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.
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Firms / I••••••••• M••••••••• L••
I••••••••• M••••••••• L••
imperative ventures provides hard tech decarbonization startups with capital and expertise during the most critical phases of commercialization and scale-up
venture manager, reported GAV $55M across 2 vehicles
Importance
11
low
Active deployment
29
moderate
Emerging
0
low
Completeness
75
high
Freshness
98
high
Research priority
9
low
Identity and regulatory footprint
- Headquarters
- Stillwater, MNadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- 220 EAST MYRTLE STREET, Stillwater, MN, 55082adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- 612-249-8377adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- i•••••••••.vc
- 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
- Feb 5, 2026
- Private funds reported
- 2 (2 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets
- $29.6Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- business email
- info@imperative.vcimperative.vcpublished by the subject
- business phone
- 612-249-8377adviserinfo.sec.govpublished by the subject
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
1 observed deals
Stated (the firm’s website)
- Sectors
- climate, energy, deep tech, logistics, industrial, agtech
- Stages
- seed, growth, early
- Geography
- global
- 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
unknown 100%
lead rate n/afollow-on rate n/anew logos, 12 months 1
Funds and vehicles
2 reported
| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I••••••••• V••••••• F••• I•• L• | Fund | 2024 adv first reported | Early deployment | $96,494 Feb 1, 2024 | 4 | $0 of $200M | Apr 3, 2023 |
| I••••••••• S•••••• V••••••• F••• I• L• | Fund | unknown | Unknown | $55.0M Feb 1, 2024 | 4 | $0 of $350M | Nov 12, 2019 |
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
13 current, 1 departed
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Board or advisorySenior Advisor
J•• v•• D•••••
Board or advisorySenior Advisor
R•• H•••••
Founder or executiveCo-Founder and CEO, Monolith
P••••••• M••••••••
PartnerPartner
P••••••• M••••••••
PartnerMember · since Nov 1, 2019
T•• E•••••••
PartnerPartner
C•••••••• J••• P•••••••
Platform and operationsCfo · since Nov 1, 2019
C•••••••• P•••••••
Platform and operationsCFO, General Counsel
P••••• M•••••••
Platform and operationsController
T••••• J••• E•••••••
Platform and operationsMember, Cco · since Nov 1, 2019
C•••••••• B••••
Venture partnerVenture Partner
M••••••• L•
Venture partnerVenture Partner
W••• T••••
Venture partnerVenture Partner
1 departed (kept with end dates)
- J••••• v•• D••••• · Member · Nov 1, 2019 to Feb 11, 2022 Inference
Investments on record
1 edges, 1 companies, 0 partner-attributed
| Company | Round | Role | Partner | Round size | This investor | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T••••••••• m•••••••• | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact Venture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages) |
“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.
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
4 dated events
- Feb 1, 2024I••••••••• V••••••• F••• I•• L• first reported on Form ADV by I••••••••• M••••••••• L•• (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $96,494Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactI••••••••• V••••••• F••• I•• L•SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Feb 11, 2022J••••• v•• D••••• (Member) no longer on Schedule A of I••••••••• M••••••••• L••
- Dec 11, 2019I••••••••• M••••••••• L•• first filed Form ADV (ERA, venture capital fund adviser exemption)First SEC adviser filingOrganizationFactSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Dec 11, 2019I••••••••• S•••••• V••••••• F••• I• L• first reported on Form ADV by I••••••••• M••••••••• L•• (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $45,000,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactI••••••••• S•••••• V••••••• F••• I• L•SEC 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 $55M across 2 vehicles
Evidence
49 observations from 3 sources