G2 launches Investor Leaderboard: Sequoia tops at 78 as AI visibility becomes key metric
sanderssays · x · 2026-10-17
G2 launched an Investor Leaderboard ranking VC/PE portfolios by software buyer sentiment: Sequoia leads at 78 (93 Leaders, 63% of rated portfolio), followed by Salesforce Ventures (75), Insight Partners (73, most Leaders at 153), Accel (72), ICONIQ (71), covering 50 firms and 4,966 portfolio companies. The telling new input is AI visibility — buyers increasingly ask ChatGPT/Claude/Gemini what to buy, and a typical G2 Leader is named in 41% of AI answers, adding an AI-era distribution battleground beyond return narratives.
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