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Venrock
Venture capital firm · Founded 1969 · Active in 2026
Venrock is a venture capital firm based in USA, founded in 1969. The page below shows 94 Power Law outcomes from Venrock's portfolio — 72 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 · Cybersecurity · Health Tech & Medtech; top portfolio geographies are USA · Denmark · Germany. Venrock ranks #56 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 94 Venrock 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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USA83
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Denmark2
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Germany2
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Ireland1
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Netherlands1
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Mexico1
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Canada1
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China1
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UK1
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Israel1
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Biotech & Life Sciences54
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Cybersecurity8
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Health Tech & Medtech7
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Other6
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Other B2B Software5
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Marketing5
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Transportation3
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Fintech3
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Space2
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Energy1
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Series B+43
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Series A29
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Seed4
Venrock’s biggest current holdings.
An estimate of Venrock’s largest live positions — disclosed shareholding × Dealroom’s latest valuation — across 10 companies where Venrock is a named shareholder, worth about $4.1B in estimated equity value.
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Devoted Health
7%
$12.9B
$903M
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2
Aledade
18.5%
$3.5B
$648M
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3
Lyra Health
11%
$5.8B
$644M
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4
6Sense
11.5%
$5.2B
$598M
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5
ABL Space Systems
11.5%
$2.4B
$276M
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Dataminr
6.5%
$4.1B
$266M
- 7 13.5% $1.9B $256M
- 8 11% $2.0B $220M
- 9 13.5% $1.0B $135M
- 10 4% $2.8B $112M
4 companies hidden on this public profile. Estimated value = Venrock’s disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. Venrock also appears inside investor groups in Dapper Labs, where a standalone stake isn’t disclosed. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →
Venrock’s biggest exits.
Venrock 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.
Neurocrine Biosciences
+31 more $1B+ exits on the full Dealroom profile.
Venrock's 94 Power Law outcomes.
How does Venrock stack up?
Venrock 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.
148 founders across the 94 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. Stanford University and Castlight Health are the deepest single pipelines.
Key people at Venrock.
Market sentiment
What the market is saying about Venrock
An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Venrock 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 Venrock
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