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K5 Global

Private Equity, Venture Capital · Founded 2007 · Los Angeles, United States

New media and financial services advisory and consulting firm

112 portfolio companies Private Equity, Venture Capital · $6.7B invested · 124 investments · Investor rank #426 · Last investment 8/2026
Portfolio companies 112 ↑ 455% 5y
Decacorns 6 ↑ 100% 5y
Thoroughbreds 24 ↑ 140% 5y
01 · Biggest holdings

K5 Global’s biggest current holdings.

The most valuable companies K5 Global 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. Where a cap table names K5 Global directly, the stake and its estimated value are shown too.

#CompanyEst. stakeValuationEst. value
  1. 1 CanvaDecacorn · Media · Australia $42.0B
  2. 2 BaseTenDecacorn · Enterprise Software · USA $13.0B
  3. 3 AlchemyDecacorn · Fintech · USA $10.2B
  4. 4 FlexportUnicorn · Transportation · USA $8.0B
  5. 5 The Boring CompanyUnicorn · Real Estate · USA $7.0B
  6. 6 AtomsUnicorn · Robotics · USA $6.8B
  7. 7 Grafana LabsUnicorn · Enterprise Software · USA $6.0B
  8. 8 Cockroach LabsUnicorn · Enterprise Software · USA $5.0B
  9. 9 ChainguardUnicorn · Enterprise Software · USA $3.5B
  10. 10 MoonPayUnicorn · Fintech · USA $3.4B
  11. 11 SentryUnicorn · Enterprise Software · USA 1% $3.0B $30M
  12. 12 SolugenUnicorn · Chemicals · USA $2.0B

Estimated value = K5 Global’s disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. K5 Global also appears inside investor groups in Grafana Labs, Higgsfield, Relativity, where a standalone stake isn’t disclosed. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →

02 · Exits

K5 Global’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 K5 Global’s transaction record.

$2.7T IPO · 2026
Entered Series B+Now $1.7TSpace
$11B IPO · 2021
Now $10BEnterprise Software
$625M IPO · 2024
Now $7.6BReal Estate
$4.4B IPO · 2025
Now $505MFintech
$1.6B IPO · 2026
Now $2.4BTransportation
$2.3B acquisition · 2025
Entered Series B+Health
03 · Portfolio analysis

Where K5 Global’s portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 112 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. USA113
  2. UK9
  3. Canada3
  4. Brazil2
  5. British Virgin Islands2
  6. Finland2
  7. Israel2
  8. Australia1
  9. Azerbaijan1
  10. Bulgaria1
  11. Czechia1
  12. France1
By sectorCount
  1. Enterprise Software49
  2. Fintech18
  3. Health12
  4. Security9
  5. Media8
  6. Real Estate7
  7. Transportation7
  8. Legal5
  9. Marketing5
  10. Education4
  11. Hosting4
  12. Jobs Recruitment4
By stage enteredCount
  1. Seed56
  2. Series A33
  3. Series B+22
By growth stageCount
  1. Early Growth64
  2. Breakout Stage42
  3. Late Growth38
04 · Portfolio market map

Inside K5 Global’s portfolio.

The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 112 tracked.

SpaceX | xAI
Space · Gigacorn
$1.7T
The Boring Company
Real Estate · Unicorn
$7.0B
Flexport
Transportation · Unicorn
$8.0B
Relativity
Space · Unicorn
$4.2B
BaseTen
Enterprise Software · Decacorn
$13B
Lacework
Security · Unicorn
$8.3B
Atoms
Robotics · Unicorn
$6.8B
ServiceTitan
Real Estate · Unicorn
$7.6B
Lime
Transportation · Unicorn
$2.4B
Canva
Media · Decacorn
$42B
Chainguard
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$3.5B
Grafana Labs
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$6.0B
Solugen
Chemicals · Unicorn
$2.0B
SumUp
Fintech · Decacorn
$10B
MoonPay
Fintech · Unicorn
$3.4B
Cockroach Labs
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$5.0B
Sigma Computing
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$1.5B
HistoSonics
Health · Unicorn
$3.8B
Alchemy
Fintech · Decacorn
$10B
Higgsfield
Media · Unicorn
$1.3B
Confluent
Enterprise Software · Decacorn
$10B
Gemini
Fintech
$505M
Astronomer
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$1.1B
Synchron
Health
$900M
Instabase
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$2.0B
Firebolt
Hosting · Unicorn
$1.4B
Cadence Solutions
Health · Unicorn
$1.0B
Sentry
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$3.0B
Knowde
Chemicals
$500M
Tractable
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$1.0B
Shopmonkey.io
Marketing
$300M
Lightning AI
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$2.5B
Rockset
Hosting
$200M
Rylo
Media
$500M
Mojo
Sports
$100M
Nava
Health
$120M
Slingshot AI
Health
$220M
Glorify
Media
$160M
Partly
Transportation
$582M
Airplane
Enterprise Software
$128M
DuckDuckGo
Security
$236M
Night Media
Media
TrueNorth
Transportation
$200M
Stark Bank
Fintech
$180M
Carbon Arc
Enterprise Software
$224M
SpeedChain
Fintech
$222M
Utila
Fintech
$88M
Jetty
Fintech
$125M
Roofr
Real Estate
$94M
Fizz
Education
$100M
Algorithmiq
Health
$79M
Catalyte
Jobs Recruitment
$135M
June Homes
Real Estate
$108M
Vinci4D.AI
Enterprise Software
$144M
Hauler Hero
Energy
$64M
Seasoned.co
Travel
$75M
Spiderwort
Health
$53M
Better Stack
Enterprise Software
$93M
Canal
Marketing
$90M
Summer Health
Health
$47M
05 · Portfolio founders

Where K5 Global’s portfolio founders come from.

187 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 States131
  2. United Kingdom17
  3. Finland5
  4. France5
  5. Canada4
  6. New Zealand4
  7. Australia3
  8. Israel3
  9. Mexico2
  10. Czechia1
UniversityCount
  1. Stanford University12
  2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology8
  3. University College London6
  4. Columbia University5
  5. Harvard University5
  6. Princeton University4
  7. University of Pennsylvania4
  8. University of Wisconsin-Madison4
  9. Washington University in St. Louis4
  10. Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania4
Previous companyCount
  1. Alphabet | Google15
  2. LinkedIn6
  3. Eutelsat OneWeb5
  4. IBM5
  5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology5
  6. Microsoft5
  7. Boston Consulting Group4
  8. Lumen Technologies4
  9. Oracle4
  10. Stanford University4