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M••••••••• T•• M••••••••• C••• L••
Venture firm with private equity activityClassification probableLower middle marketSEC registered investment adviser· New York, NYm••••.com
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As of · identity and classification; each section below carries its own date
- Regulatory AUM
- $195M
- PE fund assets
- $169M
- PE funds
- 2
- Investments held
- 31 of 89
- Deals, last 12 months
- 0
Form ADV
Form ADV
Form ADV
DFX transaction tape
DFX transaction tape
As of · identity and classification; each section below carries its own date
Why this matters
- Sectors technology
- Graphs 4
- RAUM $195M
Classification
How this organization is classified, and on what basisVenture firm with private equity activity · 2 in historyShowHide
- Class
- Venture firm with private equity activityprobable, confidence 70%
- Basis
- R1c: the venture graph classifies the same adviser INSTITUTIONAL_VC
- Size band
- Lower middle marketdefined by: proxy: $0.17bn Private Equity Fund GAV on the Form ADV filed 2024-06-26
Classification history (2)
- Sep 13, 2026Venture firm with private equity activity (probable, 70%, cls-pe-2)R1c: the venture graph classifies the same adviser INSTITUTIONAL_VC
- Sep 13, 2026Buyout firm (confirmed, 85%, cls-pe-1)R6: 6 of 12 distinct vehicles are sworn Private Equity Funds; 4 reported gross assets on a filing in 2022 or later
Regulatory footprint (Form ADV)
- Adviser type
- registered investment adviser
- Form ADV filings
- Feb 14, 2012 to Mar 31, 2026
- RAUM
- $195Mregulatory assets under management of the adviser; not dry powder, not a fund size
- PE funds, latest filing
- 2
- PE fund GAV, latest filing
- $169Mreported gross assets (Form ADV), not fund size
- All private fund GAV
- $116Mevery private fund type, latest filing
- 2024 PE fund GAV
- $169Msum over funds typed Private Equity Fund with a 2024 or later as-of date
- PE share of funds, lifetime
- 50%
- Fund type mix
- filed 2024-06-26, latest gav Private Equity Fund $169M, Venture Capital Fund $25.3M, latest counts Private Equity Fund 4, Venture Capital Fund 2, lifetime distinct Private Equity Fund 6, Venture Capital Fund 6
- Employees
- 5
- Headquarters
- New York, NY
- Office address
- ••• Locked
- Business phone
- ••• Locked
Stated criteria beside observed behaviour
88 observed deals
Stated by the firm
- Sectors
- technology
- 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
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Observed from deals on record
- roles
- add on 5, unknown 80, platform 4
- period
- to 2021-12-07, from 2018-10-24, undated holdings 83, dated observations 11
- window
- last 2021-12-07, first 2018-10-24
- control
- control 5, unknown 84
- companies
- 88
- geography
- investments
- 89
- seller kinds
- family 2
- transactions
- 5
- cadence by year
- 2018 add ons 1, 2019 add ons 1, 2020 add ons 1, 2021 add ons 2
- platform add on
- add ons 5, platforms 4, add ons per platform 1.25
- sector known for
- 22
- disclosed value usd
- n 1, max $3.2B, min $3.2B
- sector distribution
- count 7, share 0.08, value software, examples onX, Lookout, BetterCloud, Alfresco, count 4, share 0.045, value media telecom, examples Ziva Dynamics, Meta / Facebook, HootSuite, Wayport, count 3, share 0.034, value energy, examples SparkCognition, Vivint Solar, Sunrun, count 3, share 0.034, value tech enabled services, examples Cloudreach, Coreweave, Verilume, count 2, share 0.023, value business services, examples LiveOps, Yodle, count 1, share 0.011, value life sciences, examples Strella Biotech, count 1, share 0.011, value aerospace defense, examples Craft, count 1, share 0.011, value industrial manufacturing, examples Rapid Robotics
- holding period years
- n 0
- repeat counterparties
- subsector distribution
- count 7, share 0.08, value software, examples onX, Lookout, BetterCloud, Alfresco, count 4, share 0.045, value media telecom, examples Ziva Dynamics, Meta / Facebook, HootSuite, Wayport, count 3, share 0.034, value energy, examples SparkCognition, Vivint Solar, Sunrun, count 2, share 0.023, value data processing hosting, examples Coreweave, Verilume, count 1, share 0.011, value it services msp, examples Cloudreach, count 1, share 0.011, value business support services, examples LiveOps, count 1, share 0.011, value life sciences, examples Strella Biotech, count 1, share 0.011, value advertising marketing, examples Yodle
88 companies on the graph (5 transactions); most in software (7); 4 platforms and 5 add-ons; observed 2018 to 2021
Funds
7 on record
| Fund | Vehicle | Vintage | Reported gross assets (Form ADV), not fund size | GAV by year | Form D sold | Lifecycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M••••••••• N•• H••••••• ••••• • L•• ADV: Venture Capital Fund | buyout or unlabelled | 2018 first reported on Form ADV | $435 as of Mar 31, 2021 | no Form D | Wound down | |
| M••••••••• T••••••••• V•••• P••••••• I• ••••••••• L••• ADV: Private Equity Fund | SPV | 2013 first reported on Form ADV | $10.5M as of Mar 31, 2021 | no Form D | Wound down | |
| M••••••••• T••••••••• V•••• P••••••• I•• L••• ADV: Private Equity Fund | SPV | unknown | $116M as of Jun 26, 2024 | no Form D | Harvest | |
| M••••••••• T••••••••• V•••• P••••••• I•••• L••• ADV: Private Equity Fund | Feeder or parallel | unknown | $51.6M as of Jun 26, 2024 | no Form D | Harvest | |
| M••••••••• T••••••••• V•••• P••••••• I• •••••••• L••• ADV: Private Equity Fund | SPV | unknown | $13.4M as of Mar 31, 2021 | no Form D | Wound down | |
| M••••••••• T••••••••• V•••• P••••••• ••••• L••• ADV: Private Equity Fund | SPV | unknown | $1.0M as of Jun 26, 2024 | no Form D | Harvest | |
| M••••••••• T••••••••• V•••• P•••••••• L••• ADV: Private Equity Fund | SPV | unknown | $986,289 as of Jun 26, 2024 | no Form D | Harvest |
Team
8 current, 0 former
Managing partner (3)
- D••••• B••••••• · Managing Partner · since Dec 1, 2004 SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B, 1.I websites)
- D••••• B••••••• · Co-Founder, Managing Partner · start date unknown Investment organization websites (team, portfolio, strategy, criteria, news)
- S••••• L••••••• S••••••• · Co-Founder, Managing Partner · start date unknown Investment organization websites (team, portfolio, strategy, criteria, news)
Partner (3)
- D••••• P••••••• · Venture Partner · start date unknown Investment organization websites (team, portfolio, strategy, criteria, news)
- J•• K•• · Partner · start date unknown Investment organization websites (team, portfolio, strategy, criteria, news)
- S••••• L••••••• S••••••• · Owner · since Dec 1, 2004 SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B, 1.I websites)
Platform (2)
- J••••••• G•••• · CFO · start date unknown Investment organization websites (team, portfolio, strategy, criteria, news)
- J••••••• G•••• · Chief Compliance Officer / Chief Financial Officer · since May 1, 2008 SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B, 1.I websites)
Portfolio
89 relationships, 4 platforms, 5 add-ons
Transactions
5 on record
| Date | Type | Target | This firm’s role | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 7, 2021 | Add-on acquisition | 4•••• | Sponsor (derived) | pymnts.com |
| Feb 26, 2021 | Add-on acquisition | U••• | Sponsor (derived) | techcrunch.com |
| Jul 6, 2020 | Add-on acquisition | V••••• S•••• | Sponsor (derived) | investors.sunrun.com |
| May 23, 2019 | Add-on acquisition | B•••••••• | Sponsor (derived) | techcrunch.com |
| Oct 24, 2018 | Add-on acquisition | D•• | Sponsor (derived) | dronelife.com |
Placement agents, lenders, advisers and co-investors
2 relationships
Financial advisers (2)
- M••••• S•••••• • C•• L•• 1 shared · one time · last Jul 6, 2020
- B••• S••••••••• I••• 1 shared · one time · last Jul 6, 2020
LP commitments
1 disclosed
- S•• D•••• C••• E••••••••• R••••••••• S••••• in M••••••••• T••••••••• V•••• P••••••• I•• L••• $10.0M content.sdcers.gov
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Across the graphs
M••••••••• T•• M••••••••• C••• L•• is the same institution as 4 records in Venture Capital, Independent Sponsors, RIA and Wealth and Allocators.
Venture Capital1Independent Sponsors1RIA and Wealth1Allocators1
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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