Varenne Capital Partners 13F annual report

Varenne Capital Partners is an investment fund managing more than $354 billion ran by David Mellul. There are currently 14 companies in Mr. Mellul’s portfolio. The largest investments include NVIDIA Corp and Meta Platforms Inc, together worth $137 billion.

$354 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 5th August 2024, Varenne Capital Partners’s top holding is 600,735 shares of NVIDIA Corp currently worth over $74.2 billion and making up 21.0% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of NVIDIA Corp, Varenne Capital Partners owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 124,469 shares of Meta Platforms Inc worth $62.8 billion, whose value grew 10.4% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Amazon.com worth $57.1 billion and the next is ServiceNow Inc worth $48.4 billion, with 61,543 shares owned.

Currently, Varenne Capital Partners's portfolio is worth at least $354 billion. The total portfolio value may be much higher due to cash assets that are not publicly disclosed such as fixed income, real estate, or cash equivalents.

Careers at Varenne Capital Partners

The Varenne Capital Partners office and employees reside in Paris, France. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, David Mellul serves as the Managing Partner at Varenne Capital Partners.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Varenne Capital Partners revealed that it had opened a new position in International Flavors&fragra and bought 440,372 shares worth $41.9 billion.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in NVIDIA Corp by buying 580,247 additional shares. This makes their stake in NVIDIA Corp total 600,735 shares worth $74.2 billion. NVIDIA Corp dropped approximately 0.1% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Varenne Capital Partners is getting rid of from its portfolio. Varenne Capital Partners closed its position in Veeva Sys Inc on 12th August 2024. It sold the previously owned 388,080 shares for $89.9 billion. David Mellul also disclosed a decreased stake in Eaton Corp Plc by 1.0%. This leaves the value of the investment at $1.2 billion and 3,828 shares.

One of the smaller hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Varenne Capital Partners are Corsair Capital Management, L.P. and Morton Community Bank. They manage $354 billion and $354 billion respectively.


David Mellul investment strategy

Varenne Capital Partners’s portfolio is diversified across 5 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 63.8% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 71.4% of the portfolio companies are based in the United States.

The majority of the companies in the fund’s portfolio are large-cap stocks. Stocks with a size of more than $10 billion in market cap make up 64% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only approximately 0.1% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $445 billion.

The complete list of Varenne Capital Partners trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on August 12th based on the fund’s latest 13F filing. Quickly find out what the most recently closed or increased positions are.

Security Shares Owned Value Allocation
Veeva Sys Inc
Closed
388,080
$89,914,255,000
NVIDIA Corp
2,832.13%
600,735
$74,214,802,000 20.97%
Meta Platforms Inc
16.02%
124,469
$62,759,759,000 17.73%
Ulta Beauty Inc
Closed
112,617
$58,885,177,000
Amazon.com Inc.
10.73%
295,320
$57,070,590,000 16.12%
ServiceNow Inc
6.23%
61,543
$48,414,032,000 13.68%
International Flavors&fragra
Opened
440,372
$41,927,818,000 11.85%
Microsoft Corporation
4.39%
69,105
$30,886,480,000 8.73%
Cadence Design System Inc
Closed
94,674
$29,470,123,000
Synopsys, Inc.
Closed
48,318
$27,613,737,000
Netflix Inc.
Opened
26,168
$17,660,260,000 4.99%
GE Aerospace
320.78%
50,199
$7,980,135,000 2.25%
Emerson Elec Co
Closed
64,696
$7,337,820,000
Arista Networks Inc
65.42%
15,731
$5,513,401,000 1.56%
Masonite Intl Corp
Closed
29,181
$3,835,842,000
Perficient Inc.
Opened
42,869
$3,206,173,000 0.91%
Ingersoll Rand Inc.
Closed
28,832
$2,737,598,000
Eaton Corp Plc
98.59%
3,828
$1,200,269,000 0.34%
Powerschool Holdings Inc
Opened
49,445
$1,107,074,000 0.31%
Wabtec
Opened
6,371
$1,006,937,000 0.28%
Alphabet Inc
98.92%
5,443
$991,442,000 0.28%
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