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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 / Lion Equity Investment Advisors, LLC
Lion Equity Investment Advisors, LLC
Private equity with venture activity · probableDenver, COlionequity.comSEC registered investment adviser
Lion Equity Partners - a private investment firm focused on acquiring small to middle market businesses.
registered adviser; venture funds are 0% of 4 private funds
Importance
25
moderate
Active deployment
0
low
Emerging
0
low
Completeness
63
high
Freshness
100
high
Research priority
5
low
Identity and regulatory footprint
- Headquarters
- Denver, COadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- 260 N. JOSEPHINE ST., SUITE 220, Denver, CO, 80206adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- 303-847-4100adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- HTTP://LIONEQUITY.COM/
- SEC adviser type
- registered investment adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- unknown
- Latest Form ADV
- Aug 30, 2024
- Private funds reported
- 4 (0 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets
- $222Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- Regulatory AUM
- $222Mthe adviser's RAUM, a regulatory measure, never a fund size
- Employees
- 9
- Owners on Schedule A
- Lion Equity Partners, LLC (Sole Member And Manager), E
- business phone
- 303-847-4100adviserinfo.sec.govpublished by the subject
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
no observed deals yet
Stated (the firm’s website)
- Sectors
- logistics, industrial, media
- Stages
- not stated or not yet read
- Geography
- denver, global
- 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: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lion Equity Fund III, LP | Fund · ADV: Private Equity Fund | 2022 form d first sale | Active deployment | $78.7M Aug 30, 2024 | 43 | $111M of $150M | Nov 28, 2023 |
| Lion Equity Holdings II, LLC | Fund · ADV: Private Equity Fund | 2016 form d first sale | Harvest | $114M Aug 30, 2024 | 58 | $63.8M of $63.8M | Sep 21, 2016 |
| Lion Equity Holdings, LLC | Fund · ADV: Private Equity Fund | unknown | Unknown | $437,658 Aug 30, 2024 | 56 | 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
20 current, 0 departed
Will Bird
AnalystBusiness Development Analyst
Arjun Katechia
AssociateAssociate
Chase Focht
AssociateSr. Associate
Ari J. Silverman
Managing partnerCo-Founder and Managing Partner
Jim Levitas
Managing partnerCo-Founder and Managing Partner
Steve Cochran
OtherOperating Executive
Steve Greenwalt
OtherOperating Executive
Tim Toll
OtherOperating Executive
Tom Beyer
OtherOperating Executive
Aaron M. Polack
PartnerPartner, Head of Business Development
Ari J. Silverman
PartnerManager And Member · since Apr 1, 2007
Daniel Gallagher
PartnerPartner, Head of Transactions
E James Levitas
PartnerManager And Member · since Apr 1, 2007
Adam Babb
Platform and operationsAssociate, Portfolio Operations
Marta Belli
Platform and operationsVice President, Portfolio Operations
Scott Dimond
Platform and operationsPrincipal, Head of Portfolio Operations
Daniel P. Gallagher
PrincipalPrincipal
Brittany Witucky
Vice presidentVice President,
Jack Gries
Vice presidentVice President, Transactions
Ty Christensen
Vice presidentSenior Associate, Business Development
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
4 dated events
- Mar 30, 2023Lion Equity Fund III, LP first reported on Form ADV by Lion Equity Investment Advisors, LLC (Private Equity Fund), GAV $78,750,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactLion Equity Fund III, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 29, 2019Lion Equity Investment Advisors, LLC first filed Form ADV (ERA)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, 2019Lion Equity Holdings II, LLC first reported on Form ADV by Lion Equity Investment Advisors, LLC (Private Equity Fund), GAV $70,181,920Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactLion Equity Holdings II, LLCSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 29, 2019Lion Equity Holdings, LLC first reported on Form ADV by Lion Equity Investment Advisors, LLC (Private Equity Fund), GAV $15,965,036Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactLion Equity Holdings, LLCSEC 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 0% of 4 private funds
Evidence
36 observations from 2 sources