Sway Ventures Management LLC

Venture studioSEC venture capital fund adviser· La Jolla, CaliforniaSWAYVC.COM

Pioneering multi-strategy asset management firm building emerging businesses. Our unified platform drives growth and innovation in alternative investments. Discover strategic opportunities with Sway Capital.

In the firm's own words, from its website.

Reported fund assets
$577M
sum of its funds' Form ADV filings, last 30 months
New companies, 12 mo
None
Investment team
2
Latest vintage
2024
Contact decision makers
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Ask DFX about thisView relationshipsFind contactsInvestments (8)Team (2)Funds
As of · the latest observation of this organization; filed figures are as of its latest Form ADV

1 additional team member, 2 additional co-investors and affiliates, 52 additional investments, funds and LPs, 68 events, 4 verified contacts (2 firm phone, 1 general firm email, 1 published business email)

Every relationship, signal and contact on this record, with the source on each.

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What matters now

  1. 2 deals
    with CVC Advisors (U.S.)

    Invests most often alongside CVC Advisors (U.S.) (2 shared deals).

    pair last observed on record 14 Sep 2026, not a deal date · The firms it syndicates with are the likeliest to see the same deals and to fill out its rounds.

    Measuredshared rounds and portfolio companies on recordFor Founders building a round, co-investorsCo-investors →

People to know

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  • Brian T Nugent
    Managing Member
    Why: Named with investment responsibility
    No route on file yet
  • David Alan Osgood
    Manager
    Why: Named with investment responsibility
    No route on file yet

Relationship network

64 connected entities1 observed round

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.

Reading the network
  • Sponsor
  • Company
  • Fund or vehicle
  • Person

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 Sway Ventures Management LLC: 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

8 companies on record, 0 new in 12 months
Investments on record
8 companies, 1 partner-attributed
CompanyRoundRolePartnerRound sizeThis investorDateSource
Advisoryportfolio listingunknownunknownunknownunknownSep 16, 2026Fact Firm website
Impactportfolio listingunknownunknownunknownunknownSep 16, 2026Fact Firm website
Private Creditportfolio listingunknownunknownunknownunknownSep 16, 2026Fact Firm website
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
8 observed deals
Stated (the firm’s website)
Sectors
ai, space, media
Stages
growth
Geography
global
Check size
not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
Self-described
venture studio
Observed (from deals on record)
Stage at participation: no observed deals yet
Stage at first entry: no observed deals yet
Sectors
unknown 88%Other Technology 13%
lead rate no observed dealsfollow-on rate 0%new companies, 12 months 0

Team

2 current, 4 departed
Decision makers
who to call first, and why; then everyone else by function
  • Brian T Nugent · Managing Member
    Why this person: Named with investment responsibility
  • David Alan Osgood · Manager
    Why this person: 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
2 current, 4 departed
4 departed (kept with end dates)
Contacts
1 general firm email, 1 published business email, 2 firm phone

1 general firm email, 1 published business email, 2 firm phone on record, each with its source. Values open with the complete profile.

Funds and LPs

36 vehicles, 0 LPs disclosed
Funds and vehicles
36 reported, 14 no longer reported
VehicleTypeVintageLifecycleReported GAVOwnersForm D soldLatest Form D
Sway Ventures Opportunity Fund Xxi, LPOpportunity fund2024 adv first reportedEarly deployment$5.2M
Jun 16, 2026
9unknownunknown
Sway Ventures Opportunity Fund Xx, LPOpportunity fund2024 adv first reportedEarly deployment$4.1M
Jun 16, 2026
16unknownunknown
Sway Ventures Opportunity Fund Xix, LPOpportunity fund2024 adv first reportedEarly deployment$2.6M
Jun 16, 2026
10unknownunknown
Limited partners
0 LPs, 0 disclosed commitments
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.
Known LPs and allocators
0 relationships across the firm's funds, from public pensions and the allocator graph
No allocator names this firm or its funds in a public disclosure DFX holds.

Relationships across DFX

4 co-investors · on 2 other DFX graphs
Co-investors
4 counted from shared deals, for the whole firm
Across DFX and the capital chainon 2 other DFX graphs Show
Across DFX
  • The same institution is held on Private Credit, Private Equity, matched by identifier. See which records
Across the graphs

Sway Ventures Management LLC is the same institution as 2 records in Private Credit and Private Equity.

Private Credit1Private Equity1

DFX found 2 relationships across 2 datasets

Which record it is in each graph, what it is called there, and how the two were matched.

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Evidence and history

73 dated events, 76 observations from 4 sources
Timeline
73 dated events
  1. seen on or beforeSep 14, 2026
    Sway Ventures Management LLC: MULTI_STAGE_VC -> VENTURE_STUDIO (name or self-description says studio or venture builder)
    Classification changedClassificationInferenceno URL
  2. Jun 16, 2026
    Sway Ventures Opportunity Fund Xxv LP first reported on Form ADV by Sway Ventures Management LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $4,012,334
    Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsInferenceSway Ventures Opportunity Fund Xxv LPForm ADV
  3. Jun 16, 2026
    Accelerate-It Ventures Fund I (cayman), L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Sway Ventures Management LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $20,804,659
    Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsInferenceAccelerate-It Ventures Fund I (cayman), L.P.Form ADV
  4. Jun 16, 2026
    Sway Ventures Opportunity Fund Xxiii LP first reported on Form ADV by Sway Ventures Management LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $7,268,395
    Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsInferenceSway Ventures Opportunity Fund Xxiii LPForm ADV
  5. Mar 29, 2024
    Sway Ventures Opportunity Fund Xx, LP first reported on Form ADV by Sway Ventures Management LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $2,179,257
    Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactSway Ventures Opportunity Fund Xx, LPForm ADV
Identity and regulatory footprint
Address, phone, Form ADV filing and ownersForm ADV filed Jun 16, 2026 · 24 private fundsShow
Headquarters
Newport Beach, CAadviserinfo.sec.gov
Office address
unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
Business phone
unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
Website
SWAYVC.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
Jun 16, 2026
Private funds reported
24 (24 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
Private fund gross assets, adviser total
$577Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
Owners on Schedule A
Emerald Bay Trust (Member), owns 75% or more; Laguna Capital, LLC (Owner), owns 50% to 75%; Tyler Investment Trust (Managing Member)
Classification history
Every classification this record has carried2 on recordShow
  1. Sep 14, 2026
    Venture studio (confirmed, 95%)
    Name or self-description says studio or venture builder
  2. Sep 12, 2026
    Multi-stage venture firm (confirmed, 95%)
    Both early and growth/opportunity families, reported GAV $393M
Evidence
76 observations from 4 sources
Every observation behind this profile, with its source, date and class
FactValueEffectiveClassSource
Why admittedVC exemption, VC funds reportedJun 16, 2026FactForm ADV
SEC exemption claimedVenture capital fund adviserJun 16, 2026FactForm ADV
SEC exemption claimedVenture capital fund adviserMar 29, 2024FactForm ADV
SEC adviser typeExempt reporting adviserJun 16, 2026FactForm ADV
SEC adviser typeExempt reporting adviserJun 16, 2026FactForm ADV
SEC adviser typeExempt reporting adviserMar 29, 2024FactForm ADV
First Form ADV filing2014-02-05Jun 16, 2026FactForm ADV
First Form ADV filing2014-02-05Mar 29, 2024FactForm ADV
Adv history loadedadv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-29Sep 30, 2026FactForm ADV
Adv history loadedadv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-25Sep 26, 2026FactForm ADV
Adv history loadedadv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-23Sep 24, 2026FactForm ADV
Adv history loadedadv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-21Sep 23, 2026FactForm ADV
Adv history loadedadv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-22Sep 23, 2026FactForm ADV
Adv history loadedadv-hist-1Sep 12, 2026FactForm ADV
Latest Form ADV filing2026-06-16Jun 16, 2026FactForm ADV
Latest Form ADV filing2026-06-16Jun 16, 2026FactForm ADV
Latest Form ADV filing2024-03-29Mar 29, 2024FactForm ADV
SEC statusERA - ActiveJun 16, 2026FactForm ADV
SEC status effective2014-02-05Jun 16, 2026FactForm ADV
Venture share of reported funds1Jun 16, 2026FactForm ADV
Venture share of reported funds1Mar 29, 2024FactForm ADV
Business phoneJun 16, 2026FactForm ADV
Business phoneMar 29, 2024FactForm ADV
Contact page urlSep 16, 2026Factno URL
DescriptionSep 16, 2026Factno URL
DescriptionSep 14, 2026Factno URL
HeadquartersNewport Beach, CAJun 16, 2026FactForm ADV
HeadquartersLa Jolla, CAMar 29, 2024FactForm ADV
Office addressJun 16, 2026FactForm ADV
Office addressMar 29, 2024FactForm ADV
Self-described typeVenture studioSep 16, 2026Factno URL
Self-described typeVenture studioSep 14, 2026Factno URL
Legal formLimited Liability CompanyJun 16, 2026FactForm ADV
Legal formLimited Liability CompanyMar 29, 2024FactForm ADV
Portfolio pageSep 16, 2026Factno URL
Portfolio pageSep 14, 2026Factno URL
Private funds reported24Jun 16, 2026FactForm ADV
Private funds reported24Jun 16, 2026FactForm ADV
Private funds reported33Mar 29, 2024FactForm ADV
Private fund gross assets (reported)$577MJun 16, 2026FactForm ADV
Private fund gross assets (reported)$577MJun 16, 2026FactForm ADV
Private fund gross assets (reported)$603MMar 29, 2024FactForm ADV
Schedule a diffsadiff-1Sep 24, 2026FactForm ADV
Stated geographyglobal
“geography words on the home page”
Sep 16, 2026Factno URL
Stated geographyglobal
“geography words on the home page”
Sep 14, 2026Factno URL
Stated sectorsAI, space, media
“sector words on the home page”
Sep 16, 2026Factno URL
Stated sectorsAI, space, media
“sector words on the home page”
Sep 14, 2026Factno URL
Stated stagesgrowth
“stage words on the home page”
Sep 16, 2026Factno URL
Stated stagesgrowth
“stage words on the home page”
Sep 14, 2026Factno URL
Team pageSep 16, 2026Factno URL
Team pageSep 14, 2026Factno URL
Venture funds reported24Jun 16, 2026FactForm ADV
Venture funds reported24Jun 16, 2026FactForm ADV
Venture funds reported33Mar 29, 2024FactForm ADV
WebsiteSep 12, 2026FactForm ADV
WebsiteMar 29, 2024FactForm ADV
Website resolved domainsway.capitalSep 16, 2026Factno URL
Website resolved domainsway.capitalSep 14, 2026Factno URL
Site titleSep 16, 2026Factno URL
Site titleSep 14, 2026Factno URL
How this is scored
Scores, classification basis and filing advisersVenture studio, confirmedShow
Importance
45
elevated
Active deployment
25
moderate
Emerging
0
low
Freshness
100
high
Venture studioSEC exempt reporting adviser

Name or self-description says studio or venture builder

The inputs behind each score
importance
gav: 0.53 · funds: 1 · people: 0.08 · investments: 0.34 · co investors: 0.24
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: 50 · reported gav: $577M · first adv filing: 2014-02-05 · years since first filing: 12.7

Fits, record history and connections

scored matches for this investor, every identity change, every edge

Record history

2 dated events on the change ledger, latest event first
  • Organization classification changed
    2026-09-14
  • Adviser's first ADV filing
    2014-02-05source 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.