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QED Investors

Venture capital firm · Founded 2008 · Active in 2026

QED Investors is a venture capital firm based in USA, founded in 2008. The page below shows 35 Power Law outcomes from QED Investors's portfolio — 30 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 2 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).

Outcomes are concentrated in Fintech · eCommerce & Marketplaces · Edtech; top portfolio geographies are USA · UK · Brazil. QED Investors ranks #123 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.

35 Power Law outcomes Power Law Ranking #123 · Global · 35 Power Law outcomes · Active 2026
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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 35 QED Investors Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).

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

By countryCount
  1. USA18
  2. UK6
  3. Brazil4
  4. Mexico3
  5. Sweden1
  6. Ireland1
  7. India1
  8. Singapore1
By sectorCount
  1. Fintech29
  2. eCommerce & Marketplaces2
  3. Edtech1
  4. Marketing1
  5. Other B2B Software1
  6. Transportation1
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+16
  2. Series A11
  3. Seed5
Estimated holdings

QED Investors’ biggest current holdings.

An estimate of QED Investors’ largest live positions — disclosed shareholding × Dealroom’s latest valuation — across 11 companies where QED Investors is a named shareholder, worth about $1.7B in estimated equity value.

#CompanyEst. stakeValuationEst. value
  1. 1 Kin InsuranceFintech · Unicorn 11.5% $2.0B $236M
  2. 2 CurrentFintech · Unicorn 10.5% $2.2B $231M
  3. 3 CreditasFintech · Unicorn 6% $3.3B $198M
  4. 4 QuintoAndarReal Estate · Unicorn 3.5% $5.1B $178M
  5. 5 BetterflyWellness Beauty · Unicorn 16% $1.0B $160M
  6. 6 LoftReal Estate · Unicorn 5.5% $2.9B $160M
  7. 7 13% $1.0B $130M
  8. 8 8.6% $1.4B $120M
  9. 9 10% $1.0B $100M
  10. 10 14.02% $600M $84M
  11. 11 7.5% $1.0B $75M

5 companies hidden on this public profile. Estimated value = QED Investors’s disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →

QED Investors’ biggest exits.

QED Investors 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.

$41.5B IPO · 2021
Entered Series ANow $64.4B
$8.7B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $18.1B
$7.0B acquisition · 2020
Entered Series A
$7.0B IPO · 2021
Entered Series ANow $3.9B
$5.9B IPO · 2025
Entered Series B+Now $3.6B
$4.9B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $1.7B
$4.4B IPO · 2018
Entered Series ANow $781M
$3.5B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $1.7B
$1.1B acquisition · 2025
Entered Series B+
04 · Portfolio market map

QED Investors's 35 Power Law outcomes.

Stage entered
Outcome tier
Region
Group by
35 of 35 Power Law outcomes
05 · Power Law comparison

How does QED Investors stack up?

QED Investors 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.

67 founders across the 35 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. Stanford University Graduate School of Business and Amazon are the deepest single pipelines.

LocationCount
United States23
India13
Brazil7
Venezuela5
Nigeria2
Uzbekistan2
United Kingdom1
Mexico1
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UniversityCount
Stanford University Graduate School of Business4
Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta3
London Business School3
University of Virginia3
Federal University of Minas Gerais2
University of Campinas2
Indian School of Business2
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi2
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore2
University of Cambridge2
+26 more →
Origin companyCount
Amazon5
Alphabet | Google5
994
Microsoft3
Enova International3
FPL Technologies3
XP Investimentos3
PayPal3
DiDi3
Showpad2
+31 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 QED Investors

An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about QED Investors 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 QED Investors

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