Coatue Management

Coatue is a New York-based global technology-focused investment firm founded in 1999 by Philippe Laffont, a former Tiger Management Tiger Cub who studied computer science at MIT and managed technology investments for Julian Robertson before launching his own firm. Coatue operates as a lifecycle investment platform, investing in both public and private markets across technology, media, and telecommunications, with a focus on companies leveraging data, artificial intelligence, and digital disruption to transform large industries. In the private markets, Coatue functions as a growth equity and venture investor, writing checks from $10 million to $100 million at Series B through growth stages. Coatue manages approximately $46 billion in assets under management across its combined public and private strategies. Note: the following entry (Coatue Management) is a duplicate of this entry and the same firm. Portfolio companies include Snap, DoorDash, Instacart, Chime, Airtable, Spotify, TikTok parent ByteDance, and Anthropic. Beyond its original investments in Snap, DoorDash, Instacart, Chime, and Airtable, the broader portfolio spans hundreds of technology companies across consumer, enterprise, fintech, and AI sectors.