Biggest launches
| Company | Views | Followers when posted | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra | 26.2M | 13,316 | 4 May 2026 |
| Flex Port | 10.6M | 753,852 | 29 Sep 2026 |
| Thinking Machines Lab | 8.4M | 184,613 | 15 Jul 2026 |
| OpenEvidence | 6.8M | 38,407 | 21 May 2026 |
| Synthesia | 5.1M | 29,393 | 1 Oct 2026 |
| Odyssey | 2.3M | 49,847 | 15 Sep 2026 |
| Bolt | 2.2M | 123,221 | 14 Sep 2026 |
| Rox | 1.7M | 1,482 | 18 Aug 2026 |
| Nothing | 1.7M | 1,062,929 | 28 Sep 2026 |
| Stripe | 1.5M | 295,708 | 29 Apr 2026 |
| GitLab | 1.2M | 173,703 | 6 Oct 2026 |
| Vercel Developers | 967K | 48,806 | 18 Aug 2026 |
Breakouts from small accounts
Launches from accounts under 10,000 followers that passed 250K views, one per company.
| Company | Views | Followers when posted | Against following |
|---|---|---|---|
| Synthesia | 3.3M | 7,165 | 456x |
| Rox | 1.7M | 1,482 | 1,153x |
| Thatch | 856K | 346 | 2,475x |
| Flick | 618K | 3,265 | 189x |
Launch, then a raise
Launches followed by a funding round within 90 days.
| Company | Launch | Then |
|---|---|---|
| Odyssey | 2.2M21 Apr 2026 | Funding announced on X57 days later |
| Harvey | 249K18 Aug 2026 | Funding announced on X22 days later |
Who GV invests alongside
The firms most often on the same cap tables, by number of shared portfolio companies in the directory.
| Firm | Shared companies |
|---|---|
| a16z | 8 of 21 |
| SV Angel | 8 of 21 |
| Sequoia | 7 of 21 |
| Tiger Global | 7 of 21 |
| Kleiner Perkins | 6 of 21 |
| NVIDIA | 5 of 21 |
| Coatue | 5 of 21 |
| Y Combinator | 5 of 21 |
| General Catalyst | 5 of 21 |
| Conviction | 5 of 21 |
By category
| Category | Launches | Median views |
|---|---|---|
| Developer tools | 11 | 928K |
| Frontier labs | 8 | 1.3M |
| Enterprise AI | 5 | 52K |
| Creative AI | 5 | 52K |
| Healthtech and regulated AI | 4 | 1.3M |
| Legal tech | 3 | 191K |
GV portfolio companies on X
| Company | Launches | Total views | Biggest launch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra | 3 | 28.7M | 26.2M4 May 2026 |
| Flex Port | 1 | 10.6M | 10.6M29 Sep 2026 |
| Synthesia | 6 | 9.9M | 5.1M1 Oct 2026 |
| OpenEvidence | 3 | 9.5M | 6.8M21 May 2026 |
| Odyssey | 6 | 8.6M | 2.3M15 Sep 2026 |
| Thinking Machines Lab | 1 | 8.4M | 8.4M15 Jul 2026 |
| Bolt | 7 | 7.5M | 2.2M14 Sep 2026 |
| Vercel | 4 | 2.2M | 928K27 Aug 2026 |
| Rox | 2 | 1.7M | 1.7M18 Aug 2026 |
| Nothing | 1 | 1.7M | 1.7M28 Sep 2026 |
| Stripe | 1 | 1.5M | 1.5M29 Apr 2026 |
| GitLab | 1 | 1.2M | 1.2M6 Oct 2026 |
| Vercel Developers | 2 | 1M | 967K18 Aug 2026 |
| Flapping Airplanes | 1 | 865K | 865K21 Oct 2026 |
| Thatch | 1 | 856K | 856K15 Sep 2026 |
| humans | 1 | 626K | 626K10 Sep 2026 |
| Flick | 1 | 618K | 618K14 May 2026 |
| Harvey | 3 | 460K | 249K18 Aug 2026 |
| Waymo | 1 | 95K | 95K22 Sep 2026 |
| Plaid | 1 | 19K | 19K8 Oct 2026 |
| Posthog | 1 | 6K | 6K3 Sep 2026 |
Questions
Which GV portfolio companies launch on X?
21 GV-backed companies have 48 launches in the Doomers launch directory. The biggest by total views are Sierra, Flex Port, Synthesia.
What was the biggest launch from a GV-backed company?
Sierra, with 26.2M views on 4 May 2026.
How do GV-backed launches compare with other launches on X?
The median GV-backed launch did 935K views, against 602K across every launch we track. 44% passed a million views. By median views the portfolio ranks 12 of the 20 firms we report on.
Where does this data come from?
Views, followers and dates are read from X. A company counts as backed when the firm invested in any round on record, matched to investment records by the company's website, plus companies whose own posts name the firm.
A known gap: about four in ten companies have no investment record yet, mostly the newest, so very young portfolio companies are under-counted.