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Tenaya Capital

Venture Capital · Founded 2009 · Palo Alto, United States

US based VC focused on early growth stage tech companies

101 portfolio companies Venture Capital · $6.7B invested · 178 investments · Investor rank #422 · Last investment 4/2025
Portfolio companies ↑ 47% 5y
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Decacorns
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Thoroughbreds ↑ 47% 5y
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Exits

Tenaya Capital’s biggest exits.

Portfolio companies that IPO’d or were acquired at $1B+, with the valuation recorded at exit and — for those still public — their value today. Exit events come from each company’s funding-round history; entry stage from Tenaya Capital’s transaction record.

$24B IPO · 2019
Entered Series B+Now $5.4BTransportation
$7.8B acquisition · 2025
Entered Series ASecurity
$659M IPO · 2014
Entered Series B+Now $5.2BEnterprise Software
$1.4B IPO · 2014
Entered Series B+Now $5.1BEnterprise Software
$337M acquisition · 2011
Entered Series B+Now $4.4BTravel
acquisition · 2005
Entered Series B+Now $3.8BHealth
IPO · 2012
Entered Series B+Now $3.0BSecurity
$2.2B IPO · 2020
Entered Series B+Now $1.2BSecurity
$1.8B IPO · 2018
Entered Series B+Now $226MEvent Tech
$1.6B IPO · 2020
Entered Series B+Now $248MFintech
IPO · 2016
Entered Series B+Now $1.5BMarketing
$1.4B IPO · 2018
Entered Series B+Now $1.4BFintech
Portfolio analysis

Where Tenaya Capital's portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 101 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. USA90
  2. China4
  3. Germany2
  4. Indonesia2
  5. Israel2
  6. Sweden1
By sectorCount
  1. Enterprise Software44
  2. Marketing17
  3. Security13
  4. Telecom10
  5. Health9
  6. Fintech8
  7. Media7
  8. Transportation4
  9. Travel4
  10. Education3
  11. Fashion3
  12. Event Tech2
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+90
  2. Series A10
By growth stageCount
  1. Late Growth51
  2. Breakout Stage48
  3. Early Growth1
  4. Mature1
Portfolio market map

Inside Tenaya Capital's portfolio.

The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 101 tracked.

Lyft
Transportation · Unicorn
$5.4B
Armis
Security · Unicorn
$7.8B
Fireblocks
Security · Unicorn
$8.0B
Lyra Health
Health · Unicorn
$5.8B
Qunar
Travel · Unicorn
$4.4B
BetterUP
Education · Unicorn
$4.7B
GupShup
Marketing · Unicorn
$1.4B
Clari
Marketing · Unicorn
$2.6B
Druva
Security · Unicorn
$2.0B
Eventbrite
Event Tech
$226M
Wag
Home Living
$14M
Sumo Logic
Security · Unicorn
$1.2B
Silk
Security
$220M
Noah
Marketing
$138M
Salt Security
Security · Unicorn
$1.4B
Tealium
Marketing · Unicorn
$1.2B
Hortonworks
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$5.2B
Canopy
Fintech
$280M
Zuora
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.4B
Health Catalyst
Health
$228M
Doctor on Demand
Health
$300M
Rival
Jobs Recruitment
$56M
Smartling
Enterprise Software
$100M
BigCommerce
Fintech
$248M
Namely
Enterprise Software
$240M
New Relic
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$5.1B
Lithium Technologies
Media
$200M
Optimizely
Marketing
$200M
MarkLogic
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$1.1B
Acquia
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$1.0B
Aspen Aerogels
Energy
$380M
Lashou.com
Telecom · Unicorn
$1.2B
Apartment List
Real Estate
$600M
Tolerx
Health
$6.0M
Instart Logic
Marketing
$36M
CareCloud
Health
$101M
GoodData
Fintech
$58M
Lola
Health
$96M
Spiceworks
Media
$228M
ThousandEyes
Telecom · Unicorn
$1.0B
Overture Networks
Telecom
$69M
Tidemark
Fintech
$100M
Zappos
Fashion
$928M
Airware
Robotics
Domio
Travel
$320M
Cyan
Telecom
$15M
Avere Systems
Security
$70M
Platfora
Event Tech
$120M
TaniHub
Food
$218M
Wheels
Transportation
$26M
CloudPassage
Security
$144M
Numerify
Enterprise Software
$110M
ResearchGate
Education
$250M
ValiMail
Security
$180M
Power Reviews
Telecom
$12M
Lola Travel Company
Travel
$148M
Edmodo
Telecom
$138M
Capriza
Enterprise Software
$92M
StreamSets
Enterprise Software
$576M
PlanGrid
Real Estate
$875M
Portfolio founders

Where Tenaya Capital's portfolio founders come from.

118 founders across the 100 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.

LocationCount
  1. United States80
  2. China8
  3. Israel8
  4. Germany3
  5. Indonesia3
  6. Cuba2
  7. United Kingdom2
  8. Argentina1
  9. Canada1
  10. India1
UniversityCount
  1. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay5
  2. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev4
  3. Dartmouth College4
  4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology4
  5. Stanford University Graduate School of Business4
  6. Technion Israel Institute of Technology4
  7. Stanford University3
  8. University of California, Berkeley3
  9. University of Washington3
  10. Columbia Business School2
Previous companyCount
  1. Sunopsis6
  2. Tangosol6
  3. Alphabet | Google4
  4. Apple4
  5. BofA Securities3
  6. Intelius3
  7. Adallom2
  8. Check Point2
  9. eBay2
  10. EMC2
Every figure on this page is sourced live from the Dealroom next-gen API. Sections v1 shows that the API does not yet expose — shareholding-based holdings, Power-Law rankings & vintage time-series, entity-filtered news, and market sentiment — are omitted here rather than sourced elsewhere.