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Daniel Gibson’s $774M Sylebra Capital Trims Software and Holds Its Hardware Bets

The Market Context in 60 Seconds
  1. 01 Sylebra Capital, the mid-cap technology fund run by former Coatue partner Daniel Gibson, holds a $773.7 million U.S. long-equity portfolio per its May 13F filing, built around one move: cut the software and fintech names and hold its hardware bets steady.
  2. 02 The disclosed U.S. stock portfolio fell from $1.15 billion in December to $773.7 million in March, a 33 percent drop, most of it mark-to-market losses on Impinj and PureCycle rather than selling.
  3. 03 Five stakes hold about 85 percent of the portfolio: Aeva Technologies at $213.6 million, PureCycle Technologies at $176.9 million, Impinj at $116.3 million, Paycom Software at $83.7 million, and Elastic at $70.5 million.
  4. 04 The pattern is concentration into hardware conviction: Gibson left his three largest bets, Aeva's laser sensors, Impinj's tracking chips, and PureCycle's recycling, at identical share counts while trimming nearly every software and fintech name around them.
  5. 05 The next 13F, due by mid-August, will show whether Gibson keeps Aeva and Impinj at identical share counts for another quarter or finally trims his conviction core.
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How Sylebra Moved Last Quarter

Money In

2 positions

Xometry
Online marketplace for custom factory parts
$22M
added (+31%)
Pattern Group
Helps brands sell on online marketplaces
$2.0M
new buy

Money Out

1 exit + 6 cuts

Full Exits
Alphabet
Owns Google, YouTube, and Android
$16M
exited
Major Cuts
Nu Holdings
Brazil’s largest digital-only bank
-58%
$6.7M remains
Paycom Software
Cloud payroll and HR software for employers
-29%
$84M remains
8×8
Cloud phone and video calling for businesses
-23%
$15M remains
LuxExperience
Online luxury fashion retailer (Mytheresa)
-16%
$20M remains
SentinelOne
AI software that protects company computers
-13%
$48M remains
Elastic
Search and data-analytics software for apps
-13%
$70M remains

Still The Biggest

Top 5, ~85% of portfolio

Aeva Technologies
Makes laser vision sensors for self-driving cars
$214M
PureCycle Technologies
Recycles hard-to-process plastic into new material
$177M
Impinj
Makes the chips that track retail inventory
$116M
Paycom Software
Cloud payroll and HR software for employers
$84M
trimmed 29%
Elastic
Search and data-analytics software for apps
$70M
trimmed 13%

What to watch

1. Sylebra’s next 13F is due by mid-August 2026. It will show whether the U.S. equity book stabilizes near $774 million or keeps shrinking after losing a third of its value in three months.

2. Aeva, Impinj, and PureCycle each carried the exact same share count in December and March. The next filing will reveal whether Gibson trims or adds to the three bets he has so far left completely alone.

3. The selling hit the software and fintech names hardest, with Nu Holdings down 58 percent and Paycom down 29 percent. Whether those cuts deepen toward full exits is the clearest signal of whether Sylebra is rotating out of software.

Verified as of May 25, 2026.

Sources

Primary Filings & Announcements

SEC EDGAR: Sylebra Capital 13F-HR Information Table (Q1 2026, filed May 18, 2026)

SEC EDGAR: 13F-HR Filing Index, Accession 0002003074-26-000007

SEC EDGAR: Sylebra Capital CIK 0002003074 Full 13F Filing History

Market Coverage

Yahoo Finance: Aeva Technologies Quote and Performance

Yahoo Finance: PureCycle Technologies Quote and Performance

Yahoo Finance: Impinj Quote and Performance

Background & Analysis

SEC EDGAR: Sylebra Capital Full Filing History (all forms)

Sylebra Capital: Firm Overview

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