Philippe Laffont is an investor who founded Coatue Management, a technology-focused investment firm managing approximately $54.47 billion in assets as of December 2024. Philippe Laffont's Twitter Score is 134 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of October 2026, ranking #4,562 (top 1%) among 493,668 tracked accounts.
Philippe Laffont previously worked at Tiger Management as a research analyst before founding Coatue Management. The firm pursues lifecycle investing across stages from seed to public markets, and Laffont has publicly acknowledged that Coatue was late to recognize the growth of bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. Despite that, the firm has built meaningful exposure to the crypto and Web3 space through a series of notable investments.
Philippe Laffont's firm participated in OpenSea's January 2022 Series C, a $300 million round at a $13.3 billion valuation. Coatue also led a February 2021 funding round of $250 million for Dapper Labs at a $2 billion valuation, and co-led StarkWare's May 2022 Series D, a $100 million round that valued StarkWare at $8 billion.
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