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United States · Est. 1988

BlackRock

GPADVISORMega-cap⚡ Actively fundraising+ Save to workspace
$13.89T
Total AUM · 03/2026
1988
Founded
1
Total funds
3
Contacts
22
Relationships
1 fundraising

BlackRock is a global asset manager headquartered in New York. Founded in 1988, the firm provides investment management, ETFs, private markets investing, technology, advisory, retirement, and risk management solutions to institutional and retail investors worldwide. Through its iShares ETF franchise and Aladdin technology platform, BlackRock serves governments, pension funds, insurers, wealth managers, corporations, foundations, and individual investors.

DataBane Scores

100/100
Connectivity
Why this score?
39/100
Network Strength
Why this score?
90%
Data Completeness
Well covered

Company DNA

Market position
Mega ($500B+)
AUM ~$13890B
Investment style
Multi-asset
4 asset classes
Diversification
Diversified
4 asset classes (no strategies tagged)
Geographic bias
Europe
16% of geo tags
Deal size preference
Not available
no fund size data yet
Relationship density
High
22 typed edges
Network maturity
Emerging
oldest edge 2026
Firm age
38 years
founded 1988

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Similarity = Jaccard overlap across strategies, asset classes, geography, AUM band, and graph connections.

AUM growth history

$13.89T03/2026
12/202003/2026

Allocations by asset class

As of 31/03/2026
$310.6B4 classes
Asset classes — tap to drill in
Asset classCurrent% of total
Private Equity$30.2B9.72%
Private Credit$147B47.33%
Real Estate$21.6B6.95%
Infrastructure$111.8B35.99%
Total$310.6B100%
Industries
Software / TechnologyReal EstateTelecomTechnologySoftwareHealthcare & Life SciencesIndustrials & ManufacturingConsumer & RetailFinancial ServicesMedia & TelecomEducationLogistics
Geography
North AmericaEuropeAsiaOceaniaCanadaGermanyUnited Arab EmiratesUnited KingdomUnited States
Verticals
Vertical SaaSFintech / Payments
Industry
Geography
Vertical / sub-sector

Relationship network · 22 connections

Flow width = capital size
BlackRock22 ties

Click any counterparty or flow line for full details

Team & contacts

BP
Brent Patry
Global Head of Equity Private Markets and Co-Head of GP / LP Solutions · Private Equity | Secondaries
HeadSince 2017ex-Credit Suisse
PT
Phil Tseng
CEO and Co-CIO of U.S. Direct Lending · Direct Lending
HeadSince 2018ex-Tennenbaum Capital Partners
DW
Dan Worrell
Co-CIO of U.S. Direct Lending · Direct Lending
Since 2018ex-Tennenbaum Capital Partners
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Firm details

Legal nameBlackRock, Inc.
TypeAsset Manager
CountryUnited States
Address50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001, USA
Founded1988

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BlackRock — News

partnership19/03/2025
NVIDIA and xAI Join AI Infrastructure Partnership

BlackRock, Global Infrastructure Partners, Microsoft, and MGX announced that NVIDIA and xAI joined the AI Infrastructure Partnership (AIP). The partnership targets US$30 billion in equity capital with the potential to mobilize up to US$100 billion including debt for AI data centers and energy infrastructure.

Fundraising signal

⚡ Actively fundraisingconfidence
UnlikelyPossibleLikelyActive
1 fund(s) in fundraising status
DataBane signal — not confirmed by firm

Funds

HPS Corporate Lending Fund (HLEND)
Direct Lending · 2024
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fundraising