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Jeff Dean

Angel · Palo Alto, United States

Joined Google in 1999 and co-founded Google Brain, later becoming Google’s Chief Scientist and helping design foundational AI systems including TensorFlow and Pathways.

61 portfolio companies Angel · $2.8B invested · 71 investments · Investor rank #1,107 · Last investment 7/2026
Portfolio companies 61 ↑ 771% 5y
Decacorns 2
Thoroughbreds 5 ↑ 400% 5y
01 · Biggest holdings

Jeff Dean’s biggest current holdings.

The most valuable companies Jeff Dean 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 PerplexityDecacorn · Enterprise Software · USA $20.0B
  2. 2 HarveyDecacorn · Legal · USA $11.0B
  3. 3 World LabsUnicorn · Robotics · USA $5.0B
  4. 4 AstranisUnicorn · Telecom · USA $2.8B
  5. 5 Function HealthUnicorn · Health · USA $2.5B
  6. 6 Emergent LabsUnicorn · Enterprise Software · India $1.5B
  7. 7 OdysseyUnicorn · Media · USA $1.4B
  8. 8 BasisUnicorn · Fintech · USA $1.1B
  9. 9 Periodic LabsUnicorn · Enterprise Software · USA $1.0B

Estimated value = Jeff Dean’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 · Portfolio analysis

Where Jeff Dean’s portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 61 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. USA55
  2. UK2
  3. Australia1
  4. Belgium1
  5. Canada1
  6. India1
By sectorCount
  1. Enterprise Software26
  2. Health13
  3. Media6
  4. Energy4
  5. Marketing3
  6. Robotics3
  7. Security3
  8. Semiconductors3
  9. Education2
  10. Food2
  11. Jobs Recruitment2
  12. Engineering and Manufacturing Equipment1
By stage enteredCount
  1. Seed38
  2. Series A19
  3. Series B+4
By growth stageCount
  1. Early Growth23
  2. Breakout Stage22
  3. Late Growth16
03 · Portfolio market map

Inside Jeff Dean’s portfolio.

The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 61 tracked.

Perplexity
Enterprise Software · Decacorn
$20B
World Labs
Robotics · Unicorn
$5.0B
Harvey
Legal · Decacorn
$11B
Astranis
Telecom · Unicorn
$2.8B
Function Health
Health · Unicorn
$2.5B
Odyssey
Media · Unicorn
$1.4B
Periodic Labs
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$1.0B
Emergent Labs
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$1.5B
Deepcell
Health
$320M
Artera
Health
$450M
Emerald AI
Energy
$361M
Profluent
Health
$424M
depthfirst
Security
$580M
Basis
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.1B
Aalo Atomics
Energy
$400M
OneRent
Real Estate
$228M
Ideogram
Media
$320M
P-1 AI
Enterprise Software
$200M
Edison Scientific
Health
$250M
Akido Labs
Health
$240M
Roboflow
Robotics
$160M
Elorian
Enterprise Software
$300M
Sooth Labs
Enterprise Software
$335M
Juvena Therapeutics
Health
$164M
Bespoke Labs
Hosting
$160M
RunSybil
Security
$160M
Yupp
Media
$132M
TollBit
Media
$96M
Elicit
Enterprise Software
$100M
Parallel Bio
Health
$84M
OccamzRazor
Health
$24M
Change Foods
Food
$60M
Standard Kernel
Semiconductors
$80M
General Proximity
Health
$64M
Trajectory
Enterprise Software
$60M
Yutori
Enterprise Software
$60M
Workhelix
Enterprise Software
$60M
Tasklet
Enterprise Software
$52M
Onepot
Health
$52M
Phytoform Labs
Food
$23M
Stately Bio
Health
$48M
Archimetis
Energy
$46M
Terraton
Energy
$46M
Letta
Enterprise Software
$70M
Sophont
Health
$37M
Rosebud AI
Media
$8.8M
NomadicML
Media
$50M
OpenInfer
Semiconductors
$32M
Laborup
Jobs Recruitment
$23M
Altara Technologies
Enterprise Software
$28M
Luda
Gaming
$28M
Belfort Labs
Security
$24M
Hiverge
Enterprise Software
$20M
Marimo
Education
$20M
Huxe
Marketing
$18M
Wafer
Enterprise Software
$16M
Supermemory
Enterprise Software
$10M
Teleport
Travel
$10M
Not Diamond
Enterprise Software
$9.2M
Outread
Education
$1.9M
04 · Portfolio founders

Where Jeff Dean’s portfolio founders come from.

125 founders across the 61 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 States105
  2. United Kingdom6
  3. Australia4
  4. Canada3
  5. Estonia2
  6. Argentina1
  7. Belgium1
  8. India1
UniversityCount
  1. Harvard University12
  2. Stanford University12
  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology10
  4. University of California, Berkeley10
  5. Carnegie Mellon University5
  6. University of Cambridge5
  7. KU Leuven4
  8. University of Oxford4
  9. University of Southern California4
  10. Caltech, California Institute of Technology3
Previous companyCount
  1. Alphabet | Google26
  2. Meta11
  3. Stanford University9
  4. Microsoft7
  5. Google DeepMind5
  6. IBM5
  7. MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory4
  8. Salesforce4
  9. Amazon3
  10. Boston Consulting Group3