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True Ventures

Venture capital firm · Founded 2005 · Active in 2026

True Ventures is a venture capital firm based in USA, founded in 2005. The page below shows 17 Power Law outcomes from True Ventures's portfolio — 16 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 1 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).

Outcomes are concentrated in Cybersecurity · Other B2B Software · Biotech & Life Sciences; top portfolio geographies are USA · Finland. True ranks #137 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.

17 Power Law outcomes Power Law Ranking #137 · Global · 17 Power Law outcomes · Active 2026
Unicorns ↑ 23% 5y
16
Decacorns ↓ 100% 5y
0
Thoroughbreds ↑ 30% 5y
13
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 17 True Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).

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

By countryCount
  1. USA15
  2. Finland2
By sectorCount
  1. Cybersecurity4
  2. Other B2B Software4
  3. Biotech & Life Sciences2
  4. Health Tech & Medtech2
  5. eCommerce & Marketplaces1
  6. Space1
  7. Other1
  8. Marketing1
  9. Edtech1
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+4
  2. Series A7
  3. Seed6
Estimated holdings

True’s biggest current holdings.

An estimate of True’s largest live positions — disclosed shareholding × Dealroom’s latest valuation — across 4 companies where True is a named shareholder, worth about $969M in estimated equity value.

#CompanyEst. stakeValuationEst. value
  1. 1 AutomatticTelecom · Unicorn 6.5% $7.5B $488M
  2. 2 ICEYESpace · Unicorn 8.5% $2.6B $224M
  3. 3 HandshakeEducation · Unicorn 4.5% $3.5B $158M
  4. 4 Enveda BiosciencesHealth · Unicorn 10% $1.0B $100M

Estimated value = True’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 →

True’s biggest exits.

True 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.

$18.0B IPO · 2020
Entered Series ANow $4.7B
$14.0B IPO · 2021
Entered Series ANow $7.1B
$7.7B IPO · 2019
Entered Series B+Now $3.1B
IPO · 2006
Entered Series B+Now $4.4B
$3.5B IPO · 2021
Entered Series ANow $226M
$2.4B acquisition · 2018
Entered Seed
IPO · 2015
Entered Series ANow $2.1B
$1.4B buyout · 2021
Entered Seed
$1.0B acquisition · 2018
Entered Series A
$1.0B acquisition · 2025
Entered Series B+
04 · Portfolio market map

True's 17 Power Law outcomes.

Stage entered
Outcome tier
Region
Group by
17 of 17 Power Law outcomes
05 · Power Law comparison

How does True stack up?

True 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.

35 founders across the 17 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. Michigan Technological University and Meta are the deepest single pipelines.

LocationCount
United States25
India2
Netherlands1
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UniversityCount
Michigan Technological University5
Stanford University4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology2
Washington University in St. Louis2
Aalto University1
Tsinghua University1
Punjab Engineering College1
Harvard Law School1
University of Washington1
Harvard Business School1
+7 more →
Origin companyCount
Meta3
AppNexus3
Splunk2
Pivotal2
Alphabet | Google2
Barracuda Networks1
VeriSign1
Recursion Pharma1
Amazon1
NetApp1
+19 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 True Ventures

An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about True 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 True Ventures

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

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