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Tiger Global Venture capital

New York, US · founded 2001 · AUM $50B · checks $10M–$300M+ growth rounds · website

Founded in 2001 by Chase Coleman as a hedge fund seeded by Julian Robertson, making Coleman one of the original "Tiger Cubs". Under Scott Shleifer the firm pioneered crossover investing in private internet companies, first in China and then globally.

Strategy

Index-style growth checks: fast diligence (often days), founder-friendly terms, no board seats, very high deal velocity; public-private crossover book.

Sector focus

Consumer internet, software, fintech, global, historically strong in China, India and Brazil

Notable investments

Facebook, JD.com, Stripe, Flipkart, Spotify, ByteDance, Databricks, Coinbase

Notable exits

Facebook IPO, JD.com IPO, Flipkart ($16B to Walmart), Spotify direct listing, Coinbase direct listing

Fun fact

At its 2021 peak Tiger was closing more than one new private deal per business day, an unprecedented pace that defined the era's growth-stage frenzy.

At a glance

60 portfolio companies
89 rounds
47 led
$41.8B total

Portfolio

CompanyRoundsInvested
OpenAI
AI
1 round$8.3B
Waymo
mobility
1 round$5.6B
Cerebras Systems
Hardware
2 rounds, 1 led$2.1B
Zomato
FoodTech
3 rounds, 1 led$1.5B
Lacework
Cybersecurity
1 round, 1 led$1.3B
Dream Sports
Gaming
2 rounds, 2 led$1.1B
Hopin
SaaS B2B
3 rounds, 1 led$975M
PhonePe
Fintech
2 rounds$950M
Checkout.com
Fintech
1 round$874.1M
Nuro
Mobility
2 rounds, 1 led$803M
Zipline
Logistics
1 round$800M
UiPath
SaaS B2B
1 round$750M
BharatPe
Fintech
2 rounds, 2 led$720M
Kavak
Marketplace
1 round$700M
Spinny
Marketplace
3 rounds, 3 led$691M
MoonPay
Fintech
1 round, 1 led$555M
Qonto
Fintech
1 round, 1 led$552M
Vercel
DevTools
2 rounds$550M
Wolt
Logistics
1 round$530M
Nuvemshop
E-Commerce
1 round, 1 led$500M
Scalapay
Fintech
1 round$497M
Snyk
Cybersecurity
2 rounds, 1 led$496.5M
JOKR
E-Commerce
3 rounds$480M
Razorpay
Fintech
2 rounds$475M
CRED
Fintech
3 rounds, 1 led$471M
Socure
Fintech
1 round$450M
Polygon
Web3
1 round$450M
Unacademy
EdTech
1 round$440M
Chargebee
SaaS B2B
3 rounds, 2 led$430M
Brex
Fintech
1 round, 1 led$425M
Loft
PropTech
1 round$425M
Dataiku
AI
1 round, 1 led$400M
OfBusiness
E-Commerce
1 round, 1 led$325M
DealShare
E-Commerce
2 rounds, 2 led$309M
Temporal
DevTools
1 round$300M
Mews
SaaS B2B
1 round$300M
Ola Electric
Mobility
1 round$300M
CoinSwitch Kuber
Web3
2 rounds, 1 led$285M
Daki
E-Commerce
3 rounds, 1 led$270M
Slice
Fintech
2 rounds, 2 led$270M
Bitso
Web3
1 round, 1 led$250M
Deliverr
Logistics
1 round, 1 led$250M
Moglix
Marketplace
1 round, 1 led$250M
Gupshup
SaaS B2B
1 round$240M
OwnBackup
Cybersecurity
1 round$240M
ActiveCampaign
SaaS B2B
1 round, 1 led$240M
NotCo
FoodTech
1 round, 1 led$235M
Infra.Market
Marketplace
2 rounds, 2 led$225M
Nowports
Logistics
2 rounds, 1 led$210M
NoBroker
PropTech
1 round, 1 led$210M
Nova Labs
Web3
1 round, 1 led$200M
Genesis
DevTools
1 round, 1 led$200M
Oxyzo
Fintech
1 round$200M
Nothing
Consumer
1 round, 1 led$200M
Productboard
SaaS B2B
2 rounds, 1 led$197M
ICON
PropTech
1 round, 1 led$185M
Genesis Global
DevTools
1 round, 1 led$176M
Contentful
SaaS B2B
1 round, 1 led$175M
Apna
HR Tech
2 rounds, 2 led$170M
Patreon
Media
1 round, 1 led$155M

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