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What does BlackRock invest in?
BlackRock invests most often at Venture and Debt (52% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Asset Management, Crowdfunding and E-Commerce.
BlackRock highlights
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83 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Venture and Debt: 52% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 20 rounds, median $46M
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5 exits from the portfolio
What they do
BlackRock invests on behalf of our clients, from institutions to individuals in any stage of life, who entrust their savings to us.From their own website
- Type
- Asset manager
- Cheque size
- $250K – $100M as they say
- Stages
- SeedSeries ASeries BGrowthPre-IPO
- Sectors
- Asset ManagementCrowdfundingE-Commerce
- Based in
- SAUSALITO, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not accepted
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first295 appearances
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71 rounds
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An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration24 named
ASAdele SpillaneDirector of the ManageriFiling they signed
ACAdeline Chin Sew SohChief Legal OfficeriForm ADV
AMAlbert MatriottiManaging Director of the Issuer's Investment ManageriFiling they signed
AEAlexandra EldemirManaging DirectoriFiling they signed
AFAnders FisherExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
AJAndre Joseph BourbonnaisManaging Director of the Issuer's Investment ManageriFiling they signed
ALAndrea L. PetroTrusteeiFiling they signed
ADAndrew DammDirectoriForm ADV
ADAndrew DicksonDirector of Sole DirectoriFiling they signed
AFAndrew FarrisInvestment Committee Member of the Issuer's GPiFiling they signed
AMAnn Marie PetachManaging MemberiFiling they signed
AMAnne Marie PetachManaging MemberiFiling they signed
AJAnthony Johannes Leopold SugrueNon-Executive Director of the GPiFiling they signed
AJArnold Johannes Leopold SpruitManager of the GPiFiling they signed
AMArslan MianManaging Director of the Issuer's Investment ManageriFiling they signed
AJAudrey Jane LewisManager of the GPiFiling they signed
BDBarry Dermont Patrick O'DwyerDirector of the ManageriFiling they signed
BDBart David CocalesManaging Director of the Managing Member and Investment ManageriFiling they signed
BMBelinda Mary BoaDirectoriForm ADV
BGBen GoldmanExecutive officer of the issuer's investment manageriFiling they signed
BYBen YoungExecutive Officer, DirectoriFiling they signed
BJBenjamin Joseph YoungChief Executive Officer and DirectoriForm ADV
BIBGIF IV (GenPar), S.a r.l.General PartneriFiling they signed
BSBlackRock Secondaries & Liquidity Solutions II (GenPar) S.a r.l.General Partner of the issuer (the "GP")iFiling they signed
We also hold 311 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
$8461Bassets it manages, 15 advisers combinedOct 2026
7+funds on filenumbered funds in its name
Registeredinvestment adviserfull reporting to the SEC
- Legal name
- Aperio Group, LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 109457
Funds on its Form ADV
590 private funds, $330B in gross assets · filed Dec 2024
Private equity 188Hedge 131Securitised assets 46
- Institutional Cash Series PLC - BlackRock ICS US Dollar Liquidity FundLiquidity1,250 investors$72B
- Institutional Cash Series PLC - BlackRock ICS US Treasury FundLiquidity236 investors$25B
- Obsidian Relative Value Strategy Master Fund, LTD.Hedge12 investors$14B
- BlackRock LONG TERM Private Capital SCSPHedge79 investors$11B
- Current Asset Fund LimitedLiquidity1 investor$6.7B
- BlackRock Global Infrastructure Fund IV, SCSPPrivate equity1 investor$6.3B
- Global Energy & Power Infrastructure Fund III, L.P.Private equity89 investors$6.0B
- Global Renewable Power Fund III, SCSPPrivate equity162 investors$5.6B
- Qualified Purchaser Funds, LLC Strategic Cash Portfolio IILiquidity2 investors$3.8B
- BlackRock Infrastructure Funds ICAV - Global Renewable Power Fund IIIPrivate equity1 investor$3.8B
And 580 more on the filing.
Who backs their funds
2 LPs on record in BlackRock's funds
- Committed
- $1.3B
- Funds
- 5
- Vintages
- 1995 to 2019
The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies.Source: the pension's own report, latest Jun 2026.
Minnesota State Board of Investments4 funds$1.2BFund Vintage Committed BlackRock Long Term Capital 2019 $950M BlackRock Global Renewable Power Infrastructure III 2019 $100M BlackRock Middle Market Senior Fund 2018 $98M BlackRock Global Renewable Power Fund II 2017 $99M 
Washington State Investment Board1 fund$100MFund Vintage Committed BlackRock Asset Investors 1995 $100M
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed5 in all
LS9Bought by Renewable Energy Group$62MJan 2014
OptiMedicaBought by Abbott Labs$400MJul 2013
WANdiscoListedUndisclosedSept 2012
Aperio TechnologiesBought by Leica MicrosystemsUndisclosedAug 2012
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.
Companies it bought
Acquisitions by the firm itself
FutureAdvisorUndisclosedAug 2015
State Street Research & Management$375MAug 2004