DFX Intelligence
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 / Kinetic Ventures, L.L.C.
Kinetic Ventures, L.L.C.
venture manager, reported GAV $177M across 4 vehicles
Importance
29
moderate
Active deployment
0
low
Emerging
0
low
Completeness
56
elevated
Freshness
100
high
Research priority
6
low
Identity and regulatory footprint
- Headquarters
- Chevy Chase, MDadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- TWO WISCONSIN CIRCLE, SUITE 700, Chevy Chase, MD, 20815adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- 301-652-8066adviserinfo.sec.gov
- 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 24, 2026
- Private funds reported
- 4 (4 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets
- $196Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- business phone
- 301-652-8066adviserinfo.sec.govpublished by the subject
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
no observed deals yet
Stated (the firm’s website)
- Sectors
- enterprise software, space
- Stages
- not stated or not yet read
- Geography
- atlanta, maryland
- 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
4 reported, 4 no longer reported
| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kinetic - Itc Broadband Investments LLC | Fund | 2022 adv first reported | Active deployment | $45.6M Mar 29, 2024 | 38 | $0 of $90.0M | Jun 29, 2021 |
| Kinetic Ventures X, L.P. | Fund | 2021 adv first reported | Mature | $22.2M Mar 29, 2024 | 36 | $0 | Jul 16, 2020 |
| Kinetic - Schoox Investments LLC | Fund | 2020 form d first sale | Mature | $49.5M Mar 29, 2024 | 45 | $17.1M of $17.1M | Dec 18, 2020 |
| Kinetic Ventures Ix, LP | Fund | unknown | Unknown | $59.3M Mar 29, 2024 | 19 | $0 of $100M | Dec 29, 2011 |
| Kinetic - Point Investments LLC | Fund | 2021 adv first reported | Wound down | $1.5M Aug 16, 2022 | 12 | unknown | unknown |
| Kinetic Ventures VII, LLC | Fund | unknown | Wound down | $1.9M Mar 27, 2015 | 13 | unknown | unknown |
| Kinetic Ventures Viii, LP | Fund | unknown | Wound down | $1.5M Aug 16, 2022 | 12 | unknown | unknown |
| Kinetic Ventures VI, LLC | Fund | unknown | Wound down | $1.0M Mar 27, 2015 | 14 | 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
15 current, 0 departed
Faye Wang
AnalystPrivate Equity Analyst
Gene Gabbard
Board or advisorySenior Advisor
Rodger Johnson
Board or advisorySenior Advisor
Paul Belk
Founder or executiveFormer CEO, North Georgia Network
Bernard Davis Tarr
PartnerManaging Director · since Apr 1, 1997
Deb Rand
PartnerManaging Director
Jake Tarr
PartnerManaging Director
Nelson C. Chu
PartnerManaging Director
Nelson Chien Chu
PartnerManaging Director · since Jan 1, 2005
William T. Heflin
PartnerManaging Director
William Thomas Heflin
PartnerManaging Director · since Apr 1, 1997
Logan Paul
Platform and operationsController
Sydney M. Shepherd
Platform and operationsChief Financial Officer
Sydney Mary Shepherd
Platform and operationsChief Financial Officer · since Jan 1, 2005
George Stegall
Vice presidentVice President
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
13 dated events
- Mar 20, 2023Kinetic - Point Investments LLC no longer reported on Form ADV by Kinetic Ventures, L.L.C.Fund no longer reportedFundsInferenceKinetic - Point Investments LLCSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 20, 2023Kinetic Ventures Viii, LP no longer reported on Form ADV by Kinetic Ventures, L.L.C.Fund no longer reportedFundsInferenceKinetic Ventures Viii, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 28, 2022Kinetic - Itc Broadband Investments LLC first reported on Form ADV by Kinetic Ventures, L.L.C. (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $47,882,034Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactKinetic - Itc Broadband Investments LLCSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 25, 2021Kinetic - Schoox Investments LLC first reported on Form ADV by Kinetic Ventures, L.L.C. (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $17,747,859Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactKinetic - Schoox Investments LLCSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 25, 2021Kinetic - Point Investments LLC first reported on Form ADV by Kinetic Ventures, L.L.C. (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $15,000,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactKinetic - Point Investments LLCSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 25, 2021Kinetic Ventures X, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Kinetic Ventures, L.L.C. (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $19,778,141Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactKinetic Ventures X, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 29, 2016Kinetic Ventures VI, LLC no longer reported on Form ADV by Kinetic Ventures, L.L.C.Fund no longer reportedFundsInferenceKinetic Ventures VI, LLCSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 29, 2016Kinetic Ventures VII, LLC no longer reported on Form ADV by Kinetic Ventures, L.L.C.Fund no longer reportedFundsInferenceKinetic Ventures VII, LLCSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 29, 2012Kinetic Ventures, L.L.C. first filed Form ADV (IA)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, 2012Kinetic Ventures VII, LLC first reported on Form ADV by Kinetic Ventures, L.L.C. (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $5,423,334Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactKinetic Ventures VII, LLCSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 29, 2012Kinetic Ventures VI, LLC first reported on Form ADV by Kinetic Ventures, L.L.C. (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $1,577,154Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactKinetic Ventures VI, LLCSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 29, 2012Kinetic Ventures Ix, LP first reported on Form ADV by Kinetic Ventures, L.L.C. (Venture Capital Fund)Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactKinetic Ventures Ix, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 29, 2012Kinetic Ventures Viii, LP first reported on Form ADV by Kinetic Ventures, L.L.C. (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $33,267,289Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactKinetic Ventures Viii, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
Classification history
- Sep 12, 2026Institutional venture firm (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)venture manager, reported GAV $177M across 4 vehicles
Evidence
50 observations from 3 sources