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    Magnetar Capital

    Evanston, Illinois, United StatesFounded 2005
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    Magnetar Capital is a multi-strategy alternative asset management firm founded in 2005 and headquartered in Evanston, Illinois. Its Ventures arm partners with early- to growth-stage companies, with a particular focus on AI and industry-transforming technologies.

    41% of their portfolio is in AI. Average disclosed round size is $612.7M (across 17 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    14

    Fund Size

    $235M

    Top Stage

    Series B

    Last 12 Mo

    3

    Team

    David Snyderman

    David Snyderman

    Managing Partner and Global Head of Alternative Credit and Fixed Income

    Alan Shaffran

    Alan Shaffran

    Senior Portfolio Manager, Partner

    Barbara Bernstein

    Barbara Bernstein

    Chief Human Resources Officer, Partner

    Devin Dallaire

    Devin Dallaire

    Head of Products, Quantitative Investing, Partner

    Erik Falk

    Erik Falk

    Head of Strategy, Partner

    Jim Prusko

    Jim Prusko

    Senior Portfolio Manager, Partner

    Karl Wachter

    Karl Wachter

    General Counsel, Partner

    Lavonne Harris

    Lavonne Harris

    Co-Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer, Funds, Partner

    Michael Henriques

    Michael Henriques

    Senior Portfolio Manager, Partner

    Tom Sherwood

    Tom Sherwood

    Co-Chief Operating Officer & Head of Business Development, Partner

    Ross Laser

    Ross Laser

    Co-Founder and President

    Amira Amin

    Amira Amin

    Chief Operating Officer, Liquid Strategies

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    22 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    TerraFirma logoTerraFirmaSeries A$100MJul 2026
    TensorWave logoTensorWaveSeries B$350MJun 2026
    inKind logoinKindUnknown—Feb 2026
    CoreWeave logoCoreWeaveGrowth$2BJan 2026
    Torus logoTorusGrowth—Sep 2025
    PProcapUnknown$750MJun 2025
    EEndera Corp.Unknown—Feb 2025
    CoreWeave logoCoreWeaveGrowth$1.1BMay 2024
    CoreWeave logoCoreWeaveSeries C$1.1BMay 2024
    CoreWeave logoCoreWeaveGrowth$2.3BAug 2023
    CoreWeave logoCoreWeaveSeries B$221MApr 2023
    CoreWeave logoCoreWeaveSeries C$100MDec 2022
    Enable Injections logoEnable InjectionsSeries C$215MJan 2022
    CoreWeave logoCoreWeaveSeries B$50MNov 2021
    Activ Surgical logoActiv SurgicalSeries B$45MSep 2021
    OncoResponse logoOncoResponseSeries C$40.6MJan 2021
    Imvax logoImvaxSeries A$112MJul 2020
    Imvax logoImvaxSeries C$112MJan 2020
    CoreWeave logoCoreWeaveSeries B——
    Double Eagle Energy Holdings logoDouble Eagle Energy HoldingsUnknown$1.7B—
    Turion Space logoTurion SpaceSeries B——
    Homeward logoHomewardSeries D$120M—

    Top Co-Investors

    Coatue Management LLC5 shared
    Altimeter Capital Management, LP5 shared
    Fidelity Investments5 shared
    Lykos Global Management4 shared
    FOG Ventures3 shared
    NVentures3 shared
    Citi Ventures3 shared
    BlackRock Private Equity Partners3 shared
    The Carlyle Group3 shared
    The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.2 shared
    Investment Management Corporation of Ontario2 shared
    JPMorgan Chase & Co.2 shared
    Jane Street Capital2 shared
    Wells Fargo2 shared
    Barclays2 shared
    Y Combinator2 shared
    The Invus Group, LLC2 shared
    Fidelity Management & Research Company1 shared
    PICO Venture Partners1 shared
    Blackstone Inc.1 shared

    Last updated: 20 October 2026