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    Balyasny Asset Management

    Chicago, Illinois, United StatesFounded 2001

    Balyasny Asset Management is primarily a multi-strategy asset management firm aiming to generate consistent, uncorrelated returns across various market environments through diverse strategies including equities, fixed income, commodities, and systematic approaches. The firm has also launched its first dedicated venture capital fund, Atlas Growth LP, which focuses on growth-stage enterprise technology startups in sectors such as AI, data infrastructure, healthtech, and cybersecurity, with a strategy to maintain a concentrated portfolio.

    They made 3 investments in the last 12 months. Average disclosed round size is $229.4M (across 11 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    11

    Fund Size

    Top Stage

    Series C

    Last 12 Mo

    3

    Team

    BW

    Bill Wappler

    Partner & Global Director of Research

    MC

    Mayank Chamadia

    Partner & Portfolio Manager, Head of New York Fixed Income & Macro

    SD

    Sebastiaan De Boe

    Partner & Portfolio Manager, Head of EMEA Equities

    DD

    Dan Deighton

    Global Head of Commodities

    DB

    Dmitry Balyasny

    Managing Partner & Chief Investment Officer

    NK

    Nilsson Kocher

    Partner & Global Co-Head of Fixed Income & Macro

    GP

    Gappy Paleologo

    Global Head of Quantitative Research

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    11 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Aspen Neuroscience logoAspen NeuroscienceSeries C$115MNov 2025
    SSolve Therapeutics, Inc.Series D$120MNov 2025
    Forterra logoForterraSeries C$238MMay 2025
    RapidSOS logoRapidSOSGrowth$150MMar 2024
    Harness logoHarnessSeries D$230MApr 2022
    Nature's Fynd logoNature's FyndSeries C$350MJul 2021
    Flyhomes logoFlyhomesSeries C$150MJun 2021
    MasterClass logoMasterClassSeries F$225MMay 2021
    Latch logoLatchSeries B$70MAug 2018
    Peloton logoPelotonSeries F$550MAug 2018
    Avant logoAvantGrowth$325MSep 2015

    Top Co-Investors

    NightDragon2 shared
    Camber Creek2 shared
    OrbiMed1 shared
    Frazier Life Sciences1 shared
    S321 shared
    Lifeforce Capital1 shared
    BlackRock1 shared
    BAM Elevate1 shared
    aCrew1 shared

    Last updated: 15 April 2026