Hedge Fund Portfolios Are Dominated by Former VC Investments

Many once-private companies rank among hedge funds’ largest public equity positions, according to the latest disclosures of their top holdings.

Roblox is Tiger Global's fourth largest U.S.-listed long. (Gabby Jones/Bloomberg)

Roblox is Tiger Global’s fourth largest U.S.-listed long.

(Gabby Jones/Bloomberg)

Talk about a bumper crop.

As hedge funds harvest several years’ worth of aggressive venture capital investing, many once-private companies that recently went public are immediately ranking among the hedge funds’ largest equity holdings.

This was especially apparent in the recently filed second quarter 13F documents detailing hedge funds’ U.S.

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