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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
Valence8
Asset manager (funds and pooled vehicles)Cambridge, MassachusettsCRD 317389SEC 801-122837websiteIAPD
Legal name Valence8 US LP
Latest filing Mar 20, 2026
First filing on the tape Nov 9, 2021 · 15 filings
SEC status approved since Dec 9, 2021
RAUM
$1.9B
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
99%
of RAUM
Private clients
0.0%
$0 individuals and HNW
Advisors
3
registered through the firm on IAPD
RAUM per advisor
$627M
derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count
Employees
8
6 advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
2
beyond the principal office
Private funds
8
reported on Schedule D
History
15 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$1.9B as of Mar 20, 2026
Mar 21, 2022$313M then
HNW client RAUM: no history
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)3 as of Mar 20, 2026
Mar 21, 20220 then
Employees (5.A)8 as of Mar 20, 2026
Mar 21, 20223 then
Private funds8 as of Mar 20, 2026
Mar 21, 20223 then
RAUM +34% over the last fiscal year+49% a year over threeIARs 3 to 3offices 3 to 2
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Mar 20, 2026; every figure names its basis
- RAUM per advisor
- $627MderivedRAUM 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
- $157MderivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
- Discretionary
- 99%derivedof RAUM
- Institutional
- 0.0%derivedpensions, charities, corporations, government, insurance, banks, other advisers
- Employees per advisor
- 2.7derivedItem 5.A over advisors
- Advisors per office
- 1.0derived3 offices incl. principal (1.F.5)
- RAUM growth, one year
- +34%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
- percentage of assets, performance-basedreportedItem 5.E
- Advisory activities
- portfolio management for individuals, portfolio management for businesses and institutions, portfolio management for pooled vehiclesreportedItem 5.G
- Custody
- $1.5B, 8 clientsreportedItem 9.A
- 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)
- has custody of client cash or bank accounts (9.A.1.a)
- has custody of client securities (9.A.1.b)
- an independent public accountant performs a surprise examination (9.C.1)
- marketing includes hypothetical performance (5.L.3)
Where the RAUM sits
Form ADV Item 5.D, latest filing
- Pooled investment vehicles$1.9B100%
- Other investment advisers$2.0M0.1%
- Individual clients
- n/areported
- HNW clients
- n/areported
- Pension plan clients
- n/areported
- Charitable clients
- n/areported
- Accounts
- 12reported
- Financial planning clients
- reported
- Wrap fee programs
- noreported
- Custody of client assets
- $1.5B for 8 clientsreported
- Compensation
- % of AUM, performancereported
- Class basis
- private_client_share=0.0 fund_share=0.99 institutional_share=0.0 related_bd=false related_bank=false bd_reps=0.0derived
Advisors registered through the firm
3 on IAPD today, longest tenure first
| Name | Branch | Here since | In industry | Prior firms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Chun-Hung LaiChartered Financial Analyst | Cambridge, Ma | Jun 13, 2022 | 19 y | 0 |
| Brendan James Corcoran | Cambridge, Ma | Jun 21, 2022 | 19 y | 1 |
| Alejandro Goldberg | New York, Ny | Oct 24, 2022 | 18 y | 0 |
Advisor movement
0 left, 0 joined in 12 months
net 0 in 12 months0 left in 90 days0 joined in 90 daysdeparture rate 0.0% of current headcount0 left over 36 months
Left, latest
none on the tape
Joined, latest
- Brendan James Corcoran from Evoke AdvisorsJun 21, 2022 · Other
Private funds
4 reported on Schedule D 7.B.(1)
| Fund | Type | Gross assets | Owners | First reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valence8 Diversified (Core) Fund Ltd | Hedge Fund | $451M | 29 | Mar 21, 2022 |
| Valence8 Directional (Core) Fund Ltd | Hedge Fund | $348M | 25 | Mar 21, 2022 |
| Valence8 Pe 2022 (Core) Fund LP | Private Equity Fund | $54.4M | 24 | Mar 21, 2022 |
| Valence8 Pe 2023 (Core) Fund LP | Private Equity Fund | $19.3M | 21 | Mar 8, 2023 |
Owners and control persons
Schedule A and B, latest filing
- Colin Pan · Individual Shareholdercontrolsince 10/2021 · owns F of Valence8 Cayman Gp Limited
- James Brendan Corcoran · Partner, Chief Compliance Officersince 10/2021 · owns less than 5%
- Alejandro Goldberg · Partnersince 04/2022 · owns less than 5%
- Chun-Hung George Lai · Partnersince 01/2022 · owns less than 5%
Entity owners
- Valence8 LLC · General Partnerdirect · owns 75% or more
- Valence8 Cayman Gp Limited · General Partnerindirect · owns F of Valence8 Cayman LP
- Valence8 Cayman LP · Corporate Shareholderindirect · owns 75% or more of Valence8 Uk Limited
- Valence8 Uk Limited · Corporate Shareholderindirect · owns 75% or more of Valence8 LLC
Related persons
Schedule D 7.A
- Valence8 Llpinvestment advisern
Office movement
IAPD branch city; joins and departures in 12 months
| Office | Advisors | Joined | Left | Teams out | Forming |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge, Ma · principal | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Offices
Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
- New York, NY1 employees
- , 1 employees
What changed
consecutive filings, newest first
- Accounts · 11 to 12Oct 15, 2025 to Mar 20, 2026
- Advisory employees · 5 to 6Oct 15, 2025 to Mar 20, 2026
- Pooled vehicle clients · 6 to 8Oct 15, 2025 to Mar 20, 2026
- Assets in custody · $1.2B to $1.5BOct 15, 2025 to Mar 20, 2026
- Employees · 7 to 8Oct 15, 2025 to Mar 20, 2026
- Other offices · 4 to 2Oct 15, 2025 to Mar 20, 2026
- Private funds · 6 to 8Oct 15, 2025 to Mar 20, 2026
- Discretionary RAUM · $1.4B to $1.9BOct 15, 2025 to Mar 20, 2026
- Non-discretionary RAUM · $21.8M to $15.2MOct 15, 2025 to Mar 20, 2026
- Pooled vehicle RAUM · $1.4B to $1.9BOct 15, 2025 to Mar 20, 2026
- RAUM · $1.4B to $1.9BOct 15, 2025 to Mar 20, 2026
- Assets in custody · $1.2B to $1.2BAug 11, 2025 to Oct 15, 2025
- Discretionary RAUM · $1.4B to $1.4BAug 11, 2025 to Oct 15, 2025
- Pooled vehicle RAUM · $1.4B to $1.4BAug 11, 2025 to Oct 15, 2025
- RAUM · $1.4B to $1.4BAug 11, 2025 to Oct 15, 2025
- HQ city · to CAMBRIDGEMar 20, 2025 to Aug 11, 2025
- HQ state · to MAMar 20, 2025 to Aug 11, 2025
- Other offices · 3 to 4Mar 20, 2025 to Aug 11, 2025
- Accounts · 6 to 11Sep 11, 2024 to Mar 20, 2025
- Advisory employees · 4 to 5Sep 11, 2024 to Mar 20, 2025
- Pooled vehicle clients · 4 to 6Sep 11, 2024 to Mar 20, 2025
- Assets in custody · $872M to $1.2BSep 11, 2024 to Mar 20, 2025
- Employees · 6 to 7Sep 11, 2024 to Mar 20, 2025
- Financial planning clients · unset to Sep 11, 2024 to Mar 20, 2025
- HQ city · unset to Sep 11, 2024 to Mar 20, 2025
- HQ state · unset to Sep 11, 2024 to Mar 20, 2025
- Private funds · 4 to 6Sep 11, 2024 to Mar 20, 2025
- Discretionary RAUM · $872M to $1.4BSep 11, 2024 to Mar 20, 2025
- Non-discretionary RAUM · $37.2M to $21.8MSep 11, 2024 to Mar 20, 2025
- Pooled vehicle RAUM · $872M to $1.4BSep 11, 2024 to Mar 20, 2025
- RAUM · $909M to $1.4BSep 11, 2024 to Mar 20, 2025
- Accounts · 4 to 6Sep 18, 2023 to Mar 15, 2024
- Assets in custody · $575M to $872MSep 18, 2023 to Mar 15, 2024
- Discretionary RAUM · $575M to $872MSep 18, 2023 to Mar 15, 2024
- Non-discretionary RAUM · $0 to $37.2MSep 18, 2023 to Mar 15, 2024
- Pooled vehicle RAUM · $575M to $872MSep 18, 2023 to Mar 15, 2024
- RAUM · $575M to $909MSep 18, 2023 to Mar 15, 2024
- HQ city · CAMBRIDGE to unsetMar 16, 2023 to Jun 30, 2023
- HQ state · MA to unsetMar 16, 2023 to Jun 30, 2023
- Accounts · 3 to 4Nov 17, 2022 to Mar 8, 2023
Signals
5 dated events
- Valence8 reported RAUM $1.9B, up 34% from $1.4B (2025-10-15 to 2026-03-20)Mar 20, 2026 · RAUM change · derived
- Valence8 reported RAUM $1.4B, up 54% from $909.5M (2024-09-11 to 2025-03-20)Mar 20, 2025 · RAUM change · derived
- Valence8 reported RAUM $909.5M, up 58% from $574.6M (2023-09-18 to 2024-03-15)Mar 15, 2024 · RAUM change · derived
- Valence8 reported RAUM $574.6M, up 84% from $312.7M (2022-11-17 to 2023-03-08)Mar 8, 2023 · RAUM change · derived
- Valence8 filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)Nov 9, 2021 · 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/valence8reportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 17, 2026
- Website
- valance8.comreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 17, 2026
- Principal office phone
- 508-281-9208reportedpublic record, Form ADV, Mar 20, 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
- $627Mderivedfirm RAUM over the IAPD count; not a book size
- Loaded
- Sep 14, 2026