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    Valiant Capital

    San Francisco, California, United StatesFounded 2008
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    Valiant Capital is a San Francisco-based investment firm founded by Chris Hansen in 2008. It employs a long-term, opportunistic, global, and sector-agnostic approach across public (Global Long/Short Equity) and private (Private Growth Equity) strategies, investing in high-quality businesses capable of compounding capital.

    They made 1 investment in the last 12 months. Average disclosed round size is $79.4M (across 23 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    17

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Series C

    Last 12 Mo

    1

    Team

    BH

    Brian Holmquest

    Investment Partner

    Danny Karubian

    Danny Karubian

    Investment Partner

    Graham Goulet

    Graham Goulet

    Investment Partner

    Johann de Sousa

    Johann de Sousa

    Investment Partner

    Paul Achkar

    Paul Achkar

    Investment Partner

    Rishi Dixit

    Rishi Dixit

    Investment Partner

    Amanda Conner

    Amanda Conner

    Director of Investor Relations

    Alex Haak

    Alex Haak

    Analyst

    Umang Chamaria

    Umang Chamaria

    Analyst

    Akash Kirpalani

    Akash Kirpalani

    Private Equity Investor

    Ben Nusenow

    Ben Nusenow

    Private Equity Investor

    Julia Higgins

    Julia Higgins

    Investor Relations & Marketing

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    27 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Equal AI logoEqual AISeries B$30MJun 2026
    Equal logoEqualSeries B$30MJan 2026
    Equal AI logoEqual AISeries B$30MJan 2026
    CarePoint logoCarePointSeries A$10MMay 2022
    Africa Health Holdings logoAfrica Health HoldingsSeries A$18MJan 2021
    CarePoint logoCarePointSeries A$18MJan 2021
    Instacart logoInstacartSeries H$200MOct 2020
    Pitzi logoPitziUnknown—Nov 2019
    Instacart logoInstacartSeries D—Mar 2017
    Freecharge logoFreechargeSeries C$60MJan 2017
    BBrainbees Solutions (Firstcry)Series D$26MFeb 2015
    Instacart logoInstacartSeries C$220MJan 2015
    Freecharge logoFreechargeSeries B$80MJan 2015
    BBrainbees Solutions (Firstcry)Series D$36MJan 2015
    VivaReal, Inc. logoVivaReal, Inc.Series C$41.3MNov 2014
    KIK logoKIKSeries C$38.3MNov 2014
    Pinterest, Inc. logoPinterest, Inc.Series F$200MMay 2014
    KKik InteractiveSeries C—Jan 2014
    Estimote logoEstimoteSeed$3.1MDec 2013
    SSimulmediaSeries D$25MDec 2013
    Pinterest, Inc. logoPinterest, Inc.Series E$225MOct 2013
    Pinterest, Inc. logoPinterest, Inc.Series D$200MFeb 2013
    SSimulmediaSeries E$29MJan 2012
    Dropbox logoDropboxSeries B$250MOct 2011
    RuleZero logoRuleZeroSeed——
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    Top Co-Investors

    Sequoia Capital5 shared
    Bessemer Venture Partners4 shared
    Union Square Ventures4 shared
    Spark Capital4 shared
    Y Combinator3 shared
    Thrive Capital3 shared
    Dragoneer Investment Group3 shared
    FirstMark Capital3 shared
    SV Angel3 shared
    Tomales Bay Capital3 shared
    Prosus Ventures3 shared
    Think Investments3 shared
    Sunu Capital3 shared
    Breyer Capital3 shared
    SAIF Partners3 shared
    British International Investment3 shared
    Kleiner Perkins2 shared
    Khosla Ventures2 shared
    Comcast Corporation2 shared
    Fidelity Investments2 shared

    Last updated: 20 October 2026