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Altimeter

Menlo Park, California · Invests in US; Global · Website

Series ASeries BE-commerce & MarketplacesB2B SaaSAI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsFintechEnterprise SoftwareDeveloper Tools & InfrastructureFintech & Payments

Thesis

Back exceptional founders building transformational technology companies that disrupt markets and improve lives. Provide long-term capital partnership combined with public market expertise to help companies scale profitably and eventually succeed in public markets.

Likely not a fit for

Not interested in companies without exceptional founders or market opportunity. Avoid non-technology sectors. Selective about early-stage companies relative to mature growth-stage focus.

How they invest

Lead or follow
Leads or follows
Typical decision
~2 weeks
Warm intro
Not required
Involvement
Takes a board seat
Fund status
Actively deploying
Decision process
Partnership vote

Partners & team

7 contacts on file

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Brad Gerstner

General PartnerFounder & CEO · Primary contact

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John Kiernan III

Platform & OpsManaging Partner & Chief Financial Officer

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Meghan Reynolds

General PartnerManaging Partner

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Clark Tang

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Erik Kriessmann

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Pauline Yang

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Nikhil Sachdev

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Portfolio

SnowflakeEnterprise Software

Snowflake is a data cloud company that provides a platform for data storage, processing, and analytics. It enables businesses to develop AI products and applications on a fully managed platform that connects various types of data securely.

UberLogistics Supply Chain

Uber is a technology platform that reimagines the way the world moves, offering services for rides, food delivery, and logistics. It aims to provide seamless transportation solutions while committing to sustainability and safety.

Meta (Facebook)Media Entertainment

Meta is a technology company that focuses on building social media platforms and immersive technologies, including virtual and augmented reality experiences. It operates several popular applications such as Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, and is heavily invested in AI and VR technologies.

HamulGaming

Hamul is a startup that has joined Roblox, focusing on innovative solutions and technical challenges within the Roblox platform.

Plaid

Plaid is a financial technology company that enables businesses to build innovative fintech solutions by providing access to consumer financial data. Their platform supports a variety of services including payments, fraud detection, personal finance insights, and credit underwriting, facilitating seamless connections between users and their financial institutions.

GrabEcommerce Marketplaces

Grab is Southeast Asia’s leading superapp, providing a range of services including transportation, food delivery, and financial services.

ZooxRobotics Automation

Zoox is fully autonomous, all-electric ride-hailing. We’re creating a purpose-built robotaxi to give you a better way to ride.

Modern TreasuryFintech Payments

Modern Treasury provides a platform for automating money movement through various payment methods including ACH, RTP, and wires. They offer solutions for B2B invoicing, card issuing, digital wallets, and more.

AndurilAerospace Defense

RedZone builds ruggedized, connected portable medical equipment for frontline emergency response teams, transforming outdated hardware into a modern, data-driven infrastructure. Their connected medical data platform enables real-time patient monitoring and equipment readiness, targeting military, EMS, and federal incident preparedness.

Cerebras SystemsEnterprise Software

Cerebras Systems is at the forefront of AI innovation, building the world's fastest AI inference and training platform. Their technology is utilized across various fields including medical research, cryptography, energy, and agentic AI.

AnthropicEnterprise Software

Anthropic is an AI safety and research company dedicated to building reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. As a public benefit corporation, they focus on the opportunities and risks associated with AI, aiming to ensure its benefits while mitigating potential harms.

LiveKitDeveloper Tools Infra

LiveKit is a developer platform for building voice, video, and physical AI agents, providing infrastructure for real-time communication and multimodal computing.

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Altimeter Capital Research Overview Altimeter Capital is a technology-focused investment firm founded in 2008 by Brad Gerstner. Based in Menlo Park, California with offices in Boston, Massachusetts, Altimeter manages a diverse portfolio spanning public equity and growth-stage private investments. The firm has grown from a $3 million fund launched during the 2008 financial crisis to managing approx

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