Gradient Ascent LLC

Micro VCSEC exempt reporting adviserRaisingEmerging manager· West Hollywood, California

Micro VC, based in West Hollywood, California, reporting $21.6M of fund assets on its funds' Form ADV filings.

Composed from this organization's classification, location and filed figures.

Reported fund assets
$21.6M
sum of its funds' Form ADV filings, last 30 months
Latest vintage
2026
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As of · the latest observation of this organization; filed figures are as of its latest Form ADV

1 verified contact (1 firm phone)

Every relationship, signal and contact on this record, with the source on each.

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What matters now

  1. 1 vehicle
    on Form D, 18 months

    1 vehicle filed a Form D in the last 18 months, the latest Gradient Ascent Fund 0 on 30 Sep 2026. Largest offerings: Recursive Superintelligence a Series of CGF2021 $12M and Delphi Interactive a Series of CGF2021 $11M. $25.3M reported sold so far.

    A Form D is filed when a vehicle takes its first money, so these are open to LPs now.

    FactSEC Form D filingsFor LPs, fund-of-funds, placement agentsVehicles →

Relationship network

3 connected entities

From financing rounds and every investor named in them, Form ADV and Form D filings, the firm's funds and team, and disclosed LP commitments in the venture capital graph. A round's amount is the size of the round, not money that moved between two investors.

Gradient Ascent LLC
West Hollywood, CA
Reading the network
  • Fund or vehicle
›How strength and recency are read

Co-investors are read from the rounds: three or more shared rounds is a strong observed relationship, two a repeat co-investor, one a single round. Funds and people are structural. Nothing is scored that a reader cannot check.

Darker lines were active in the last 24 months or are current; lighter lines are older or undated.

How am I connected?

Name your firm, a company or a person, and DFX finds the published routes to Gradient Ascent LLC: a shared portfolio company or board, a prior employer, a co-investor, a shared LP or service provider. Every step is a filed or published record with its source; none is a guess about who knows whom.

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Investing

0 companies on record, 0 new in 12 months

Investments on record

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.

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
not stated
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 no observed dealsfollow-on rate no observed dealsnew companies, 12 months 0

Team

0 current, 0 departed

Investment team

0 current, 0 departed
No named professional yet. People arrive from Form ADV Schedule A (owners, officers, control persons) and the team page.

Contacts

1 firm phone

1 firm phone on record, each with its source. Values open with the complete profile.

Funds and LPs

3 vehicles, 0 LPs disclosed

Funds and vehicles

3 reported
VehicleTypeVintageLifecycleReported GAVOwnersForm D soldLatest Form D
Recursive Superintelligence a Series of CGF2021 LLCSPV or co-invest vehicle2026 form d first saleNewly closed$11.4M
Sep 12, 2026
10$12.0M
of $12.0M
Apr 24, 2026
Delphi Interactive a Series of CGF2021 LLCSPV or co-invest vehicle2026 form d first saleNewly closed$10.2M
Sep 12, 2026
12$11.0M
of $11.0M
Jun 10, 2026
Gradient Ascent Fund 0, LPFund2026 form d first saleFundraisingunknownunknown$2.2M
of $6.0M
Sep 30, 2026

Limited partners

0 LPs, 0 disclosed commitments
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.

Known LPs and allocators

0 relationships across the firm's funds, from public pensions and the allocator graph
No allocator names this firm or its funds in a public disclosure DFX holds.

Relationships across DFX

0 co-investors · on 1 other DFX graph

Co-investors

0 counted from shared deals, 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.
Across DFX and the capital chainon 1 other DFX graph Show
Across DFX
  • The same institution is held on RIA and Wealth, matched by identifier. See which records
Across the graphs

Gradient Ascent LLC is the same institution as 1 record in RIA and Wealth.

RIA and Wealth1

The joined record opens with the product, beside every other relationship on this page.

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Evidence and history

3 dated events, 14 observations from 2 sources

Timeline

3 dated events
  1. seen on or beforeSep 23, 2026
    Gradient Ascent LLC: SEED_FUND_MANAGER -> MICRO_VC (venture manager, reported GAV $21.6M across 3 vehicles)
    Classification changedClassificationInference
  2. seen on or beforeSep 12, 2026
    Gradient Ascent LLC: INSTITUTIONAL_VC -> SEED_FUND_MANAGER (seed vehicles only)
    Classification changedClassificationInference
  3. Jun 9, 2026
    Gradient Ascent LLC appears on the SEC adviser roster (ERA)
    First SEC adviser filingOrganizationFactForm ADV

Identity and regulatory footprint

Address, phone, Form ADV filing and ownersForm ADV filed Jun 9, 2026 · 2 private fundsShow
Headquarters
West Hollywood, CAadviserinfo.sec.gov
Office address
unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
Business phone
unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
Website
unknown
SEC adviser type
Exempt reporting adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
SEC exemption claimed
Private fund adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
Latest Form ADV
Jun 9, 2026
Private funds reported
2 (2 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
Private fund gross assets, adviser total
$21.6Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder

Classification history

Every classification this record has carried3 on recordShow
  1. Sep 23, 2026
    Micro VC (probable, 80%)
    Venture manager, reported GAV $21.6M across 3 vehicles
  2. Sep 13, 2026
    Seed fund manager (probable, 80%)
    Seed vehicles only
  3. Sep 12, 2026
    Institutional venture firm (probable, 70%)
    Venture manager with no reported fund assets yet (scale unknown)

Evidence

14 observations from 2 sources
Every observation behind this profile, with its source, date and class
FactValueEffectiveClassSource
Why admittedVC funds reportedJun 9, 2026FactForm ADV
SEC exemption claimedPrivate fund adviserJun 9, 2026FactForm ADV
SEC adviser typeExempt reporting adviserJun 9, 2026FactForm ADV
Latest Form ADV filing2026-06-09Jun 9, 2026FactForm ADV
Adv pdf loadedadv-pdf-1Sep 12, 2026FactForm ADV
SEC statusERA - ActiveJun 9, 2026FactForm ADV
SEC status effective2026-06-09Jun 9, 2026FactForm ADV
Business phoneJun 9, 2026FactForm ADV
HeadquartersWest Hollywood, CAJun 9, 2026FactForm ADV
Office addressJun 9, 2026FactForm ADV
Legal formLimited Liability CompanyJun 9, 2026FactForm ADV
Private funds reported2Jun 9, 2026FactForm ADV
Private fund gross assets (reported)$21.6MJun 9, 2026FactForm ADV
Venture funds reported2Jun 9, 2026FactForm ADV
How this is scored
Scores, classification basis and filing advisersMicro VC, probableShow
Importance
7
low
Active deployment
60
high
Emerging
96
high
Freshness
96
high
Micro VC · probableSEC exempt reporting adviser

Venture manager, reported GAV $21.6M across 3 vehicles

The inputs behind each score
importance
gav: 0.1 · funds: 0.25 · people: 0 · investments: 0 · co investors: 0
active deployment
investments 12m: 0 · fund raising 18m: 1 · people joined 12m: 0 · vintage within 3y: 1 · latest investment at: not scored
emerging manager
fund count: 3 · reported gav: $21.6M · first adv filing: 2026-06-09 · years since first filing: 0.3

Fits, record history and connections

scored matches for this investor, every identity change, every edge

Fits

27 scored matches, best firstas of
  • score 13.8confidence 50%
    Why: activity; emerging
    Watch: no observed deals
  • score 13.8confidence 50%
    Why: activity; emerging
    Watch: no observed deals
  • score 13.8confidence 50%
    Why: activity; emerging
    Watch: no observed deals

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Record history

3 dated events on the change ledger, latest event first
  • Organization classification changed
    2026-09-23
  • Organization classification changed
    2026-09-12
  • Adviser's first ADV filing
    2026-06-09source on record

The ledger records every merge, rename and reclassification this record went through and the dated filings observed on it, so the identity on this page can be traced to the records it was built from. The ledger's own sentences name other records, so they show with the names.

Not yet on record: new companies, 12 mo, investment team.