# Bill Ackman

> Bill Ackman is a Series A investor at Pershing Square Inc. backing FinTech and Financial Services. See 20 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Pershing Square Inc.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pershing-square-capital-management)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 20
- Last investment: Jun 2024
- Lead investor: 15%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-ackman-89397740/

Bill Ackman is a Series A investor at Pershing Square Inc. in New York focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Bill Ackman is the founder of Pershing Square Capital Management.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$20M |
| Series A | $10M–$100M |
| Series B | $127M–$219M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 4 | 20% |
| Financial Services | 4 | 20% |
| Medical | 3 | 15% |
| Health Care | 3 | 15% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 15% |

38 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 7 | 35% |
| Seed | 3 | 15% |
| Series B | 2 | 10% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 10% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 1 | 5% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 11 | 55% |
| Canada | 1 | 5% |
| Israel | 1 | 5% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 5% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 5% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Better Health | Better Health is a support and supplies platform built on peer-to-peer connection. The supported chronic conditions include ostomy, chronic wounds, diabetes, chronic retention, and incontinence. Better Health is trusted by healthcare payers and providers to deliver peer support, education, and medical supplies to drive engagement and adherence,improve outcomes, and lower the cost of care. The result is reduced overutilization, improved mental health, and a 98% customer satisfaction rating. Co-founded by Naama Stauber Breckler and Adam Breckler, Better Health operates in 48 states and serves the members of top payers, including Medicare, Medicaid, Cigna, Humana, Florida Blue, and Oscar, among others. To learn more, visit joinbetter.com. | $14M | Series A | Jun 13, 2024 |  |
| Tel Aviv Stock Exchange | Established in September 1953, the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) is an efficient one-stop shop for the securities industry, hosting an increasingly sophisticated range of products to investors, including shares, corporate bonds, treasury bills and bonds, index-tracking products and derivatives on shares, indices and currency exchange rates.TASE is a fully automated exchange with a central order book trading system, providing clearing, settlement and depository services. Supervised by the Israel Securities Authority, it is a regulated market. The TASE is an internationally recognized exchange and is a member of the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), an observer member of the Federation of European Stock Exchanges (FESE) and an affiliate member of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO). The TASE Web site (www.tase.co.il) offers extensive market data as well as vital information on Israel's capital markets. | $65.3M | Post-IPO Secondary | Jan 24, 2024 |  |
| Bremont | Bremont is a manufacturer of watches providing an online store with a wide range of designer watches and accessories. | $59.9M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 23, 2023 |  |
| Canadian Pacific | Canadian Pacific Railway was founded in 1881 to link Canada's populated centres with the vast potential of its relatively unpopulated West. This incredible engineering feat was completed on Nov.7, 1885 - six years ahead of schedule - when the last spike was driven at Craigellachie, B.C. |  | Post-IPO Equity | Nov 14, 2022 |  |
| Winners Alliance | Winners Alliance operates as a for-profit affiliate of the Professional Tennis Players Association, | $26M | Series A | Aug 25, 2022 |  |
| GRID | GRID is a tech startup unleashing the power of no code for video games. The team is building Breshna.io, a platform that empowers users to create, share and monetize their own purposeful web3 video games, with no code and at lightning speed. | $1M | Seed | Jun 06, 2022 |  |
| Strive | Strive is an asset management firm whose mission is to restore the voices of everyday citizens in the American economy by leading companies to focus on excellence over politics. | $20M | Seed | May 09, 2022 |  |
| Black Crow AI | Black Crow AI develops a business analytics platform that delivers machine learning predictions. Its platform provides real-time insights to the business users at companies of any size, for less than the cost of 1 data scientist. Black Crow’s ML predictions improve new customer acquisition scale and efficiency by 25-50%. | $33M | Series A | Mar 31, 2022 |  |
| Goldfinch | Goldfinch is a credit platform that offers crypto loans without collateral. It also offers capital in a digital currency by expanding access to capital in emerging markets and offers a stable yield to the lenders, enabling the empowerment of financial inclusion in emerging markets. The company was founded in 2020 by Mike Sall and Blake West. | $25M | Series A | Jan 07, 2022 |  |
| Goldfinch | Goldfinch is a credit platform that offers crypto loans without collateral. It also offers capital in a digital currency by expanding access to capital in emerging markets and offers a stable yield to the lenders, enabling the empowerment of financial inclusion in emerging markets. The company was founded in 2020 by Mike Sall and Blake West. | $25M | Series A | Jan 06, 2022 |  |

10 of 20 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [a16z crypto](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a16z-crypto) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Coinbase Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinbase-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Founders Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [8VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/8vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Album VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/album) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Pershing Square Inc.

VC Fund · New York, United States

Pershing Square Capital Management is a New York-based hedge fund sponsor. Funds under management include Pershing Square L.P.

5 contacts available at Pershing Square Inc..

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bill Ackman | Founder and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bill-ackman |
| Matthew Paull | Member of the Advisory Board | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matthew-h-paull |
| Stephen Fraidin | Vice Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stephen-fraidin |
| Paul C. Hilal | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-c-hilal |
| William Ackman | Founder and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/william-ackman |

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## FAQ

### What does Bill Ackman invest in?

Bill Ackman invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Medical startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 20 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Bill Ackman's check size?

Bill Ackman typically joins rounds of $1M–$20M at Seed, $10M–$100M at Series A and $127M–$219M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Bill Ackman participates in.

### When did Bill Ackman last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Bill Ackman closed in Jun 2024. Shizune tracks 20 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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