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Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Chase Coleman's Tiger Global Management has raised one of the largest venture capital funds so far this year. According to a Financial Times report, the firm has raised $3.75 billion for Tiger Global Private Investment Partners XI after just six weeks in market. The fund had a $3 billion target and will make investments in technology companies globally.
Coleman, a protege of hedge fund manager Julian Robertson, started Tiger Global Management 17 years ago. The firm, which has $26 billion of assets under management, has proven to be one of the most durable of the Tiger cubs. It's most recent high profile win was a $3.3 billion return on its investment in Flipkart, an online shopping service, which sold to Walmart for $16 billion in May.
Tiger Global was also an early investor in Glassdoor, Spotify, Eventbrite and SurveyMonkey - all of which have proven to be successful bets for the firm.
Additionally, Tiger Global Management has a $1 billion stake in SoftBank. SoftBank has taken several high profile positions in unicorns like WeWork and recently raised its own venture megafund.
Following the success of Flipkart,
Tiger Global is poised to use a significant portion of its new fund on investments in India.
The firm will increase its investment size to $30 million up from $5-10 million in its predecessor funds and is looking for...................... To view our full article Click here
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