DFX Intelligence
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.
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Firms / E•• M••••••••• S••••••• L••
E•• M••••••••• S••••••• L••
The Employee Stock Option Fund provides current and former employees of venture-backed companies with the cash needed to exercise their options and cover associated taxes.
venture manager, reported GAV $412M across 5 vehicles
Importance
25
moderate
Active deployment
0
low
Emerging
0
low
Completeness
69
high
Freshness
98
high
Research priority
4
low
Identity and regulatory footprint
- Headquarters
- San Mateo, CAadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- 635 MARINERS ISLAND, SUITE 204, San Mateo, CA, 94404adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- 650-262-6670adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- e•••••••••.com
- SEC adviser type
- registered investment adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- unknown
- Latest Form ADV
- Mar 26, 2026
- Private funds reported
- 5 (5 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets
- $411Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- Regulatory AUM
- $411Mthe adviser's RAUM, a regulatory measure, never a fund size
- Employees
- 17
- business email
- andrew@esofund.comesofund.compublished by the subject
- business email
- info@esofund.comesofund.compublished by the subject
- business email
- chris@esofund.comesofund.compublished by the subject
- business email
- carol@esofund.comesofund.compublished by the subject
- business email
- bill@esofund.comesofund.compublished by the subject
- business email
- information@esofund.comesofund.compublished by the subject
- business phone
- 650-262-6670adviserinfo.sec.govpublished by the subject
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
no observed deals yet
Stated (the firm’s website)
- Sectors
- ai
- Stages
- series b, growth
- Geography
- new york, silicon valley
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E•• V•••••• F••• V• L• | Fund | 2022 adv first reported | Active deployment | $215M Mar 27, 2024 | 204 | $0 of $150M | Apr 29, 2022 |
| E•• V•••••• F••• I•• L• | Fund | 2020 adv first reported | Mature | $95.6M Mar 27, 2024 | 92 | $0 of $100M | Jun 12, 2020 |
| E•• V•••••• F••• I••• L• | Fund | 2017 form d first sale | Harvest | $74.6M Mar 27, 2024 | 97 | $100M of $100M | Feb 28, 2019 |
| E•• V•••••• F••• I•• L• | Fund | 2014 adv first reported | Harvest | $23.5M Mar 27, 2024 | 99 | unknown | unknown |
| E•• V•••••• F•••• L• | Fund | 2012 form d first sale | Harvest | $2.8M Mar 27, 2024 | 61 | $15.8M of $25.0M | Jul 30, 2012 |
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, 1 departed
J•••• D••••• L•••••
PartnerMember And Managing Director · since May 1, 2012
S•••• C•••
PartnerMember And Managing Director · since May 1, 2012
S•••••• M• R••••••
PartnerMember And Managing Director · since May 1, 2012
J•••• M•••••• S••••••••
Platform and operationsChief Compliance Officer · since Dec 1, 2020
1 departed (kept with end dates)
- P••• D••••• Y•••••••• · Chief Compliance Officer · May 1, 2017 to Mar 22, 2021 Inference
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
9 dated events
- Jun 16, 2022E•• V•••••• F••• V• L• first reported on Form ADV by E•• M••••••••• S••••••• L•• (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $204,581,242Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactE•• V•••••• F••• V• L•SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 22, 2021P••• D••••• Y•••••••• (Chief Compliance Officer) no longer on Schedule A of E•• M••••••••• S••••••• L••
- Dec 2, 2020E•• V•••••• F••• I•• L• first reported on Form ADV by E•• M••••••••• S••••••• L•• (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $108,528,608Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactE•• V•••••• F••• I•• L•SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Dec 1, 2020J•••• M•••••• S•••••••• joined Schedule A of E•• M••••••••• S••••••• L•• as Chief Compliance Officer
- Sep 7, 2017E•• V•••••• F••• I••• L• first reported on Form ADV by E•• M••••••••• S••••••• L•• (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $84,241,676Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactE•• V•••••• F••• I••• L•SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- May 1, 2017P••• D••••• Y•••••••• joined Schedule A of E•• M••••••••• S••••••• L•• as Chief Compliance Officer
- Dec 1, 2014E•• V•••••• F••• I•• L• first reported on Form ADV by E•• M••••••••• S••••••• L•• (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $70,000,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactE•• V•••••• F••• I•• L•SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Sep 11, 2013E•• M••••••••• S••••••• L•• 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)
- Sep 11, 2013E•• V•••••• F•••• L• first reported on Form ADV by E•• M••••••••• S••••••• L•• (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $25,000,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactE•• V•••••• F•••• L•SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
Classification history
- Sep 12, 2026Institutional venture firm (probable, 80%, cls-1)venture manager, reported GAV $412M across 5 vehicles
Evidence
63 observations from 3 sources