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Paradigm

Venture capital firm · Founded 2018 · Active in 2026

Paradigm is a venture capital firm based in USA, founded in 2018. The page below shows 37 Power Law outcomes from Paradigm's portfolio — 27 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 1 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).

Outcomes are concentrated in Fintech · Biotech & Life Sciences · Other B2B Software; top portfolio geographies are USA · Singapore · Cayman Islands. Paradigm ranks #348 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.

37 Power Law outcomes Power Law Ranking #348 · Global · 37 Power Law outcomes · Active 2026
Unicorns ↑ 125% 5y
27
Decacorns → 5y
3
Thoroughbreds ↑ 233% 5y
11
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 37 Paradigm Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).

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

By countryCount
  1. USA27
  2. Singapore3
  3. Cayman Islands1
  4. France1
  5. UK1
  6. China1
  7. Mexico1
  8. India1
  9. Israel1
By sectorCount
  1. Fintech23
  2. Biotech & Life Sciences5
  3. Other B2B Software3
  4. AI2
  5. Transportation1
  6. Cybersecurity1
  7. Other1
  8. Space1
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+16
  2. Series A10
  3. Seed2
Estimated holdings

Paradigm’s biggest current holdings.

An estimate of Paradigm’s largest live positions — disclosed shareholding × Dealroom’s latest valuation — across 13 companies where Paradigm is a named shareholder, worth about $7.1B in estimated equity value.

#CompanyEst. stakeValuationEst. value
  1. 1 KalshiFintech · Decacorn 12% $22.0B $2.6B
  2. 2 StarkWare IndustriesFintech · Unicorn 21.5% $8.0B $1.7B
  3. 3 FireblocksFintech · Unicorn 8.5% $8.0B $680M
  4. 4 OpenSeaFintech · Decacorn 5% $13.3B $665M
  5. 5 ChainalysisFintech · Unicorn 4.8% $8.6B $413M
  6. 6 PhantomFintech · Unicorn 10.5% $3.0B $315M
  7. 7 10% $2.9B $290M
  8. 8 10.2% $1.9B $194M
  9. 9 4.8% $1.3B $64M
  10. 10 4% $1.5B $60M
  11. 11 1.2% $3.4B $41M
  12. 12 1% $3.0B $30M

Showing the 12 largest of 13 disclosed direct holdings.

6 companies hidden on this public profile. Estimated value = Paradigm’s disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. Paradigm also appears inside investor groups in Space Pioneer, where a standalone stake isn’t disclosed. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →

Paradigm’s biggest exits.

Paradigm 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.

$73.6B IPO · 2021
Now $46.0B
$391M IPO · 2018
Now $2.6B
$142M IPO · 2022
Now $1.9B
$287M IPO · 2017
Now $1.3B
$1.0B IPO · 2020
Now $1.2B
04 · Portfolio market map

Paradigm's 37 Power Law outcomes.

Stage entered
Outcome tier
Region
Group by
37 of 37 Power Law outcomes
05 · Power Law comparison

How does Paradigm stack up?

Paradigm 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.

55 founders across the 37 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Microsoft are the deepest single pipelines.

LocationCount
United States27
China6
India5
Israel5
Malaysia3
Denmark3
Brazil2
Italy1
France1
United Kingdom1
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UniversityCount
Massachusetts Institute of Technology10
The University of Queensland2
Technical University of Denmark2
Jaypee University of Information Technology2
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev2
Tel Aviv University2
University of Oxford2
Stanford University2
University of Chicago Law School2
Peking University1
+12 more →
Origin companyCount
Microsoft4
0x3
Alphabet | Google3
Amazon3
Uber3
Apple2
Meta2
X.2
Stripe2
Zynga2
+33 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.

Market sentiment

What the market is saying about Paradigm

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

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

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