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Cypress Advisors Inc.

Private Equity

New York, NY

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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 19, 2026, 2:56 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 13
Dated events: 7
On other graphs: 2
Observed: Sep 13, 2026 to Sep 17, 2026
19 observations

Across DFX

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

RIA / Wealth Managementidentity

CYPRESS ADVISORS INC.

Registered adviser · cited, shared crd

Allocatorsidentity

Cypress Advisors Inc.

Manager with allocator commitments · cited, shared crd

Facts

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

Funds: 3
PE funds: 3
Regulatory AUM: $349M
Investments: 0
Active investments: 0
Size band: UNSIZEDderivedno Private Equity Fund GAV on a filing from 2021 or later
Latest ADV filing: Mar 11, 2016
Employees (ADV): 3
Website: cypressgp.com

Funds

Fund	Vintage	Lifecycle	ADV type	Form D sold	GAV	LPs
Cypress Merchant B II C.V.	n/a	Mature	Private Equity Fund	n/a	$14.1M	0
Cypress Merchant Banking Partners II LP	n/a	Mature	Private Equity Fund	n/a	$331M	2
55th Street Partners II L.P.	n/a	Mature	Private Equity Fund	n/a	$3.2M	0

LP commitments

Limited partner	Fund	Commitment	Committed	Vintage
Washington State Investment Board	n/a	$40.0M	n/a	1995
Washington State Investment Board	Cypress Merchant Banking Partners II LP	$100M	n/a	1999
Colorado Public Employees' Retirement Association	n/a	$100M	n/a	1995
Colorado Public Employees' Retirement Association	Cypress Merchant Banking Partners II LP	$150M	n/a	1999

Relationships

Lp of (2)

← Colorado Public Employees' Retirement AssociationLimited partnerprimary
factPlan disclosure
← Washington State Investment BoardLimited partnerprimary
factPlan disclosure

Employs (8)

→ James Andrew SternPersonManaging Member Of Cypress Associates Ii Llc
Dec 1, 1998 to presentfactForm ADV
→ Jeffrey Peter HughesPersonManaging Member Of Cypress Associates Ii Llc
Dec 1, 1998 to presentfactForm ADV
→ David Peter SpaldingPersonMember Of Cypress Associates Ii Llc
Dec 1, 1998 to presentfactForm ADV
→ James Louis SingletonPersonMember Of Cypress Associates Ii Llc
Dec 1, 1998 to presentfactForm ADV
→ Christopher Baily HarnedPersonMember Of Cypress Associates Ii Llc
Dec 1, 2001 to presentfactForm ADV
→ Bahram ShiraziPersonMember Of Cypress Associates Ii Llc
Dec 1, 1998 to presentfactForm ADV
→ William Larry SpiegelPersonMember Of Cypress Associates Ii Llc
Dec 1, 1998 to presentfactForm ADV
→ Michael Francis FinleyPersonMember Of Cypress Associates Ii Llc
Dec 1, 1998 to presentfactForm ADV

Manages (3)

→ Cypress Merchant B II C.V.FundPrivate Equity Fund
Feb 9, 2012 to presentfactForm ADV
→ Cypress Merchant Banking Partners II LPFundPrivate Equity Fund
Feb 9, 2012 to presentfactForm ADV
→ 55th Street Partners II L.P.FundPrivate Equity Fund
Feb 9, 2012 to presentfactForm ADV

Dated events

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

Occurred
Dec 31, 2025
LP commitment disclosed
Washington State Investment Board reports Cypress Merchant Banking Partners, LP: $40,000,000 committed, vintage 1995, net IRR 2.6%
Washington State Investment Board Plan disclosureobserved 5 days ago
$40.0M
Occurred
Dec 31, 2025
LP commitment disclosed
Colorado Public Employees' Retirement Association reports Cypress Merchant Banking Partners: $100,000,000 committed, vintage 1995, net IRR 2.7%
Colorado Public Employees' Retirement Association Plan disclosureobserved 5 days ago
$100M
Occurred
Feb 9, 2012
Adviser first adv filing
Cypress Advisors Inc. first filed Form ADV in the extract (IA)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago

Show 4 bookkeeping events

Occurred
Sep 1, 2026
Adviser CRD 159754 is not on the SEC registered or exempt adviser roster of 2026-09-01
Occurred
Feb 9, 2012
Cypress Merchant B II C.V. first reported on Form ADV by Cypress Advisors Inc. (Private Equity Fund), GAV $15,972,968
Occurred
Feb 9, 2012
Cypress Merchant Banking Partners II LP first reported on Form ADV by Cypress Advisors Inc. (Private Equity Fund), GAV $333,285,193
Occurred
Feb 9, 2012
55th Street Partners II L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Cypress Advisors Inc. (Private Equity Fund), GAV $2,511,071

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) · as of 2026-09-13

Also named here, with no published line of their own (reach them through the firm): James Andrew Stern (Managing Member Of Cypress Associates Ii Llc), Jeffrey Peter Hughes (Managing Member Of Cypress Associates Ii Llc), David Peter Spalding (Member Of Cypress Associates Ii Llc), James Louis Singleton (Member Of Cypress Associates Ii Llc), Christopher Baily Harned (Member Of Cypress Associates Ii Llc), Bahram Shirazi (Member Of Cypress Associates Ii Llc), William Larry Spiegel (Member Of Cypress Associates Ii Llc), Michael Francis Finley (Member Of Cypress Associates Ii Llc).

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:73fd9389-04be-43c3-a014-4936cff8092c
First observed: Sep 13, 2026
Last observed: Sep 17, 2026 2 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.

Cypress Advisors Inc.

Private Equity

New York, NY

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Fund

Vintage

Lifecycle

ADV type

Form D sold

GAV

LPs

Cypress Merchant B II C.V.

n/a

Mature

Private Equity Fund

n/a

$14.1M

Cypress Merchant Banking Partners II LP

n/a

Mature

Private Equity Fund

n/a

$331M

55th Street Partners II L.P.

n/a

Mature

Private Equity Fund

n/a

$3.2M

Limited partner

Fund

Commitment

Committed

Vintage

Washington State Investment Board

n/a

$40.0M

n/a

1995

Washington State Investment Board

Cypress Merchant Banking Partners II LP

$100M

n/a

1999

Colorado Public Employees' Retirement Association

n/a

$100M

n/a

1995

Colorado Public Employees' Retirement Association

Cypress Merchant Banking Partners II LP

$150M

n/a

1999