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Firms / Band of Angels Acorn Fund, LLC
Band of Angels Acorn Fund, LLC
The Band of Angels is Silicon Valley
name or self-description says syndicate platform
Importance
18
moderate
Active deployment
30
moderate
Emerging
0
low
Completeness
75
high
Freshness
100
high
Research priority
10
low
Identity and regulatory footprint
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, CAadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- 750 BATTERY STREET, 7TH FLOOR, San Francisco, CA, 94111adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- 650-321-2221adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- HTTPS://WWW.BANDANGELS.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
- Feb 25, 2020
- Private funds reported
- 1 (1 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets
- $1.7Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- business email
- bandhq@bandangels.combandangels.compublished by the subject
- business phone
- 650-321-2221adviserinfo.sec.govpublished by the subject
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
78 observed deals
Stated (the firm’s website)
- Sectors
- fintech, medtech, energy, agtech, media
- Stages
- seed
- Geography
- los angeles, silicon valley, usa
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
- Self-described
- syndicate platform
Observed (from deals on record)
Stage at participation: no observed deals yet
Stage at first entry: no observed deals yet
Sectors
unknown 88%Other 4%Other Technology 4%Other Health Care 3%Biotechnology 1%
lead rate n/afollow-on rate n/anew logos, 12 months 78
Funds and vehicles
1 reported, 1 no longer reported
| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band of Angels Acorn Fund, LLC | Fund | 2009 form d first sale | Harvest | $1.7M Feb 25, 2020 | 10 | $3.0M of $6.0M | Sep 21, 2009 |
| Band of Angels Fund, LP | Fund | unknown | Wound down | $9.2M Mar 2, 2016 | 26 | unknown | unknown |
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
4 current, 0 departed
Ian Sobieski
Founder or executiveChairman
Ian Sobieski
PartnerManaging Director · since Jun 1, 2009
Ed Canty
Platform and operationsCFO
Asli Gozoren
PrincipalExecutive Director
Investments on record
78 edges, 78 companies, 0 partner-attributed
“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
32 relationships from shared deals, counted for the whole firm
Three-Sixty Health Venture Partners, LLC 2 shared · recurringMetaprop 1 shared · one timeTAU Ventures, LLC 1 shared · one timeWeatherford Capital Management 1 shared · one timeGreat North Ventures 1 shared · one timeRebellion Ventures, LLC 1 shared · one timeRuna Capital Advisors 1 shared · one timeIselect Fund Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeSeraphim Space Manager LLP 1 shared · one timeSpark Growth Ventures 1 shared · one timeA-Star Partners, LLC 1 shared · one timeGolden Angels Investors, LLC 1 shared · one timeInnovahealth Partners 1 shared · one time · they led 1Silicon Ventures LLC 1 shared · one timeTrue Wealth Venture Capital, LLC 1 shared · one timeBridge Investments LLC 1 shared · one timeFirst Bight Ventures 1 shared · one timeFT Partners 1 shared · one timeU.S. Venture Partners 1 shared · one timeFJ Labs 1 shared · one timeAurelia Foundry Management Company, LLC 1 shared · one timeMighty Capital Management LLC 1 shared · one timeOpenAI 1 shared · one timeA.capital Ventures 1 shared · one timeNEW Climate Ventures Management, LLC 1 shared · one timePortfolia Venture Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeTVC Capital 1 shared · one timeNSV Management LLC 1 shared · one timeComeback Capital Advisors, LLC 1 shared · one timeRaptor Capital Management LP 1 shared · one timeLife Sciences 1 shared · one timeGSV Ventures Management, LLC 1 shared · one time
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
8 dated events
- Sep 16, 2026Tomato Blood Ketchup no longer listed on Band of Angels Acorn Fund, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceTomato Blood KetchupVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026StudioNow no longer listed on Band of Angels Acorn Fund, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceStudioNowVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026Marketscreener no longer listed on Band of Angels Acorn Fund, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceMarketscreenerVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 14, 2026Band of Angels Acorn Fund, LLC: ANGEL_FUND -> SYNDICATE_PLATFORM (name or self-description says syndicate platform)Classification changedClassificationInferenceno URL
- Mar 7, 2017Band of Angels Fund, LP no longer reported on Form ADV by Band of Angels Acorn Fund, LLCFund no longer reportedFundsInferenceBand of Angels Fund, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Aug 16, 2014Band of Angels Acorn Fund, LLC 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)
- Aug 16, 2014Band of Angels Acorn Fund, LLC first reported on Form ADV by Band of Angels Acorn Fund, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $2,768,493Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactBand of Angels Acorn Fund, LLCSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Aug 16, 2014Band of Angels Fund, LP first reported on Form ADV by Band of Angels Acorn Fund, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $11,657,163Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactBand of Angels Fund, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
Classification history
- Sep 14, 2026Syndicate platform (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)name or self-description says syndicate platform
- Sep 12, 2026Angel fund or group (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)name or self-description says angel
Evidence
39 observations from 2 sources