Finepoint Capital LP

David B. Shaw serves as Founder and Managing Partner. Derek D. Schirmer is Partner and Chief Investment Officer, leading the systematic allocation team. The investment committee operates with quantitative rigor, reviewing both external manager selections and direct deals.

The firm cultivates relationships with quantitative fund managers and credit originators through its network. Direct deals, especially in real assets and structured credit, are sourced via their operating partners and legal advisory relationships. Proprietary models also generate allocation ideas.

It is organized as a single-family office but functions with institutional investment processes. The firm deploys capital across hedge funds, private credit, direct equity, and real assets, with a systematic framework resembling endowment models rather than venture capital.

The firm does both: it commits to external systematic and credit funds as an LP, and also makes direct investments in real assets, special situations, and occasionally growth-stage companies. Co-investments alongside manager relationships are a growing part of its activity.

The direct investment program targets later-stage, cash-flow generating assets: infrastructure, real estate credit, and special situations. In hedge fund and private credit commitments, the firm focuses on established managers with multi-year track records. Early-stage venture is not a current focus.

The firm does not invest in early-stage venture capital, pre-revenue technology, or public equities directly. It also avoids cryptocurrency as a stand-alone allocation and any strategies that conflict with its systematic, risk-controlled framework.

David B. Shaw is unrelated to D.E. Shaw & Co., the global investment firm founded by David E. Shaw. The surname coincidence does not indicate any affiliation. Finepoint Capital is independent and unaffiliated with any larger financial institution.