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Investment Strategy
The Power of Concentration
In our view, a portfolio is not diversified simply because it is populated with numerous names; it is diversified when each position reflects differentiated insight and durable value creation.
Investment Strategy
On the Road: Recharging Our China Thesis
Confidence in China’s investibility is returning. Structural reforms, stronger policy execution, and accelerating innovation are reshaping investor sentiment and reinforcing the case for renewed engagement with companies aligned to long-term growth themes.
In The News
Sands Capital on TIME’s America’s Top Venture Capital Firms 2025 List
This prestigious award is presented by TIME and Statista Inc., a leading statistics portal and industry ranking provider.
Investment Strategy
Human Capital as a Competitive Advantage
From AI savvy workforces to cultures that champion continuous learning, forward thinking employers can turn talent into a flywheel of innovation, resilience, and compounding growth. For many asset-light businesses, people remain the greatest competitive edge, turning strategy into sustained value.
In The News
Sands Capital Retains UK Stewardship Code Signatory Status
The United Kingdom’s Financial Reporting Council has named Sands Capital as a signatory to the UK Stewardship Code for the third year in a row. The UK Stewardship Code was designed to strengthen reporting requirements and stewardship expectations for asset managers, asset owners, and service providers.
Investment Strategy
Unleashing AI’s Next Wave of Infrastructure Growth
A multiyear compute super-cycle is underpinning AI’s rapid advance. Surging model scale and inference workloads are colliding with scarce advanced fabrication and packaging capacity, creating durable pricing power and high barriers to entry across the infrastructure stack—an ecosystem potentially poised to deliver long-term value for investors.
Investment Strategy
Finding Growth Leaders in International Markets
A narrow cohort of strategic businesses with pricing power, foresight, and resilience lies tucked within the broad international benchmarks. By applying our deep business-focused research, we seek the hidden gems that we believe will offer long-term value-creation opportunities.
Investment Strategy
AI at Scale: The Forces Shaping the Next Decade
In this video series, Portfolio Manager and Sr. Research Analyst Daniel Pilling explores how generative AI is reshaping industries. In examining training versus inference, compute economics, infrastructure constraints—from power grids to chip supply, he evaluates valuations and long-term opportunities for businesses able to seize the promise of the rapidly developing technology.
Investment Strategy
Valuations Don’t Reflect Potential of Gen AI
Valuations have surged, driven by AI enthusiasm. Portfolio Manager Daniel Pilling argues that semiconductors and hyperscalers don’t reflect the potential from yet-to-be-realized revenue opportunities in evolving industries, such as robotics and autonomous vehicles
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