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What does Passport Capital invest in?
Passport Capital invests most often at Series D and Series A (41% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Big Data, CRM and Investment Management.
Passport Capital highlights
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29 rounds on record
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Mostly Series D and Series A: 41% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 3 rounds, median $15M
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5 exits from the portfolio
What they do
Passport Capital, LLC is a San Francisco-based, global thematic investment firm founded by John H. Burbank III in 2000.From their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- Not stated
- Stages
- SeedSeries ASeries BGrowthPre-IPO
- Sectors
- Big DataCRMInvestment Management
- Based in
- San Francisco, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first29 appearances
- 2019
1 round
- Jul
- 2016
1 round
- Mar
- 2015
4 rounds
- Sept
- Aug
- Apr
- Mar
- 2014
4 rounds
- Aug
- Apr
- Mar
- Feb
- 2013
4 rounds
- Dec
- Sept
- Mar
- Feb
- 2012
2 rounds
- Jul
- Mar
- 2011
6 rounds
- Oct
- Oct
- Sept
- May
- Feb
- Jan
- 2008
2 rounds
- Apr
- Mar
- 2007
2 rounds
- Aug
- Jun
- 2006
2 rounds
- Dec
- May
- 2005
1 round
- Sept
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 registration4 named
EAElizabeth Ann MahonChief Financial OfficeriForm ADV
JLJoanne Louise PoileChief Operating OfficeriForm ADV
JHJohn Howard BurbankManaging Member and Chief Investment OfficeriForm ADV
JSJulie So Won KimGeneral Counsel and Chief Compliance OfficeriForm ADV
We also hold 12 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
$532Massets it managesOct 2026
Registeredinvestment adviserfull reporting to the SEC
- Legal name
- Passport Capital, LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 134484
Funds on its Form ADV
7 private funds, $277M in gross assets · filed Jun 2024
- Nimble Partners Fund I, L.P.Private equity90 investors$162M
- Nimble Partners Fund II, L.P.Private equity73 investors$68M
- Nimble Partners Opportunities, L.P. - Series 5Private equity23 investors$12M
- Nimble Partners Opportunities, L.P. - Series 4Private equity36 investors$12M
- Suite ROLL Access Fund L.P.Private equity3 investors$10M
- Passport Digital Network, L.P.Private equity36 investors$7.3M
- Nimble Partners Opportunities, L.P. - Series 6Private equity13 investors$5.7M
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed5 in all
BridgeLuxBought by China Electronics Corporation (CEC)UndisclosedJul 2015
Bright.comBought by LinkedIn$120MFeb 2014
Sense NetworksBought by YPUndisclosedJan 2014
MiaSoléBought by Hanergy Holding Group$30MSept 2012
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.