It’s going from bad to worse at Tiger Global Management. As crypto exchange FTX implodes, Tiger could lose hundreds of millions of dollars.
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From a new report in Forbes:
Tiger Global Management appears to have just taken another hit.
The hedge fund headed by billionaire Chase Coleman has been among the most prominent investors in Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX crypto exchange.
On Tuesday, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao tweeted that his firm was buying FTX’s non-U.S. businesses to rescue it from what he said was a “significant liquidity crunch.”
The hedge fund giant made multiple, huge investments in FTX:
Tiger was part of a group of investors in FTX’s January Series C round that valued the company at $32 billion. It previously also participated in a Series B round that valued FTX at $25 billion. During that raise, FTX took a page out of Elon Musk’s playbook by raising exactly $420.69 million.
Both the Series B and C raised about $400 million. A giant like Tiger would likely have written checks of at least $100 million in each of those rounds.
I’ve seen Tiger in numerous deals, and their typical check size was $100 million or more.
Now, Tiger will likely take a total loss on its FTX stake. Binance is expected to buy the exchange for essentially nothing, simply assuming its liabilities.
This means Tiger could be looking at hundreds of millions of dollars, up in smoke.
This comes at what’s already a terrible time for Tiger Global. Its fund is down 55% for the year, with losses accelerating last month.
Meanwhile, it has only marked down its private portfolio by 8%. That is far too little given the huge losses in the NASDAQ, which means more markdowns to come.
Could this be the straw that breaks the camel’s back? Only time will tell.
But even without the implosion of FTX, I expect Tiger to liquidate.
Its fund must more than double to get back to its high point and start charging performance fees again. Those fees make up most of a hedge fund manager’s pay.
Tiger has taken huge losses in both public and private markets. Why does anyone still trust them with their money?
Were I an investor in Tiger, I’d be dumping every cent of it yesterday.
What do you think the future holds for Tiger? Leave a comment at the bottom and let me know!
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