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General Electric Pension Trust

Pension fund · Founded 1940 · Austin, United States

#127 LP Ranking #61 of 1,316 pension funds

GE’s retirement fund, managed by State Street Global Advisors since GE Asset Management’s 2016 sale

48 VC firms backed
$100B AUM
~$3.0B Allocated to VC (est. 3%)
01 · Background

Who General Electric Pension Trust is.

Historical Background
The General Electric Pension Trust was established to manage the pension and retirement funds for the employees of General Electric. In 1988, the in-house pension fund management was formally organized as GE Asset Management, which served as both a center for managing the company's own pension assets and as a revenue-generating asset manager for external clients.
Source of Capital
The trust is a single-employer corporate pension fund. Its capital is derived from contributions made by General Electric to fund the retirement benefits of its eligible employees.
Major Events
In 2016, State Street Corporation reached an agreement with General Electric to acquire GE Asset Management. General Electric announced in 2019 that it would freeze its defined benefit pension plan for approximately 20,000 salaried employees. As of January 1, 2023, the GE Pension Plan was divided, with each of the three new standalone GE businesses (GE Aerospace, GE Vernova, and GE HealthCare) sponsoring and managing a separate pension plan for its respective employees and retirees.
Allocation Strategy
The GE Pension team is responsible for global pension asset oversight, which includes asset allocation, portfolio construction, manager selection, and risk management.
02 · Fund commitments

The funds General Electric Pension Trust backs.

General Electric Pension Trust is a limited partner in 48 funds. 10 of them place in the Power Law Investor Ranking; those lead, best-ranked first.

Sequoia Capital
United States
#2 Power Law
Kleiner Perkins
United States
#18 Power Law
Insight Partners
United States
#23 Power Law
Coatue Management
United States
#32 Power Law
FirstMark
United States
#127 Power Law
ICONIQ Capital
United States
#130 Power Law
Warburg Pincus
United States
#233 Power Law
Flagship Pioneering
United States
#314 Power Law
U.S. Venture Partners
United States
#342 Power Law
Genesis Partners
Israel
#405 Power Law
ABS Ventures
United States
Advanced Technology Ventures
United States
03 · Allocation

How General Electric Pension Trust’s fund book is spread.

The 48 funds General Electric Pension Trust backs, by where the manager is headquartered and how many funds that manager has raised.

Where those managers are based

By fund headquarters.

  • North America 3471%
  • Europe 715%
  • Rest of world 715%

United States 34 · Hong Kong 2 · United Kingdom 2 · China 1

How established those managers are

Managers grouped by how many funds they have raised — across the 28 of 48 with a fund history on record.

Emerging funds · 7
Established funds · 21
2 1
3 2
2 3
3 4
5 5-6
5 7-9
3 10-14
5 15+
Funds raised by the manager
05 · Direct investments

The companies General Electric Pension Trust backs directly.

General Electric Pension Trust holds 2 companies directly, separate from the funds it commits to as a limited partner.

Pepperfry
Telecom · India
$78M valuation
Digital Guardian
Security · USA
$120M valuation