoia infographic on Thoroughbreds & Unicorns →
03 · Key people

Key people at Haystack.

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04 · Compare with peers

How does Haystack stack up?

Haystack in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 35 peer investors — filter by region 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 global unicorns minted that year — peaks reveal vintage years.

Compare against

Stage focus

Companies by entry stage and outcome tier

Sector focus

Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectors

Share of new unicorns per year

% of all global unicorns minted that year, year by year
Source: Dealroom Power Law dataset. Investors shown are the 2026 Power Law top 35 by combined entry-to-outcome score, drawn from the overview and locations_data sheets. Funnel-matrix axes rescale per-axis using the maximum among the currently selected investors, so the polygons always fill the chart for shape comparison.

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Data as of 15 Apr 2026 · Source: Dealroom Power Law dataset · Methodology
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