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Highgear Ventures Management, LLC

Private Equity

San Francisco, CA

HighGear Ventures is a dedicated provider of liquidity to entrepreneurs, individual shareholders, limited partners and venture funds. We focus on great later-stage companies and portfolios with strong operating results and identifiable paths to exit.

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Search this name across graphsid dfx:pe:4060003a-f6d1-4603-8c19-9ab7a32c6fd1

Data as of Sep 17, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings, firm and issuer disclosures. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 8:04 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 34
Dated events: 2
On other graphs: 3
Observed: Sep 13, 2026 to Sep 17, 2026
27 observations

Across DFX

same identity by shared identifier, citation, or a bridge measured by hand

Venture Capitalidentity

Highgear Ventures Management, LLC

Venture manager · shared crd

Independent Sponsorsidentity

Highgear Ventures Management, LLC

Capital provider to sponsors · shared crd

RIA / Wealth Managementidentity

HIGHGEAR VENTURES MANAGEMENT, LLC

Registered adviser · shared crd

Facts

fact = as filed or announced; derived = computed by DFX; estimate = a band, never a point

Funds: 1
PE funds: 1
PE GAV, 2024 filing: $38.4Mgross asset value on Form ADV; never dry powder
Investments: 31
Active investments: 0
Size band: LOWER MIDDLE MARKETderivedproxy: $0.04bn Private Equity Fund GAV on the Form ADV filed 2024-02-23
Latest ADV filing: Feb 23, 2024
Website: highgearventures.com

Funds

Fund	Vintage	Lifecycle	ADV type	Form D sold	GAV	LPs
Highgear Ventures Secondary III, LP	n/a	Early deployment	Private Equity Fund	n/a	$38.4M	0

Investments

Company	State	Role	Control	Invested	Exited	Status
Adaptive Insights	n/a	unknown	unknown	n/a	n/a	unknown
Analogix	n/a	unknown	unknown	n/a	n/a	unknown
Anaplan	n/a	unknown	unknown	n/a	n/a	unknown
Arctic Wolf	n/a	unknown	unknown	n/a	n/a	unknown
Bloomreach	n/a	unknown	unknown	n/a	n/a	unknown
Couchbase, Inc.	n/a	unknown	unknown	n/a	n/a	unknown
D2iq	n/a	unknown	unknown	n/a	n/a	unknown
Dataminr	n/a	unknown	unknown	n/a	n/a	unknown
DigitalOcean	n/a	unknown	unknown	n/a	n/a	unknown
Docusign	n/a	unknown	unknown	n/a	n/a	unknown
Domino	n/a	unknown	unknown	n/a	n/a	unknown
Exabeam	n/a	unknown	unknown	n/a	n/a	unknown
Hire Vue	n/a	unknown	unknown	n/a	n/a	unknown
Illumio	n/a	unknown	unknown	n/a	n/a	unknown
Intercom	n/a	unknown	unknown	n/a	n/a	unknown
Malwarebytes	n/a	unknown	unknown	n/a	n/a	unknown
Marqeta	n/a	unknown	unknown	n/a	n/a	unknown
Menlo Security	n/a	unknown	unknown	n/a	n/a	unknown
Mparticle	n/a	unknown	unknown	n/a	n/a	unknown
Netskope	n/a	unknown	unknown	n/a	n/a	unknown
Onelogin	n/a	unknown	unknown	n/a	n/a	unknown
Symphony Communications	n/a	unknown	unknown	n/a	n/a	unknown
Tanium	n/a	unknown	unknown	n/a	n/a	unknown
Tapjoy	n/a	unknown	unknown	n/a	n/a	unknown
Tealium	n/a	unknown	unknown	n/a	n/a	unknown
Thoughtspot	n/a	unknown	unknown	n/a	n/a	unknown
Trax	n/a	unknown	unknown	n/a	n/a	unknown
Vectra Corporation	n/a	unknown	unknown	n/a	n/a	unknown
Viz.ai	n/a	unknown	unknown	n/a	n/a	unknown
Webroot	n/a	unknown	unknown	n/a	n/a	unknown

Relationships

Invested in (31)

→ WebrootCompanyunknown
factThe subject's own site
→ ZimperiumCompanyunknown
factThe subject's own site
→ Adaptive InsightsCompanyunknown
factThe subject's own site
→ AnalogixCompanyunknown
factThe subject's own site
→ AnaplanCompanyunknown
factThe subject's own site
→ Arctic WolfCompanyunknown
factThe subject's own site
→ BloomreachCompanyunknown
factThe subject's own site
→ Couchbase, Inc.Companyunknown
factThe subject's own site
→ D2IQCompanyunknown
factThe subject's own site
→ DataminrCompanyunknown
factThe subject's own site
→ DigitalOceanCompanyunknown
factThe subject's own site
→ DocusignCompanyunknown
factThe subject's own site
→ DominoCompanyunknown
factThe subject's own site
→ ExabeamCompanyunknown
factThe subject's own site
→ Hire VueCompanyunknown
factThe subject's own site
→ IllumioCompanyunknown
factThe subject's own site
→ IntercomCompanyunknown
factThe subject's own site
→ MalwarebytesCompanyunknown
factThe subject's own site
→ MarqetaCompanyunknown
factThe subject's own site
→ Menlo SecurityCompanyunknown
factThe subject's own site
→ MparticleCompanyunknown
factThe subject's own site
→ NetskopeCompanyunknown
factThe subject's own site
→ OneloginCompanyunknown
factThe subject's own site
→ Symphony CommunicationsCompanyunknown
factThe subject's own site
→ TaniumCompanyunknown
factThe subject's own site
→ TapjoyCompanyunknown
factThe subject's own site
→ TealiumCompanyunknown
factThe subject's own site
→ ThoughtspotCompanyunknown
factThe subject's own site
→ TraxCompanyunknown
factThe subject's own site
→ Vectra CorporationCompanyunknown
factThe subject's own site
and 1 more

Employs (2)

→ James Joseph JonesPersonManaging Member
Jun 1, 2016 to presentfactForm ADV
→ Steven Jeffrey TaubmanPersonManaging Member
Mar 1, 2017 to presentfactForm ADV

Manages (1)

→ Highgear Ventures Secondary III, LPFundPrivate Equity Fund
Mar 23, 2023 to presentfactForm ADV

Dated events

1 bookkeeping events (roster, classification and holdings changes) folded below

Occurred
Mar 23, 2023
Adviser first adv filing
Highgear Ventures Management, LLC first filed Form ADV in the extract (ERA)
Form ADVobserved 7 days ago

Show 1 bookkeeping events

Occurred
Mar 23, 2023
Highgear Ventures Secondary III, LP first reported on Form ADV by Highgear Ventures Management, LLC (Private Equity Fund), GAV $32,814,308

Who to call

the organisation, the role and the published line, with the filing or website that published it; revealed to signed-in accounts

The firm's published line

Revealable: 1 business phone (Form ADV), 1 office address (Form ADV), 1 website (Form ADV), 1 work email (firm website) · as of 2026-09-17

Also named here, with no published line of their own (reach them through the firm): James Joseph Jones (Managing Member), Steven Jeffrey Taubman (Managing Member).

Who to call is the organisation, the person's role and the line they published themselves: a business phone, office address, website or profile link from Form ADV, Form 13F or their own website, with that source named on every value. The counts above are what a reveal returns; a personal email is rarely published, so most reveals are the firm's line. Never data bought from a provider, never anything personal. Reveals by plan

Provenance

Graph: Private Equity
Canonical id: dfx:pe:4060003a-f6d1-4603-8c19-9ab7a32c6fd1
First observed: Sep 13, 2026
Last observed: Sep 17, 2026 3 days ago
Source families: Federal regulator filings, Firm and issuer disclosures
3 registered feeds stand behind this record; each fact above carries its own dates and, where the publisher serves one, its document.
Resolution: Identity across graphs by shared identifier (CRD, CIK, EIN, ADV fund id, individual CRD) or citation; a name match is shown as a candidate and never merged.

Highgear Ventures Management, LLC

Private Equity

San Francisco, CA

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Data as of Sep 17, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings, firm and issuer disclosures. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 8:04 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.