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Venrock

Venture Capital · Founded 1969 · Palo Alto, United States

A premium venture capital firm

392 portfolio companies Venture Capital · $25B invested · 739 investments · Investor rank #101 · Last investment 6/2026
Portfolio companies 392 ↑ 12% 5y
Decacorns 16
Thoroughbreds 48
01 · Biggest holdings

Venrock’s biggest current holdings.

The most valuable companies Venrock still holds — unicorns and thoroughbreds it has backed, ordered by Dealroom’s latest valuation. Companies that have been acquired or gone public are in Exits instead. Where a cap table names Venrock directly, the stake and its estimated value are shown too.

#CompanyEst. stakeValuationEst. value
  1. 1 Devoted HealthDecacorn · Health · USA 7% $12.9B $903M
  2. 2 Lyra HealthUnicorn · Health · USA 11% $5.8B $644M
  3. 3 6SenseUnicorn · Marketing · USA 11.5% $5.2B $598M
  4. 4 DataminrUnicorn · Security · USA 6.5% $4.1B $266M
  5. 5 Intarcia TherapeuticsUnicorn · Health · USA $3.9B
  6. 6 AledadeUnicorn · Health · USA 18.5% $3.5B $648M
  7. 7 AstranisUnicorn · Telecom · USA $2.8B
  8. 8 Long WallUnicorn · Security · USA $2.4B
  9. 9 Virta HealthUnicorn · Health · USA $2.0B
  10. 10 AltruistUnicorn · Fintech · USA $1.9B
  11. 11 SkyRyseUnicorn · Transportation · USA $1.1B
  12. 12 AstronomerUnicorn · Enterprise Software · USA $1.1B

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 →

02 · Exits

Venrock’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 Venrock’s transaction record.

$1.8B IPO · 1980
Entered SeedNow $4.6TConsumer Electronics
Intel Corporation
$58M IPO · 1971
Entered SeedNow $534BSemiconductors
Gilead Sciences
IPO · 1992
Entered SeedNow $171BHealth
$4.4B IPO · 2019
Entered Series ANow $106BSecurity
$96M IPO · 2000
Entered Series ANow $30BHealth
$24B IPO · 2021
Entered Series ANow $5.7BEnergy
Pharmacyclics
$125M IPO · 1995
Entered SeedNow $21BHealth
$948M IPO · 2007
Entered Series ANow $20BHealth
$373M IPO · 2015
Entered Series B+Now $17BHealth
Neurocrine Biosciences
$203M IPO · 1996
Now $17BHealth
Encompass Health
IPO · 2003
Now $15BHealth
$67M IPO · 1996
Entered Series ANow $13BSecurity
03 · Portfolio analysis

Where Venrock’s portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 392 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. USA372
  2. Canada8
  3. China5
  4. UK5
  5. Israel4
  6. Denmark3
  7. Cuba2
  8. Germany2
  9. Netherlands2
  10. Switzerland2
  11. India1
  12. Ireland1
By sectorCount
  1. Health169
  2. Enterprise Software60
  3. Security30
  4. Marketing29
  5. Media26
  6. Telecom26
  7. Fintech23
  8. Semiconductors16
  9. Energy14
  10. Transportation12
  11. Robotics6
  12. Gaming5
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series A157
  2. Series B+147
  3. Seed64
By growth stageCount
  1. Late Growth166
  2. Breakout Stage154
  3. Early Growth60
  4. Mature28
04 · Portfolio market map

Inside Venrock’s portfolio.

The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 392 tracked.

Intel Corporation
Semiconductors · Centicorn
$534B
Lucid Motors
Energy · Unicorn
$5.7B
Devoted Health
Health · Decacorn
$13B
Intarcia Therapeutics
Health · Unicorn
$3.9B
TAE Technologies
Energy · Unicorn
$2.6B
Dataminr
Security · Unicorn
$4.1B
Astranis
Telecom · Unicorn
$2.8B
Element Biosciences
Health · Unicorn
$1.4B
Abridge
Health
$10M
GENBAND
Marketing · Unicorn
$1.4B
Lyra Health
Health · Unicorn
$5.8B
Aledade
Health · Unicorn
$3.5B
Dapper Labs
Gaming
$500M
Century Therapeutics
Health
$272M
Altruist
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.9B
Zenefits
Jobs Recruitment
$200M
Long Wall
Security · Unicorn
$2.4B
Tubulis
Health · Unicorn
$3.1B
SkyRyse
Transportation · Unicorn
$1.1B
Cidara Therapeutics
Health · Unicorn
$9.2B
Metsera
Health · Unicorn
$4.9B
Solid Biosciences
Health
$541M
RefleXion Medical
Health
$550M
CellCentric
Health
$880M
Olema Oncology
Health
$550M
Inscripta
Health
$600M
Oruka Therapeutics
Health
Salsify
Marketing · Unicorn
$2.0B
Surrozen
Health
$205M
Galecto | Damora Therapeutics
Health · Unicorn
$1.9B
CVRx
Health
$58M
6Sense
Marketing · Unicorn
$5.2B
Formstack
Marketing
RayzeBio
Health · Unicorn
$3.7B
Constellation Pharmaceuticals
Health · Unicorn
$1.7B
AppNexus
Media · Unicorn
$1.8B
Korro Bio
Health
$122M
Cullinan Therapeutics
Health
$808M
Sapphire Energy
Energy
Virta Health
Health · Unicorn
$2.0B
Astronomer
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$1.1B
Candid Therapeutics
Health · Unicorn
$2.0B
Angitia Biopharmaceuticals
Health
$520M
Boston-Power
Energy
$240M
Cloudflare
Security · Centicorn
$106B
Grand Rounds
Health · Unicorn
$1.3B
Ikaria
Health · Unicorn
$2.3B
Tudou
Media
$822M
Infinera
Telecom · Unicorn
$2.2B
ADCendo
Health
$712M
Viridian Therapeutics
Health · Unicorn
$1.9B
LianBio
Health
Juno Therapeutics
Health · Unicorn
$9.0B
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals
Health · Unicorn
$1.0B
Orchard Therapeutics
Health
$303M
Alto Neuroscience
Health
$874M
Lycia Therapeutics
Health
$300M
ORIC Pharmaceuticals
Health · Unicorn
$1.1B
Cogent Biosciences
Health · Unicorn
$6.7B
Expedition Therapeutics
Health
$825M
05 · Portfolio founders

Where Venrock’s portfolio founders come from.

162 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 States131
  2. Denmark6
  3. Germany5
  4. United Kingdom5
  5. Australia2
  6. Switzerland2
  7. Canada1
  8. China1
  9. France1
  10. Mexico1
UniversityCount
  1. Stanford University9
  2. Harvard University8
  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology8
  4. Harvard Business School5
  5. University of California, Berkeley5
  6. University of Copenhagen4
  7. Yale University4
  8. Columbia University3
  9. Cornell University3
  10. Stanford University Graduate School of Business3
Previous companyCount
  1. Endeca4
  2. Alantos Pharmaceuticals3
  3. IBM3
  4. Microsoft3
  5. Stanford University3
  6. Castlight Health2
  7. Deutsche Bank2
  8. Genentech2
  9. Grin2
  10. Grow Mobility2