# D. E. Shaw & Co.

> D. E. Shaw & Co. is a VC fund backing Software and Information Technology. See 71 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 71
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 37%
- Last fund: May 2025
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/d.-e.-shaw-&-co./
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deshawgroup
- Website: https://www.deshaw.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-D-E-Shaw-Group-571413306252221/

D. E. Shaw & Co. is a global investment and technology development firm. The firm invests in both public and private markets, leveraging technology in its investment strategies.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series B | $3M–$37M |
| Series C | $3.9M–$100M |
| Series D | $4M–$750M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 16 | 23% |
| Information Technology | 7 | 10% |
| Biotechnology | 6 | 8% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 5 | 7% |
| Health Care | 4 | 6% |

105 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 17 | 24% |
| Series C | 12 | 17% |
| Series D | 9 | 13% |
| Series A | 7 | 10% |
| Funding Round | 4 | 6% |

15 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 39 | 55% |
| Israel | 2 | 3% |
| Sweden | 2 | 3% |
| China | 1 | 1% |
| India | 1 | 1% |

11 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Edwin Jager | Managing Director & Head of Fundamental Equities | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/edwin-jager-20db |
| Andre Turenne | Senior Vice President | 26 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andre-turenne |
| Bryan Martin | Managing Director | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bryan-martin-2 |
| Charles Ardai | Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charles-ardai |
| Charlie Tang | Vice President - Machine Learning Research | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charlie-tang |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ThreatLocker | ThreatLocker is a cybersecurity company that specializes in endpoint security and application whitelisting solutions. ThreatLocker is designed so that everyone from businesses to government agencies to academic institutions can directly control exactly what runs on their networks. Based at our Orlando, Florida, USA headquarters and servingcustomers around the globe, the team at ThreatLocker® envisions a future in which all organizations can chart their own course free from the influence of cyber criminals and the damage their incursions cause. | $190M | Series F | Jul 29, 2026 |  |
| Baseten | Baseten provides a platform for training, deploying, and serving artificial intelligence models in production environments. It supports open-source, fine-tuned, and custom models, converting them into API endpoints with capabilities such as autoscaling, observability, and optimized model serving. The platform manages infrastructure componentsincluding containerization, GPU scheduling across multiple cloud providers, and performance optimizations to support large-scale inference workloads. Baseten also offers preconfigured model APIs and deployment options that can run either on its managed cloud service or within a customer's own environment. Its tools are designed to help developers build, manage, and scale AI applications while maintaining flexibility in how models are hosted and executed. | $1.5B | Series F | Jun 22, 2026 |  |
| AlphaSense | AlphaSense is a market intelligence platform that allows professionals to make critical decisions with confidence and speed. The company has nearly 2,000 enterprise clients, including financial institutions that use the platform to inform their business decisions. AlphaSense is trusted by over 1,800 enterprise customers, including a majority of theS&P 500. | $350M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 03, 2026 |  |
| OpenAI | OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company that conducts research and develops machine learning technologies. OpenAI works on projects that involve autonomous learning and task performance. It serves industries such as technology, healthcare, and education. | $122B | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 27, 2026 |  |
| Mytra | Mytra is a robotics company developing software-defined warehouse robotics solutions to automate industrial tasks in logistics. The company produces a novel solution for storing and moving materials in a three-dimensional grid. The matrix lattice for the storage grid can be built quickly and easily from simple, modular pieces of hardware, whichtakes a lot of the technical debt off the customer and can be shaped to fit whatever space customers have. | $120M | Series C | Jan 15, 2026 |  |
| Neural Concept | Neural Concept is an innovative AI platform focused on transforming engineering product design through advanced 3D deep learning algorithms. By integrating AI directly into design and simulation processes, Neural Concept enables engineering teams to shorten development timelines from months to days, enhance product performance in terms ofefficiency, safety, and sustainability, and facilitate the scaling of AI adoption without the need for expensive and lengthy integration. | $100M | Series C | Dec 18, 2025 |  |
| ClickHouse | ClickHouse is an open-source column-oriented database management system that focuses on real-time analytical reporting. It enables users to execute complex SQL queries efficiently, making it suitable for applications that require fast data processing and analysis. The system is particularly effective for big data environments, allowingorganizations to manage and analyze large volumes of information seamlessly. ClickHouse supports various data ingestion methods and offers features that facilitate data warehousing and observability. Its architecture is designed to optimize performance and scalability, catering to the needs of sales teams and data analysts seeking actionable insights from their data. |  | Series C | Oct 07, 2025 |  |
| Flox | Flox is taking nix to work on building software and managing development environments. The company was founded by Michael Brantley and Ron Efroni in 2018 and is headquartered in New York, United States. | $24.9M | Series B | Sep 25, 2025 |  |
| MaintainX | MaintainX is a software company that provides maintenance and asset management tools for industrial and frontline operations. Its platform helps organizations manage work orders, preventive maintenance, inspections, reporting, asset tracking, and parts inventory through a centralized digital system. The company integrates AI-powered features thatassist teams with troubleshooting, data collection, operational analysis, and predictive maintenance workflows. MaintainX is used across industries such as manufacturing, facilities management, food and beverage, retail, and distribution to improve equipment uptime and streamline maintenance processes. The platform also supports compliance and safety procedures by digitizing workflows and standardizing maintenance operations across multiple sites. | $150M | Series D | Jul 09, 2025 |  |
| Riot Platforms | Riot Platforms is a Bitcoin mining and digital infrastructure company that offers Bitcoin mining data center operations services. |  | Post-IPO Equity | Jan 29, 2025 |  |

10 of 71 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Applied Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/applied-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does D. E. Shaw & Co. invest in?

D. E. Shaw & Co. invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Biotechnology startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 71 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 D. E. Shaw & Co.'s check size?

D. E. Shaw & Co. typically joins rounds of $3M–$37M at Series B, $3.9M–$100M at Series C and $4M–$750M at Series D. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds D. E. Shaw & Co. participates in.

### How do I contact D. E. Shaw & Co.?

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### Who are the partners at D. E. Shaw & Co.?

The team at D. E. Shaw & Co. includes Edwin Jager (Managing Director & Head of Fundamental Equities), Andre Turenne (Senior Vice President) and Bryan Martin (Managing Director), among 11 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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