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Registered investment advisers, the advisors registered through them, the capital they report, the private vehicles they run and the people who own them, as a graph with a filing date behind every number. RAUM is what the adviser filed, a move is two registration dates, and a class is a rule you can read.

SEC-registered adviser

Search Fund Accelerator, LLC

Asset manager (funds and pooled vehicles)New Orleans, LouisianaCRD 281491SEC 801-126419websiteIAPD
Latest filing Mar 24, 2026
First filing on the tape Jul 20, 2022 · 7 filings
SEC status approved since Aug 19, 2022
RAUM
$299M
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
100%
of RAUM
Private clients
0.0%
$0 individuals and HNW
Advisors
0
registered through the firm on IAPD
RAUM per advisor
n/a
derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count
Employees
7
3 advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
1
beyond the principal office
Private funds
8
reported on Schedule D
History
7 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$299M as of Mar 24, 2026
Mar 31, 2023$218M then
HNW client RAUM: $276M
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)1 as of Mar 24, 2026
Mar 31, 20231 then
Employees (5.A)7 as of Mar 24, 2026
Mar 31, 20236 then
Private funds8 as of Mar 24, 2026
Mar 31, 20237 then
RAUM +8.4% over the last fiscal year+11% a year over threeIARs 1 to 1
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Mar 24, 2026; every figure names its basis
Archetypes, each a printed rule
  • Solo or small team · one advisor, or a wealth manager with up to three advisors and one office
RAUM per advisor
$299MderivedRAUM over IAPD advisors; not a book size
Clients per advisor
unknownderivedindividual and HNW clients (5.D) over advisors
Average HNW client
unknownderivedHNW RAUM over HNW clients
Average account
$1.0MderivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
Discretionary
100%derivedof RAUM
Institutional
0.0%derivedpensions, charities, corporations, government, insurance, banks, other advisers
Employees per advisor
7.0derivedItem 5.A over advisors
Advisors per office
0.5derived2 offices incl. principal (1.F.5)
RAUM growth, one year
+8.4%derivedbetween the last two annual amendments
Advisor growth, one year
+0.0%derivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
Client growth, one year
unknownderived
Compensation
performance-based, otherreportedItem 5.E
Advisory activities
portfolio management for pooled vehiclesreportedItem 5.G
Ownership
no PE, bank or public-company owner found on Schedule Aderived
Advisor book size
not public; not estimatedreported
Also answered yes on Form ADV
  • buys or sells securities as principal to or from clients (8.A.2)
  • has discretionary authority over which securities are bought or sold (8.C.1)
  • a related person has custody of client cash (9.B.1.a)
  • a related person has custody of client securities (9.B.1.b)
Where the RAUM sits
Form ADV Item 5.D, latest filing
  • Pooled investment vehicles$299M100%
Individual clients
n/areported
HNW clients
n/areported
Pension plan clients
n/areported
Charitable clients
n/areported
Accounts
292reported
Financial planning clients
0reported
Wrap fee programs
noreported
Custody of client assets
noreported
Compensation
performancereported
Class basis
private_client_share=0.0 fund_share=1.0 institutional_share=0.0 related_bd=false related_bank=false bd_reps=0.0derived
Advisors registered through the firm
0 on IAPD today, longest tenure first
No representative is registered through this CRD on IAPD.
Advisor movement
Left, latest
none on the tape
    Joined, latest
    none on the tape
      Private funds
      8 reported on Schedule D 7.B.(1)
      FundTypeGross assetsOwnersFirst reported
      Sfa Boston 2018, LPVenture Capital Fund$68.5M43Jan 7, 2019
      Sfa Boston 2015, LPVenture Capital Fund$51.4M26Sep 18, 2015
      Sfa 2020, LPVenture Capital Fund$29.8M48Mar 23, 2021
      Sfa Boston 2017, LPVenture Capital Fund$20.4M39Jan 11, 2018
      Sfa 2019, LPPrivate Equity Fund$18.6M50Jan 13, 2020
      Sfa 2021, LPVenture Capital Fund$18.0M32Mar 31, 2023
      Sfa Boston 2016, LPVenture Capital Fund$15.9M28Jan 20, 2017
      Sfa 2022, LPVenture Capital Fund$11.9M32Mar 28, 2024
      Owners and control persons
      Schedule A and B, latest filing
      • Landon Timothy Bovard · Managing Membercontrol
        since 07/2015 · owns 50% to 75%
      • Patrick Sean O'Neill · Partnercontrol
        since 03/2022 · owns 5% to 10%
      • Adam Matthew Parker · Partner, Ccocontrol
        since 03/2022 · owns less than 5%
      • Herbert Jeremy Silverman · Managing Membercontrol
        since 07/2015 · owns 25% to 50%
      Related persons
      Schedule D 7.A
      No related person reported.
      Offices
      Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
      • Denver, CO
      ADV anomalies
      1 against comparable advisers; where to look, not conclusions
      • client mix shiftChange between filings · filing Mar 24, 2026
        private-client share of RAUM moved from 100.0% to 0.0% between the annual amendments of 2025-03-26 and 2026-03-24
        peers: asset managers, $100M to $500M (1,567)
      What changed
      consecutive filings, newest first
      • Accounts · 111 to 292
        Mar 26, 2025 to Mar 24, 2026
      • HNW clients · 111.0 to unset
        Mar 26, 2025 to Mar 24, 2026
      • Pooled vehicle clients · unset to 8.0
        Mar 26, 2025 to Mar 24, 2026
      • Discretionary RAUM · $276M to $299M
        Mar 26, 2025 to Mar 24, 2026
      • HNW RAUM · 275643252.0 to unset
        Mar 26, 2025 to Mar 24, 2026
      • Pooled vehicle RAUM · unset to 298889000.0
        Mar 26, 2025 to Mar 24, 2026
      • RAUM · $276M to $299M
        Mar 26, 2025 to Mar 24, 2026
      • Accounts · 109 to 111
        Mar 28, 2024 to Mar 26, 2025
      • HNW clients · unset to 111.0
        Mar 28, 2024 to Mar 26, 2025
      • Pooled vehicle clients · 8.0 to unset
        Mar 28, 2024 to Mar 26, 2025
      • Employees · 6 to 7
        Mar 28, 2024 to Mar 26, 2025
      • Financial planning clients · 0 to 0
        Mar 28, 2024 to Mar 26, 2025
      • Discretionary RAUM · $235M to $276M
        Mar 28, 2024 to Mar 26, 2025
      • HNW RAUM · unset to 275643252.0
        Mar 28, 2024 to Mar 26, 2025
      • Pooled vehicle RAUM · 234540693.0 to unset
        Mar 28, 2024 to Mar 26, 2025
      • RAUM · $235M to $276M
        Mar 28, 2024 to Mar 26, 2025
      • Accounts · 266 to 109
        May 3, 2023 to Mar 28, 2024
      • Pooled vehicle clients · 7 to 8
        May 3, 2023 to Mar 28, 2024
      • Assets in custody · 217660885.0 to unset
        May 3, 2023 to Mar 28, 2024
      • Custody of client assets · true to false
        May 3, 2023 to Mar 28, 2024
      • Financial planning clients · unset to 0
        May 3, 2023 to Mar 28, 2024
      • Private funds · 7 to 8
        May 3, 2023 to Mar 28, 2024
      • Discretionary RAUM · $218M to $235M
        May 3, 2023 to Mar 28, 2024
      • Pooled vehicle RAUM · $218M to $235M
        May 3, 2023 to Mar 28, 2024
      • RAUM · $218M to $235M
        May 3, 2023 to Mar 28, 2024
      • Accounts · 98 to 266
        Oct 5, 2022 to Mar 31, 2023
      • Pooled vehicle clients · 6 to 7
        Oct 5, 2022 to Mar 31, 2023
      • Assets in custody · $150M to $218M
        Oct 5, 2022 to Mar 31, 2023
      • Private funds · 6 to 7
        Oct 5, 2022 to Mar 31, 2023
      • Discretionary RAUM · $170M to $218M
        Oct 5, 2022 to Mar 31, 2023
      • Pooled vehicle RAUM · $170M to $218M
        Oct 5, 2022 to Mar 31, 2023
      • RAUM · $170M to $218M
        Oct 5, 2022 to Mar 31, 2023
      • Private funds · 12 to 6
        Jul 20, 2022 to Oct 5, 2022
      Signals
      3 dated events
      • B Christopher Fuller (Partner) no longer on Schedule A of Search Fund Accelerator, Llc (listed 2022-10-05, absent 2023-03-31)
        Mar 31, 2023 · Control person left · inference
      • Sean O'Neill (Partner) appeared on Schedule A of Search Fund Accelerator, Llc
        Mar 31, 2023 · Control person joined · fact
      • Search Fund Accelerator, Llc filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)
        Jul 20, 2022 · First SEC registration · fact
      Across DFX
      shared identifiers only, never a name match
      How to reach
      public business contact points only, each with its source
      Firm profile
      linkedin.com/company/search-fund-acceleratorreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 17, 2026
      Website
      SEARCHFUNDACCELERATOR.COMreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 17, 2026
      Principal office phone
      (601) 310-4115reportedpublic record, Form ADV, Mar 24, 2026
      Provenance
      Form ADV
      SEC filing data 2011 to 2024 and the monthly roster 2025 onreportedadviserinfo.sec.gov
      Advisors
      IAPD individual compilation feed, dailyreportedadviserinfo.sec.gov
      Class
      Asset manager (funds and pooled vehicles)deriveda rule over Items 5.D and 7.A
      RAUM per advisor
      n/aderivedfirm RAUM over the IAPD count; not a book size
      Loaded
      Sep 14, 2026