Blue Owl Capital is a 399 Park Avenue-based venture capital firm. Value Add VC tracks 3 companies Blue Owl Capital has invested in and 1 venture round it took part in (0 as lead).
Blue Owl Capital key facts (as of )
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters | 399 Park Avenue, United States | Wikidata, September 16, 2026 |
| Type | Venture capital firm | Value Add VC classification |
| Venture rounds tracked | 1 (led 0, joined 1) 1 in the last 12 months | Recent deals table on this page (each round cites its source) |
| Portfolio companies tracked | 3 | Portfolio list on this page |
Recent deals we track
2Track record: led 0 and participated in 1 of 1 tracked venture round · 1 in the last 12 months
| Date | Company | Event | Role | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 2026 | Waymo | Debt | Participated | $5B | $126B | BlackstoneLeadunverifiedSixth StreetunverifiedCapital GroupunverifiedT. Rowe PriceunverifiedApollo Global ManagementunverifiedBlue Owl CapitalunverifiedFranklin TempletonunverifiedFidelity InvestmentsunverifiedPIMCOLoomis SaylesDiameter Capital PartnersHPS Investment Partners | TechCrunch |
| Jul 29, 2026 | CAIS | Series D | Participated | $170M | Over $2B | Vista Equity PartnersLeadPulse2Blue Owl CapitalPulse2Carlyle GroupPulse2Fortress Investment Group (affiliates)Pulse2Golub CapitalPulse2Lord AbbettPulse2AllianceBernsteinRoyal Bank of Canada all | CAIS |
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Strategy
Geographies
399 Park Avenue, United States
Recent changes
- Oct 8, 2026Oct 8, 2026Invested in Waymo (Debt, $5B) TechCrunch
- Aug 3, 2026Aug 3, 2026Blue Owl-Backed Latigo Advances Nasdaq IPO Plans Pulse story
- Jul 29, 2026Jul 29, 2026Invested in CAIS (Series D, $170M) CAIS
Portfolio
3 totalSector / Stage Activity
By sector (portfolio)
Fintech
1 · 33%
Biotech
1 · 33%
Robotics
1 · 33%
By stage (tracked rounds)
Debt
1 · 50%
Series D
1 · 50%
Co-Investors
12Alphabet · 1 sharedAndreessen Horowitz · 1 sharedAscenta Capital · 1 sharedBlackstone · 1 sharedDragoneer Investment Group · 1 sharedDST Global · 1 sharedFidelity Investments · 1 sharedFranklin Templeton · 1 sharedQatar Investment Authority · 1 sharedSanofi Ventures · 1 sharedSixth Street · 1 sharedT. Rowe Price · 1 shared
Value Add Research
Latest Pulse
- Oct 17, 2026Alexandr Wang Steers Meta's $100B-Plus AI Bet With Muse WonderMeta chief AI officer Alexandr Wang helped seal Mark Zuckerberg's $100 billion-plus commitment to frontier AI, culminating in Muse Wonder, Meta Superintelligence Labs' first flagship model.→
- Oct 17, 2026Alphabet's Porat Pushes Back On Jefferies' AI WarningAlphabet president and chief investment officer Ruth Porat rejected Jefferies strategist Chris Wood's warning that the AI boom will end in large-scale U.S. capital destruction, saying the buildout remains undervalued even as capex guidance tops $200 billion.→
- Oct 16, 2026CoreWeave Debt Fears Hit 15% Bond Yields, Stock CratersCoreWeave's stock and bonds sold off after investors focused on the roughly $52 billion in debt and leases behind its AI data centers, reviving doubts about who actually pays if AI demand cools.→
- Oct 8, 2026Waymo Takes On $5B In Debt To Fuel Robotaxi ExpansionWaymo secured its first-ever debt financing -- a $5 billion loan led by Goldman Sachs with PIMCO, Blackstone and Sixth Street -- to fund robotaxi expansion beyond its 15 current markets without diluting equity holders.→
- Oct 1, 2026Audax Private Debt Closes Record $10B FundAudax Private Debt closed its largest fund ever, a $10 billion direct-lending vehicle, the same week banks pulled back from some AI data-center loans.→
- Sep 24, 2026BlackRock-Led Group Nears $25B Asia Data Center DealA BlackRock- and IFM-backed consortium is in exclusive talks to buy Stack Infrastructure's Tokyo, Osaka, Sydney and Melbourne data centers from Blue Owl Capital, in a deal that could value the portfolio at $20 billion to $25 billion.→
- Aug 28, 2026a16z Raises $1.1B to Build AI's Physical LayerAndreessen Horowitz has closed a $1.1 billion Machine Age fund dedicated to chips, memory, cooling, power and robotics -- the hardware underneath AI rather than the software on top of it.→
- Aug 27, 2026Big Tech Is Hiding $3 Trillion of AI Bills in FootnotesNine large tech companies carry roughly $3 trillion of off-balance-sheet commitments tied to AI, about five times their combined reported capex and triple what they owe on leases and long-term borrowings.→
- Aug 7, 2026Latigo Biotherapeutics Jumps 17% in $345.6M IPOLatigo Biotherapeutics priced its upsized IPO at $18 a share for $345.6 million and jumped 17% in its Nasdaq debut, the third biotech offering in two weeks to price above range.→
- Aug 4, 2026Latigo Sets Terms for a $272M Nasdaq IPOLatigo Biotherapeutics set terms for a $272M Nasdaq IPO under ticker LTGO, pricing 16M shares at $16-18 to fund late-stage trials of its non-opioid Nav1.8 pain drug, a rival to Vertex's Journax.→
- Aug 3, 2026Blue Owl-Backed Latigo Advances Nasdaq IPO PlansLatigo Biotherapeutics filed an amended S-1 this week, advancing its Nasdaq IPO to fund a pivotal Phase 3 trial for its non-opioid pain drug ahead of the trial itself starting.→
- Jul 30, 2026CAIS Raises $170M Series D, Tops $2B ValuationCAIS raised a $170 million Series D led by Vista Equity Partners at a valuation above $2 billion, funding the alternative-investment platform's push to expand access for the more than 65,000 independent financial advisors already on its network.→
- Jul 30, 2026CAIS Raises $170M Series D at $2B+ ValuationCAIS raised $170 million in Series D funding led by Vista Equity Partners at a valuation above $2 billion, adding strategic investors including Blue Owl, Carlyle, and Fortress to scale its alternative-investments platform for independent financial advisors.→
- Jul 28, 2026Meta And BlackRock Partner On $14B El Paso Data CenterMeta and BlackRock-managed funds formed an $14 billion joint venture to build a Texas data center campus, with BlackRock taking 80% ownership and financing a third of its stake with debt.→
- Jul 27, 2026Nvidia Weighs $250B Guarantee For OpenAI's Ohio CampusNvidia is negotiating a roughly $250 billion financing guarantee to help OpenAI lease SoftBank's planned 10-gigawatt Ohio data center, on top of a separate $350 billion chip-financing discussion.→
- Jul 14, 2026Meta's $10B-to-$50B Blowup Is an LP Underwriting RiskMeta's Louisiana data center going from a roughly $10 billion plan to a $50 billion-plus facility in under two years is a live case study in cost-estimate risk AI-infrastructure LPs need to underwrite, not assume away.→
- Jul 14, 2026The AI Trade Just Split in Two: Buyers vs. SellersNvidia has shed roughly $1 trillion in value since May even as Meta's data center costs balloon past $50 billion and Helsing raises Europe's biggest-ever defense round -- capex is up, but the margin is shifting away from the chip seller.→
- Jul 13, 2026Meta's Louisiana AI Data Center Tops $50 BillionMeta confirmed its Richland Parish, Louisiana data center will cost more than $50 billion, up from $27 billion disclosed last October and an original plan of roughly $10 billion -- a fivefold increase in under two years.→
Blue Owl Capital FAQ
What stage does Blue Owl Capital invest at?
In the rounds Value Add VC tracks, Blue Owl Capital's deals were most often Debt (1) and Series D (1).
What companies has Blue Owl Capital backed?
Companies Value Add VC tracks as Blue Owl Capital investments include Waymo, Latigo Biotherapeutics and CAIS.
Where is Blue Owl Capital based?
Blue Owl Capital is headquartered in 399 Park Avenue, United States, according to Wikidata.
Who does Blue Owl Capital co-invest with most?
In the rounds Value Add tracks, Blue Owl Capital most often invests alongside Alphabet (1 shared deal), Andreessen Horowitz (1 shared deal), Ascenta Capital (1 shared deal), Blackstone (1 shared deal), Dragoneer Investment Group (1 shared deal).
Sources & methodologyshow
Where these figures come from
- CAISprimary source1 fact
- TechCrunchmajor outlet1 fact
Figures are labelled Reported (a source states it), Estimated, Derived (computed from other facts) or Rumored (in talks / unconfirmed). Rumors never replace a confirmed figure. Each figure keeps its own as-of date; history is preserved rather than overwritten.