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Highland Europe
Venture capital firm · Active in 2026
Highland Europe is a venture capital firm active globally. The page below shows 20 Power Law outcomes from Highland Europe's portfolio — 13 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 7 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).
Outcomes are concentrated in eCommerce & Marketplaces · Other B2B Software · Marketing; top portfolio geographies are UK · Germany · USA. Highland Europe ranks #96 in EMEA 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 20 Highland Europe Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).
Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.
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UK6
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Germany4
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USA3
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France3
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Finland1
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Switzerland1
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Spain1
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Brazil1
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eCommerce & Marketplaces6
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Other B2B Software3
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Marketing3
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AI2
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Other2
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Food1
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Edtech1
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Cybersecurity1
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Fintech1
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Series B+12
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Series A6
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Seed1
Highland Europe’s biggest current holdings.
An estimate of Highland Europe’s largest live positions — disclosed shareholding × Dealroom’s latest valuation — across 7 companies where Highland Europe is a named shareholder, worth about $1.9B in estimated equity value.
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1
N8n
15%
$5.2B
$780M
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2
ContentSquare
11%
$5.6B
$616M
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3
9fin
12.82%
$1.3B
$167M
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4
GetYourGuide
7.5%
$2.0B
$150M
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5
Nothing
7.5%
$1.3B
$98M
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6
Hyperexponential
20.83%
$438M
$91M
- 7 11.25% $300M $34M
1 company hidden on this public profile. Estimated value = Highland Europe’s disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →
Highland Europe’s biggest exits.
Highland Europe 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.
Highland Europe's 20 Power Law outcomes.
How does Highland Europe stack up?
Highland Europe 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.
31 founders across the 20 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. ETH Zurich and SimilarWeb are the deepest single pipelines.
Key people at Highland Europe.
Market sentiment
What the market is saying about Highland Europe
An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Highland Europe 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 Highland Europe
Recent press, funding announcements, and portfolio moves mentioning Highland Europe — pulled live from Dealroom's news feed.
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