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Venture Capital Intelligence
Firms, funds, partners, companies and rounds from sworn filings, firm sites and announcements, kept as a graph with a date and a source on every edge. Facts, inferences and estimates are labelled as such. A fund target is never a close, GAV is never dry powder, and a round size is never an investor’s check.
Firms / Class 5 Global, LLC
Class 5 Global, LLC
venture manager, reported GAV $40.4M across 10 vehicles
Importance
21
moderate
Active deployment
0
low
Emerging
0
low
Completeness
44
elevated
Freshness
99
high
Research priority
6
low
Identity and regulatory footprint
- Headquarters
- unknown
- Office address
- unknown
- Business phone
- 917-434-8371adviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC adviser type
- exempt reporting adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- venture capital fund adviseradviserinfo.sec.govItem 2.B(1): advises solely venture capital funds
- Latest Form ADV
- May 8, 2026
- Private funds reported
- 5 (5 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets
- $30.3Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- business phone
- 917-434-8371adviserinfo.sec.govpublished by the subject
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
no observed deals yet
Stated (the firm’s website)
- Sectors
- not stated or not yet read
- Stages
- not stated or not yet read
- Geography
- global
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
Observed (from deals on record)
Stage at participation: no observed deals yet
Stage at first entry: no observed deals yet
Sectors: no observed deals yet
lead rate n/afollow-on rate n/anew logos, 12 months 0
Funds and vehicles
5 reported
| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 Global - India Opportunity Fund 1, LLC | Opportunity fund | 2021 form d first sale | Mature | $750,000 Apr 26, 2024 | 17 | $750,000 | May 14, 2024 |
| Class 5 Global Fund I, L.P. | Fund | 2020 form d first sale | Mature | $38.7M Apr 26, 2024 | 36 | $38.7M | May 14, 2024 |
| Class 5 Global - Merrimack Fp, LLC | Fund | 2020 form d first sale | Mature | $327,554 Apr 26, 2024 | 9 | $327,554 | May 14, 2024 |
| Class 5 - Estatoe, LLC | Fund | 2019 form d first sale | Mature | $75,000 Apr 26, 2024 | 9 | $75,000 | May 14, 2024 |
| Class 5 Global - Actopan Th, LLC | Fund | unknown | Unknown | $500,000 Apr 26, 2024 | 11 | unknown | unknown |
GAV is the gross asset value the adviser reported on Form ADV for the vehicle, never the fund’s committed size and never dry powder. Form D sold is the amount sold as of the latest filing, never a final close.
Investment team
4 current, 0 departed
Joel Ayala
Managing partnerCo-founder and Managing Partner
Zach Finkelstein
Managing partnerCo-founder and Managing Partner
Joel Ayala
PartnerManager · since Jul 1, 2018
Zachary T Finkelstein
PartnerManager · since Jul 1, 2018
Investments on record
0 edges, 0 companies, 0 partner-attributed
No investment on record yet. Edges arrive from the firm’s portfolio page, financing announcements, and Form D board seats.
Co-investors
0 relationships from shared deals, counted for the whole firm
No co-investor relationship yet: these are derived only from rounds and portfolio listings the graph has seen both investors on.
Limited partners
0 disclosed
No LP commitment on record. An LP edge needs a public disclosure with a quote: a pension report (see Limited partners for the plans read), a fund announcement naming the LP, or a Form ADV owner. The fund page carries the LP’s reported performance.
Timeline
6 dated events
- Apr 26, 2024Class 5 Global, LLC first filed Form ADV (ERA, venture capital fund adviser exemption)First SEC adviser filingOrganizationFactSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Apr 26, 2024Class 5 Global Fund I, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Class 5 Global, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $38,746,155Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactClass 5 Global Fund I, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Apr 26, 2024Class 5 Global - India Opportunity Fund 1, LLC first reported on Form ADV by Class 5 Global, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $750,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactClass 5 Global - India Opportunity Fund 1, LLCSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Apr 26, 2024Class 5 Global - Merrimack Fp, LLC first reported on Form ADV by Class 5 Global, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $327,554Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactClass 5 Global - Merrimack Fp, LLCSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Apr 26, 2024Class 5 Global - Actopan Th, LLC first reported on Form ADV by Class 5 Global, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $500,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactClass 5 Global - Actopan Th, LLCSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Apr 26, 2024Class 5 - Estatoe, LLC first reported on Form ADV by Class 5 Global, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $75,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactClass 5 - Estatoe, LLCSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
Classification history
- Sep 12, 2026Micro VC (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)venture manager, reported GAV $40.4M across 10 vehicles
- Sep 12, 2026Micro VC (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)venture manager, reported GAV $40.4M across 6 vehicles
Evidence
31 observations from 3 sources