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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 / Chrysalix Venture Capital
Chrysalix Venture Capital
venture manager, reported GAV $240M across 5 vehicles
Importance
28
moderate
Active deployment
25
moderate
Emerging
0
low
Completeness
63
high
Freshness
100
high
Research priority
12
low
Identity and regulatory footprint
- Headquarters
- Vancouver, Bc, Canadaadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- #333 - 1111 WEST HASTINGS STREET, Vancouver, Bc, V6E 2J3adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- 604 659-5499adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- HTTP://WWW.CHRYSALIXEVC.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
- Apr 30, 2024
- Private funds reported
- 5 (5 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets
- $240Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- Owners on Schedule A
- WAL van Lierop Consulting Ltd. (Owner), B; Nepal Management Ltd. (Owner), B
- business phone
- 604 659-5499adviserinfo.sec.govpublished by the subject
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
3 observed deals
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
Other 100%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrysalix Carbon Neutrality Fund Cooperatief U.A. | Fund | 2024 adv first reported | Early deployment | $29.7M Apr 30, 2024 | 5 | unknown | unknown |
| Chrysalix Robovalley Limited Partnership | Fund | 2020 adv first reported | Mature | $31.1M Apr 30, 2024 | 5 | unknown | unknown |
| Chrysalix Robovalley U.S. Limited Partnership | Fund | 2018 form d first sale | Harvest | $85.6M Apr 30, 2024 | 11 | $4.2M of $250M | Oct 3, 2018 |
| Chrysalix Energy III US Limited Partnership | Fund | 2008 form d first sale | Harvest | $80.4M Apr 30, 2024 | 21 | $82.8M of $250M | Jul 24, 2009 |
| Chrysalix Energy II US Limited Partnership | Fund | unknown | Unknown | $13.2M Apr 30, 2024 | 25 | 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
7 current, 5 departed
VAN Beuningen Fred
Managing partnerManaging Partner · since Jun 1, 2016
Alfred Lam
PartnerPartner · since Jan 1, 2020
Charles Haythornthwaite
PartnerSenior Partner · since Jul 1, 2018
Gregory C Allen
PartnerPartner · since Aug 1, 2022
Michael Jack Brown
PartnerOwner · since Dec 1, 2004
WAL Franciscus van Lierop
PartnerOwner · since Dec 1, 2004
Wendy Leong
Platform and operationsChief Financial Officer · since Feb 1, 2022
5 departed (kept with end dates)
- Richard Ian Mackellar · Managing Partner · Oct 1, 2007 to Mar 29, 2023 Inference
- Charles Richard Haythornthwaithe · Managing Director · May 1, 2013 to Mar 29, 2017 Inference
- Michael Jack Brown · Managing Director · Dec 1, 2004 to Mar 31, 2014 Inference
- Michael Louis Sherman · Owner · Jan 1, 2008 to Mar 28, 2024 Inference
- Michael Christopher Walkinshaw · Cfo, Managing Director · Dec 1, 2004 to Mar 11, 2013 Inference
Investments on record
3 edges, 3 companies, 3 partner-attributed
| Company | Round | Role | Partner | Round size | This investor | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VerAI Discoveries, Inc. | board seat | unknown · board | Charles Haythornthwaite (strongly supported) | unknown | unknown | Feb 27, 2025 | Inference SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly) |
| Liminal Insights, Inc. | board seat | unknown · board | Alfred Lam (strongly supported) | unknown | unknown | Oct 22, 2024 | Inference SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly) |
| Sortera Technologies, Inc. | board seat | unknown · board | Alfred Lam (strongly supported) | unknown | unknown | Jun 11, 2024 | Inference SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly) |
“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
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
18 dated events
- Mar 28, 2024Michael Louis Sherman (Owner) no longer on Schedule A of Chrysalix Venture Capital
- Mar 28, 2024Chrysalix Carbon Neutrality Fund Cooperatief U.A. first reported on Form ADV by Chrysalix Venture Capital (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $29,673,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactChrysalix Carbon Neutrality Fund Cooperatief U.A.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 29, 2023Richard Ian Mackellar (Managing Partner) no longer on Schedule A of Chrysalix Venture Capital
- Aug 1, 2022Gregory C Allen joined Schedule A of Chrysalix Venture Capital as Partner
- May 12, 2020Chrysalix Robovalley Limited Partnership first reported on Form ADV by Chrysalix Venture Capital (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $18,536,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactChrysalix Robovalley Limited PartnershipSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Jan 1, 2020Alfred Lam joined Schedule A of Chrysalix Venture Capital as Partner
- Jan 22, 2019Chrysalix Robovalley U.S. Limited Partnership first reported on Form ADV by Chrysalix Venture Capital (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $26,400,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactChrysalix Robovalley U.S. Limited PartnershipSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Jul 1, 2018Charles Haythornthwaite joined Schedule A of Chrysalix Venture Capital as Senior Partner
- Mar 29, 2017Charles Richard Haythornthwaithe (Managing Director) no longer on Schedule A of Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital
- Jun 1, 2016VAN Beuningen Fred joined Schedule A of Chrysalix Venture Capital as Managing Partner
- Jul 1, 2015Wendy Leong joined Schedule A of Chrysalix Venture Capital as Vp Of Finance
- Mar 31, 2014Michael Jack Brown (Managing Director) no longer on Schedule A of Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital
- May 1, 2013Charles Richard Haythornthwaithe joined Schedule A of Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital as Managing Director
- Mar 11, 2013Michael Christopher Walkinshaw (Cfo, Managing Director) no longer on Schedule A of Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital
- Mar 12, 2012Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital 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 12, 2012Chrysalix Energy II US Limited Partnership first reported on Form ADV by Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $46,082,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactChrysalix Energy II US Limited PartnershipSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 12, 2012Chrysalix Energy III US Limited Partnership first reported on Form ADV by Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $157,441,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactChrysalix Energy III US Limited PartnershipSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Dec 1, 2004Michael Jack Brown joined Schedule A of Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital as Owner
Classification history
- Sep 12, 2026Institutional venture firm (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)venture manager, reported GAV $240M across 5 vehicles
Evidence
40 observations from 2 sources