Lewis & Clark Venture Capital, LLC
Lewis & Clark Ventures is an early stage venture firm managed by former founders and operators. We invest in late seed through Series B companies between the coasts.
In the firm's own words, from its website.
1 verified contact (1 firm phone)
Every relationship, signal and contact on this record, with the source on each.
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Nothing material in the last 180 days.
People to know
View all people- Managing DirectorWhy: Managing directorNo route on file yet
Relationship network
5 connected entities3 observed rounds1 repeat counterpartyrounds 2016 to 2018
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.
- Sponsor
- Company
- Person
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 Lewis & Clark Venture Capital, 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
4 companies on record, 1 new in 12 months
| Company | Round | Role | Partner | Round size | This investor | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Medora, Inc. | Form D equity offering | unknown · board | Brian Hopcraft (strongly supported) | $6.0M form d sold | unknown | Aug 8, 2018 | Inference Form D |
- Sectors
- enterprise software, b2b
- Stages
- seed, series a, early
- Geography
- not stated
- Check size
- $2.0M to $3.0M stated by the firm
- Self-described
- venture capital
Team
8 current, 0 departed
- Brian Hopcraft · Managing DirectorWhy this person: Managing director; Named with investment responsibility
Who else at this firm · 1 person, grouped by function
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.
- Managing Director · 3 deals attributed
- Grantor
1 firm phone on record, each with its source. Values open with the complete profile.
Funds and LPs
0 vehicles, 0 LPs disclosed
Relationships across DFX
2 co-investors
- 2026-09-161 shared deal · one time
- 2022-03-171 shared deal · one time
Evidence and history
4 dated events, 50 observations from 2 sources
- Mar 28, 2017Lewis & Clark Plant Sciences Fund I, LP first reported on Form ADV by Lewis & Clark Venture Capital, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $24,784,716
- Mar 22, 2016Lewis & Clark Ventures I Parallel Fund, LP first reported on Form ADV by Lewis & Clark Venture Capital, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $25,000,000
- Sep 10, 2015Lewis & Clark Venture Capital, LLC first filed Form ADV (ERA, venture capital fund adviser exemption)
- Sep 10, 2015Lewis & Clark Ventures I, LP first reported on Form ADV by Lewis & Clark Venture Capital, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $71,000,000
Address, phone, Form ADV filing and ownersForm ADV filed Mar 27, 2019 · 3 private fundsShowHide
- Headquarters
- St. Louis, MOadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- LEWISANDCLARKVENTURES.COM
- SEC adviser type
- Exempt reporting adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- unknown
- Latest Form ADV
- Mar 27, 2019
- Private funds reported
- 3 (3 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets, adviser total
- $172Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- Owners on Schedule A
- Thomas J. Hillman Living Trust Dated May 18, 1993 (Sole Member), owns 75% or more
Classification history
Every classification this record has carried1 on recordShowHide
- Sep 12, 2026Institutional venture firm (probable, 70%)Venture manager with no reported fund assets yet (scale unknown)
Every observation behind this profile, with its source, date and class
| Fact | Value | Effective | Class | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEC adviser type | Exempt reporting adviser | Mar 27, 2019 | Fact | Form ADV |
| First Form ADV filing | 2015-09-10 | Mar 27, 2019 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1 | Sep 12, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2019-03-27 | Mar 27, 2019 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture share of reported funds | 1 | Mar 27, 2019 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Business phone | Mar 27, 2019 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Contact page url | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | no URL | |
| Contact page url | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | no URL | |
| Description | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | no URL | |
| Description | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | no URL | |
| Description | Sep 13, 2026 | Fact | no URL | |
| Headquarters | St. Louis, MO | Mar 27, 2019 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Office address | Mar 27, 2019 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Self-described type | Venture capital | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | no URL |
| Self-described type | Venture capital | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | no URL |
| Self-described type | Venture capital | Sep 13, 2026 | Fact | no URL |
| Legal form | Limited Liability Company | Mar 27, 2019 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Portfolio page | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | no URL | |
| Portfolio page | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | no URL | |
| Portfolio page | Sep 13, 2026 | Fact | no URL | |
| Private funds reported | 3 | Mar 27, 2019 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $172M | Mar 27, 2019 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Stated check (high) | $3.0M | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | no URL |
| Stated check (high) | $3.0M | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | no URL |
| Stated check (high) | $3.0M | Sep 13, 2026 | Fact | no URL |
| Stated check (low) | $2.0M | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | no URL |
| Stated check (low) | $2.0M | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | no URL |
| Stated check (low) | $2.0M | Sep 13, 2026 | Fact | no URL |
| Stated sectors | Enterprise software, B2B “sector words on the home page” | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | no URL |
| Stated sectors | Enterprise software, B2B “sector words on the home page” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | no URL |
| Stated sectors | Enterprise software, B2B “sector words on the home page” | Sep 13, 2026 | Fact | no URL |
| Stated stages | Seed, series a, early “stage words on the home page” | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | no URL |
| Stated stages | Seed, series a, early “stage words on the home page” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | no URL |
| Stated stages | Seed, series a, early “stage words on the home page” | Sep 13, 2026 | Fact | no URL |
| Team page | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | no URL | |
| Team page | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | no URL | |
| Team page | Sep 13, 2026 | Fact | no URL | |
| Venture funds reported | 3 | Mar 27, 2019 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Website | Mar 27, 2019 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Site title | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | no URL | |
| Site title | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | no URL | |
| Site title | Sep 13, 2026 | Fact | no URL |
How this is scored
Scores, classification basis and filing advisersInstitutional venture firm, probable · 2 filing advisers share this firmShowHide
Venture manager with no reported fund assets yet (scale unknown)
One of 2 advisers that share lewisandclarkventures.com; the firm is Lewis & Clark Partners. Lewis & Clark Partners, LLC. Each keeps its own CRD, funds and filings; the grouping is the website each swore to on Form ADV and is recomputed every pass.
- importance
- gav: $0 · funds: 0 · people: 0.04 · investments: 0.18 · co investors: 0
- active deployment
- investments 12m: 0 · fund raising 18m: 0 · people joined 12m: 0 · vintage within 3y: 0 · latest investment at: not scored
- emerging manager
- fund count: 0 · reported gav: $172M · first adv filing: 2015-09-10 · years since first filing: 11.1
Fits, record history and connections
scored matches for this investor, every identity change, every edge
Record history
- Grouped with firm2026-09-14
- Adviser's first ADV filing2015-09-10source 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.