Goahead Mage Company, L.L.C.
Pre-seed and seed stage venture capital. Supporting innovators keeps the world spinning!
In the firm's own words, from its website.
3 additional investments, funds and LPs, 6 events, 2 verified contacts (1 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. Last change: 17 Jul 2025, $98.7M reported sold so far.
People to know
View all people- Managing DirectorWhy: Managing directorNo route on file yet
- Managing DirectorWhy: Managing directorNo route on file yet
- Managing MemberWhy: Named with investment responsibilityNo route on file yet
Relationship network
11 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.
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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 Goahead Mage Company, L.L.C.: 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
1 company 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submit Your Pitch | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact Firm website |
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
- Sectors
- not stated or not yet read
- Stages
- pre seed, seed
- Geography
- not stated
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
- Self-described
- seed
Team
3 current, 1 departed
Decision makers
- Clancey Stahr · Managing DirectorWhy this person: Managing director; Named with investment responsibility
- Philip Charles Brady · 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 Member
- Managing Director
- Managing Director
1 departed (kept with end dates)
- Yoji Kawaguchi · Managing Member · Sep 1, 2006 to Mar 30, 2016 Inference
Contacts
1 general firm email, 1 firm phone on record, each with its source. Values open with the complete profile.
Funds and LPs
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goahead Ventures III, L.P. | Fund | 2023 form d first sale | Fundraising | $37.1M May 22, 2026 | 47 | $98.7M | Jul 17, 2025 |
| Goahead Ventures II, LP | Fund | 2018 form d first sale | Harvest | $53.0M May 22, 2026 | 42 | $48.5M of $100M | Nov 14, 2019 |
| Zenshin Core Technology Parallel Fund, L.P. | Feeder or parallel | 2016 adv first reported | Harvest | $68.1M May 22, 2026 | 3 | unknown | unknown |
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
1 co-investors · on 1 other DFX graph
Co-investors
- 2026-09-301 shared deal · one time
Across DFX and the capital chainon 1 other DFX graph ShowHide
- The same institution is held on RIA and Wealth, matched by identifier. See which records
Goahead Mage Company, L.L.C. is the same institution as 1 record in RIA and Wealth.
The joined record opens with the product, beside every other relationship on this page.
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Evidence and history
11 dated events, 75 observations from 3 sources
Timeline
- seen on or beforeSep 13, 2026Goahead Mage Company, L.L.C.: INSTITUTIONAL_VC -> SEED_FUND_MANAGER (name or self-description says seed)Classification changedClassificationInference
- Mar 13, 2024Goahead Ventures III, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Goahead Mage Company, L.L.C. (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $33,930,000
- Feb 1, 2020Philip Charles Brady joined Schedule A of Goahead Ventures LLC as Managing Director
- Mar 29, 2019Goahead Ventures II, LP first reported on Form ADV by Goahead Ventures LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $39,050,000
- Mar 30, 2016Yoji Kawaguchi (Managing Member) no longer on Schedule A of Zenshin Capital
Identity and regulatory footprint
Address, phone, Form ADV filing and ownersForm ADV filed May 22, 2026 · 6 private fundsShowHide
- Headquarters
- Menlo Park, CAadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- GOAHEADVC.COM
- 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
- May 22, 2026
- Private funds reported
- 6 (6 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets, adviser total
- $186Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
Classification history
Classification history
Every classification this record has carried2 on recordShowHide
- Sep 14, 2026Seed fund manager (confirmed, 95%)Name or self-description says seed
- Sep 12, 2026Institutional venture firm (confirmed, 95%)Venture manager, reported GAV $231M across 6 vehicles
Evidence
Every observation behind this profile, with its source, date and class
| Fact | Value | Effective | Class | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Why admitted | VC exemption, VC funds reported | May 22, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC exemption claimed | Venture capital fund adviser | May 22, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC exemption claimed | Venture capital fund adviser | Mar 13, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Exempt reporting adviser | May 22, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Exempt reporting adviser | May 22, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Exempt reporting adviser | Mar 13, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| First Form ADV filing | 2012-03-29 | May 22, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| First Form ADV filing | 2012-03-29 | Mar 13, 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 | 2026-05-22 | May 22, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2026-05-22 | May 22, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2024-03-13 | Mar 13, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC status | ERA - Active | May 22, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC status effective | 2012-03-29 | May 22, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture share of reported funds | 1 | May 22, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture share of reported funds | 1 | Mar 13, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Business phone | May 22, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Business phone | Mar 13, 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 | ||
| Headquarters | Menlo Park, CA | May 22, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Headquarters | Menlo Park, CA | Mar 13, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Office address | May 22, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Office address | Mar 13, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Self-described type | seed | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | |
| Self-described type | seed | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Self-described type | seed | Sep 13, 2026 | Fact | |
| Legal form | Limited Liability Company | May 22, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Legal form | Limited Liability Company | Mar 13, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Portfolio page | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Portfolio page | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Portfolio page | Sep 13, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Private funds reported | 6 | May 22, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private funds reported | 6 | May 22, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private funds reported | 6 | Mar 13, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $186M | May 22, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $186M | May 22, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $231M | Mar 13, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Schedule a diff | sadiff-1 | May 22, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Stated stages | Pre seed, seed “stage words on the home page” | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated stages | Pre seed, seed “stage words on the home page” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated stages | Pre seed, seed “stage 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 | 6 | May 22, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture funds reported | 6 | May 22, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture funds reported | 6 | Mar 13, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Website | May 22, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Website | Mar 13, 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 advisersSeed fund manager, confirmedShowHide
Name or self-description says seed
- importance
- gav: 0.39 · funds: 0.5 · people: 0.24 · 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: 6 · reported gav: $186M · first adv filing: 2012-03-29 · years since first filing: 14.5
Fits, record history and connections
scored matches for this investor, every identity change, every edge
Record history
- Organization classification changed2026-09-13
- Adviser's first ADV filing2012-03-29source 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.