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Phoenix Court

Venture capital firm · Founded 2002 · Active in 2026

Phoenix Court is the family of London-based funds founded by Saul Klein and Robin Klein in 2002 — LocalGlobe writes Seed cheques (£500K–£2M), Latitude follows on at Series B+, and Solar handles later growth. The portfolio includes Wise, Robinhood, Figma, Mistral AI, Tide, Improbable, Algolia and Zoopla — most backed before they had revenue.

Phoenix Court ranks #13 globally by Seed → $100M+ revenue companies — the highest-ranked European seed firm and the only top-15 fund headquartered outside the United States.

44 Power Law outcomes Power Law Ranking #21 · Global · 44 Power Law outcomes · Active 2026
Unicorns ↑ 62% 5y
34
Decacorns → 0% 5y
4
Thoroughbreds ↑ 190% 5y
35
01 · Exits

Phoenix Court’s biggest exits.

Phoenix Court 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.

$32.0B IPO · 2021
Entered SeedNow $67.5B
$17.6B IPO · 2025
Entered SeedNow $10.4B
$15.4B IPO · 2021
Entered SeedNow $10.0B
$4.5B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $1.4B
$3.5B IPO · 2021
Entered SeedNow $433M
IPO · 2014
Entered SeedNow $2.9B
$2.0B acquisition · 2025
Entered Seed
$1.0B acquisition · 2026
Entered Seed
02 · Estimated holdings

Phoenix Court’s selected top holdings.

An estimate of Phoenix Court’s largest live positions — disclosed shareholding × Dealroom’s latest valuation — across 15 companies where Phoenix Court is a named shareholder, worth about $210M in estimated equity value.

#CompanyEst. stakeValuationEst. value
  1. 1 CleoFintech · Unicorn 7.35% $1.0B $74M
  2. 2 HailoSemiconductors · Unicorn 2.5% $1.0B $25M
  3. 3 CopperSecurity · Unicorn 1.11% $2.0B $22M
  4. 4 NyoboltEnergy · Unicorn 1.85% $1.0B $18M
  5. 5 The Plum GuideTravel · Colt 8% $138M $11M
  6. 6 MultiverseJobs Recruitment · Unicorn 0.51% $2.1B $11M
  7. 7 2.95% $342M $10M
  8. 8 1% $1.0B $10M
  9. 9 3.11% $250M $8M
  10. 10 1.01% $600M $6M
  11. 11 8.02% $64M $5M
  12. 12 5.27% $80M $4M

Showing the 12 largest of 15 disclosed direct holdings.

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

03 · Portfolio analysis

The 44 Phoenix Court Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).

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

By countryCount
  1. UK21
  2. USA14
  3. France2
  4. Israel2
  5. Sweden1
  6. Spain1
  7. UAE1
  8. Kenya1
  9. Germany1
By sectorCount
  1. Fintech14
  2. AI7
  3. Other B2B Software5
  4. Transportation5
  5. eCommerce & Marketplaces4
  6. Marketing3
  7. Other2
  8. Biotech & Life Sciences1
  9. Edtech1
  10. Health Tech & Medtech1
  11. Cybersecurity1
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+13
  2. Series A6
  3. Seed24
04 · Portfolio market map

Phoenix Court's 44 Power Law outcomes.

Stage entered
Outcome tier
Region
Group by
44 of 44 Power Law outcomes
05 · Power Law comparison

How does Phoenix Court stack up?

Phoenix Court in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 34 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.

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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.
06 · Portfolio founders

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

140 founders across the 44 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. University College London and Microsoft are the deepest single pipelines.

LocationCount
Israel21
United Kingdom18
Portugal14
Nigeria7
Germany6
France6
United States6
Estonia5
El Salvador3
Australia2
+3 more →
UniversityCount
University College London8
Tel Aviv University7
University of Oxford7
University of Aveiro5
Bar-Ilan University5
London School of Economics and Political Science5
Stanford University4
Harvard University3
Tallinn University of Technology2
Porto Business School2
+67 more →
Origin companyCount
Microsoft9
eBay7
Alphabet | Google5
Optimizely3
uSwitch3
Starling Bank3
Airbus2
X.2
Amazon2
Brightcove2
+60 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 Phoenix Court.

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

Market sentiment

What the market is saying about Phoenix Court

An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Phoenix Court 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 Phoenix Court

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