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IRIS

Venture capital firm · Active in 2026

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15 Power Law outcomes Power Law Ranking #17 · France · 15 Power Law outcomes · Active 2026
Enterprise value ↑ 43% 5y
$27B
Unicorns ↑ 33% 5y
12
Decacorns → 5y
0
Thoroughbreds ↑ 17% 5y
14
Featured in #17Power Law Investor Ranking · France · 2026 Cross-stageby Power Law score · 15 outcomes

IRIS is a venture capital firm active globally. The page below shows 15 Power Law outcomes from IRIS's portfolio — 12 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 2 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).

Outcomes are concentrated in Other B2B Software · Transportation · Fintech; top portfolio geographies are Germany · USA · France. IRIS ranks #17 in France in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.

Portfolio analysis

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

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

By countryCount
  1. Germany6
  2. USA4
  3. France3
  4. UAE1
  5. Nigeria1
By sectorCount
  1. Other B2B Software3
  2. Transportation3
  3. Fintech3
  4. Marketing2
  5. Robotics1
  6. Other1
  7. Cybersecurity1
  8. eCommerce & Marketplaces1
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+9
  2. Series A3
  3. Seed2
01 · Portfolio market map

IRIS'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 IRIS first invested in (where data is available — coverage 93%).
02 · Origin of portfolio founders

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

59 founders across the 15 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. Technical University Munich and Rocket Internet are the deepest single pipelines.

LocationCount
Germany28
France6
United States5
Nigeria5
Sweden3
Pakistan3
Poland1
Ghana1
Canada1
Senegal1
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UniversityCount
Technical University Munich4
University of Southern California3
HKUST MBA2
HEC Paris2
INSEAD Business School2
Munich Center for Digital Technology and Management2
RWTH Aachen University2
Harvard Business School2
Howard University2
Harvard University2
+27 more →
Origin companyCount
Rocket Internet3
SAP2
UUNET2
Alphabet | Google2
Balyo1
Postmates1
Nuix1
Zalando1
Apple1
MOO1
+3 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 →
04 · Compare with peers

How does IRIS stack up?

IRIS 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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