Casdin Capital 13F annual report

Casdin Capital is an investment fund managing more than $1.01 trillion ran by Steve Giordano. There are currently 36 companies in Mr. Giordano’s portfolio. The largest investments include Revolution Medicines Inc and Biolife Solutions Inc, together worth $305 billion.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$1.01 trillion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 7th February 2024, Casdin Capital’s top holding is 5,714,775 shares of Revolution Medicines Inc currently worth over $164 billion and making up 16.2% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Revolution Medicines Inc, Casdin Capital owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 8,707,165 shares of Biolife Solutions Inc worth $141 billion, whose value grew 38.9% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Sarepta Therapeutics Inc worth $97.1 billion and the next is Relay Therapeutics worth $81.3 billion, with 7,387,943 shares owned.

Currently, Casdin Capital's portfolio is worth at least $1.01 trillion. 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 Casdin Capital

The Casdin Capital office and employees reside in New York, New York. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Steve Giordano serves as the General Counsel at Casdin Capital.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Casdin Capital revealed that it had opened a new position in Neurogene Inc and bought 524,616 shares worth $10.2 billion.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Revolution Medicines Inc by buying 3,904,775 additional shares. This makes their stake in Revolution Medicines Inc total 5,714,775 shares worth $164 billion. Revolution Medicines Inc soared 13.8% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Casdin Capital is getting rid of from its portfolio. Casdin Capital closed its position in Eqrx Inc on 14th February 2024. It sold the previously owned 39,527,669 shares for $73.5 billion. Steve Giordano also disclosed a decreased stake in Sarepta Therapeutics Inc by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $97.1 billion and 1,006,500 shares.

One of the largest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Casdin Capital are Onex Canada Asset Management and Bramshill Investments. They manage $1.01 trillion and $1.02 trillion respectively.


Steve Giordano investment strategy

Casdin Capital’s portfolio is diversified across 2 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Health Care — making up 77.4% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 50.0% 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 8% 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 $5.64 billion.

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

These positions were updated on February 14th 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
Revolution Medicines Inc
215.73%
5,714,775
$163,899,747,000 16.16%
Biolife Solutions Inc
12.76%
8,707,165
$141,491,431,000 13.95%
Sarepta Therapeutics Inc
0.84%
1,006,500
$97,056,795,000 9.57%
Relay Therapeutics, Inc.
23.16%
7,387,943
$81,341,252,000 8.02%
Eqrx Inc
Closed
39,527,669
$73,521,464,000
Structure Therapeutics Inc
9.51%
1,091,867
$44,504,499,000 4.39%
Intellia Therapeutics Inc
13.73%
1,450,000
$44,210,500,000 4.36%
Illumina Inc
101.94%
313,000
$43,582,120,000 4.30%
Verve Therapeutics Inc
27.47%
3,009,094
$41,946,770,000 4.14%
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc
30.36%
195,000
$37,324,950,000 3.68%
Somalogic Inc
No change
12,604,275
$31,888,816,000 3.14%
Catalent Inc.
Closed
720,000
$31,219,200,000
Exact Sciences Corp.
16.00%
420,000
$31,071,600,000 3.06%
Blueprint Medicines Corp
47.36%
326,378
$30,105,107,000 2.97%
Pliant Therapeutics, Inc.
7.23%
1,577,108
$28,561,426,000 2.82%
Denali Therapeutics Inc
No change
1,300,000
$27,898,000,000 2.75%
Maxcyte Inc
Closed
4,715,000
$21,641,850,000
4d Molecular Therapeutics In
3.38%
1,033,811
$20,945,011,000 2.07%
Tenaya Therapeutics Inc
No change
6,381,377
$20,675,661,000 2.04%
Beam Therapeutics Inc.
7.37%
528,000
$14,372,160,000 1.42%
AbCellera Biologics Inc.
6.34%
2,360,129
$13,476,337,000 1.33%
Tango Therapeutics Inc
18.83%
1,188,349
$11,764,655,000 1.16%
Century Therapeutics Inc
No change
3,206,380
$10,645,182,000 1.05%
Avidity Biosciences, Inc.
38.32%
1,175,750
$10,640,538,000 1.05%
Neurogene Inc
Opened
524,616
$10,167,058,000 1.00%
Pacific Biosciences Calif In
Opened
1,035,859
$10,161,777,000 1.00%
Twist Bioscience Corp
Closed
450,000
$9,207,000,000
Genedx Holdings Corp
No change
3,095,511
$8,512,655,000 0.84%
Fate Therapeutics Inc
No change
2,050,000
$7,667,000,000 0.76%
Codexis Inc.
Opened
2,000,000
$6,100,000,000 0.60%
2seventy Bio Inc
41.57%
1,182,623
$5,049,800,000 0.50%
Incyte Corp.
Closed
77,500
$4,824,375,000
Sana Biotechnology Inc
Closed
750,000
$4,470,000,000
Sage Therapeutics Inc
Closed
90,000
$4,231,800,000
Absci Corporation
28.87%
973,260
$4,087,692,000 0.40%
Prime Medicine Inc
No change
367,175
$3,253,171,000 0.32%
Syndax Pharmaceuticals Inc
Opened
150,000
$3,241,500,000 0.32%
Monte Rosa Therapeutics Inc
No change
510,882
$2,886,483,000 0.28%
Standard BioTools Inc
No change
1,200,000
$2,652,000,000 0.26%
Exscientia Plc
No change
213,900
$1,371,099,000 0.14%
Lianbio
No change
206,415
$922,675,000 0.09%
Mirati Therapeutics Inc
Closed
23,814
$860,400,000
Singular Genomics Systems In
1.62%
1,323,885
$609,119,000 0.06%
Kronos Bio, Inc.
No change
123,839
$154,799,000 0.02%
Scilex Holding Co
Closed
23,512
$130,962,000
No transactions found
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