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 / Venture Investment Associates
Venture Investment Associates
Private equity with venture activity · probablePeapack, NJviafunds.comSEC registered investment adviser
VENTURE INVESTMENT ASSOCIATES (VIA) is an employee-owned manager of private equity funds of funds in venture capital, growth equity, buyouts, and energy
registered adviser; venture funds are 9% of 14 private funds
Importance
17
moderate
Active deployment
0
low
Emerging
0
low
Completeness
69
high
Freshness
100
high
Research priority
3
low
Identity and regulatory footprint
- Headquarters
- Peapack, NJadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- 88 MAIN STREET, Peapack, NJ, 07977-0131adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- 908-532-0020adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- HTTP://WWW.VIAFUNDS.COM
- SEC adviser type
- registered investment adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- unknown
- Latest Form ADV
- Mar 19, 2026
- Private funds reported
- 14 (2 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets
- $637Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- Regulatory AUM
- $637Mthe adviser's RAUM, a regulatory measure, never a fund size
- Employees
- 8
- business email
- office@viafunds.comviafunds.compublished by the subject
- business phone
- 908-532-0020adviserinfo.sec.govpublished by the subject
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
no observed deals yet
Stated (the firm’s website)
- Sectors
- energy
- Stages
- growth, early
- Geography
- silicon valley
- 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: no observed deals yet
lead rate n/afollow-on rate n/anew logos, 12 months 0
Funds and vehicles
3 reported
| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIA Viii-Vc, LP | Fund | 2015 form d first sale | Harvest | $104M Aug 12, 2024 | 32 | $147M of $147M | Apr 4, 2017 |
| VIA VII Offshore Feeder LLC | Feeder or parallel · ADV: Private Equity Fund | 2014 adv first reported | Harvest | $3.2M Aug 12, 2024 | 2 | unknown | unknown |
| VIA Vii-Vc, L.P. | Fund | 2011 form d first sale | Harvest | $26.9M Aug 12, 2024 | 18 | $118M of $225M | Apr 16, 2013 |
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
5 current, 3 departed
Shawn Smith
Founder or executiveStathis is the Founder and Chairman of Venture Investment Associates.
Stathis Andris
Founder or executiveFounder, Chairman · since Aug 1, 1993
Alan Adrian Garcia
PartnerManaging Director · since May 1, 2013
Christopher Alexander Douvos
PartnerManaging Director · since Nov 1, 2011
Clifford Jp Gilman
Platform and operationsChief Compliance Officer, Managing Director · since May 1, 2008
3 departed (kept with end dates)
- Charles Bradford Jeffries · Direct Owner · Aug 1, 1993 to Mar 31, 2023 Inference
- Jason Philip Andris · President, Managing Director · Jan 1, 2005 to Jun 29, 2018 Inference
- Carl Homer Malmstrom · Chief Financial Officer, Vice President · Nov 1, 1994 to Mar 19, 2013 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
8 dated events
- Mar 31, 2023Charles Bradford Jeffries (Direct Owner) no longer on Schedule A of Venture Investment Associates
- Jun 29, 2018Jason Philip Andris (President, Managing Director) no longer on Schedule A of Venture Investment Associates
- Mar 8, 2016VIA Viii-Vc, LP first reported on Form ADV by Venture Investment Associates (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $34,113,161Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactVIA Viii-Vc, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 21, 2014VIA VII Offshore Feeder LLC first reported on Form ADV by Venture Investment Associates (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $14,624,704Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactVIA VII Offshore Feeder LLCSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- May 1, 2013Alan Adrian Garcia joined Schedule A of Venture Investment Associates as Managing Director
- Mar 19, 2013Carl Homer Malmstrom (Chief Financial Officer, Vice President) no longer on Schedule A of Venture Investment Associates
- Feb 14, 2012Venture Investment Managment Co., L.L.C. first filed Form ADV (IA)First SEC adviser filingOrganizationFactSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Feb 14, 2012VIA Vii-Vc, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Venture Investment Managment Co., L.L.C. (Private Equity Fund)Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactVIA Vii-Vc, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
Classification history
- Sep 12, 2026Private equity with venture activity (probable, 75%, cls-1)registered adviser; venture funds are 9% of 14 private funds
- Sep 12, 2026Private equity with venture activity (probable, 75%, cls-1)registered adviser; venture funds are 9% of 17 private funds
Evidence
71 observations from 3 sources