Evolution Equity Partners
Institutional venture firm, based in New York, New York, reporting $2.3B of fund assets on its funds' Form ADV filings.
Composed from this organization's classification, location and filed figures.
25 additional team members, 11 additional co-investors and affiliates, 5 additional investments, funds and LPs, 11 events, 2 verified contacts (1 general firm email, 1 firm phone)
Every relationship, signal and contact on this record, with the source on each.
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What matters now
- 1 vehicleon Form D, 18 months
$563M reported sold so far.
A Form D is filed when a vehicle takes its first money, so these are open to LPs now.
- 2 companiesnew in 12 months
2 new companies in the last 12 months. Latest round QIZ Security seed ($17M round) on 9 Jul 2026.
A firm writing cheques this quarter is one a founder can pitch now.
- 5 departurespeople, 12 months
A team member departed (seen on or before 16 Sep 2026, the day it happened is not on record). 5 departures on record in 12 months.
A partner leaving or arriving changes who decides, and who a founder or LP should call.
InferenceVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)For Founders, LPs, recruitersTeam →
People to know
View all people- Managing PartnerWhy: Managing partner: runs the firmNo route on file yet
- Managing PartnerWhy: Managing partner: runs the firmNo route on file yet
- PartnerWhy: Partner: part of the investment decisionNo route on file yet
Relationship network
50 connected entities2 observed rounds1 dated round shown here, 2026
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.
Some relationships on this record are counted rather than named here. They open with the full profile.
Click any name or line for the rounds and sources behind it. Line weight is rounds together; dashed lines are inferred.
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- Fund or vehicle
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›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 Evolution Equity Partners: 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
5 companies on record, 2 new in 12 months
Investments on record
What these amounts mean“This investor” is the amount disclosed for this investor alone; it is unknown unless a source said it. The round size is the whole round.Acquired, Public, Exited and Active are what the firm’s own portfolio card says, read on the date shown when you hover the chip; they are not deal dates. A company with no chip is one whose card states no outcome: DFX does not assume it is active.| Company | Round | Role | Partner | Round size | This investor | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| globe | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact Firm website |
| Get Real | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Sep 25, 2026 | Fact Company website |
| QIZ Security | Seed · Seed | participant | unknown | $17.0M | unknown | Jul 9, 2026 | Fact Press release |
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
- Sectors
- ai, cybersecurity
- Stages
- seed
- Geography
- global
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
- Self-described
- venture capital
Team
28 current, 5 departed
Decision makers
- Dennis Stephen Smith · Managing PartnerWhy this person: Managing partner: runs the firm; Named with investment responsibility
- Richard Michael Seewald · Managing PartnerWhy this person: Managing partner: runs the firm; Named with investment responsibility
- Taher Elgamal · PartnerWhy this person: Partner: part of the investment decision; Named with investment responsibility
Ranked by the role the firm or its filing states, a route on file and deals led. Every reason is read from the record, never inferred. Routes are published by the person or the firm (their bio, the team page or a filing) and are revealed on a plan; data bought from a provider is never shown, and a route printed at a firm the person has since left is held back.
Investment team
How the team is orderedPartners who lead rounds first (rounds led, then deals attributed, then seniority), then the rest of the investment team, then investor relations, finance and operations. A person named by two sources under two spellings is shown once.- Managing Partner
- Managing Partner
- Partner · 1 deal attributed
6 departed (kept with end dates)
- Emily Baratta · Vice President, Investor Relations · ? to Sep 16, 2026 Inference
- Kathleen Byrne · Chief of Staff · ? to Sep 16, 2026 Inference
- JR Marcel Smith · Partner · Sep 1, 2015 to Jul 31, 2026 Fact
Contacts
1 general firm email, 1 firm phone on record, each with its source. Values open with the complete profile.
Funds and LPs
6 vehicles, 0 LPs disclosed
Funds and vehicles
What these amounts meanGAV 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.| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evolution Technology Fund IV, L.P. | Fund | 2026 form d first sale | Fundraising | unknown | unknown | $563M of $1.2B | Sep 24, 2026 |
| Evolution Equity Affiliates I Scsp | Feeder or parallel | 2023 adv first reported | Active deployment | $32.6M Jul 31, 2026 | 2 | unknown | unknown |
| Evolution Holdings Investors LLC | Fund | 2023 adv first reported | Active deployment | $4.3M Jul 31, 2026 | 5 | $0 of $6.0M | May 3, 2022 |
Limited partners
Known LPs and allocators
What these amounts and dates areEach commitment is counted once across the pension tape and the allocator graph. A commitment date prints only when the source printed one; otherwise the row carries the report date. A foundation’s 990-PF line is a holding at fair value, never a commitment. Rows without a fund on the venture graph are commitments to this manager.Relationships across DFX
14 co-investors · on 1 other DFX graph
Co-investors
- 2026-10-011 shared deal · one time
- 2026-09-301 shared deal · one time
- 2026-09-251 shared deal · one time
Compare portfolios with Myriad Venture Partners, LLC, Artisanal Ventures, LLC, Ballistic Ventures or any firm. Co-investors across the market
Across DFX and the capital chainon 1 other DFX graph ShowHide
- The same institution is held on RIA and Wealth, matched by identifier. See which records
Evolution Equity Partners is the same institution as 1 record in RIA and Wealth.
The joined record opens with the product, beside every other relationship on this page.
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Evidence and history
16 dated events, 73 observations from 3 sources
Timeline
- seen on or beforeSep 16, 2026Ollie Bone (Vice President, Investment Team) no longer on the team page of Evolution Equity Partners
- seen on or beforeSep 16, 2026Kathleen Byrne (Chief of Staff) no longer on the team page of Evolution Equity Partners
- seen on or beforeSep 16, 2026Emily Baratta (Vice President, Investor Relations) no longer on the team page of Evolution Equity Partners
- Jul 31, 2026Yuval Ben-Itzhak (Partner) no longer on Schedule A of Evolution Equity Partners
- Jul 31, 2026JR Marcel Smith (Partner) no longer on Schedule A of Evolution Equity Partners
Identity and regulatory footprint
Address, phone, Form ADV filing and ownersForm ADV filed Jul 31, 2026 · 5 private fundsShowHide
- Headquarters
- New York, NYadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- evolutionequity.com
- 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
- Jul 31, 2026
- Private funds reported
- 5 (5 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets, adviser total
- $2.3Badviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- Owners on Schedule A
- Evolution Equity Partners Gmbh (Owner), owns 75% or more
Classification history
Classification history
Every classification this record has carried3 on recordShowHide
- Sep 23, 2026Institutional venture firm (confirmed, 95%)Venture manager, reported GAV $2.3B across 6 vehicles
- Sep 12, 2026Institutional venture firm (confirmed, 95%)Venture manager, reported GAV $1.5B across 6 vehicles
- Sep 12, 2026Institutional venture firm (confirmed, 95%)Venture manager, reported GAV $1.5B across 5 vehicles
Evidence
Every observation behind this profile, with its source, date and class
| Fact | Value | Effective | Class | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Why admitted | VC exemption, VC funds reported | Jul 31, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC exemption claimed | Venture capital fund adviser | Jul 31, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC exemption claimed | Venture capital fund adviser | Jun 25, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Exempt reporting adviser | Jul 31, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Exempt reporting adviser | Jul 31, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Exempt reporting adviser | Jun 25, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| First Form ADV filing | 2022-04-01 | Jul 31, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| First Form ADV filing | 2022-04-01 | Jun 25, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-30 | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-29 | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-25 | Sep 26, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-23 | Sep 24, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-21 | Sep 23, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-22 | Sep 23, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1 | Sep 12, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2026-07-31 | Jul 31, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2026-07-31 | Jul 31, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2024-06-25 | Jun 25, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC status | ERA - Active | Jul 31, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC status effective | 2022-04-01 | Jul 31, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture share of reported funds | 1 | Jul 31, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture share of reported funds | 1 | Jun 25, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Business phone | Jul 31, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Business phone | Jun 25, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Contact page url | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Contact page url | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Headquarters | New York, NY | Jul 31, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Headquarters | New York, NY | Jun 25, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Office address | Jul 31, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Office address | Jun 25, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Self-described type | Venture capital | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | |
| Self-described type | Venture capital | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Self-described type | Venture capital | Sep 12, 2026 | Fact | |
| Legal form | Limited Liability Company | Jul 31, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Legal form | Limited Liability Company | Jun 25, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Portfolio page | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Portfolio page | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Portfolio page | Sep 12, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Private funds reported | 5 | Jul 31, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private funds reported | 5 | Jul 31, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private funds reported | 5 | Jun 25, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $2.3B | Jul 31, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $2.3B | Jul 31, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $1.5B | Jun 25, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Schedule a diff | sadiff-1 | Jul 31, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Stated geography | global “geography words on the home page” | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated geography | global “geography words on the home page” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated geography | global “geography words on the home page” | Sep 12, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated sectors | AI, cybersecurity “sector words on the home page” | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated sectors | AI, cybersecurity “sector words on the home page” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated sectors | AI, cybersecurity “sector words on the home page” | Sep 12, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated stages | seed “stage words on the home page” | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated stages | seed “stage words on the home page” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated stages | seed “stage words on the home page” | Sep 12, 2026 | Fact | |
| Team page | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Team page | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Team page | Sep 12, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Venture funds reported | 5 | Jul 31, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture funds reported | 5 | Jul 31, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture funds reported | 5 | Jun 25, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Website | Jul 31, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Website | Jun 25, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Site title | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Site title | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Site title | Sep 12, 2026 | Fact |
How this is scored
Scores, classification basis and filing advisersInstitutional venture firm, confirmedShowHide
Venture manager, reported GAV $2.3B across 6 vehicles
- importance
- gav: 0.71 · funds: 0.5 · people: 0.84 · investments: 0.26 · co investors: 0.46
- active deployment
- investments 12m: 0.25 · fund raising 18m: 1 · people joined 12m: 0 · vintage within 3y: 1 · latest investment at: 2026-07-09
- emerging manager
- fund count: 6 · reported gav: $2.3B · first adv filing: 2022-04-01 · years since first filing: 4.5
Fits, record history and connections
scored matches for this investor, every identity change, every edge
Fits
- score 32.6confidence 80%Why: stage fit; activity
- score 32.6confidence 80%Why: stage fit; activity
- score 32.6confidence 80%Why: stage fit; activity
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Record history
- Adviser's first ADV filing2022-04-01source on record
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