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MSA Capital

Venture capital firm · Founded 2014 · Active in 2026

MSA Capital is a venture capital firm based in China, founded in 2014. The page below shows 27 Power Law outcomes from MSA Capital's portfolio — 27 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 0 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).

Outcomes are concentrated in eCommerce & Marketplaces · Transportation · Other; top portfolio geographies are China · USA · Hong Kong. MSA ranks #436 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.

27 Power Law outcomes Power Law Ranking #436 · Global · 27 Power Law outcomes · Active 2026
Unicorns ↑ 8% 5y
27
Decacorns → 0% 5y
5
Thoroughbreds ↑ 15% 5y
16
01 · Exits

Sequoia’s biggest exits.

Sequoia portfolio companies worth $1B+ that have IPO’d or been acquired. Each shows its valuation at exit and, in grey, its current value if still public.

IPO · 1999
Entered SeedNow $5.2T
IPO · 2004
Entered Series ANow $4.6T
IPO · 1980
Now $4.5T
IPO · 2014
Entered Series B+Now $306B
$214B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $20.1B
IPO · 2012
Entered Series ANow $207B
$82.0B IPO · 2019
Now $153B
IPO · 2012
Entered Series B+Now $103B
$95.0B IPO · 2020
Entered SeedNow $69.1B
$93.9B IPO · 2020
Entered Series B+Now $58.4B
$24.0B IPO · 2018
Entered Series B+Now $73.3B
$39.0B IPO · 2020
Entered Series ANow $67.6B
$32.0B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $67.5B
$41.5B IPO · 2021
Entered SeedNow $64.4B
$60.0B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $28.0B
$55.5B IPO · 2026
Entered Series B+Now $55.5B
$52.8B IPO · 2018
Entered Series ANow $49.6B
IPO · 2013
Now $45.0B
IPO · 2015
Entered Series B+Now $39.4B
IPO · 2002
Entered SeedNow $39.1B
$32.0B acquisition · 2025
Entered Seed
$12.0B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $29.5B
IPO · 2014
Entered Series B+Now $28.6B
IPO · 2015
Entered Series ANow $28.2B
03 · Portfolio analysis

The 27 MSA Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).

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

By countryCount
  1. China16
  2. USA5
  3. Hong Kong2
  4. UAE1
  5. Brazil1
  6. Saudi Arabia1
  7. Germany1
By sectorCount
  1. eCommerce & Marketplaces7
  2. Transportation4
  3. Other3
  4. Fintech3
  5. AI2
  6. Other B2B Software2
  7. Biotech & Life Sciences2
  8. Health Tech & Medtech2
  9. Cybersecurity1
  10. Marketing1
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+23
  2. Series A3
  3. Seed1
04 · Portfolio market map

MSA's 27 Power Law outcomes.

Stage entered
Outcome tier
Region
Group by
27 of 27 Power Law outcomes
05 · Power Law comparison

How does MSA stack up?

MSA in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 609 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
Performance window All-time → 2026

Stage focus

Companies by selected outcome stage

Sector focus

Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectors

Beyond Unicorns — how the portfolio compounds

% of each investor's unicorn portfolio that later crossed $10B, $25B and $50B. Pick a sort tier and entry stage.
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Entry stage
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.
06 · Portfolio founders

Where Sequoia's portfolio founders come from — and where they studied.

56 founders across the 27 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. Xiamen University and Uber are the deepest single pipelines.

LocationCount
China20
United States13
Egypt6
Palestine6
Turkey5
Germany3
Mexico1
Canada1
Lebanon1
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UniversityCount
Xiamen University4
Sabanci University3
University of Oxford3
Stanford University3
The German University in Cairo2
The American University in Cairo2
University of Essex2
Rhode Island School of Design2
UCLA2
University of California, San Francisco2
+18 more →
Origin companyCount
Uber5
Dianping3
Microsoft3
Alphabet | Google2
Careem2
Rocket Internet2
eBay2
Jumia Group2
Sungy Mobile1
Xreal1
+21 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.
07 · Key people

Key people at MSA.

Sources: Dealroom desktop research, official firm profiles and public investor lists.

Market sentiment

What the market is saying about MSA Capital

An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about MSA 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

In the news

Latest news about MSA Capital

Recent press, funding announcements, and portfolio moves mentioning MSA — pulled live from Dealroom's news feed.

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