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Matrix Partners

Venture capital firm · Founded 1977 · Active in 2026

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92 Power Law outcomes Power Law Ranking #58 · Global · 92 Power Law outcomes · Active 2026
Unicorns ↑ 24% 5y
51
Decacorns → 0% 5y
6
Thoroughbreds ↑ 144% 5y
42

Matrix Partners is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, USA, founded in 1977. The page below shows 92 Power Law outcomes from Matrix Partners's portfolio — 51 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 1 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).

Outcomes are concentrated in Other B2B Software · Other · eCommerce & Marketplaces; top portfolio geographies are China · USA · India. Matrix Partners ranks #58 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.

Portfolio analysis

The 92 Matrix Partners Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).

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

By countryCount
  1. China49
  2. USA30
  3. India6
  4. Singapore2
  5. Indonesia1
  6. Hong Kong1
  7. Australia1
  8. UK1
  9. Finland1
By sectorCount
  1. Other B2B Software14
  2. Other13
  3. eCommerce & Marketplaces12
  4. Transportation11
  5. Fintech8
  6. Marketing7
  7. Edtech6
  8. AI5
  9. Biotech & Life Sciences5
  10. Cybersecurity4
  11. Robotics3
  12. Space2
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+24
  2. Series A23
  3. Seed6
01 · Portfolio market map

Matrix Partners's 92 Power Law outcomes.

Stage entered
Outcome tier
Region
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92 of 92 Power Law outcomes
02 · Founder talent

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

146 founders across the 92 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Alphabet | Google are the deepest single pipelines.

LocationCount
China52
India31
United States27
Australia5
Denmark3
Ukraine3
Indonesia2
Russia1
United Kingdom1
Germany1
+2 more →
UniversityCount
Massachusetts Institute of Technology8
Stanford University7
Peking University6
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur6
Tsinghua University5
Indian School of Business4
Ravenshaw College4
Williams College4
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi3
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania3
+34 more →
Origin companyCount
Alphabet | Google10
Microsoft8
Meta4
Baidu3
Red Hat3
OfBusiness3
Endeca3
Freshworks2
BeOne Medicines2
Amazon2
+29 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.
04 · Compare with peers

How does Matrix Partners stack up?

Matrix Partners in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 35 peer investors — scope by startup location 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 unicorns minted in the selected startup location — peaks reveal vintage years.

Compare against

Share of new unicorns per year

% of global unicorns minted that year, year by year · hover the chart to see which unicorns

Stage focus

Companies by entry stage and outcome tier

Sector focus

Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectors
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.

Sentiment on X

What X is saying about Matrix Partners

An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Matrix Partners on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.

Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…

Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour

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Latest news about Matrix Partners

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