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Lehman Brothers

Corporate · Founded 1850 · New York City, United States

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Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc

67 portfolio companies Corporate · $2.6B invested · 93 investments · Last investment 6/2015
Portfolio companies 67 ↑ 68% 5y
Decacorns 2 ↑ 100% 5y
Thoroughbreds 7 ↑ 133% 5y
Fund commitments

The funds Lehman Brothers backs.

Lehman Brothers is a limited partner in 29 funds. 9 of them place in the Power Law Investor Ranking, and the best-ranked are shown here.

New Enterprise Associates
United States
#8 Power Law
Matrix Partners
United States
#58 Power Law
Notable Capital
United States
#61 Power Law
Menlo Ventures
United States
#75 Power Law
RRE Ventures
United States
#93 Power Law
Blackstone
United States
#240 Power Law
Sierra Ventures
United States
#254 Power Law
Trinity Ventures
United States
#283 Power Law
U.S. Venture Partners
United States
#342 Power Law
Exits

Lehman Brothers’ 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 Lehman Brothers’ transaction record.

Palo Alto Networks
$2.8B IPO · 2012
Entered Series B+Now $264BSecurity
Jazz Pharmaceuticals
$108M IPO · 2007
Entered Series B+Now $19BHealth
Qunar
$167M IPO · 2013
Entered Series B+Now $4.4BTravel
Auxilium Pharmaceuticals
$160M IPO · 2004
Entered Series B+Now $2.6BHealth
Isilon Systems
$780M IPO · 2006
Entered Series B+Now $2.3BEnterprise Software
Zuora
$1.4B IPO · 2018
Entered Series B+Now $1.4BFintech
Portfolio analysis

Where Lehman Brothers’ portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 67 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. USA59
  2. China2
  3. Germany2
  4. Canada1
  5. Denmark1
  6. Ireland1
  7. Japan1
By sectorCount
  1. Enterprise Software11
  2. Telecom11
  3. Marketing8
  4. Fintech6
  5. Health6
  6. Media5
  7. Semiconductors5
  8. Security4
  9. Travel4
  10. Fashion2
  11. Gaming2
  12. Hosting2
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+61
  2. Series A6
By growth stageCount
  1. Breakout Stage31
  2. Late Growth27
  3. Early Growth5
  4. Mature4
Portfolio market map

Inside Lehman Brothers’ portfolio.

The 47 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 67 tracked.

Qunar
Travel · Unicorn
$4.4B
VeloCom
Media
$200M
Jazz Pharmaceuticals
Health · Decacorn
$19B
Zuora
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.4B
Navini Networks
Telecom
$330M
Egenera
Hosting
$64M
MarkLogic
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$1.1B
Atrica
Telecom
$89M
Aspen Aerogels
Energy
$329M
Intira Corporation
Enterprise Software
$560M
Primarion
Semiconductors
$40M
Standard Biotools
Health
AOptix Technologies
Security
$80M
Reval.com
Fintech
$92M
Amobee
Marketing
$239M
Evident.io
Security
$300M
Ubicom
Media
$28M
LifeSize
Telecom
$70M
Isilon Systems
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$2.3B
Power Reviews
Telecom
$12M
XO
Travel
$42M
ExaGrid Systems
Hosting
$42M
Palo Alto Networks
Security · Centicorn
$264B
Ingenium Pharmaceuticals
Health
$220M
ShoreTel
Telecom
$530M
Cybercity A/S
Telecom
$212M
SearchMe
Media
$50M
Auxilium Pharmaceuticals
Health · Unicorn
$2.6B
Systemonic
Semiconductors
$28M
Mobilygen
USA
VideoIQ
USA
Sidestep
Travel
$200M
Linuxcare
Marketing
$120M
TheMarkets
USA
$120M
Telenav
Transportation
$157M
CyberStep
Gaming
$70M
Mysticom
Semiconductors
$112M
Storwize
Home Living
$140M
MyShape
Fashion
$22M
Jaxtr
Marketing
$40M
Elemental Cyber Security
Security
$44M
Firepond
Marketing
$12M
ESignLive by VASCO (formerly Silanis Technology)
Fintech
$85M
NileGuide
Travel
RightWorks
USA
$114M
GameFly Inc.
Gaming
$25M
UniView Technologies Corp
Telecom
$10M
Portfolio founders

Where Lehman Brothers’ portfolio founders come from.

36 founders across the 67 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 States26
  2. China2
  3. Argentina1
  4. Canada1
  5. Ireland1
  6. Japan1
  7. Spain1
UniversityCount
  1. Stanford University Graduate School of Business3
  2. Stanford University2
  3. Technion Israel Institute of Technology2
  4. Cornell University1
  5. CY Tech1
  6. Damien High School1
  7. Florida Institute of Technology1
  8. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay1
  9. Iowa State University1
  10. Laval University1
Previous companyCount
  1. Real Networks2
  2. SGI2
  3. Sudoku2
  4. Ancestry.com1
  5. Antenna Software1
  6. Anti-Defamation League1
  7. AOL1
  8. Aptela1
  9. Axeda1
  10. BitDefender1
How Lehman Brothers stacks up

Other LPs.

Other corporate and insurance LPs in the Power Law LP ranking, closest to Lehman Brothers by combined power-law score — North America first, then the nearest worldwide.

Peerless Insurance Company
LP rank #163 · United States
27 VC funds backed
Employers Insurance Company of Wausau
LP rank #168 · United States
21 VC funds backed
Klarman Family Foundation
LP rank #171 · United States
$200M AUM 10 VC funds backed
Bush Foundation
LP rank #173 · United States
$1.0B AUM 9 VC funds backed
Travelers
LP rank #178 · United States
$104B AUM 35 VC funds backed
Stifel
LP rank #191 · United States
8 VC funds backed
Liberty Insurance Corporation
LP rank #208 · United States
23 VC funds backed
Cisco
LP rank #212 · United States
13 VC funds backed
Key people

Key people at Lehman Brothers.

Sean Fitzgerald
Sean Fitzgerald
President
 Avi Lazar
Avi Lazar
CEO
 David Kim
David Kim
Managing Director
 William Lighten
William Lighten
Managing Director
 Zhizhong Yang
Zhizhong Yang
Managing Director
Source: Dealroom next-gen API — investor team endpoint.
Figures on this page are sourced live from the Dealroom next-gen API, joined with Dealroom’s cap-table dataset (estimated holdings) and the Power Law Investor Ranking. News in “Featured in” is drawn from Dealroom’s own coverage — the stories that name this investor, not only those it is the subject of. Market sentiment is omitted until the API exposes it.