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Hone Capital

Venture Capital · Founded 2015 · Palo Alto, United States

Hone Capital is the U.S. branch of CSC Group, a leading private equity and venture capital firm in China

20 portfolio companies Venture Capital · $500M invested · 21 investments · Investor rank #5,282 · Last investment 10/2019
Portfolio companies 20 ↑ 18% 5y
Decacorns 4
Thoroughbreds 25 ↑ 17% 5y
01 · Biggest holdings

Hone Capital’s biggest current holdings.

The most valuable companies Hone Capital 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.

#CompanyEst. stakeValuationEst. value
  1. 1 RipplingDecacorn · Fintech · USA $16.8B
  2. 2 NotionDecacorn · Enterprise Software · USA $10.0B
  3. 3 FlexportUnicorn · Transportation · USA $8.0B
  4. 4 DataRobotUnicorn · Enterprise Software · USA $6.3B
  5. 5 RappiUnicorn · Food · Colombia $5.2B
  6. 6 CheckrUnicorn · Legal · USA $4.6B
  7. 7 BranchUnicorn · Enterprise Software · USA $4.0B
  8. 8 SideUnicorn · Real Estate · USA $2.5B
  9. 9 RoofstockUnicorn · Fintech · USA $1.9B
  10. 10 PapaUnicorn · Health · USA $1.4B
  11. 11 Boom SupersonicUnicorn · Transportation · USA $1.2B
  12. 12 Juniper SquareUnicorn · Fintech · USA $1.1B

Estimated value = Hone Capital’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 →

02 · Exits

Hone Capital’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 Hone Capital’s transaction record.

$1.6B IPO · 2018
Now $22BHealth
$11B IPO · 2021
Now $11BFintech
$5.2B IPO · 2021
Now $71MTransportation
$3.7B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $2.2BHealth
$1.3B IPO · 2018
Now $1.9BSecurity
$1.5B acquisition · 2025
Health
$1.5B IPO · 2021
Now $82MWellness Beauty
$1.3B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $396MMarketing
$1.3B acquisition · 2026
Enterprise Software
Elroy Air
$1.0B IPO · 2026
Now $1.0BRobotics
$1.0B acquisition · 2016
Robotics
03 · Portfolio analysis

Where Hone Capital’s portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 20 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. USA107
  2. Canada3
  3. UK2
  4. Brazil1
  5. Colombia1
  6. Israel1
  7. Mexico1
By sectorCount
  1. Enterprise Software31
  2. Fintech24
  3. Health15
  4. Transportation13
  5. Marketing9
  6. Real Estate8
  7. Home Living7
  8. Security6
  9. Education5
  10. Fashion5
  11. Jobs Recruitment5
  12. Robotics5
By stage enteredCount
  1. Seed9
  2. Series B+7
  3. Series A4
By growth stageCount
  1. Late Growth49
  2. Breakout Stage45
  3. Early Growth22
04 · Portfolio market map

Inside Hone Capital’s portfolio.

The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 20 tracked.

Cruise
Robotics
$850M
Flexport
Transportation · Unicorn
$8.0B
Relativity
Space · Unicorn
$4.2B
Rappi
Food · Unicorn
$5.2B
Rippling
Fintech · Decacorn
$17B
Airtable
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$1.3B
Clover Health
Health · Unicorn
$2.2B
DataRobot
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$6.3B
Bolt
Security
$300M
Boom Supersonic
Transportation · Unicorn
$1.2B
Gusto
Fintech
$9K
Alto Pharmacy
Health · Unicorn
$1.5B
Branch
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$4.0B
Grove Collaborative
Wellness Beauty
$82M
Checkr
Legal · Unicorn
$4.6B
Guardant Health
Health · Decacorn
$22B
Wise
Fintech · Decacorn
$11B
Roofstock
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.9B
Juniper Square
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.1B
Petal
Fintech
$800M
Tala
Fintech
$800M
Guideline
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.1B
Notion
Enterprise Software · Decacorn
$10B
Embark Trucks
Transportation
$71M
BioAge Labs
Health
$680M
Elroy Air
Robotics · Unicorn
$1.0B
Side
Real Estate · Unicorn
$2.5B
Emulate
Health
$410M
Bluecore
Marketing · Unicorn
$1.0B
Papa
Health · Unicorn
$1.4B
Trusted Health
Jobs Recruitment
$376M
Clara
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.0B
Landis
Real Estate
$825M
PayJoy
Fintech
$600M
Carbon Black
Security · Unicorn
$1.9B
Labelbox
Enterprise Software
$440M
Albert
Fintech
$400M
Apartment List
Real Estate
$600M
LTSE
Fintech
$400M
Weave
Marketing
$396M
Ripcord
Enterprise Software
$225M
Earnest
Fintech
$155M
Dia&Co
Fashion
$280M
Superhuman
Telecom
$825M
Drip Capital
Fintech
$200M
Joy
Event Tech
$240M
Molekule
Health
$43M
NURX
Health
$268M
Nav
Fintech
$180M
Ledger Investing
Fintech
$300M
Atrium
Legal
Mattermost
Enterprise Software
$200M
Vesper MEMS
Telecom
$92M
People Data Labs
Jobs Recruitment
$180M
Intellimize
Marketing
$120M
BuildingConnected
Media
$275M
Cover
Fintech
$100M
CareRev
Health
$200M
Wonderschool
Education
$100M
SkySafe
Security
$120M
05 · Portfolio founders

Where Hone Capital’s portfolio founders come from.

173 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 States139
  2. Canada6
  3. United Kingdom6
  4. Israel2
  5. Argentina1
  6. Brazil1
  7. Finland1
  8. India1
  9. Mexico1
  10. Portugal1
UniversityCount
  1. Stanford University24
  2. Stanford University Graduate School of Business13
  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology8
  4. Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania7
  5. University of California, Berkeley6
  6. Cornell University5
  7. Duke University5
  8. University of Cambridge5
  9. Columbia University4
  10. Georgia Institute of Technology4
Previous companyCount
  1. Microsoft7
  2. Deloitte5
  3. Yahoo!5
  4. Alphabet | Google4
  5. Amazon4
  6. ClearCarbon4
  7. Stanford University4
  8. Apple3
  9. AT&T3
  10. Bersin by Deloitte3