Altimeter Capital

aid: altimeter-capital
name: Altimeter Capital
description: >-
  Altimeter Capital is a technology-focused investment firm founded in 2008 by Brad Gerstner in Boston,
  Massachusetts, launched during the financial crisis with less than $3 million from friends and family.
  Headquartered in both Boston, MA and Menlo Park, CA (on Sand Hill Road), Altimeter runs a life-cycle
  crossover platform that backs technology companies from early stage through IPO and beyond: it manages a
  long/short public equity fund investing in technology companies alongside private growth equity funds
  targeting both early- and later-stage tech ventures. Brad Gerstner, founder, chairman and CEO,
  looks for platforms rather than products - businesses with network effects, expanding margins, and
  leaders who can adapt and scale - and has been a vocal proponent of an AI "supercycle" driven by
  accelerated computing and data-center demand. Altimeter also sponsored two SPACs (Altimeter Growth Corp,
  which merged with Grab, and Altimeter Growth Corp 2). Notable private and pre-IPO investments include
  Snowflake, Confluent, Okta, UiPath, GitLab, Unity, Roblox, SoFi, Plaid, ByteDance, Epic Games, dbt Labs,
  Baseten, and Anthropic. Reported assets under management have ranged from roughly $6.75B (Sep 2024) to
  higher figures across sources; Altimeter self-describes as "a technology-focused investment firm built by
  a founder for founders."
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  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - none
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
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image: https://www.altimeter.com/favicon.ico
x-type: venture-capital
x-category: Growth Equity
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-17'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
tags:
  - Venture Capital
  - Growth Equity
  - Crossover
  - Late Stage
  - Public Equity
  - Technology
  - Artificial Intelligence
  - Data Infrastructure
  - Fintech
  - Developer Tools
  - Silicon Valley
  - Boston
  - North America
apis: []
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.altimeter.com/
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.altimeter.com/home
  - type: Portfolio
    url: portfolio/altimeter-capital-portfolio.yml
  - type: Contact
    url: https://www.altimeter.com/#contact_us
  - type: Crunchbase
    url: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/altimeter-capital
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/altimeter-capital/
  - type: Features
    data:
      - "Stage: Growth equity (early and late-stage private) + public long/short equity"
      - "Structure: Crossover / life-cycle platform (private + public technology)"
      - "Sectors: Technology - AI, data infrastructure, developer tools, fintech, consumer internet, gaming"
      - "Geography: United States (Boston + Menlo Park) / global technology"
      - "AUM: ~$6.75B (as of Sep 2024, per Wikipedia); higher figures reported by other sources"
      - "Founded: 2008"
      - "Founder / CEO: Brad Gerstner"
      - "HQ: Boston, MA and Menlo Park, CA (2550 Sand Hill Road)"
      - "SPACs: Altimeter Growth Corp (merged with Grab), Altimeter Growth Corp 2"
    sources:
      - https://www.altimeter.com/home
      - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altimeter_Capital
    updated: '2026-07-17'
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: info@apievangelist.com
    url: https://apievangelist.com
  - FN: APIs.json
    url: http://apisjson.org
  - FN: Altimeter Capital
    email: IR@altimeter.com
    url: https://www.altimeter.com/