Artisanal Ventures, LLC
Institutional venture firm, based in Tiburon, California, reporting $62.1M of fund assets on its funds' Form ADV filings.
Composed from this organization's classification, location and filed figures.
37 additional co-investors and affiliates, 41 additional investments, funds and LPs, 1 verified contact (1 firm phone)
Every relationship, signal and contact on this record, with the source on each.
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What matters now
- 2 companiesportfolio raising
2 portfolio companies have new financing on record in 6 months without this firm named on the round; the latest on 1 Oct 2026 ($256M round).
A portfolio company raising again is a follow-on decision for the firm and a co-investment opening for others.
- 10 dealswith Menlo Ventures
Invests most often alongside Menlo Ventures (10 shared deals) and Sequoia Capital (8 shared deals).
pair last observed on record 30 Sep 2026, not a deal date · The firms it syndicates with are the likeliest to see the same deals and to fill out its rounds.
Measuredshared rounds and portfolio companies on recordFor Founders building a round, co-investorsCo-investors →
People to know
View all people- Founder, General PartnerWhy: Founder of the firmNo route on file yet
- General PartnerWhy: General partner: carries the investment decisionNo route on file yet
- ManagerWhy: Named with investment responsibilityNo route on file yet
Relationship network
90 connected entities1 observed round
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.
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›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 Artisanal Ventures, 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.
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Investing
44 companies on record, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| abnormal.aiActive | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact Firm website |
| Acuity | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact Firm website |
| agency.incExited | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact Firm website |
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
- Sectors
- energy
- Stages
- not stated or not yet read
- Geography
- not stated
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
Team
3 current, 1 departed
Decision makers
- Andy Price · Founder, General PartnerWhy this person: Founder of the firm; Named with investment responsibility
- Tim Hoag · General PartnerWhy this person: General partner: carries the investment decision; Named with investment responsibility
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.- Manager
- Founder, General Partner
- General Partner
1 departed (kept with end dates)
- Andrew Forbes van Nest · Manager · Jun 1, 2021 to Jan 12, 2023 Inference
Contacts
1 firm phone on record, each with its source. Values open with the complete profile.
Funds and LPs
1 vehicle, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artisanal Ventures I, L.P. | Fund | unknown | Unknown | $62.1M Jan 9, 2025 | 85 | $0 of $150M | May 26, 2021 |
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.Relationships across DFX
85 co-investors
Co-investors
- 2026-09-3010 shared deals · very strong
- 2026-10-018 shared deals · very strong
- 2026-10-017 shared deals · strong
Evidence and history
3 dated events, 58 observations from 4 sources
Timeline
- Jan 12, 2023Andrew Forbes van Nest (Manager) no longer on Schedule A of Artisanal Ventures, LLC
- Aug 3, 2022Artisanal Ventures, LLC first filed Form ADV (ERA, venture capital fund adviser exemption)
- Aug 3, 2022Artisanal Ventures I, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Artisanal Ventures, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $60,965,000
Identity and regulatory footprint
Address, phone, Form ADV filing and ownersForm ADV filed Jan 9, 2025 · 1 private fundsShowHide
- Headquarters
- Tiburon, CAadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- artisanalv.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
- Jan 9, 2025
- Private funds reported
- 1 (1 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets, adviser total
- $62.1Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
Classification history
Classification history
Every classification this record has carried1 on recordShowHide
- Sep 12, 2026Institutional venture firm (confirmed, 95%)Venture manager, reported GAV $62M across 1 vehicle
Evidence
Every observation behind this profile, with its source, date and class
| Fact | Value | Effective | Class | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Why admitted | VC exemption, VC funds reported | Jan 9, 2025 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC exemption claimed | Venture capital fund adviser | Jan 9, 2025 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC exemption claimed | Venture capital fund adviser | Mar 28, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Exempt reporting adviser | Jan 9, 2025 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Exempt reporting adviser | Jan 9, 2025 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Exempt reporting adviser | Mar 28, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| First Form ADV filing | 2022-08-03 | Jan 9, 2025 | Fact | Form ADV |
| First Form ADV filing | 2022-08-03 | Mar 28, 2024 | 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 | 2025-01-09 | Jan 9, 2025 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2025-01-09 | Jan 9, 2025 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2024-03-28 | Mar 28, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC status | ERA - Active | Jan 9, 2025 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC status effective | 2022-08-03 | Jan 9, 2025 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture share of reported funds | 1 | Jan 9, 2025 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture share of reported funds | 1 | Mar 28, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Business phone | Jan 9, 2025 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Business phone | Mar 28, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Headquarters | Tiburon, CA | Jan 9, 2025 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Headquarters | Tiburon, CA | Mar 28, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Office address | Jan 9, 2025 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Office address | Mar 28, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Legal form | Limited Liability Company | Jan 9, 2025 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Legal form | Limited Liability Company | Mar 28, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Portfolio page | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Portfolio page | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Portfolio page | Sep 13, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Private funds reported | 1 | Jan 9, 2025 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private funds reported | 1 | Jan 9, 2025 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private funds reported | 1 | Mar 28, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $62.1M | Jan 9, 2025 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $62.1M | Jan 9, 2025 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $62.1M | Mar 28, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Schedule a diff | sadiff-1 | Sep 27, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Stated sectors | energy “sector words on the home page” | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated sectors | energy “sector words on the home page” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated sectors | energy “sector words on the home page” | Sep 13, 2026 | Fact | |
| Team page | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Team page | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Team page | Sep 13, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Venture funds reported | 1 | Jan 9, 2025 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture funds reported | 1 | Jan 9, 2025 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture funds reported | 1 | Mar 28, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Website | Mar 28, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Site title | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Site title | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Site title | Sep 13, 2026 | Fact |
How this is scored
Scores, classification basis and filing advisersInstitutional venture firm, confirmedShowHide
Venture manager, reported GAV $62M across 1 vehicle
- importance
- gav: 0.24 · funds: 0.08 · people: 0.12 · investments: 0.61 · co investors: 0.78
- active deployment
- investments 12m: 0.13 · fund raising 18m: 0 · people joined 12m: 0 · vintage within 3y: 0 · latest investment at: 2026-02-04
- emerging manager
- fund count: 1 · reported gav: $62.1M · first adv filing: 2022-08-03 · years since first filing: 4.2
Fits, record history and connections
scored matches for this investor, every identity change, every edge
Record history
- Adviser's first ADV filing2022-08-03source 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.
Not yet on record: latest vintage.