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.
Index-style growth checks: fast diligence (often days), founder-friendly terms, no board seats, very high deal velocity; public-private crossover book.
Consumer internet, software, fintech, global, historically strong in China, India and Brazil
Facebook, JD.com, Stripe, Flipkart, Spotify, ByteDance, Databricks, Coinbase
Facebook IPO, JD.com IPO, Flipkart ($16B to Walmart), Spotify direct listing, Coinbase direct listing
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.
| Company | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |