Blackrock

BlackRock is a global investment management corporation headquartered in New York City, specializing in a diverse array of asset classes and investment strategies. The firm manages equity, fixed income, and balanced mutual funds, along with hedge funds and exchange-traded funds. BlackRock also provides investment advisory services and engages in private equity and venture capital through its subsidiaries, focusing on direct investments and fund of funds across various sectors, including natural resources. The firm caters to a wide range of clients, from large institutions to individual investors, aiming to help them achieve their financial goals. With a commitment to transparency and client service, BlackRock has become the largest asset manager in the world, overseeing trillions of dollars in assets. Its global presence is supported by offices in key financial hubs, allowing it to address the unique needs of clients across different regions.

Anne Valentine Andrews

Managing Director, Deputy Head of Real Assets

Elliot Asarnow

Director

Joseph Auriemma

MD

Jeetu Balchandani

Managing Director and Head of North American Infrastructure Debt

Dana Baldwin

Director, Product Strategy for Real Assets Debt

Lynn Baranski

MD and CIO

Jim Barry

Global Head of Real Assets

Steven Baumgarten

Director

Gregory Benhamou

Director, Global Real Assets

Benedikt Billmann

Associate, Real Assets Product Strategy

Matt Botein

Global Co-Head & Chief Investment Officer, BlackRock Alternative Investors

Justin Brown

Managing Director, Head of European Portfolio Management

Henri Chabadel

Investments Director France, Belgique and Luxembourg

Leo Chenette

Director

Frank Cooper III

Senior Managing Director and Chief Marketing Officer

Jonathan Evans

Associate

Andrew Farris

Director - Private Equity Partners

Justin Ferrier

Managing Director, Asian Private Credit

Larry Fink

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Mark Fitzgerald

MD of Global Market Strategies Group

Mark Florian

Managing Director, Head of Global Energy & Power Infrastructure

Rob Goldstein

Chief Operating Officer and Global Head of BlackRock Solutions

Sébastien Herzog

Operations Director France, Belgique and Luxembourg

Paul Horowitz

Chief Operating Officer Real Estate Debt

Corwin Huang

Director, Asian Credit Strategy

Raja Hussain

Director

Veena Isaac

Managing Director, Secondaries

Robert S. Kapito

President and Director

Bob Karnes

Managing Director and Global Head of Real Estate Debt

Robert Karnes

Managing Director and Global Head of Real Estate Debt

Jim Keenan

Chief Investment Officer and Global Co-Head of Credit

Stephen Kelly

MD

Martine Kerschenmeyer

Director

Derek Krouner

Director, Private Equity Secondaries

Stéphane Lapiquonne

MD BlackRock France, Belgique and Luxembourg

Serge-Alexandre Lauper

Managing Director, Real Assets and Head of Infrastructure Solutions

Juan Alberto Leautaud

Managing Director, Head of Mexico Infrastructure Investment Group

Even Leslie

Director, Product Strategy for Asia Real Assets Private Equity

Steve Lessar

Managing Director, Co-Head of Private Equity Secondaries

Jerome Leyvigne

Portfolio Manager / Director

Kamal Maruf

Associate

Tyler McConnell

Vice President, Infrastructure Investment Group

Samir Menon

Director

Arslan H. Mian

MD

Julian Neave

Vice President,

Timothy O'Hara

Managing Director and Global Co-Head of Credit, BlackRock Alternative Investors

Amy Park

Associate

Nikhil Patel

Associate

Craig Payne

Director

Alexander Pettinga

Investment Associate, Real Estate Private Equity

Sherry Rexroad

Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer of Americas

John Saunders

Managing Director and Head of APAC Real Estate

Erik Savi

Managing Director and Global Head of Infrastructure Debt

Leanne Schuessler

Director

Johnathan L. Seeg

Director

Neeraj Seth

Managing Director & Head of Asian Credit

Vignesh Shanmugasundaram

Associate, Real Assets Product Strategy

Gary Shedlin

Chief Financial Officer

Marcus Sperber

Head and Managing Director

Freek Spoorenberg

Director, Head of Product Strategy

Russell W. Steenberg

MD and Global Head

Andy Stewart

Managing Director and Global Co-Head of BlackRock Alternative Investors

Ryan Stork

Deputy Global Chief Operating Officer

Lisa Sun

Co-Head Secondary Team

Alan Synnott

Managing Director, Head of Real Assets Product Strategy

Chris Thorne

Director

Samantha Tortora

Global Head of Investor Relations & Corporate Sustainability

Philip Vasan

Global Head of Lending and Liquidity

Yan Yang

Director, Asia Investments

Ben Young

Head of US Real Estate Equity

Michael Zugay

Managing Director, Head of BlackRock US Private Capital and Chief Executive Officer of BlackRock Cap

Past deals in Wealth Management

Scalable Capital

Series E in 2021
Scalable Capital Vermögensverwaltung GmbH, founded in 2014 and based in Munich, Germany, is a digital investment service that specializes in portfolio management. The company utilizes proprietary software to create dynamically optimized investment portfolios, emphasizing risk management. By leveraging advanced technology, Scalable Capital aims to provide high-quality investment services that were traditionally accessible only to large institutional investors, making them available to individual investors at a lower cost. The firm has expanded its presence to London and has received funding from notable venture capital firms and angel investors.

Aperio

Acquisition in 2020
Aperio serves investment advisors, single family offices, tax-exempt institutions, and fund sponsors. Their technology-based processes are designed to make serving clients seamless and efficient. But their work doesn’t end with technology. They take a tailored, consultative approach, working with investors and their advisors to craft optimal solutions that address their unique portfolio challenges. Combining this personalized approach with quantitative data-driven processes, we are able to offer flexibility, efficiency, and insight, all factors that establish trust and longevity.

Scalable Capital

Series D in 2020
Scalable Capital Vermögensverwaltung GmbH, founded in 2014 and based in Munich, Germany, is a digital investment service that specializes in portfolio management. The company utilizes proprietary software to create dynamically optimized investment portfolios, emphasizing risk management. By leveraging advanced technology, Scalable Capital aims to provide high-quality investment services that were traditionally accessible only to large institutional investors, making them available to individual investors at a lower cost. The firm has expanded its presence to London and has received funding from notable venture capital firms and angel investors.

Scalable Capital

Series C in 2019
Scalable Capital Vermögensverwaltung GmbH, founded in 2014 and based in Munich, Germany, is a digital investment service that specializes in portfolio management. The company utilizes proprietary software to create dynamically optimized investment portfolios, emphasizing risk management. By leveraging advanced technology, Scalable Capital aims to provide high-quality investment services that were traditionally accessible only to large institutional investors, making them available to individual investors at a lower cost. The firm has expanded its presence to London and has received funding from notable venture capital firms and angel investors.

Wise

Secondary Market in 2019
Wise is a company that specializes in international money transfer services, facilitating easy and low-cost transactions for individuals and businesses. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in London, Wise offers a core money transfer product and a borderless account designed for expats, freelancers, and travelers, which currently holds over £2 billion in deposits. The company also provides a mobile application that allows users to track their transfers and initiate new transactions conveniently. With additional offices in Tallinn and New York, Wise aims to simplify the process of sending money abroad swiftly and affordably.

Envestnet

Post in 2018
Envestnet, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides intelligent systems for wealth management and financial wellness in the United States and internationally. It operates through Envestnet Welth Solutions and Envestnet Data & Analytics segments. The company’s product and services include Envestnet | Enterprise, which provides an end-to-end open architecture wealth management platform, as well as sells data aggregation and reporting, data analytics, and digital advice capabilities; Envestnet | Tamarac that provides trading, rebalancing, portfolio accounting, performance reporting, and client relationship management software; and Envestnet | MoneyGuide that provides goals-based financial planning solutions to the financial services industry. It also provides Envestnet | Retirement Solutions, which offer a suite of services for advisor-sold retirement plans; and Envestnet | Portfolio Management Consultants that provide research and consulting services to assist advisors in creating investment solutions for their clients, and portfolio overlay and tax optimization services, as well as data aggregation and data analytics platform, which offers cloud-based innovation for digital financial services. The company primarily serves banks, wealth management and brokerage firms, internet services companies, and registered investment advisers. Envestnet, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

iCapital Network

Venture Round in 2018
iCapital Network is an online platform that unlatches the world of private equity, enabling institutions and qualified investors. It is a financial services company that features a financial technology platform that provides modular alternative investment solutions for registered investment advisors, broker-dealers, private banks, family offices, and other sophisticated investors. The company connects advisors and their high net worth investors in leading alternative investment managers through best-in-class user experience. The company was founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York, United States.

Tennenbaum Waterman Fund

Acquisition in 2018
Tennenbaum Waterman Fund is a direct lending fund managed by Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC, a prominent alternative investment management firm founded in 1999. Based in Santa Monica, California, the fund focuses on investments across North America and Europe, targeting sectors such as commercial products, commercial services, financial services, business products, cleantech, and industrial sectors. Tennenbaum Capital Partners has established a strong track record in credit opportunities, having invested approximately $9 billion in over 170 portfolio companies through various strategies, including specialty funds focused on debtor-in-possession financing. With about $5 billion in capital under management, the firm is well-positioned to pursue diverse investment opportunities while maintaining a commitment to performance and strategic growth.

iCapital Network

Series B in 2017
iCapital Network is an online platform that unlatches the world of private equity, enabling institutions and qualified investors. It is a financial services company that features a financial technology platform that provides modular alternative investment solutions for registered investment advisors, broker-dealers, private banks, family offices, and other sophisticated investors. The company connects advisors and their high net worth investors in leading alternative investment managers through best-in-class user experience. The company was founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York, United States.

CacheMatrix

Acquisition in 2017
CacheMatrix Holdings LLC is a Software-as-a-Service company that specializes in financial technology solutions aimed at enhancing cash management for banks and their corporate clients. The company offers a range of web-based liquidity trading systems, including money market portals that allow institutional investors to access diverse fund options, real-time trading, and customizable reporting. Its products also include Atlas, which provides visibility into money market fund holdings, and CacheFI, a fixed income trading module that connects directly with bank-sponsored money market portals. Additionally, CacheMatrix features CacheSweep, which automates and improves sweep processing, and MbOX, a tool that offers transparency into portal omnibus positions. Serving a diverse clientele that includes global banks, asset managers, hedge funds, and custodians, CacheMatrix facilitates approximately $200 billion in client assets and supports financial institutions in making informed liquidity decisions. Founded in 2003, the company is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

Scalable Capital

Series B in 2017
Scalable Capital Vermögensverwaltung GmbH, founded in 2014 and based in Munich, Germany, is a digital investment service that specializes in portfolio management. The company utilizes proprietary software to create dynamically optimized investment portfolios, emphasizing risk management. By leveraging advanced technology, Scalable Capital aims to provide high-quality investment services that were traditionally accessible only to large institutional investors, making them available to individual investors at a lower cost. The firm has expanded its presence to London and has received funding from notable venture capital firms and angel investors.

iCapital Network

Series B in 2016
iCapital Network is an online platform that unlatches the world of private equity, enabling institutions and qualified investors. It is a financial services company that features a financial technology platform that provides modular alternative investment solutions for registered investment advisors, broker-dealers, private banks, family offices, and other sophisticated investors. The company connects advisors and their high net worth investors in leading alternative investment managers through best-in-class user experience. The company was founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York, United States.

FutureAdvisor

Acquisition in 2015
Xulu, Inc. provides investment advisory services. The company offers personalized and data-driven recommendations to optimize clients’ 401(k) and IRA. It also provides financial projections; and personalized diversification plans for investments. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Seattle, Washington. As of October 1, 2015, FutureAdvisor operates as a subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc.

Personal Capital

Series C in 2013
Personal Capital is a remote-delivery, industry-leading digital wealth management company that helps people transform their financial lives through technology and advisory services. The company’s state-of-the-art tools and technology provide investors with a complete financial picture, utilized by over 2.5 million customers. Its registered investment advisors provide expert guidance, and customized strategies, based on a personal understanding of an investor’s financial picture and goals. It was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Redwood Shores, California.

Barclays Global Investors

Acquisition in 2009
Barclays Global Investors was an investment management subsidiary of Barclays Bank, based in the United Kingdom. It was recognized as the largest corporate money manager globally, overseeing over £1.04 trillion in assets as of October 2007. The firm was headquartered in San Francisco and maintained research and portfolio management teams in key cities, including London, Sydney, Tokyo, and Toronto. Additionally, it had client service offices in various major financial centers across Europe, North America, and Asia. In a significant industry shift, Barclays Global Investors was acquired by BlackRock, marking a notable consolidation in the investment management sector.

Merrill Lynch Investment Managers

Acquisition in 2006
Merrill Lynch Investment Managers is a Finance company.

State Street Research & Management

Acquisition in 2004
State Street Research & Management is an investment management company. It provides services for high-net-worth individuals; banking and thrift institutions; investment companies; pension and profit sharing plans; pooled investment vehicles; charitable organizations; corporations; and state and municipal government entities. State Street Research & Management manages separate client-focused portfolios and also serves as an investment advisor to a family of mutual funds. The firm invests in the public equity and fixed income markets across the globe, focusing on the United States and Canada. It invests in growth and value stocks of small- mid- and large-cap companies, employing quantitative analysis and hedging techniques. State Street Research & Management was founded in 1924 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts, with an additional office in New York. It was acquired by BlackRock, Inc. on January 31, 2005.