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Firms / Ardent Venture Partners, LLC
Ardent Venture Partners, LLC
Ardent is a thesis-driven venture firm investing at the pre-seed and seed stage. We back exceptional founders building AI-native software before categories exist.
name or self-description says seed
Importance
21
moderate
Active deployment
29
moderate
Emerging
0
low
Completeness
75
high
Freshness
100
high
Research priority
10
low
Identity and regulatory footprint
- Headquarters
- Washington, DCadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- 2000 PENNSYLVANIA AVE., NW, 7TH FLOOR, Washington, DC, 20006adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- 703-307-0645adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- https://ardent.vc/
- 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
- Mar 27, 2026
- Private funds reported
- 4 (4 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets
- $106Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- business email
- info@ardent.vcardent.vcpublished by the subject
- business email
- pitch@ardent.vcardent.vcpublished by the subject
- business phone
- 703-307-0645adviserinfo.sec.govpublished by the subject
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
1 observed deals
Stated (the firm’s website)
- Sectors
- ai, fintech, consumer, energy, hardware, robotics, industrial
- Stages
- pre seed, seed, series a, series b
- Geography
- global, new york
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
- Self-described
- seed
Observed (from deals on record)
Stage at participation: no observed deals yet
Stage at first entry: no observed deals yet
Sectors
unknown 100%
lead rate n/afollow-on rate n/anew logos, 12 months 1
Funds and vehicles
4 reported
| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ardent Gb Holdings, LP | Fund | 2024 adv first reported | Early deployment | $5.0M Jun 6, 2024 | 18 | unknown | unknown |
| Ardent Mfi Holdings, LP | Fund | 2024 adv first reported | Early deployment | $1.5M Jun 6, 2024 | 15 | $0 of $1.5M | Apr 29, 2024 |
| Ardent Venture Fund, LP | Fund | unknown | Unknown | $35.5M Jun 6, 2024 | 76 | $0 of $100M | Mar 5, 2021 |
| Ardent Venture Fund II, LP | Fund | unknown | Unknown | unknown | unknown | $0 of $75.0M | Oct 9, 2024 |
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
15 current, 0 departed
Phil Herget
General partnerCo-founder & General Partner
Philip Leeroy Bronner
General partnerManager- Ardent Venture Fund Gp, Llc · since Jan 1, 2021
Richard Philip Herget
General partnerManager- Ardent Venture Fund Gp, Llc · since Jan 1, 2021
Phil Bronner
Managing partnerCo-founder and Managing Partner
Alfred Johnson
PartnerCEO Partner
Chris Young
PartnerCEO Partner
Dan Preiss
PartnerPartner
Dave Wright
PartnerCEO Partner
Haroon Mokhtarzada
PartnerCEO Partner
Jon Hallett
PartnerCEO Partner
Mike Shehan
PartnerCEO Partner
Alexis Echano
Platform and operationsOperations & Platform
Sara Lawrence
Platform and operationsVP of Operations & Data
Felipe Mejia
PrincipalPrincipal
Zach Oschin
PrincipalPrincipal
Investments on record
1 edges, 1 companies, 0 partner-attributed
| Company | Round | Role | Partner | Round size | This investor | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Design by Altalogy | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact Venture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages) |
“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
6 relationships from shared deals, counted for the whole firm
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
5 dated events
- Sep 13, 2026Ardent Venture Partners, LLC: MICRO_VC -> SEED_FUND_MANAGER (name or self-description says seed)Classification changedClassificationInferenceno URL
- Jun 6, 2024Ardent Gb Holdings, LP first reported on Form ADV by Ardent Venture Partners, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $5,000,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactArdent Gb Holdings, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Jun 6, 2024Ardent Mfi Holdings, LP first reported on Form ADV by Ardent Venture Partners, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $1,500,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactArdent Mfi Holdings, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 29, 2022Ardent Venture Partners, LLC 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 29, 2022Ardent Venture Fund, LP first reported on Form ADV by Ardent Venture Partners, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $36,640,465Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactArdent Venture Fund, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
Classification history
- Sep 13, 2026Seed fund manager (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)name or self-description says seed
- Sep 12, 2026Micro VC (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)venture manager, reported GAV $42.0M across 5 vehicles
- Sep 12, 2026Micro VC (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)venture manager, reported GAV $42.0M across 4 vehicles
Evidence
48 observations from 3 sources