Tiger Capital Management

What Tiger Capital Management does

Tiger Capital Management (TCM) is a private, non-profit student-run investment fund founded in 2013 and headquartered on the Princeton University campus in Princeton Junction, New Jersey. The organization recruits Princeton undergraduates through a rigorous admissions process and develops their investing acumen via a comprehensive training program and apprenticeship-style culture. It manages a portfolio of $330k+ in assets under management and invests using a fundamental analysis-driven approach, taking concentrated positions in companies that are misunderstood, out-of-favor, or too illiquid for institutional investors across multiple sectors and asset classes.

The operating model is supported by a tiered sponsor structure. Major hedge fund sponsors — Millennium Management, Citadel, Bridgewater Associates, and ValueAct Capital — provide financial backing that underwrites a permanent capital base and flexible investment mandate, while Alpine Investors and a layer of technology and data sponsors (Bamsec, Electronic Data Systems, YipitData, Quartr, Walleye) provide research infrastructure. The fund does not charge management or performance fees to external investors, does not publish pricing, and does not disclose revenue; financial sustainability rests on sponsor contributions and donations.

Governance is provided by a Board of Directors composed of alumni with senior roles at firms including Fidelity Investments, ValueAct Capital, Bain Capital, Blackstone, and Duquesne Family Office, while a 32-member Investment Team is organized into eight sector verticals led by Partners with designations including CEO, CIO, and sector heads. TCM explicitly disclaims legal affiliation with or endorsement by Princeton University. An alumni placement pipeline of 80+ graduates has been placed at leading financial institutions including Bain Capital, Blackstone, Goldman Sachs, Citadel, Bridgewater, Jane Street, J.P. Morgan, and Sequoia Capital across the 2015–2027 graduating classes, making talent development as central a mission as portfolio management.

Name

Tiger Capital Management

Legal name

Tiger Capital Management

Website

https://tiger-cm.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Tiger Capital Management is a Princeton University student-run investment fund managing $330k+ in assets that provides undergraduate students with practical investing experience through concentrated, fundamental-analysis-driven value strategies, with alumni placed at leading financial firms.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Student Investment Fund

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (52394), Other Investment Pools and Funds (5259)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Small-Cap Equity (Active) (FSAAAIAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Large-Cap Equity (Active) (FSAAAIAA)

Keywords

• Student investment fund
• Asset management
• Equity research
• Fundamental analysis
• Long-biased investing

Headquarters

HQ city

Princeton Junction

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Investment Management Returns: Generates returns through market-beating investment performance by making concentrated investments in companies that are misunderstood, out-of-favor, or too illiquid for institutional investors.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Tiger Capital Management is a Princeton student-run investment fund managing $330k+ in assets, providing undergraduate members with practical investing experience through fundamental analysis and concentrated positions in misunderstood, out-of-favor, or illiquid companies. The organization recruits top Princeton students through a rigorous admissions process and develops their investing acumen via a comprehensive apprenticeship-style training program.

Product overview

Tiger Capital Management is not a product or technology company — it is a student-run investment fund at Princeton University. The organization manages a $330k+ portfolio and operates as a practical investing experience for undergraduate students, with no commercial products or services for external customers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Tiger Capital Management Student Investment Fund A student-run investment fund managing $330k+ in assets, providing Princeton undergraduate members with practical investing experience through fundamental analysis and concentrated positions in misunderstood, out-of-favor, or illiquid companies.
• Princeton Undergraduate Investment Apprenticeship Program A comprehensive training program and clubwide apprenticeship culture that develops Princeton undergraduates' investing acumen through hands-on fund management and sector coverage across multiple industries.

Named customers9 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Bridgewater Associates: World's largest hedge fund specializing in macro strategies and a major financial sponsor of TCM. Operates in the same broad active asset management space as TCM but at institutional scale.
• Millennium Management: Prominent multi-strategy hedge fund and a financial sponsor of TCM. Operates broadly in active equity and multi-strategy investing, sharing sector overlap with TCM but at vastly larger scale.
• Citadel: One of the world's largest multi-strategy hedge funds and a major financial sponsor of TCM. Operates broadly in active equity management but at vastly larger scale than TCM's student-run operation.
• ValueAct Capital: Private investment firm focused on activist and value-oriented strategies and a financial sponsor of TCM. Operates in a similar value-investing niche as TCM's concentrated, fundamental approach but at materially larger AUM.

Direct peers

• Harvard College Investment Group: Student-run fund at Harvard College providing undergraduate investing experience across multiple sectors. Comparable to TCM in mission, organizational structure, and student-led apprenticeship culture.
• MIT Sigma Investments: Student-run investment fund at MIT that manages capital and develops investing talent through an apprenticeship-style model — directly comparable to TCM's community-led, fundamental-analysis-driven approach.
• Wharton Investment Management Group (WIMG): Student-run investment fund at the Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania) that manages capital and provides hands-on investing experience to undergraduates — structurally analogous to TCM in mission, scale, and operating model.
• Columbia Investment Management Association (CIMA): Columbia University's premier student-run investment organization, managing capital across sectors and training undergraduates in fundamental analysis. Directly comparable in mission, scale, and student-led model.
• Stanford Investment Association: Stanford University's student-run investment organization providing undergraduate members with practical investing experience. Directly comparable in scale, structure, and educational mission.
• Yale Student Investment Group: Student-run investment group at Yale University focused on fundamental analysis and concentrated positions. Operates with similar objectives to TCM around developing undergraduate investors and pursuing market-beating returns.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TigerCapMgmt
• Facebookfacebook.com/PrincetonTCM

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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