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Mid-Market Corporate Buyout Equity · Private Equity, VC & Investor

Greenoaks

Concentrated long-term venture investor in technology businesses.

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Company facts

Official name
Greenoaks Capital Partners, LLC
Entity type
COMPANY
Founded
2012
Headquarters
4 Orinda Way, Suite 200, Orinda, CA 94563
Company size
10–49
Market cluster / sector
Mid-Market Corporate Buyout Equity
Market role
Private Equity, VC & Investor
Official website
greenoaks.com

What Greenoaks does

The firm raises pooled investment vehicles from limited partners and deploys that capital into a concentrated portfolio of private technology and internet-enabled companies. It creates value by sourcing high-conviction investments, supporting portfolio company growth over long holding periods, and realising returns through portfolio appreciation and exits. Its own economics are tied to managing external capital rather than selling software or media.

Category differentiation

Greenoaks is an investment firm, not a software vendor, adtech platform or operating technology company. It should be distinguished from portfolio companies it funds and from unrelated businesses using the Greenoaks name.

Strategic context

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Greenoaks Capital Partners, LLC is a private investment firm headquartered in the United States that manages concentrated, long-term venture and growth investments in technology and internet-enabled businesses. The firm operates as an independent fund manager and partners with founders building large-scale software, internet and technology companies. Its customers are institutional limited partners allocating capital to venture and growth funds, and portfolio companies that receive capital and strategic support. Greenoaks generates revenue through fund management economics tied to assets under management, principally management fees and performance-based carried interest. The firm remains active and expanded its capital base with a $2.5 billion sixth venture fund closed in July 2025.

Company news briefing

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Greenoaks has continued to scale its enterprise and AI portfolio, previously backing Safe Superintelligence alongside a $2 billion round, leading Simile's $200 million Series B at a $2 billion valuation, and supporting AI security startup AIR with a $40 million seed round. The firm also backed Superblocks in securing an AWS partnership for enterprise vibe-coding integration, and joined Altimeter in urging the U.S. Trade Representative to open a Section 301 probe regarding South Korea's regulatory actions toward Coupang.

Business model & monetisation

The firm monetises through investment fund economics: recurring management fees on committed or managed capital and carried interest on realised investment gains. Its commercial model is therefore fund-based rather than transactional, subscription software, advertising, or services-led.

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  • Coupang dispute raises U.S. tariff pressure on South Korea

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    Privacy · Recorded impact score: 3/5

    A Republican-led House Judiciary report alleges the South Korean government mounted a targeted campaign against U.S.-headquartered Coupang after a 2025 data breach, prompting calls from some U.S. lawmakers and investors for formal trade investigations and potential tariffs. South Korea disputes the report, defends its actions and the scale of the breach, and says it has engaged with U.S. officials. Investors including Greenoaks and Altimeter urged the U.S. Trade Representative to open a Section 301 probe. The dispute comes amid broader U.S.-South Korea tensions over trade commitments, security cooperation and earlier tariff actions.

    • House Judiciary Committee Republicans released a report alleging the South Korean government waged a targeted offensive against Coupang following a data breach.
    • South Korea levied a 625 billion won (about $409 million) data-privacy fine on Coupang; Seoul says the breach affected 37.55 million people.
  • Simile AI: Behavioral Simulation and Scaling Laws

    Behavioral simulation and synthetic populations for decision-making · Recorded impact score: 4/5

    This podcast episode with Simile co-founder and CEO Joon Sung Park explores the company's work building behavioral foundation models and synthetic populations for simulation. Simile has raised over $300 million at a $2 billion valuation, backed by a recent Series B. The company creates digital twins from interviews, transaction/observational data, and randomized controlled trials, enabling enterprise clients like CVS Health to test policies on simulated populations. In a 1,000-person study, digital twins reproduced human behavior about 85% as accurately as the originals. Simile has partnered with Gallup to access tens of millions of real human subjects, and aims to scale from market research and legal strategy to societal-level simulations of 'wicked problems' like climate change. The episode also discusses the company's multi-agent simulations and its long-term vision.

    • Simile has raised over $300 million at a $2 billion valuation (reported Series B).
    • Simile creates digital twins of real people from interviews and behavioral data, used by Fortune 100 clients like CVS.

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Questions about Greenoaks

What is Greenoaks?

Greenoaks is a private venture and growth investment firm focused on concentrated, long-term investments in technology and internet-enabled businesses.

Who uses Greenoaks?

Its direct customers are institutional limited partners investing in its funds, while founders and management teams use Greenoaks as a long-term capital partner.

How does Greenoaks make money?

Greenoaks makes money through fund management fees and carried interest earned on successful investment outcomes.

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