Authentic Ventures Investment Manager, LLC
Authentic Ventures ranks among the top early stage VC firms, backing bold founders in AI, enterprise software, and fintech from Seed through Series B.
In the firm's own words, from its website.
5 additional team members, 6 additional co-investors and affiliates, 15 additional investments, funds and LPs, 19 events, 2 verified contacts (2 firm phone)
Every relationship, signal and contact on this record, with the source on each.
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What matters now
- 1 departurepeople, 12 months
A team member departed on 12 Jun 2026.
A partner leaving or arriving changes who decides, and who a founder or LP should call.
InferenceIAPD Form ADV Part 1 PDF per firm (current filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) and Schedule A)For Founders, LPs, recruitersTeam →
People to know
View all people- Founder And Managing Member Of Authentic Ventures Investment Manager, Llc And All General Partners Listed In Section 7.AWhy: Founder of the firmNo route on file yet
- Senior AssociateWhy: Named with investment responsibilityNo route on file yet
Relationship network
38 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.
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.
- Sponsor
- Company
- Fund or vehicle
- Person
›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 Authentic Ventures Investment Manager, 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.
See how you connect to Authentic Ventures Investment Manager, LLC
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Investing
4 companies on record, 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| content | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact Firm website |
| SisenseAcquired | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact Firm website |
| AppLovinPublic | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Sep 12, 2026 | Fact Firm website |
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
- Sectors
- ai
- Stages
- pre seed, seed, series a, early
- Geography
- not stated
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
- Self-described
- seed
Team
11 current, 1 departed
Decision makers
- Lindsay Lincoln Macarthur Lee · Founder And Managing Member Of Authentic Ventures Investment Manager, Llc And All General Partners Listed In Section 7.AWhy this person: Founder of the firm; Named with investment responsibility
Who else at this firm · 1 person, grouped by function
- Briana Christine Billingham · Chief Compliance Officer And Chief Of StaffWhy this person: Joined in Jun 2026
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.- Founder And Managing Member Of Authentic Ventures Investment Manager, Llc And All General Partners Listed In Section 7.A
- Senior Associate
- Chief Compliance Officer And Chief Of Staff
1 departed (kept with end dates)
- Amel Hassan Abdelwahid · Chief Compliance Officer And Director Of Finance · Apr 1, 2023 to Jun 12, 2026 Fact
Contacts
2 firm phone on record, each with its source. Values open with the complete profile.
Funds and LPs
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Authentic Strategic Partners 13, LLC | Fund | 2025 form d first sale | Fundraising | $1.1M Jun 12, 2026 | 4 | $1.1M | Jul 25, 2025 |
| Authentic Strategic Partners 12, LLC | Fund | 2024 adv first reported | Early deployment | $775,627 Jun 12, 2026 | 4 | unknown | unknown |
| Authentic Ventures III, L.P. | Fund | 2023 form d first sale | Fundraising | $38.1M Jun 12, 2026 | 17 | $27.4M | Aug 13, 2025 |
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.| Allocator | Type | Fund | Amount | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carson Fam Charitable Tr | FOUNDATION | Authentic Ventures III, L.P. | $540,657 fair value on the foundation's return | reported as of Dec 31, 2024 | Fact IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file returns |
| Carson Fam Charitable Tr | FOUNDATION | Authentic Ventures II, L.P. | $2.8M fair value on the foundation's return | reported as of Dec 31, 2024 | Fact IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file returns |
| Marguerite Casey Foundation | FOUNDATION | Authentic Ventures II, L.P. | $563,447 fair value on the foundation's return | reported as of Dec 31, 2024 | Fact IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file returns |
Relationships across DFX
9 co-investors · on 4 other DFX graphs
Co-investors
- 2026-10-011 shared deal · one time
- 2026-10-011 shared deal · one time
- 2026-09-301 shared deal · one time
Across DFX and the capital chainon 4 other DFX graphs · 3 capital paths ShowHide
- The same institution is held on Private Equity, RIA and Wealth, Allocators, Private Credit, matched by identifier. See which records
Authentic Ventures Investment Manager, LLC is the same institution as 4 records in Private Equity, RIA and Wealth, Allocators and Private Credit.
DFX found 4 relationships across 4 datasets
Which record it is in each graph, what it is called there, and how the two were matched.
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Checking your plan…
Authentic Ventures Investment Manager, LLC sits on 3 traced paths of capital across the graphs.
DFX traced 3 paths of capital through this record
Every record on each path, what it committed or lent, and as of when.
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Evidence and history
24 dated events, 68 observations from 3 sources
Timeline
- seen on or beforeSep 12, 2026AppLovin: listed (NYSE: APP) on or before 2026-09-12 (no date published), per Authentic Ventures Investment Manager, LLC's portfolio page
- seen on or beforeSep 12, 2026Guardanthealth: listed (NYSE: GH) on or before 2026-09-12 (no date published), per Authentic Ventures Investment Manager, LLC's portfolio page
- Jun 12, 2026Amel Hassan Abdelwahid (Chief Compliance Officer And Director Of Finance) no longer on Schedule A of Authentic Ventures Investment Manager, LLC
- Jun 12, 2026Authentic Strategic Partners 13, LLC first reported on Form ADV by Authentic Ventures Investment Manager, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $1,107,892
- Jul 25, 2025Authentic Ventures Investment Manager, LLC filed the first Form D for Authentic Strategic Partners 13, LLC (fund 13), its next fund after Authentic Strategic Partners 12, LLC (vintage 2024)
Identity and regulatory footprint
Address, phone, Form ADV filing and ownersForm ADV filed Jun 12, 2026 · 14 private fundsShowHide
- Headquarters
- Oakland, CAadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- authentic-ventures.com
- SEC adviser type
- Registered investment adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- unknown
- Latest Form ADV
- Jun 12, 2026
- Private funds reported
- 14 (14 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets, adviser total
- $201Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- Regulatory AUM
- $201Mthe adviser's RAUM, a regulatory measure, never a fund size
- Employees
- 3
Classification history
Classification history
Every classification this record has carried1 on recordShowHide
- Sep 12, 2026Seed fund manager (probable, 80%)Name or self-description says seed
Evidence
Every observation behind this profile, with its source, date and class
| Fact | Value | Effective | Class | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Why admitted | VC funds reported | Jun 12, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Registered investment adviser | Jun 12, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Registered investment adviser | Jun 12, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Registered investment adviser | Jul 2, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| First Form ADV filing | 2023-03-31 | Jun 12, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| First Form ADV filing | 2023-03-31 | Jul 2, 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 | 2026-06-12 | Jun 12, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2026-06-12 | Jun 12, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2024-07-02 | Jul 2, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC status | Approved | Jun 12, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC status effective | 2024-07-24 | Jun 12, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture share of reported funds | 1 | Jun 12, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture share of reported funds | 1 | Jul 2, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Business phone | Jun 12, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Business phone | Jul 2, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Description | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Description | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Description | Sep 12, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Employees | 3 | Jun 12, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Employees | 5 | Jul 2, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Headquarters | Oakland, CA | Jun 12, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Headquarters | Oakland, CA | Jul 2, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Office address | Jun 12, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Office address | Jul 2, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Self-described type | seed | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | |
| Self-described type | seed | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Self-described type | seed | Sep 12, 2026 | Fact | |
| Legal form | Limited Liability Company | Jun 12, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Portfolio page | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Portfolio page | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Portfolio page | Sep 12, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Private funds reported | 14 | Jun 12, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private funds reported | 14 | Jun 12, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private funds reported | 13 | Jul 2, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $201M | Jun 12, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $201M | Jun 12, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $151M | Jul 2, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Regulatory AUM (adviser, not fund size) | $201M | Jun 12, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Regulatory AUM (adviser, not fund size) | $151M | Jul 2, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Schedule a diff | sadiff-1 | Jun 12, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Stated sectors | ai “sector words on the home page” | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated sectors | ai “sector words on the home page” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated sectors | ai “sector words on the home page” | Sep 12, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated stages | Pre seed, seed, series a, early “stage words on the home page” | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated stages | Pre seed, seed, series a, early “stage words on the home page” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated stages | Pre seed, seed, series a, early “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 | 14 | Jun 12, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture funds reported | 14 | Jun 12, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture funds reported | 13 | Jul 2, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Website | Jun 12, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Website | Jul 2, 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 advisersSeed fund manager, probableShowHide
Name or self-description says seed
- importance
- gav: 0.4 · funds: 1 · people: 0.16 · investments: 0.22 · co investors: 0.39
- active deployment
- investments 12m: 0 · fund raising 18m: 0 · people joined 12m: 0 · vintage within 3y: 1 · latest investment at: not scored
- emerging manager
- fund count: 17 · reported gav: $201M · first adv filing: 2023-03-31 · years since first filing: 3.5
Fits, record history and connections
scored matches for this investor, every identity change, every edge
Record history
- Adviser's first ADV filing2023-03-31source 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.