Cmea Capital
Institutional venture firm, based in San Francisco, California, reporting $1.1B of fund assets across 16 funds.
Composed from this organization's classification, location and filed figures.
1 additional team member, 10 events, 1 verified contact (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- Managing DirectorWhy: Managing directorNo route on file yet
- Managing DirectorWhy: Managing directorNo route on file yet
- OwnerWhy: Named with investment responsibilityNo route on file yet
Relationship network
11 connected entities6 observed rounds1 repeat counterpartyrounds 2009 to 2013
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.
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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.
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Investing
3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presidio Partners | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Sep 23, 2026 | Fact Company website |
| Auspex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Form D equity offering | unknown · board | David J Collier (strongly supported) | $28.0M form d sold | unknown | Sep 6, 2013 | Inference Form D |
| Isuppli Inc | Form D equity offering | unknown · board | James F Watson (strongly supported) | $442,772 form d sold | unknown | Jun 8, 2010 | Inference Form D |
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
- Sectors
- not stated or not yet read
- Stages
- not stated or not yet read
- Geography
- not stated
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
Team
4 current, 3 departed
Decision makers
- David J Collier · Managing DirectorWhy this person: Managing director; Named with investment responsibility
- James F Watson · 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 Director · 5 deals attributed
- Managing Director · 1 deal attributed
- Owner
3 departed (kept with end dates)
- John Leslie Haag · Chief Operating Partner · Nov 1, 2006 to Apr 1, 2013 Inference
- Karl D Handelsman · Managing Director · Nov 1, 2006 to Mar 25, 2014 Inference
- Karen Hunt Eliadis · Chief Financial Officer · Feb 1, 2013 to Mar 25, 2014 Inference
Contacts
1 firm phone on record, each with its source. Values open with the complete profile.
Funds and LPs
2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cmea Ventures VI, L.P. | Fund | unknown | Unknown | $159M Aug 8, 2014 | 52 | unknown | unknown |
| Cmea Ventures VI Gmbh & Co. Kg | Fund | unknown | Unknown | $3.9M Aug 8, 2014 | 2 | 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.| Allocator | Type | Fund | Amount | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado Public Employees' Retirement Association | STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM | Cmea Ventures VI, L.P. | $30.0M committed | reported as of Dec 31, 2025 | Fact Pension disclosure |
Relationships across DFX
2 co-investors · on 1 other DFX graph
Co-investors
- 2026-10-011 shared deal · one time
- 2009-08-031 shared deal · one time
Across DFX and the capital chainon 1 other DFX graph · 1 capital path ShowHide
- The same institution is held on RIA and Wealth, matched by identifier. See which records
Cmea Capital 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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Cmea Capital sits on 1 traced path of capital across the graphs.
DFX traced 1 path of capital through this record
Every record on each path, what it committed or lent, and as of when.
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Evidence and history
15 dated events, 18 observations from 1 source
Timeline
- Mar 25, 2014Karen Hunt Eliadis (Chief Financial Officer) no longer on Schedule A of Cmea Capital
- Mar 25, 2014Karl D Handelsman (Managing Director) no longer on Schedule A of Cmea Capital
- May 1, 2013LEE R Pantuso joined Schedule A of Cmea Capital as Chief Financial Officer
- Apr 1, 2013John Leslie Haag (Chief Operating Partner) no longer on Schedule A of Cmea Capital
- Feb 1, 2013Karen Hunt Eliadis joined Schedule A of Cmea Capital as Chief Financial Officer
Identity and regulatory footprint
Address, phone, Form ADV filing and ownersForm ADV filed Aug 8, 2014 · 16 private fundsShowHide
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, CAadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- CMEA.COM
- SEC adviser type
- Registered investment adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- unknown
- Latest Form ADV
- Aug 8, 2014
- Private funds reported
- 16 (16 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets, adviser total
- $1.1Badviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- Regulatory AUM
- $404Mthe adviser's RAUM, a regulatory measure, never a fund size
- Employees
- 9
- Owners on Schedule A
- Cmea Development Corp. (Class B Member), owns under 5%
Classification history
Classification history
Every classification this record has carried1 on recordShowHide
- Sep 12, 2026Institutional venture firm (probable, 80%)Venture manager, reported GAV $163M across 2 vehicles
Evidence
Every observation behind this profile, with its source, date and class
| Fact | Value | Effective | Class | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEC adviser type | Registered investment adviser | Aug 8, 2014 | Fact | Form ADV |
| First Form ADV filing | 2012-03-30 | Aug 8, 2014 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1 | Sep 12, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2014-08-08 | Aug 8, 2014 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture share of reported funds | 1 | Aug 8, 2014 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Business phone | Aug 8, 2014 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Employees | 9 | Aug 8, 2014 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, CA | Aug 8, 2014 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Office address | Aug 8, 2014 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Private funds reported | 16 | Aug 8, 2014 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $1.1B | Aug 8, 2014 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Regulatory AUM (adviser, not fund size) | $404M | Aug 8, 2014 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture funds reported | 16 | Aug 8, 2014 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Website | Aug 8, 2014 | Fact | Form ADV |
How this is scored
Scores, classification basis and filing advisersInstitutional venture firm, probableShowHide
Venture manager, reported GAV $163M across 2 vehicles
- importance
- gav: 0.62 · funds: 0.17 · people: 0.12 · investments: 0.31 · co investors: 0.12
- 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: 2 · reported gav: $1.1B · first adv filing: 2012-03-30 · years since first filing: 14.5
Fits, record history and connections
scored matches for this investor, every identity change, every edge
Record history
- Adviser's first ADV filing2012-03-30source 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: latest vintage.