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INNOVATION PARTNERS LLC

INNOVATION PARTNERS LLC., CRD 146344

CHARLOTTE, NC

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Data as of Mar 24, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 5:42 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 44
Dated events: 9
On other graphs: 3
Observed: Oct 10, 2013 to Mar 24, 2026
111 observations

Across DFX

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

Venture Capitalidentity

Innovation Partners LLC

Venture manager · shared crd

Independent Sponsorsidentity

Innovation Partners, LLC

Intermediary · shared crd

Private Equityidentity

Innovation Partners LLC

Intermediary · shared crd

Facts

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

Firm class: independent wealth managerderivedprivate_client_share=1.0 fund_share=0.0 institutional_share=0.0 related_bd=true related_bank=false bd_reps=1.0
Regulatory AUM: $21.7MItem 5.F on the latest filing (2026-03-24); as reported, and an affiliate's assets may be counted again on its own filing
Discretionary RAUM: $21.7M
Private client RAUM: $21.7MderivedItem 5.D individuals plus high net worth individuals
Private client share: 100%derivedprivate client RAUM over total RAUM
Advisors on IAPD: 2
RAUM per advisor: $10.8Mderivedthe firm's RAUM over its IAPD headcount: a firm average, never a person's book
Employees: 305
Advisory employees: 1
Offices: 0Schedule D 1.F, beyond the principal office
Accounts: 36
Individual clients: 26
SEC number: 801-78702
CRD: 146344
Filings on the tape: 111
First filed: Oct 10, 2013
Latest filed: Mar 24, 2026
Organised: Limited Liability Company, NC
Website: innovationpartnersllc.com

Advisors on IAPD

current investment adviser representatives on the IAPD individual feed, longest tenure first

Advisor	Designations	Branch	Years here	In industry	Prior firms	Dual registered
Robert Stephen Bancroft	n/a	WESTPORT, MA \| CHARLOTTE, NC	6	51	n/a	yes
David Wayne Karin	n/a	CHARLOTTE, NC \| Westlake, CA	1	32	3	yes

Owners and control persons

Schedule A and B as filed; ownership codes are the form's bands (NA under 5%, A 5 to 10%, B 10 to 25%, C 25 to 50%, D 50 to 75%, E over 75%); people are listed as filed and never merged by name

Owner	Title	Ownership code	Control person	Acquired	First seen	Last seen
ANAGENISIS INVESTMENT HOLDINGS LLC	STOCK HOLDER	Na	yes	11/2019	Jul 28, 2020	Mar 31, 2024
E STRICKER HOLDINGS LLC	Stockholder	E	yes	09/2015	Sep 29, 2015	Mar 31, 2024
SMITH, GREGORY EARL	Cco	Na	yes	12/2018	Jan 16, 2019	Mar 31, 2024
CAMPBELL, ROBERT	Finop	Na	no	09/2020	Sep 17, 2020	Mar 31, 2024
JIAO, LEI	Finop	Na	no	03/2022	Oct 6, 2015	Mar 31, 2024
UYESUGI, LAUREN ARNETT	COMPLIANCE PRINCIPAL	Na	no	09/2015	Sep 29, 2015	Mar 31, 2024

Offices

Schedule D 1.F offices beyond the principal office; street addresses are not published

City	State	Country	Employees	Also broker-dealer
DAYTONA BEACH	FL	United States	1	yes
WINTER PARK	FL	United States	1	yes

Regulatory AUM by fiscal year

annual amendments (and the roster's annual snapshot) as filed; where a year was amended twice the later filing draws the line; showing 13 of 14

Fiscal year	Filed	RAUM	Discretionary	Employees	Advisory staff	Offices	Private funds	Fund GAV
2025	Mar 24, 2026	$21.7M	$21.7M	305	1	0	n/a	n/a
2024	Mar 28, 2025	$0	$0	297	0	0	n/a	n/a
2023	Mar 31, 2024	$0	$0	245	0	2	n/a	n/a
2022	May 2, 2023	$13.7M	$863,951	245	2	2	n/a	n/a
2021	Mar 31, 2022	$2.8M	$1.4M	210	4	5	n/a	n/a
2020	Mar 29, 2021	$57.3M	$16.4M	178	53	5	n/a	n/a
2019	Apr 30, 2020	$60.9M	$12.5M	126	53	8	n/a	n/a
2018	Mar 1, 2019	$119M	$66.3M	137	59	8	n/a	n/a
2017	Mar 30, 2018	$134M	$65.6M	134	50	8	n/a	n/a
2016	Mar 30, 2017	$111M	$55.7M	117	33	n/a	n/a	n/a
2015	Mar 30, 2016	$49.5M	$18.5M	104	34	n/a	n/a	n/a
2014	Feb 20, 2015	$34.3M	$12.3M	82	28	n/a	n/a	n/a
2013	Mar 11, 2014	$16.7M	$6.8M	61	20	n/a	n/a	n/a

Advisor flows

derived: registrations beginning and ending at this CRD on IAPD, bulk corporate re-registrations excluded; the rate is departures over IAPD headcount

Joined, 12m	Left, 12m	Net, 12m	Departure rate, 12m	Joined, 90d	Left, 90d	Left, no destination yet	Joined, 36m	Left, 36m
0	1	-1	50.0%	0	0	0	1	2

Growth

derived from consecutive annual filings; RAUM as reported

Latest fiscal year	RAUM	A year earlier	1y change	Three years earlier	3y CAGR	Employees	A year earlier	Offices	A year earlier
2025	$21.7M	$0	n/a	$13.7M	16.4%	305	297	0	0

Teams out

two or more advisors whose registrations ended here and began at one firm together: a fact of two dates, not a prediction

Other firm	Advisors	First left	Last joined	From	Kind	Move type	Share of firm
ADAPTFIRST INVESTMENTS LLC	2	Oct 23, 2019	Nov 4, 2019	GREENSBORO, NC	Team lift out	Ibd to state RIA	14.3%
SCF INVESTMENT ADVISORS, INC.	2	Feb 9, 2016	Feb 4, 2016	CHARLOTTE, NC	Team lift out	Other	18.2%

Teams in

teams that arrived here from one firm together

Other firm	Advisors	First left	Last joined	From	Kind	Move type	Share of firm
1ST CONSUMER ADVISORY GROUP LLC	2	Jan 25, 2016	Apr 27, 2016	GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO	Team lift out	Other	100.0%

Relationships

Registered with (34)

← David Wayne KarinAdvisorregistration: current employment
May 16, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
← Robert Stephen BancroftAdvisorregistration: current employment
Nov 27, 2019 to presentfactForm ADV
← ERIK ROBERT DODDSAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Apr 4, 2012 to Oct 14, 2025factForm ADV
← BRIAN LON BIEDERMANAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Aug 20, 2021 to Sep 12, 2025factForm ADV
← Stuart Blake PettyAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Dec 15, 2015 to May 5, 2021factForm ADV
← Malik PearsonAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Sep 12, 2017 to Apr 1, 2021factForm ADV
← ROMAN INOCHOVSKYAdvisorregistration: previous registration
May 25, 2018 to Apr 1, 2021factForm ADV
← David HolmesAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Aug 23, 2019 to Dec 10, 2020factForm ADV
← TERRENCE PATRICK CUNNINGHAMAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jan 23, 2019 to Oct 21, 2020factForm ADV
← Tracey DeanAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jan 13, 2017 to Sep 18, 2020factForm ADV
← Lei JiaoAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Sep 14, 2015 to Sep 16, 2020factForm ADV
← TIMOTHY BALLARD WHITEAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jul 28, 2016 to Sep 14, 2020factForm ADV
← Ryan Michael FiliaggiAdvisorregistration: previous registration
May 27, 2020 to Sep 14, 2020factForm ADV
← Craig Arnold SorensonAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Apr 27, 2016 to Feb 25, 2020factForm ADV
← SHARON ELAINE SYKESAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Apr 15, 2016 to Feb 25, 2020factForm ADV
← Steven Kim MitchellAdvisorregistration: previous registration
May 18, 2018 to Feb 25, 2020factForm ADV
← Leslie GarnerAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Oct 10, 2017 to Oct 23, 2019factForm ADV
← James C ByersAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Oct 10, 2017 to Oct 23, 2019factForm ADV
← RICHARD HOWARD KUDLERAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jun 15, 2015 to Jun 21, 2019factForm ADV
← CLINTON WAYNE COPELANDAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Aug 25, 2016 to Jan 2, 2019factForm ADV
← Gregory Fuller KiteAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Mar 20, 2014 to Jun 28, 2018factForm ADV
← Paul Woodson AbeleAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jan 18, 2018 to May 16, 2018factForm ADV
← PHILLIP A WALLACEAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Feb 9, 2015 to Dec 13, 2017factForm ADV
← Larry SfinasAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Aug 29, 2017 to Aug 30, 2017factForm ADV
← Cynthia PellegrinoAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Feb 21, 2017 to Mar 24, 2017factForm ADV
← EDUARDO YAMIR GONZALEZ-LOPEZAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Sep 17, 2013 to Mar 13, 2017factForm ADV
← DANIEL MATTHEW VINSONAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Sep 20, 2013 to Dec 31, 2016factForm ADV
← HUGO CESAR MERAZAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Mar 23, 2015 to Nov 4, 2016factForm ADV
← MICHAEL LAWRENCE KELLYAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Dec 22, 2015 to Feb 9, 2016factForm ADV
← ARLAND KELLYAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Dec 21, 2015 to Feb 9, 2016factForm ADV
and 4 more

Controls (3)

← SMITH, GREGORY EARLOwnerCCO, ownership code NA, individual
Jan 16, 2019 to Mar 31, 2024factForm ADV
← ANAGENISIS INVESTMENT HOLDINGS LLCOwnerSTOCK HOLDER, ownership code NA, domestic entity
Jul 28, 2020 to Mar 31, 2024factForm ADV
← E STRICKER HOLDINGS LLCOwnerSTOCKHOLDER, ownership code E, domestic entity
Sep 29, 2015 to Mar 31, 2024factForm ADV

Owns (3)

← CAMPBELL, ROBERTOwnerFINOP, ownership code NA, individual
Sep 17, 2020 to Mar 31, 2024factForm ADV
← UYESUGI, LAUREN ARNETTOwnerCOMPLIANCE PRINCIPAL, ownership code NA, individual
Sep 29, 2015 to Mar 31, 2024factForm ADV
← JIAO, LEIOwnerFINOP, ownership code NA, individual
Oct 6, 2015 to Mar 31, 2024factForm ADV

Moved with (3)

→ ADAPTFIRST INVESTMENTS LLCRegistered adviser2 advisors, team lift out, same day
Oct 23, 2019 to Nov 4, 2019factForm ADV
← 1ST CONSUMER ADVISORY GROUP LLCRegistered adviser2 advisors, team lift out, same day
Jan 25, 2016 to Apr 27, 2016factForm ADV
→ SCF INVESTMENT ADVISORS, INC.Registered adviser2 advisors, team lift out, same day
Feb 9, 2016 to Feb 4, 2016factForm ADV

Dated events

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

Occurred
Oct 14, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Erik Robert Dodds left Innovation Partners Llc for Securities America Advisors, Inc. (registered 2014-06-10)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Sep 12, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Brian Lon Biederman left Innovation Partners Llc for Cape Investment Advisory, Inc. (registered 2025-08-15)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Sep 17, 2020
Control person left
Lei Jiao (Co-President, Chief Financial Principal And Ria Chief Compliance Officer) no longer on Schedule A of Innovation Partners Llc (listed 2020-08-17, absent 2020-09-17)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Jan 30, 2020
Regulatory AUM changed
Innovation Partners Llc reported RAUM $60.9M, down 63% from $166.9M (2019-11-01 to 2020-01-30)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
$-106M
Occurred
Sep 5, 2019
Control person left
Yanique Elaine Lawrence (Member) no longer on Schedule A of Innovation Partners Llc (listed 2019-08-25, absent 2019-09-05)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Oct 10, 2013
First Form ADV filing
Innovation Partners Llc filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago

Show 3 bookkeeping events

Occurred
Mar 31, 2022
Innovation Partners Llc reported 4 state-registered advisory representatives, down from 53 (2021-09-20 to 2022-03-31)
Occurred
Feb 28, 2019
Innovation Partners Llc reported 59 state-registered advisory representatives, up from 46 (2019-01-30 to 2019-02-28)
Occurred
Mar 29, 2018
Innovation Partners Llc reported 50 state-registered advisory representatives, up from 33 (2018-03-05 to 2018-03-29)

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:7693d26e-2aa9-0429-8bcc-724eecb6de10
First observed: Oct 10, 2013
Last observed: Mar 24, 2026 5 months ago
Source families: Federal regulator filings
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.

INNOVATION PARTNERS LLC

INNOVATION PARTNERS LLC., CRD 146344

CHARLOTTE, NC

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Data as of Mar 24, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 5:42 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Advisor

Designations

Branch

Years here

In industry

Prior firms

Dual registered

Robert Stephen Bancroft

n/a

WESTPORT, MA | CHARLOTTE, NC

n/a

yes

David Wayne Karin

n/a

CHARLOTTE, NC | Westlake, CA

yes

Owner

Title

Ownership code

Control person

Acquired

First seen

Last seen

ANAGENISIS INVESTMENT HOLDINGS LLC

STOCK HOLDER

yes

11/2019

Jul 28, 2020

Mar 31, 2024

E STRICKER HOLDINGS LLC

Stockholder

yes

09/2015

Sep 29, 2015

Mar 31, 2024

SMITH, GREGORY EARL

Cco

yes

12/2018

Jan 16, 2019

Mar 31, 2024

CAMPBELL, ROBERT

Finop

09/2020

Sep 17, 2020

Mar 31, 2024

JIAO, LEI

Finop

03/2022

Oct 6, 2015

Mar 31, 2024

UYESUGI, LAUREN ARNETT

COMPLIANCE PRINCIPAL

09/2015

Sep 29, 2015

Mar 31, 2024

City

State

Country

Employees

Also broker-dealer

DAYTONA BEACH

United States

yes

WINTER PARK

United States

yes

Fiscal year

Filed

RAUM

Discretionary

Employees

Advisory staff

Offices

Private funds

Fund GAV

2025

Mar 24, 2026

$21.7M

305

n/a

2024

Mar 28, 2025

297

n/a

2023

Mar 31, 2024

245

n/a

2022

May 2, 2023

$13.7M

$863,951

245

n/a

2021

Mar 31, 2022

$2.8M

$1.4M

210

n/a

2020

Mar 29, 2021

$57.3M

$16.4M

178

n/a

2019

Apr 30, 2020

$60.9M

$12.5M

126

n/a

2018

Mar 1, 2019

$119M

$66.3M

137

n/a

2017

Mar 30, 2018

$134M

$65.6M

134

n/a

2016

Mar 30, 2017

$111M

$55.7M

117

n/a

2015

Mar 30, 2016

$49.5M

$18.5M

104

n/a

2014

Feb 20, 2015

$34.3M

$12.3M

n/a

2013

Mar 11, 2014

$16.7M

$6.8M

n/a

Joined, 12m

Left, 12m

Net, 12m

Departure rate, 12m

Joined, 90d

Left, 90d

Left, no destination yet

Joined, 36m

Left, 36m

-1

50.0%

Latest fiscal year

RAUM

A year earlier

1y change

Three years earlier

3y CAGR

Employees

A year earlier

Offices

A year earlier

2025

$21.7M

n/a

$13.7M

16.4%

305

297

Other firm

Advisors

First left

Last joined

From

Kind

Move type

Share of firm

ADAPTFIRST INVESTMENTS LLC

Oct 23, 2019

Nov 4, 2019

GREENSBORO, NC

Team lift out

Ibd to state RIA

14.3%

SCF INVESTMENT ADVISORS, INC.

Feb 9, 2016

Feb 4, 2016

CHARLOTTE, NC

Team lift out

Other

18.2%

Other firm

Advisors

First left

Last joined

From

Kind

Move type

Share of firm

1ST CONSUMER ADVISORY GROUP LLC

Jan 25, 2016

Apr 27, 2016

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO

Team lift out

Other

100.0%