Enlightenment Capital
We partner with businesses that provide vital services, protect critical infrastructure, and safeguard national security.
In the firm's own words, from its website.
20 additional team members, 6 additional co-investors and affiliates, 14 additional investments, funds and LPs, 3 events, 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
- 1 companyportfolio raising
One portfolio company has new financing on record in 6 months without this firm named on the round; the latest on 4 May 2026 ($1.78M sold on Form D).
A portfolio company raising again is a follow-on decision for the firm and a co-investment opening for others.
People to know
View all people- Managing Partner And Managing MemberWhy: Managing partner: runs the firmNo route on file yet
- PartnerWhy: Partner: part of the investment decisionNo route on file yet
- Managing DirectorWhy: Managing directorNo route on file yet
Relationship network
52 connected entities
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 Enlightenment Capital: 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
16 companies on record, 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agile Defense | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact Firm website |
| Allocore | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact Firm website |
| Auria | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact Firm website |
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
- Sectors
- ai, space, defense
- Stages
- not stated or not yet read
- Geography
- global, washington, dc
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
Team
26 current, 1 departed
Decision makers
- Devin Lloyd Talbott · Managing Partner And Managing MemberWhy this person: Managing partner: runs the firm; Named with investment responsibility
- Jason Frederick Rigoli · PartnerWhy this person: Partner: part of the investment decision; Named with investment responsibility
- Patrick Quay · Managing DirectorWhy this person: Managing director; 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.- Managing Partner And Managing Member
- Partner
- Managing Director
1 departed (kept with end dates)
- Pierre Alexandre Kuang Hon Chao · Managing Partner · Jan 1, 2012 to Jan 11, 2017 Inference
Contacts
1 firm phone on record, each with its source. Values open with the complete profile.
Funds and LPs
4 vehicles, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enlightenment Capital Solutions Fund II - Nq, L.P. | Fund · ADV: Private Equity Fund | 2017 adv first reported | Harvest | $73,240 Apr 24, 2026 | 17 | unknown | unknown |
| Enlightenment Capital Solutions Fund Spv I, L.P. | SPV or co-invest vehicle · ADV: Private Equity Fund | 2014 form d first sale | Harvest | $17.6M Mar 29, 2024 | 2 | $25.0M | Feb 12, 2014 |
| Enlightenment Capital Solutions Fund I, LP | Fund · ADV: Private Equity Fund | 2012 form d first sale | Harvest | $2.5M Mar 29, 2024 | 87 | $41.5M of $100M | Nov 22, 2013 |
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
9 co-investors · on 5 other DFX graphs
Co-investors
- 2026-10-011 shared deal · one time
- 2026-10-011 shared deal · one time
- 2026-10-011 shared deal · one time
Across DFX and the capital chainon 5 other DFX graphs ShowHide
- Sponsor-market profile (matched by same CRD)
- The same institution is held on Allocators, Independent Sponsors, Private Equity, RIA and Wealth, Private Credit, matched by identifier. See which records
Enlightenment Capital is the same institution as 5 records in Allocators, Independent Sponsors, Private Equity, RIA and Wealth and Private Credit.
DFX found 5 relationships across 5 datasets
Which record it is in each graph, what it is called there, and how the two were matched.
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Evidence and history
8 dated events, 57 observations from 3 sources
Timeline
- seen on or beforeSep 24, 2026Enlightenment Capital: PE_WITH_VENTURE_ACTIVITY -> CANDIDATE_VC (no sworn venture fact yet (name or round mention only))Classification changedClassificationInference
- Mar 31, 2017Enlightenment Capital Solutions Fund II - Nq, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Enlightenment Capital (Private Equity Fund), GAV $1,054,626
- Jan 11, 2017Pierre Alexandre Kuang Hon Chao (Managing Partner) no longer on Schedule A of Enlightenment Capital
- Feb 1, 2016Jason Frederick Rigoli joined Schedule A of Enlightenment Capital as Partner
- May 8, 2015Enlightenment Capital first filed Form ADV (ERA)
Identity and regulatory footprint
Address, phone, Form ADV filing and ownersForm ADV filed Apr 24, 2026 · 14 private fundsShowHide
- Headquarters
- Chevy Chase, MDadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- ENLIGHTENMENT-CAP.COM
- SEC adviser type
- Registered investment adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- unknown
- Latest Form ADV
- Apr 24, 2026
- Private funds reported
- 14 (0 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets, adviser total
- $2.2Badviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- Regulatory AUM
- $1.6Bthe adviser's RAUM, a regulatory measure, never a fund size
- Employees
- 15
Classification history
Classification history
Every classification this record has carried3 on recordShowHide
- Sep 24, 2026Candidate (candidate, 50%)No sworn venture fact yet (name or round mention only)
- Sep 23, 2026Private equity with venture activity (probable, 75%)Registered adviser; venture funds are 0% of 14 private funds
- Sep 12, 2026Private equity with venture activity (probable, 75%)Registered adviser; venture funds are 0% of 15 private funds
Evidence
Every observation behind this profile, with its source, date and class
| Fact | Value | Effective | Class | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEC adviser type | Registered investment adviser | Apr 24, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Registered investment adviser | Mar 29, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| First Form ADV filing | 2015-05-08 | Apr 24, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| First Form ADV filing | 2015-05-08 | Mar 29, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-30 | Oct 1, 2026 | 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 | 2026-04-24 | Apr 24, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2024-03-29 | Mar 29, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture share of reported funds | 0 | Apr 24, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture share of reported funds | 0 | Mar 29, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Business phone | Mar 29, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Contact page url | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Contact page url | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Description | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Description | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Description | Sep 13, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Employees | 15 | Mar 29, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Headquarters | Chevy Chase, MD | Mar 29, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Office address | Mar 29, 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 | 14 | Apr 24, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private funds reported | 15 | Mar 29, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $2.2B | Apr 24, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $1.8B | Mar 29, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Regulatory AUM (adviser, not fund size) | $1.6B | Mar 29, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Stated geography | global,washington, dc “geography words on the home page” | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated geography | global,washington, dc “geography words on the home page” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated geography | global,washington, dc “geography words on the home page” | Sep 13, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated sectors | AI, space, defense “sector words on the home page” | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated sectors | AI, space, defense “sector words on the home page” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated sectors | AI, space, defense “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 | 0 | Apr 24, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture funds reported | 0 | Mar 29, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Website | Sep 12, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Website | Mar 29, 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 advisersCandidate, candidateShowHide
No sworn venture fact yet (name or round mention only)
- importance
- gav: 0 · funds: 0 · people: 0.6 · investments: 0.46 · scale basis: Venture-typed funds only (Candidate): 0 funds, $0M of $7M reported · co investors: 0.39
- 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: 4 · reported gav: $7.2M · first adv filing: 2015-05-08 · years since first filing: 11.4
Fits, record history and connections
scored matches for this investor, every identity change, every edge
Record history
- Organization classification changed2026-09-24
- Adviser's first ADV filing2015-05-08source 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.