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Durable Capital Partners: Platform Profile

Platform profileUpdated 2026-09-06

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Overview

Durable Capital Partners is a Maryland investment manager founded in 2019 by Henry Ellenbogen. Its investment philosophy focuses on identifying small- and mid-cap compounders across both public and private markets and owning businesses with the potential for durable long-term growth.

The strategy is primarily long-oriented rather than a classic market-neutral hedge-fund approach.

May fit better for

  • investors seeking long-horizon growth and compounder exposure;
  • allocators interested in public/private crossover investing;
  • investors comfortable with small- and mid-cap growth risk;
  • qualified investors able to tolerate private-company illiquidity.

May fit less well for

  • investors seeking market-neutral exposure;
  • retail users seeking public self-service access;
  • investors wanting broad index-like diversification;
  • users who treat 13F holdings as the complete private/public platform.

Durable is SEC registered

  • Legal adviser: Durable Capital Partners LP
  • CRD: 305221
  • SEC number: 801-117448
  • SEC registered investment adviser: Yes

Current regulatory AUM is $17.592B

Current July 1, 2026 Form-ADV-derived data:

  • Regulatory AUM: $17.592B
  • Regulatory AUM exact: $17,592,140,712
  • Regulatory AUM as of: 2026-07-01
  • Discretionary AUM: $17.592B
  • Account count: 5
  • Employees: 49

Current private-fund GAV is $18.4B

  • Private fund count: 3
  • Private fund gross assets: $18.4B
  • Private fund type: Hedge Fund

Q2 2026 13F value is $10.282B

  • Q2 2026 13F value: $10.282B
  • Q2 2026 13F exact value: $10,282,381,000
  • Q2 2026 13F as of: 2026-06-30
  • Q2 2026 13F holding count: 36
  • Q2 2026 13F filing ID: 000179884926000010

Private-company investments are not fully represented by the filing.

Strategy focuses on durable compounders

Current first-party-linked descriptions support:

  • Small cap focus: Yes
  • Mid cap focus: Yes
  • Compounder focus: Yes
  • Public market investing: Yes
  • Private market investing: Yes
  • Long term orientation: Yes
  • Primarily long only: Yes

Founder and CIO:

  • Founder CIO: Henry Ellenbogen
  • Founded: 2019

A University of Michigan investment memo described the original mandate as identifying businesses with durable competitive advantages and long compounding potential across public and private markets.

Keep that historical mandate source-dated; do not convert it into a guaranteed growth rate.

Growth target language is not a guarantee

Historical institutional materials referenced a goal of finding companies capable of compounding value over long periods.

Form D totals remain vehicle specific

Current Durable private vehicles include the Master Fund and Growth Fund structures.

  • Form d total raised equals current NAV: No
  • Form d total raised equals regulatory AUM: No

Assessment

Durable's $10.282B Q2 13F is a substantial public-equity book, but the manager explicitly invests in private companies as well. The correct scale anchor is $17.592B RAUM, with $18.4B private-fund GAV kept separate.

General information

Legal entityDurable Capital Partners LP

Offering structure and liquidity

StructurePrivate pooled growth-investment platform combining long-oriented public-equity and private-company investing through Master Fund, Growth Fund, and related private vehicles.

Sources

  1. durablecap.com
  2. adviserinfo.sec.gov — 305221
  3. adv.news — 305221
  4. formds.com — Durable capital partners lp
  5. filingexplorer.com — Durable capital partners lp
  6. 13f.info — 0001798849 durable capital partners lp
  7. 13f.info — 000179884926000010 durable capital partners lp q2 2026
  8. linkedin.com — Durable capital partners lp
  9. regents.umich.edu — 2019 10 IX 2
  10. track13f.com — 2026 q2