Английская Википедия:Altimeter Capital
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Шаблон:Infobox company Altimeter Capital is an American investment firm based in Boston, Massachusetts and Menlo Park, California.[1] The firm focuses on technology investments in both public and private markets globally.
Background
In 2008, Brad Gerstner founded Altimeter Capital in Boston, Massachusetts.[2] It was launched with less than $3 million from Gerstner's friends and family during the financial crisis of 2008.[2][3] Prior to that, Gerstner worked at PAR Capital Management as well as General Catalyst.[4]
A month after the launch of Altimeter Capital, an office was opened in Menlo Park, California.[2]
In 2013, Altimeter Capital closed its first venture capital fund at $75 million.[1]
In September 2020, Altimeter Growth Corp was listed on the Nasdaq (Ticker: AGC) raising $450 million. AGC is a SPAC which is a blank-check company. In April 2021 it was announced that AGC would merge with Singapore ridesharing company, Grab to help it list on Nasdaq under the ticker, GRAB.[5][6]
In January 2021, a second SPAC, Altimeter Growth Corporation 2 was listed on New York Stock Exchange (Ticker: AGCB) raising $450 million.[7][8] It was terminated early in December 2022 due to its inability to secure a suitable merger deal.[8]
Business overview
For public markets, Altimeter Capital manages a long / short public equity fund that invests in technology companies.[9] The public equity fund is noted for its strong performance, averaging annual returns of 29.52% since 2011.[9]
For private markets, Altimeter Capital manages private growth equity funds that invest in both early and later stage technology companies. Its first private fund was closed in 2013.[1]
Public market investments
United Continental Holdings
In January 2016, Altimeter Capital pressured United Continental Holdings to change its board of directors.[10] Gerstner released a statement stating how investors were disappointed with the poor performance and decision making of the company in recent years.[10] United Continental Holdings eventually gave in and changed its board of directors.[11]
Meta Platforms
In October 2022, Gerstner on behalf of Altimeter Capital wrote an open letter to Meta Platforms and its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg.[12][13] In the letter, Gerstner criticized the company stating it had too many employees and was moving too slowly to retain investor confidence.[12][13] He recommended reducing the headcount expense by 20% and limiting Metaverse investments to $5 billion per year.[12][13] A few weeks later, Meta laid off over 11,000 employees.[14]
Venture Capital funds
Fund[15][3] | Vintage Year | Committed Capital ($m) |
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Altimeter Private Partners Fund I | 2013 | 75 |
Altimeter Private Partners Fund II | 2015 | 225 |
Altimeter Private Partners Fund III | 2017 | 200 |
Altimeter Growth Cascade Fund | 2020 | 100 |
Altimeter Growth Castle Fund | 2020 | 32 |
Altimeter Growth Lincoln Fund | 2021 | 60 |
Notable venture capital investments
- 23andMe[3]
- AppDynamics
- ByteDance
- Cazoo[3]
- Epic Games[3]
- Expedia[9]
- FTX[16]
- GitLab
- Grab[5]
- HubSpot[9]
- Julep
- Modern Treasury
- MongoDB
- Namely
- OfferUp
- Okta
- Pine Labs[17]
- Plaid[3]
- Priceline[9]
- Roblox Corporation[3]
- Snowflake[9]
- SoFi[3]
- StockX
- Twilio[9]
- Uber[9]
- UiPath
- Unity Technologies
- Vroom
References
External links
- www.altimeter.com (Company Website)
- www.altimetergrowth.com (Capital Markets Platform)
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