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Picus Capital

Venture capital firm · Founded 2015 · Active in 2026

Picus Capital is a venture capital firm based in Munich, Germany, founded in 2015. The page below shows 12 Power Law outcomes from Picus Capital's portfolio — 6 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 4 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).

Outcomes are concentrated in Fintech · Other B2B Software · Transportation; top portfolio geographies are Germany · USA · UK. Picus Capital ranks #196 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.

12 Power Law outcomes Power Law Ranking #196 · Global · 12 Power Law outcomes · Active 2026
Unicorns ↑ 100% 5y
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Decacorns → 5y
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Thoroughbreds ↑ 100% 5y
10
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 12 Picus Capital Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).

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

By countryCount
  1. Germany5
  2. USA4
  3. UK1
  4. Italy1
  5. Mexico1
By sectorCount
  1. Fintech4
  2. Other B2B Software2
  3. Transportation2
  4. AI1
  5. Energy1
  6. eCommerce & Marketplaces1
  7. Other1
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+3
  2. Series A2
  3. Seed7
Estimated holdings

Picus Capital’s biggest current holdings.

An estimate of Picus Capital’s largest live positions — disclosed shareholding × Dealroom’s latest valuation — across 3 companies where Picus Capital is a named shareholder, worth about $507M in estimated equity value.

#CompanyEst. stakeValuationEst. value
  1. 1 PersonioJobs Recruitment · Unicorn 5% $5.0B $250M
  2. 2 EnpalEnergy · Unicorn 10% $2.5B $248M
  3. 3 ZencargoTransportation · Thoroughbred 4.18% $231M $10M

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

04 · Portfolio market map

Picus Capital's 12 Power Law outcomes.

Stage entered
Outcome tier
Region
Group by
12 of 12 Power Law outcomes
05 · Power Law comparison

How does Picus Capital stack up?

Picus Capital 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.

44 founders across the 12 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and Rocket Internet are the deepest single pipelines.

LocationCount
Germany11
United States5
Russia4
India1
Mexico1
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UniversityCount
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich7
London School of Economics and Political Science4
Technical University Munich3
Berkeley3
National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)2
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg2
WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management2
The University of Chicago2
Technological Institute of Monterrey1
Alexandria University1
+14 more →
Origin companyCount
Rocket Internet6
Careem3
Shopify3
PayPal3
Uber3
Abra2
Microsoft2
Westwing2
Alphabet | Google2
Leetchi2
+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.
07 · Key people

Key people at Picus Capital.

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

Market sentiment

What the market is saying about Picus Capital

An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Picus Capital 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 Picus Capital

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

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