How Justin Ernest invested nearly $500M into hot startups without a traditional VC fund

Sabertooth VC avoided a year-long formal fundraise by using a captive LP network to deploy capital into high-profile startups including Anthropic, Anduril, and SpaceX. The strategy highlights continued investor appetite for private market exposure in AI, defense, and frontier technology. The piece is largely factual, with limited immediate market-moving implications.

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Sabertooth VC avoided a year-long formal fundraise by using a captive LP network to deploy capital into high-profile startups including Anthropic, Anduril, and SpaceX. The strategy highlights continued investor appetite for private market exposure in AI, defense, and frontier technology. The piece is largely factual, with limited immediate market-moving implications.