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| Quarter | Letter Date | Fund Name | QTD | YTD | Tickers | Keywords/Themes | Theme Commentary | Pitches | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q3 | Sep 30, 2023 | Baron Global Advantage Fund | -6.1% | 9.4% | ADYEN.AS, ARGX, BAJFINANCE.NS, CPNG, CRWD, DAVA, DDOG, FVRR, MELI, NET, NVDA, RIVN, SDGR, SHOP, SNOW, TSLA, VEEV, WIX, ZI | AI, Biotechnology, E-Commerce, global, growth, small caps, technology | NVIDIA continues to exceed projections with 94% revenue growth and 192% EPS growth expected for 2023, driven by accelerating demand for Generative AI. The company raised guidance multiple times during the quarter, demonstrating the strength of AI adoption across industries. | VTWIX CPNG |
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| 2025 Q2 | Jul 18, 2025 | Optimist Fund | 39.2% | 32.4% | CVNA, DASH, FA, FVRR, HFG, MNDY, RVLV, TDUP, UBER, W | Compounding, E-Commerce, growth, Long/Short, mid cap, value | The fund holds multiple e-commerce companies including ThredUp, Carvana, Wayfair, and Revolve. ThredUp is undergoing a significant inflection point with strong Q1 results and raised guidance. Wayfair appears to be finally seeing revenue growth inflect after more than two years of waiting, with strong demand trends cited at recent investor conferences. | RVLV W CVNA TDUP W CVNA TDUP |
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| 2024 Q2 | Jun 30, 2024 | Baron Global Advantage Fund | 3.3% | 6.9% | ADYEN.AS, ALAB, ARGX, ASML, CPNG, CRWD, DAVA, DDOG, FVRR, GLOB, INDI, MELI, NET, NVDA, RIVN, SHOP, SNOW, TMP, TSLA, WIX | AI, global, growth, healthcare, semiconductors, software, technology | The fund views AI as driving a new industrial revolution, with NVIDIA positioned as the AI generator creating tokens for every industry. The manager believes we remain early in AI adoption across industries and the race for Artificial General Intelligence continues with exponential demand growth for accelerated computing. | TXG NET SHOP CPNG CRWD NVDA |
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| 2025 Q1 | Apr 22, 2025 | Optimist Fund | -4.9% | -4.9% | CVNA, DASH, FA, FVRR, HFG.DE, LIDR, MNDY, RVLV, TDUP, UBER, W | consumer, E-Commerce, growth, long-term, profitability, Recovery, technology | Multiple e-commerce companies featured prominently including ThredUp (secondhand fashion marketplace), Revolve (fashion e-commerce), and Wayfair (home goods e-commerce). Manager views short-term pressure on consumer discretionary as noise and remains focused on long-term fundamentals. | FA W REVL HFG UBER CVNA TDUP |
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| 2024 Q1 | Apr 20, 2024 | Cedar Grove Capital Management | 21.0% | 0.0% | AAPL, ACI, BAC, CCJ, CPRI, DJT, FVRR, IRBT, LULU, MTCH, ONON, OXY, PTON, RH, SAVE, TPR | arbitrage, Consolidation, Frontrunning, portfolio, rates, risk management, Speculation | Manager notes AI taking front-row seat despite most companies not understanding how to use it beyond buzzwords and chatbots. Expects capital investment to taper off, ending parabolic growth in semiconductor names. | View | |
| 2025 Q4 | Feb 12, 2026 | Optimist Fund | -8.5% | 32.2% | AFRM, CVNA, DASH, DICEY.L, FVRR, HFG, LTHM, META, MNDY, NFLX, PTON, ROOT, TDUP, UBER, W | Compounding, E-Commerce, growth, long-term, technology, value | The fund holds significant positions in e-commerce companies including Wayfair, Carvana, ThredUp, and DoorDash. These businesses are showing strong fundamental performance with revenue growth acceleration and improving profitability metrics. The manager views current valuations as materially underappreciating future earnings potential. The fund focuses on identifying businesses where deep research can uncover gaps between market expectations and long-term reality. The strategy targets companies with potential for mid-teens or better compound returns over decades, emphasizing businesses with accelerating sales and earnings growth. The manager emphasizes finding businesses trading at significant discounts to intrinsic value, where market expectations are materially below long-term reality. Current valuations are viewed as underappreciating the earnings and cash flow core holdings will generate over the next five years. | MNDY TDUP CVNA W DSCV LN LUCE LN SWIM MNDY TDUP CVNA W |
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| 2023 Q4 | Dec 31, 2023 | Baron Global Advantage Fund | 14.7% | 25.3% | 3690.HK, AAPL, ADYEN, AMZN, ARGX, ASML, BILL, BJFNF, CPNG, CRWD, DAVA, DDOG, EPAM, FVRR, GLOB, GOOGL, INPST, MELI, META, MSFT, NET, NVDA, SHOP, SNOW, SQ, TSLA, WIX, ZI, ZS | AI, Cloud, cybersecurity, Digitization, E-Commerce, global, growth, technology | GenAI is creating an inflection point that benefits many portfolio companies beyond just NVIDIA. Enterprises are accelerating digitization trends to benefit from GenAI, with less than 10% of companies having mature data and AI capabilities. This trend should be a tailwind for businesses that enable or benefit from digitization such as cybersecurity, infrastructure monitoring, and data platforms. | View | |
| 2025 Q3 | Oct 22, 2025 | Optimist Fund | 9.1% | 44.5% | CVNA, DASH, FADU, FVRR, HFG.DE, MEDP, MNDY, RVLV, SWIM, TDUP, UBER, W | Biotech, Cyclical, E-Commerce, growth, mid cap, Recovery, technology | The fund sees acceleration in cyclical e-commerce holdings like Wayfair and ThredUp that have been in multi-year downswings. Wayfair delivered strong growth with revenue up 5-6% and expanding margins, while ThredUp posted 16% revenue growth with strong operating leverage. | MEDP CVNA TDUP W MEDP CVNA TDUP W |
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| 2023 Q4 | Jan 15, 2024 | Vision Capital | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0700.HK, 3690.HK, ABNB, ADBE, ADYEN.AS, AMZN, ANET, CRM, CRWD, DDOG, DLO, ESTC, FVRR, GOOGL, HUBS, JD, LULU, MA, MDB, MELI, META, MNDY, MSFT, NET, NOW, NU, NVDA, OKTA, PAYC, PLTR, PYPL, SHOP, SQ, STNE, TEAM, TSLA, TTD, V, VEEV, WDAY, WISE.L, ZS | AI, Compounding, E-Commerce, growth, long-term, payments, SaaS, technology | Vision Capital maintains significant exposure to e-commerce companies including Amazon, MercadoLibre, Shopify, JD.com, Fiverr, Airbnb, and Meituan representing approximately 20% of the portfolio. The manager views these as top dogs supported by long-term tailwinds in the digital commerce transformation. | LULU AAPL|MSFT|NFLX|NVDA|UNH |
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| Date | Pitch Type | Author | Company | Industry | Sub Industry | Bull / Bear | Stock Exchange | Keywords | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 2026 | Twitter / X | @ToffCap | Fiverr International Ltd. | Information Technology | Internet Services & Infrastructure | Bull | New York Stock Exchange | buyback, Fiverr, Freelance, Losses, Operating, operating leverage, Roughly, Scenario | View Pitch |
| Jan 22, 2026 | Twitter / X | @lilsaucyy | Fiverr International Ltd. | Communication Services | Interactive Media & Services | Bear | New York Stock Exchange | Active, Buyer, Categories, Exchanges, Fiverr, Fvrr, Israel, Marketing Software | View Pitch |
| Aug 8, 2025 | Seeking Alpha | Stock Research Platform | Fiverr International Ltd. | Communication Services | Internet Content & Information | Neutral | NYSE | — | View Pitch |
| Manager Name | Fund Name | Fund AUM | Invested Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares Owned | Shares Bought / Sold During Quarter | % Bought / Sold During Quarter | % of Shares Outstanding Owned |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steven A. Cohen | Point72 Asset Management | $86.8B | $3.5M | 0.00% | 179,068 | +30,618 | +20.63% | 0.7814% |
| Lee Ainslie | Maverick Capital | $9.3B | $4.0M | 0.04% | 202,094 | +202,094 | +100.00% | 0.8819% |
| Israel Englander | Millennium Management LLC | $233.2B | $4.6M | 0.00% | 232,850 | +149,476 | +179.28% | 1.0162% |
| David Siegel & John Overdeck | Two Sigma Investments | $67.5B | $3.5M | 0.01% | 175,437 | +26,619 | +17.89% | 0.7656% |