Impact Engine
Impact Engine is a venture capital and private equity firm investing in companies driving positive impact in economic empowerment, education, environmental sustainability, and health.
In the firm's own words, from its website.
6 additional team members, 5 additional investments, funds and LPs, 9 events, 4 verified contacts (3 general firm email, 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- Chief Investment OfficerWhy: Chief investment officer: owns the allocation decisionNo route on file yet
- Shareholder And DirectorWhy: Named with investment responsibilityNo route on file yet
Relationship network
17 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.
- Fund or vehicle
- Person
›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 Impact Engine: 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
0 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.Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
- Sectors
- climate
- Stages
- not stated or not yet read
- Geography
- chicago, midwest
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
- Self-described
- venture capital
Team
9 current, 3 departed
Decision makers
- Priya Parrish · Chief Investment OfficerWhy this person: Chief investment officer: owns the allocation decision; Named with investment responsibility
Who else at this firm · 1 person, grouped by function
- Cara Jean Wood · Chief Compliance Officer, Vp Of Finance And OperationsWhy this person: Chief Compliance Officer, Vp Of Finance And Operations at the firm
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.- Chief Investment Officer
- Shareholder And Director
- Chief Compliance Officer, Vp Of Finance And Operations
3 departed (kept with end dates)
- Valerie Hedge · Director Of Operations · Feb 1, 2019 to Jan 7, 2022 Inference
- Elizabeth Coston · Principal · Dec 1, 2017 to Jan 7, 2022 Inference
- Catherine Lee Lien · Vice President, Private Equity · Apr 1, 2019 to Mar 1, 2021 Inference
Contacts
3 general firm email, 1 firm phone on record, each with its source. Values open with the complete profile.
Funds and LPs
7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Impact Engine Ventures III, LP | Fund | 2023 adv first reported | Active deployment | $0 Jul 22, 2024 | 0 | unknown | unknown |
| Impact Engine Private Equity Fund II, LP | Fund · ADV: Private Equity Fund | 2022 form d first sale | Active deployment | $91.7M Aug 5, 2026 | 96 | $49.8M of $150M | Mar 20, 2023 |
| Impact Engine Private Equity, LP | Fund · ADV: Private Equity Fund | 2019 form d first sale | Mature | $28.7M Aug 5, 2026 | 63 | $31.5M | Oct 28, 2020 |
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.| Allocator | Type | Fund | Amount | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pritzker Traubert Foundation | FOUNDATION | Impact Engine Ventures II, LP | $0 fair value on the foundation's return | reported as of Dec 31, 2024 | Fact IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file returns |
| Libra Foundation | FOUNDATION | Impact Engine Ventures II, LP | $915,839 fair value on the foundation's return | reported as of Dec 31, 2024 | Fact IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file returns |
| Caerus Foundation Inc | FOUNDATION | Impact Engine Ventures II, LP | $228,960 fair value on the foundation's return | reported as of Dec 31, 2024 | Fact IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file returns |
Relationships across DFX
0 co-investors · on 4 other DFX graphs
Co-investors
Across DFX and the capital chainon 4 other DFX graphs · 3 capital paths ShowHide
- Sponsor-market profile (matched by same CRD)
- The same institution is held on Allocators, Independent Sponsors, Private Equity, RIA and Wealth, matched by identifier. See which records
Impact Engine is the same institution as 4 records in Allocators, Independent Sponsors, Private Equity and RIA and Wealth.
DFX found 4 relationships across 4 datasets
Which record it is in each graph, what it is called there, and how the two were matched.
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Checking your plan…
Impact Engine sits on 3 traced paths of capital across the graphs.
DFX traced 3 paths of capital through this record
Every record on each path, what it committed or lent, and as of when.
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Checking your plan…
Evidence and history
14 dated events, 77 observations from 4 sources
Timeline
- Mar 30, 2023Impact Engine Ventures III, LP first reported on Form ADV by Impact Engine (Venture Capital Fund)
- Mar 30, 2023Impact Engine, LLC no longer reported on Form ADV by Impact Engine
- Mar 30, 2022Impact Engine Private Equity Fund II, LP first reported on Form ADV by Impact Engine (Private Equity Fund), GAV $34,500,000
- Jan 7, 2022Valerie Hedge (Director Of Operations) no longer on Schedule A of Impact Engine
- Jan 7, 2022Elizabeth Coston (Principal) no longer on Schedule A of Impact Engine
Identity and regulatory footprint
Address, phone, Form ADV filing and ownersForm ADV filed Aug 5, 2026 · 6 private fundsShowHide
- Headquarters
- Chicago, ILadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- theimpactengine.com
- SEC adviser type
- Registered investment adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- unknown
- Latest Form ADV
- Aug 5, 2026
- Private funds reported
- 6 (4 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets, adviser total
- $154Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- Regulatory AUM
- $247Mthe adviser's RAUM, a regulatory measure, never a fund size
- Employees
- 9
- Owners on Schedule A
- Tasha Elizabeth Seitz Declaration of Trust Uad 12/16/2004 (Shareholder), owns 10% to 25%; Chuck Templeton Living Trust Dated 8/10/2009 (Shareholder), owns 10% to 25%; SAM D. Yagan, Trustee of the the Jessica Droste Yagan 2012 Gift Trust U/a/d 12/14/12 (Shareholder), owns 10% to 25%
Classification history
Classification history
Every classification this record has carried3 on recordShowHide
- Sep 23, 2026Institutional venture firm (probable, 80%)Venture manager, reported GAV $154M across 7 vehicles
- Sep 15, 2026Institutional venture firm (probable, 80%)Venture manager, reported GAV $100M across 7 vehicles
- Sep 12, 2026Institutional venture firm (probable, 80%)Venture manager, reported GAV $75M across 6 vehicles
Evidence
Every observation behind this profile, with its source, date and class
| Fact | Value | Effective | Class | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Why admitted | VC funds reported | Aug 5, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Registered investment adviser | Aug 5, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Registered investment adviser | Aug 5, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Registered investment adviser | Jul 22, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| First Form ADV filing | 2019-05-22 | Aug 5, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| First Form ADV filing | 2019-05-22 | Jul 22, 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 | 2026-08-05 | Aug 5, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2026-08-05 | Aug 5, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2024-07-22 | Jul 22, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC status | Approved | Aug 5, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC status effective | 2023-08-16 | Aug 5, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture share of reported funds | 1 | Aug 5, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture share of reported funds | 1 | Jul 22, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Business phone | Aug 5, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Business phone | Jul 22, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Contact page url | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Contact page url | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Description | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Description | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Description | Sep 13, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Employees | 9 | Aug 5, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Employees | 11 | Jul 22, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Headquarters | Chicago, IL | Aug 5, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Headquarters | Chicago, IL | Jul 22, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Office address | Aug 5, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Office address | Jul 22, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Self-described type | Venture capital | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | |
| Self-described type | Venture capital | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Self-described type | Venture capital | Sep 13, 2026 | Fact | |
| Legal form | Other (specify) | Aug 5, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| PE funds reported | 2 | Aug 5, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private funds reported | 6 | Aug 5, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private funds reported | 6 | Aug 5, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private funds reported | 7 | Jul 22, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $154M | Aug 5, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $154M | Aug 5, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $100M | Jul 22, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Regulatory AUM (adviser, not fund size) | $247M | Aug 5, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Regulatory AUM (adviser, not fund size) | $169M | Jul 22, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Schedule a diff | sadiff-1 | Aug 5, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Stated geography | Chicago, midwest “geography words on the home page” | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated geography | Chicago, midwest “geography words on the home page” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated geography | Chicago, midwest “geography words on the home page” | Sep 13, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated sectors | climate “sector words on the home page” | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated sectors | climate “sector words on the home page” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated sectors | climate “sector words on the home page” | Sep 13, 2026 | Fact | |
| Team page | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Team page | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Team page | Sep 13, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Venture funds reported | 4 | Aug 5, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture funds reported | 4 | Aug 5, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture funds reported | 5 | Jul 22, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Website | Jul 22, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Site title | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Site title | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Site title | Sep 13, 2026 | Fact |
How this is scored
Scores, classification basis and filing advisersInstitutional venture firm, probableShowHide
Venture manager, reported GAV $154M across 7 vehicles
- importance
- gav: 0.36 · funds: 0.67 · people: 0.12 · investments: 0 · co investors: 0
- active deployment
- investments 12m: 0 · fund raising 18m: 0 · people joined 12m: 0 · vintage within 3y: 1 · latest investment at: not scored
- emerging manager
- fund count: 8 · reported gav: $154M · first adv filing: 2019-05-22 · years since first filing: 7.4
Fits, record history and connections
scored matches for this investor, every identity change, every edge
Record history
- Adviser's first ADV filing2019-05-22source 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: new companies, 12 mo.