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Small Business Innovation Research
Government / non-profit · Founded 1982 · Active in 2026
Small Business Innovation Research is a government / non-profit based in USA, founded in 1982. The page below shows 88 Power Law outcomes from Small Business Innovation Research's portfolio — 62 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 4 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).
Outcomes are concentrated in Biotech & Life Sciences · Space · Transportation; top portfolio geographies are USA · Finland · UK. Small Business Innovation Research ranks #264 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.
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.
The 88 Small Business Innovation Research Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).
Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.
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USA85
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Finland1
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UK1
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Israel1
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Biotech & Life Sciences27
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Space11
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Transportation11
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AI8
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Cybersecurity7
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Health Tech & Medtech6
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Other5
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Robotics4
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Energy4
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Other B2B Software3
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Food1
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Marketing1
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Series B+65
Small Business Innovation Research's 88 Power Law outcomes.
How does Small Business Innovation Research stack up?
Small Business Innovation Research 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.
Share of new unicorns per year
% of global unicorns minted that year, year by year · hover the chart to see which unicornsStage focus
Companies by selected outcome stageSector focus
Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectorsBeyond 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.Where Sequoia's portfolio founders come from — and where they studied.
143 founders across the 88 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. Stanford University and Alphabet | Google are the deepest single pipelines.
Key people at Small Business Innovation Research.
Market sentiment
What the market is saying about Small Business Innovation Research
An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Small Business Innovation Research 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 Small Business Innovation Research
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