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Evolutionary Tree Capital Management, LLC

CIK:0001844345
Investment Adviser
$94M AUM
27 holdings
Alexandria, VA, US
Founded:2017
7 employees
Latest filing:Jun 30, 2025

Evolutionary Tree Capital Management, LLC is an investment management firm headquartered in Alexandria, VA. Founded in late 2017 by Thomas Ricketts, CFA, the firm is structured as a Delaware limited liability company and is registered with the U.S. SEC as an investment adviser. Evolutionary Tree specializes in innovation-focused, concentrated-growth investing using its proprietary 'Evolutionary Investing' approach. It serves individual and institutional clients through separately managed accounts and offers services to registered investment companies and pooled investment vehicles. The firm typically maintains around 5-10 employees and is committed to providing long-term investment perspective and comprehensive client service.

Investment Strategy

Evolutionary Tree employs an innovation-focused, concentrated growth strategy they refer to as Evolutionary Investing. The team builds concentrated portfolios of up to 35 high-quality, sustainable growth companies, emphasizing those driving and benefiting from secular industry and technology shifts. Their qualitative research process focuses on identifying root causes of growth using proprietary databases and emphasizes long-term holding periods measured in years. Portfolio construction is tightly focused, with a bias toward leading innovators in technology, healthcare, and consumer sectors and low turnover. The firm undertakes deep industry research, tracking evolutionary trends, and is willing to sell positions if growth expectations are not met, leadership erodes, or valuations become excessive.

Latest 13F Filing Activity

Evolutionary Tree Capital Management, LLC filed their most recent 13F report on Jun 30, 2025 disclosing 27 equity positions with a total 13F market value of $94M. The fund increased holdings in Rubrik Inc., Roblox Corp., Cyberark Software LTD among other positions. Evolutionary Tree Capital Management, LLC reduced exposure to Workday Inc., Draftkings Inc. New, Krystal Biotech Inc. among others.

Top Buys
R
RBRKRUBRIK INC.
+$2.2M
R
RBLXROBLOX CORP
+$1.6M
C
CYBRCYBERARK SOFTWARE LTD
+$1.4M
M
MSFTMICROSOFT CORP
+$1.3M
N
NFLXNETFLIX INC
+$1.0M
Top Sells
W
WDAYWORKDAY INC
-$1.8M
D
DKNGDRAFTKINGS INC NEW
-$1.5M
K
KRYSKRYSTAL BIOTECH INC
-$715.5K
S
SHOPSHOPIFY INC
-$623.2K
S
SGSWEETGREEN INC
-$484.0K

Top Holdings

M
MSFTMICROSOFT CORP
+9.0%$8.5M
A
AMZNAMAZON COM INC
+8.7%$8.2M
N
NOWSERVICENOW INC
+5.8%$5.5M
C
CYBRCYBERARK SOFTWARE LTD
+5.7%$5.4M
N
NFLXNETFLIX INC
+5.4%$5.1M

Equity Positions (27)

TickerSecurityWeightMarket ValueSharesAvg CostPriceChange (QoQ)
MICROSOFT CORP9.02%$8.5M17,080$265.05$497.41+$1.3M
AMAZON COM INC8.69%$8.2M37,307$149.18$219.39+$238.8K
SERVICENOW INC5.81%$5.5M5,321$519.10$1028.08+$703.9K
CYBERARK SOFTWARE LTD5.70%$5.4M13,201$297.79$406.88+$1.4M
NETFLIX INC5.38%$5.1M3,786$614.31$1339.13+$1.0M

Industry Allocation

SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE
+41.5%
RETAIL-CATALOG & MAIL-ORDER HOUSES
+8.8%
SERVICES-BUSINESS SERVICES, NEC
+8.6%
SERVICES-VIDEO TAPE RENTAL
+5.0%
SERVICES-COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, DATA PROCESSING, ETC.
+4.7%

Investment Team (4)

NameRoleLocationLinkedIn
Jonathon Ansley
Jonathon Ansley
Senior Research Analyst and Associate Portfolio ManagerWashington, DC , United States
Thomas Ricketts
Thomas Ricketts
President, Chief Investment Officer, Portfolio ManagerWashington, DC , United States
D
Daniel Ayre
Research AnalystBaltimore, MD , United States
Pj Zinsner
Pj Zinsner
Associate Research AnalystWashington, DC , United States