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.
Firms / SSM Partners
SSM Partners
both early and growth/opportunity families, reported GAV $291M
Importance
28
moderate
Active deployment
25
moderate
Emerging
0
low
Completeness
50
elevated
Freshness
100
high
Research priority
13
low
Identity and regulatory footprint
- Headquarters
- Memphis, TNadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- 6070 POPLAR AVENUE, SUITE 560, Memphis, TN, 38119adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- 901-767-1131adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- HTTP://SSMPARTNERS.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
- Mar 31, 2026
- Private funds reported
- 6 (6 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets
- $348Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- business phone
- 901-767-1131adviserinfo.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
- 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 n/afollow-on rate n/anew logos, 12 months 0
Funds and vehicles
6 reported, 3 no longer reported
| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SSM Partners Growth Equity IV, L.P. | Growth fund | 2024 form d first sale | Fundraising | unknown | unknown | $57.5M | Mar 13, 2026 |
| SSM Partners Growth Equity III Co-Invest, L.P. | SPV or co-invest vehicle | 2020 adv first reported | Mature | $28.1M Mar 28, 2024 | 6 | $0 | Feb 12, 2020 |
| SSM Partners Growth Equity III, L.P. | Growth fund | 2019 form d first sale | Mature | $179M Mar 28, 2024 | 23 | $102M | Dec 23, 2020 |
| SSM Partners V, L.P. | Fund | 2013 form d first sale | Harvest | $80.2M Mar 28, 2024 | 46 | $81.4M | Dec 4, 2015 |
| SSM Partners IV, L.P. | Fund | 2008 form d first sale | Harvest | $3.9M Mar 28, 2024 | 50 | $59.2M of $125M | Sep 22, 2010 |
| SSM Partners Growth Equity IV Co-Invest, L.P. | SPV or co-invest vehicle | unknown | Unknown | unknown | unknown | $0 | Dec 19, 2024 |
| SSM Venture Partners II, L.P. | Fund | unknown | Wound down | $9.2M Mar 28, 2016 | 51 | unknown | unknown |
| SSM Venture Partners III, L.P. | Fund | unknown | Wound down | $3.7M Mar 31, 2023 | 56 | unknown | unknown |
| SSM Venture Associates, L.P. | Fund | unknown | Wound down | $1.8M Mar 28, 2016 | 83 | 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
2 current, 2 departed
Charles Berry West
PartnerMember · since Sep 1, 2008
Hunter Wetter Witherington
PartnerMember · since Dec 1, 2022
2 departed (kept with end dates)
- James Drew Witherington · Member · Sep 1, 2008 to Mar 31, 2023 Inference
- Rufus Wilson Orr · Member · Sep 1, 2008 to Mar 31, 2023 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
13 dated events
- Mar 28, 2024SSM Venture Partners III, L.P. no longer reported on Form ADV by SSM PartnersFund no longer reportedFundsInferenceSSM Venture Partners III, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 31, 2023James Drew Witherington (Member) no longer on Schedule A of SSM Partners
- Mar 31, 2023Rufus Wilson Orr (Member) no longer on Schedule A of SSM Partners
- Mar 30, 2020SSM Partners Growth Equity III Co-Invest, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by SSM Partners (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $10,000,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactSSM Partners Growth Equity III Co-Invest, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 30, 2020SSM Partners Growth Equity III, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by SSM Partners (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $99,200,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactSSM Partners Growth Equity III, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 29, 2017SSM Venture Partners II, L.P. no longer reported on Form ADV by SSM PartnersFund no longer reportedFundsInferenceSSM Venture Partners II, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 29, 2017SSM Venture Associates, L.P. no longer reported on Form ADV by SSM PartnersFund no longer reportedFundsInferenceSSM Venture Associates, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 28, 2014SSM Partners V, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by SSM Partners (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $30,100,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactSSM Partners V, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 29, 2012SSM Partners IV, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by SSM Partners (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $37,800,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactSSM Partners IV, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 29, 2012SSM Venture Associates, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by SSM Partners (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $1,400,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactSSM Venture Associates, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 29, 2012SSM Venture Partners II, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by SSM Partners (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $7,300,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactSSM Venture Partners II, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 29, 2012SSM Venture Partners III, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by SSM Partners (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $46,400,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactSSM Venture Partners III, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 29, 2012SSM Partners 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)
Classification history
- Sep 12, 2026Multi-stage venture firm (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)both early and growth/opportunity families, reported GAV $291M
Evidence
44 observations from 3 sources