Market & Business
Tiger Global Effect
The market disruption caused when crossover hedge funds deploy massive capital into venture at unprecedented speed and scale.
The Tiger Global Effect describes how crossover investors like Tiger Global Management disrupted traditional VC by investing at unprecedented speed (sometimes closing deals in days without board seats), at significantly higher valuations, and at massive scale. This forced traditional VCs to adapt their processes and compete on speed and terms.
In Practice
In 2021, Tiger Global reportedly invested in over 300 companies, often offering term sheets within 48 hours of a first meeting with no board seat requirement, pushing traditional VCs to accelerate their processes.
Why It Matters
The entry of crossover investors fundamentally changed venture market dynamics, compressed decision timelines, inflated valuations, and forced the entire industry to reconsider what value-add means.
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