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The Chernin Group

Investment firm · Founded 2009 · Active in 2026

The Chernin Group is an investment firm based in USA, founded in 2009. The page below shows 13 Power Law outcomes from The Chernin Group's portfolio — 12 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 0 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).

Outcomes are concentrated in Health Tech & Medtech · Other · Fintech; top portfolio geographies are USA · Canada · Finland. The Chernin ranks #316 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.

13 Power Law outcomes Power Law Ranking #316 · Global · 13 Power Law outcomes · Active 2026
Unicorns ↑ 50% 5y
12
Decacorns → 5y
2
Thoroughbreds ↑ 29% 5y
9
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 13 The Chernin Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).

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

By countryCount
  1. USA11
  2. Canada1
  3. Finland1
By sectorCount
  1. Health Tech & Medtech4
  2. Other3
  3. Fintech2
  4. Other B2B Software2
  5. AI1
  6. Biotech & Life Sciences1
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+6
  2. Series A2
  3. Seed4
Estimated holdings

The Chernin’s biggest current holdings.

An estimate of The Chernin’s largest live positions — disclosed shareholding × Dealroom’s latest valuation — across 2 companies where The Chernin is a named shareholder, worth about $84M in estimated equity value.

#CompanyEst. stakeValuationEst. value
  1. 1 SubstackMedia · Unicorn 6.5% $1.1B $72M
  2. 2 Dapper LabsGaming · Unicorn 2.5% $500M $13M

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

The Chernin’s biggest exits.

The Chernin 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.

$4.9B acquisition · 2023
Entered Series A
$45M IPO · 2022
Entered SeedNow $3.0B
$1.2B acquisition · 2020
Entered Series B+
04 · Portfolio market map

The Chernin's 13 Power Law outcomes.

Stage entered
Outcome tier
Region
Group by
13 of 13 Power Law outcomes
05 · Power Law comparison

How does The Chernin stack up?

The Chernin 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.

53 founders across the 13 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. Stanford University and Kik are the deepest single pipelines.

LocationCount
United States18
France13
Finland8
Canada4
New Zealand3
Venezuela2
Iran2
Nepal1
Japan1
Austria1
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UniversityCount
Stanford University7
University of Oulu4
Berkeley4
University of Waterloo3
University of Otago2
École Polytechnique - IP Paris2
Columbia Engineering2
University of Florida2
IESA1
Rovaniemi University of Applied Sciences1
+20 more →
Origin companyCount
Kik3
Apple2
X.2
Strava2
Alphabet | Google2
The Qt Company1
MDLIVE1
Badoo1
ZipRecruiter1
Zealand Pharma1
+9 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 The Chernin Group

An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about The Chernin 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 The Chernin Group

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