ICONIQ was founded on the premise that cultivating a global community of inspired influential families and extraordinary entrepreneurs would create uncommon opportunities across sectors and society. After experiencing the incredible alchemy that came from the unification of ideas and differentiated capital in our community, we launched ICONIQ Growth in 2013 to invest in the next generation of exceptional technology leaders. We remain steadfast in our mission: to partner with relentlessly ambitious founders early in their journey to build category-leading companies that define the horizon.
After eleven years, over 140 business partnerships, 27 IPOs1, and over $1.5T in market capitalization2, we are thrilled to announce the launch of our seventh ICONIQ Growth flagship fund. With $5.75B in committed capital—a substantial increase over our last fund—we have the unique opportunity to support a new generation of extraordinary leaders early in their quest to transform groundbreaking ideas into world-changing realities.
While the last few years have been remarkably dynamic across the technology landscape, rapid change gives rise to tremendous opportunity. We believe great companies are forged during times of transition, and we are entering a new golden age of inspiring ideas such as in artificial intelligence. In the last year, we have partnered with six AI emerging market leaders and see enormous opportunities to reimagine technology through the lenses of cognition and reasoning in pursuit of expanding knowledge. We are grateful to have the trust and engaged support of our global community in advancing our mission at this exciting, catalytic moment.
At ICONIQ Growth, we partner with companies from the early inflection point of product-market fit to IPO and beyond. Our heritage is built on unwavering commitment and enduring partnerships with exceptional leaders who dare to go the distance. We are dedicated to building upon this legacy.
Indeed, we are inspired by founders who are challenging the status quo. Visionaries like Benoit Dageville and Thierry Cruanes who showed us the cloud’s potential to revolutionize the power of data when we first invested in Snowflake as a lead investor in 2017 and then expanded that partnership seven-fold in the path to IPO and beyond. Those like Tooey Courtemanche who proved it was possible to connect every stakeholder in the construction industry on a global platform when we led our first of many investments in Procore in 2015 and then deepening our partnership twenty-fold to the present. And, more recently, Eléonore Crespo and Romain Niccoli who showed us how enterprises can come together to collaboratively plan for the future when we led an investment in Pigment in 2023 and again in 2024. These founders and their extraordinary teams fuel our unwavering passion to support them in achieving uncommon outcomes3.
To be the best possible partner to our portfolio companies, we have strategically expanded our own team over the last several years. In 2024 alone, we welcomed new partners Rob Bernshteyn (former Chairman and CEO of Coupa Software), Alex Gorsky (former Chairman and CEO of Johnson & Johnson), and Kamran Zaki (former COO of Adyen) to enhance our investment lens and expand our operational expertise to further support our growing portfolio.
To further extend our portfolio companies’ success, we continue to invest in our platform and distinctive capabilities including revenue generation, talent acquisition, data-driven operational insights, technical advisory, and go-to-market advisory. We actively convene our community through strategic and unforgettable events that spark the imagination, deliver valuable insights, and enable the learning and connections vital to our shared success.
As we mark the milestone of this new fund, we are grateful to the ICONIQ community of partners for their trust in our team and our differentiated strategy as we pour our entire selves into supporting best-in-class, emerging market leaders. We are committed to earning that trust every day through uncommon care and our tireless “you’ve gotta want it” spirit that has always been core to our identity. Thank you for being a force of active support and inspiration on this mission.
Published:
July 22, 2024