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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 / Parade Ventures Management, LLC
Parade Ventures Management, LLC
venture manager, reported GAV $81M across 3 vehicles
Importance
28
moderate
Active deployment
30
moderate
Emerging
69
high
Completeness
63
high
Freshness
100
high
Research priority
30
moderate
Identity and regulatory footprint
- Headquarters
- unknown
- Office address
- unknown
- Business phone
- 408-892-1429adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- HTTP://WWW.PARADE.VC/
- 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 25, 2026
- Private funds reported
- 3 (3 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets
- $76.4Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- business email
- info@parade.vcparade.vcpublished by the subject
- business email
- hello@parade.vcparade.vcpublished by the subject
- business phone
- 408-442-5913adviserinfo.sec.govpublished by the subject
- business phone
- 408-892-1429adviserinfo.sec.govpublished by the subject
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
47 observed deals
Stated (the firm’s website)
- Sectors
- enterprise software, consumer
- Stages
- seed
- Geography
- not stated
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
- Self-described
- venture capital
Observed (from deals on record)
Stage at participation: no observed deals yet
Stage at first entry: no observed deals yet
Sectors
unknown 98%Other Technology 2%
lead rate n/afollow-on rate n/anew logos, 12 months 47
Funds and vehicles
3 reported
| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parade Ventures Elephant Fund, LP | Fund | 2022 form d first sale | Active deployment | $19.6M Mar 29, 2024 | 17 | $244,000 of $250,000 | Dec 27, 2022 |
| Parade Ventures II, L.P. | Fund | unknown | Unknown | $37.0M Mar 29, 2024 | 148 | $0 of $40.0M | May 6, 2021 |
| Parade Ventures, L.P. | Fund | unknown | Unknown | $24.6M Mar 29, 2024 | 98 | $0 of $25.0M | Apr 16, 2018 |
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
3 current, 0 departed
Shawn Chander Merani
PartnerManaging Director · since Mar 1, 2018
Shawn Merani
PartnerFounder & Managing Director
Jeff Bonforte
Venture partnerVenture Partner
Investments on record
47 edges, 46 companies, 0 partner-attributed
“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.
Co-investors
40 relationships from shared deals, counted for the whole firm
Sapphire Ventures, LLC 3 shared · recurringCrane Venture Partners LLP 2 shared · recurringMotley Fool Ventures 2 shared · recurringFirstmark Capital, LLC 2 shared · recurringK50 Ventures 1 shared · one timeNext Legacy Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeGrand Ventures 1 shared · one timeEudemian Ventures, LLC 1 shared · one timeStorm Ventures 1 shared · one timeMatrix 1 shared · one timeCore Venture Capital 1 shared · one timeSPP Management Services, LLC 1 shared · one timeTola Capital Management, LLC 1 shared · one time2048 Ventures, LLC 1 shared · one timeMaveron LLC 1 shared · one timeMac Venture Capital 1 shared · one timeGranite Ventures LLC 1 shared · one timeDRAPER ASSOCIATES 1 shared · one timeWestern Technology Investment (wti) 1 shared · one timeRethink Capital Partners, LLC 1 shared · one timeCastle Island Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeDifferential Venture Partners, LLC 1 shared · one timeLeap Forward Ventures, LLC 1 shared · one timeTAU Ventures, LLC 1 shared · one timeGreatpoint Investment Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeNelstone Ventures Advisors 1 shared · one timeVitalizevc Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeElefund Management Company, LLC 1 shared · one timeStage 1 Managers LLC 1 shared · one timeTrue Ventures 1 shared · one timeAcorn Pacific Ventures 1 shared · one timeTrinity Ventures 1 shared · one timeCorazon Group LLC 1 shared · one timeAlkeon Capital Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeMastry 1 shared · one timeA-Star Partners, LLC 1 shared · one timeUnion Square Ventures 1 shared · one timeAnthemis 1 shared · one time14peaks Capital Ag 1 shared · one timeFlux Capital 1 shared · one time
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
17 dated events
- Sep 16, 2026Carta no longer listed on Parade Ventures Management, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceCartaVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026Leaficient no longer listed on Parade Ventures Management, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceLeaficientVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026Bito no longer listed on Parade Ventures Management, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceBitoVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026Incountry no longer listed on Parade Ventures Management, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceIncountryVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026Intro no longer listed on Parade Ventures Management, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceIntroVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026Recruitbot no longer listed on Parade Ventures Management, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceRecruitbotVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026Shakudo no longer listed on Parade Ventures Management, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceShakudoVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026Shortcut no longer listed on Parade Ventures Management, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceShortcutVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026Thecompanion no longer listed on Parade Ventures Management, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceThecompanionVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026Encore no longer listed on Parade Ventures Management, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceEncoreVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026Arraycorp no longer listed on Parade Ventures Management, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceArraycorpVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026Getcruise no longer listed on Parade Ventures Management, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceGetcruiseVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026Trustedhealth no longer listed on Parade Ventures Management, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceTrustedhealthVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Mar 29, 2024Parade Ventures Management, LLC 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)
- Mar 29, 2024Parade Ventures, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Parade Ventures Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $24,613,469Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactParade Ventures, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 29, 2024Parade Ventures II, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Parade Ventures Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $36,982,213Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactParade Ventures 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, 2024Parade Ventures Elephant Fund, LP first reported on Form ADV by Parade Ventures Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $19,627,204Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactParade Ventures Elephant Fund, LPSEC 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 (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)venture manager, reported GAV $81M across 3 vehicles
Evidence
37 observations from 3 sources