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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.

    42% of their portfolio is in AI. Average disclosed round size is $623.2M (across 15 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    12

    Fund Size

    $235M

    Top Stage

    Series C

    Last 12 Mo

    2

    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

    19 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    InKind logoInKindUnknown—Feb 2026
    Torus logoTorusGrowth—Sep 2025
    EEndera Corp.Unknown—Feb 2025
    Endera Motors logoEndera MotorsUnknown$49MFeb 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
    EEnable Injections LlcUnknown$215MJan 2022
    Coreweave logoCoreweaveSeries B$50MNov 2021
    Activ Surgical logoActiv SurgicalSeries B$45MSep 2021
    OncoResponse, Inc. logoOncoResponse, Inc.Series C$40.6MJan 2021
    Coreweave logoCoreweaveGrowth$2B—
    Coreweave logoCoreweaveSeries B——
    Imvax logoImvaxSeries C$112M—
    Terrafirma logoTerrafirmaSeries A$100M—
    Double Eagle Energy Holdings logoDouble Eagle Energy HoldingsUnknown$1.7B—

    Top Co-Investors

    Coatue Management LLC4 shared
    Altimeter Capital Management, LP4 shared
    Fidelity Investments4 shared
    NVentures3 shared
    Lykos Global Management3 shared
    The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.2 shared
    Investment Management Corporation of Ontario2 shared
    Citi Ventures2 shared
    JPMorgan Chase & Co.2 shared
    BlackRock Private Equity Partners2 shared
    Jane Street Capital2 shared
    Wells Fargo2 shared
    The Carlyle Group2 shared
    Barclays2 shared
    Pulse Fund2 shared
    CincyTech2 shared
    GCM Grosvenor2 shared
    Ohio Innovation Fund2 shared
    Squarepoint Capital2 shared
    PICO Venture Partners1 shared

    Last updated: 8 September 2026