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Private Equity Intelligence

Firms, funds, people, portfolio companies and transactions from sworn filings and cited announcements, kept as a graph with a date and a source on every edge. Reported gross assets are never fund size, regulatory AUM is never dry powder, and a deal value prints only when someone disclosed it.

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Firms / A••• C•••••• M••••••••• L••

A••• C•••••• M••••••••• L••

Hybrid manager · probableLower middle marketLos Angeles, CAa•••••••.comSEC registered investment adviser

Classification

Class: Hybrid managerprobable, confidence 65%
Basis: R4: Private Equity Funds are 1 of 31 distinct vehicles; hedge, securitized or liquidity vehicles 29
Size band: Lower middle marketdefined by: proxy: $0.11bn Private Equity Fund GAV on the Form ADV filed 2024-08-27

Classification history (1)

Sep 13, 2026
Hybrid manager (probable, 65%, cls-pe-1)
R4: Private Equity Funds are 1 of 31 distinct vehicles; hedge, securitized or liquidity vehicles 29

Regulatory footprint (Form ADV)

Adviser type: registered investment adviser
Form ADV filings: Mar 30, 2012 to Aug 27, 2024
RAUM: $69Bregulatory assets under management of the adviser; not dry powder, not a fund size
PE funds, latest filing: 1
PE fund GAV, latest filing: $114Mreported gross assets (Form ADV), not fund size
All private fund GAV: $31Bevery private fund type, latest filing
2024 PE fund GAV: $114Msum over funds typed Private Equity Fund with a 2024 or later as-of date
PE share of funds, lifetime: 3%
Fund type mix: filed 2024-08-27, latest gav Hedge Fund $26B, Other Private Fund $5.5B, Private Equity Fund $114M, latest counts Hedge Fund 29, Other Private Fund 1, Private Equity Fund 1, lifetime distinct Hedge Fund 29, Other Private Fund 1, Private Equity Fund 1
Employees: 654
Headquarters: Los Angeles, CA
Office address: 1800 AVENUE OF THE STARS, SUITE 1400, Los Angeles, CA, 90067
Business phone: 310-201-4100

Stated criteria beside observed behaviour

no observed deals yet

Stated by the firm

Sectors: not stated or not yet read
Geography: not stated or not yet read
Revenue: not stated or not yet read
EBITDA: not stated or not yet read
Enterprise value: not stated or not yet read
Equity check: not stated or not yet read
Control: not stated or not yet read
Thesis: not stated or not yet read

Observed from deals on record

Nothing observed yet. Behaviour is computed from transactions and portfolio relationships, which have not been collected for this firm.

Funds

1 on record

Fund	Vehicle	Vintage	Reported gross assets (Form ADV), not fund size	GAV by year	Form D sold	Lifecycle
A••• M•••••• C••••••••• L••• ADV: Private Equity Fund	Co-investment vehicle	2023 first reported on Form ADV	$114M as of Aug 27, 2024		no Form D	Early deployment

Team

7 current, 8 former

Managing partner (2)

M•••••• J• A•••••••• · Chief Executive Officer · since Jun 1, 2018 SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B, 1.I websites)
R••••• K••• D••••• · President · since Jun 1, 2018 SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B, 1.I websites)

Partner (1)

A••••• P•••• R•••••• · Limited Partner · since Jan 1, 2002 SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B, 1.I websites)

Vice president (1)

B•••••• R•••••••• · Vice President · since Apr 1, 2004 SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B, 1.I websites)

Platform (3)

J••••• M••••• P••••••• · Chief Financial Officer · since Jun 1, 2024 SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B, 1.I websites)
N••••• S••• S••••• A••••• · General Counsel, Vice President And Secretary · since Jan 1, 2020 SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B, 1.I websites)
P••••••• F••••••• R••• · Chief Compliance Officer · since Mar 1, 2024 SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B, 1.I websites)

8 former (kept with end dates)

A•••••• S•••••• D••• · Chief Compliance Officer · Aug 1, 2011 to Mar 31, 2018 Inference
D••••• F•••• N••••• · Vice President, Chief Financial Officer And Treasurer · Apr 1, 2004 to Mar 31, 2015 Inference
M•••••• D••••• W••••• · Vice President, General Counsel And Secretary · Sep 1, 2006 to Mar 30, 2020 Inference
M•••••• R••••• M••••••• · Vice President, Chief Financial Officer And Treasurer · Mar 1, 2015 to Mar 31, 2018 Inference
M••••• G•••••••• K•••••• · Chief Compliance Officer · Sep 1, 2017 to Mar 28, 2024 Inference
S•••• L•• · Chief Financial Officer · Mar 1, 2024 to Aug 27, 2024 Inference
J••• H••••• K•••••• · Vice President · Apr 1, 2004 to Apr 1, 2013 Inference
R•••••• S•••• D•••• · Vice President · Jun 1, 2006 to Sep 28, 2012 Inference

Portfolio

0 relationships, 0 platforms, 0 add-ons

No portfolio relationship collected for this firm yet. They arrive from the firm’s portfolio page, deal announcements and filings.

Transactions

1 on record

Date	Type	Target	This firm’s role	Source
Oct 1, 2024	Exit to a strategic buyer	P•••••••••	Lender (confirmed)	vistaequitypartners.com

Placement agents, lenders, advisers and co-investors

0 relationships

No counterparty collected yet. These are counted from transactions that name both this firm and the other party, and from placement agents on this firm’s funds.

LP commitments

0 disclosed

No LP commitment collected yet. An LP edge needs a public disclosure with a quote, such as a pension plan’s report or an announcement naming the LP.

Events

1 most recent

Mar 30, 2012
A••• C•••••• M••••••••• L•• first filed Form ADV in the extract (IA)
First Form ADV filingFactSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B, 1.I websites)

Scores and what they are made of

Freshness98 · HIGH: as of: 2026-09-20items: [{"code":"DAYS_SINCE_NEWEST_EVIDENCE","points":0.9833333333333333,"evidence":"3 method: sum of component points, capped at 1.0
model score-pe-1
Research priority40 · MODERATE: as of: 2026-09-20items: [{"code":"SCALE_BAND","points":0.2,"evidence":"LOWER_MIDDLE_MARKET"},{"code":"COmethod: sum of component points, capped at 1.0
model score-pe-1
Investment velocity0 · LOW: as of: 2026-09-20items: []method: sum of component points, capped at 1.0
missing: no dated transactions
model score-pe-1
Acquisition appetite0 · LOW: as of: 2026-09-20items: []method: sum of component points, capped at 1.0
missing: no transactions on the graph for this firm yet
model score-pe-1
Profile completeness42 · MODERATE: as of: 2026-09-20items: [{"code":"FIELDS_PRESENT","points":0.4166666666666667,"evidence":["website","funmethod: sum of component points, capped at 1.0
missing: description, portfolio, transactions, stated criteria, lenders, intermediaries, lps
model score-pe-1
Fund deployment activity35 · MODERATE: as of: 2026-09-20items: [{"code":"FUNDS_DEPLOYING","points":0.35,"caution":"deployment state is read fromethod: sum of component points, capped at 1.0
model score-pe-1

Across DFX

Independent Sponsor Intelligence (matched on shared crd)

Record

First observed: Sep 13, 2026
Last observed: 3 days ago
Observations: 25
Sources: 3
Open research tasks: 1

Reading this profile

Reported gross assets are what an adviser told the SEC a fund held on a date. They are not the fund’s size and not dry powder. RAUM is a regulatory measure of the adviser, not capital available to invest.

A section that says nothing has been collected means exactly that: the graph has not read that kind of record for this firm yet.

Across the graphs

A••• C•••••• M••••••••• L•• is the same institution as 3 records in Independent Sponsors, RIA and Wealth and Private Credit.

Independent Sponsors1RIA and Wealth1Private Credit1

Which record it is in each graph, what it is called there, and what the two were joined on. The Data Factory holds all nine graphs and the identity layer between them.

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