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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.
Firms / GSV Ventures Management, LLC
GSV Ventures Management, LLC
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venture manager, reported GAV $601M across 16 vehicles
Importance
52
elevated
Active deployment
55
elevated
Emerging
0
low
Completeness
69
high
Freshness
100
high
Research priority
22
moderate
Identity and regulatory footprint
- Headquarters
- Chicago, ILadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- 875 NORTH MICHIGAN AVE, SUITE 3740, Chicago, IL, 60611adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- 312-397-0071adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- http://www.gsv.ventures
- 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
- Apr 29, 2026
- Private funds reported
- 15 (15 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets
- $582Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- business phone
- 312-397-0071adviserinfo.sec.govpublished by the subject
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
11 observed deals
Stated (the firm’s website)
- Sectors
- media
- Stages
- not stated or not yet read
- Geography
- not stated
- 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 11
Funds and vehicles
16 reported
| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GSV Ventures Fund III Affiliates, L.P. | Feeder or parallel | 2023 adv first reported | Active deployment | $1.2M Mar 25, 2024 | 19 | $0 of $2.6M | Jun 8, 2022 |
| GSV Sl, L.P. | Fund | 2022 form d first sale | Active deployment | $24.6M Mar 25, 2024 | 3 | $25.0M | Dec 8, 2022 |
| GSV Ch III, LP | Fund | 2022 form d first sale | Active deployment | $5.9M Mar 25, 2024 | 1 | $5.0M of $5.0M | Jul 8, 2022 |
| GSV Ers, LP | Fund | 2022 adv first reported | Active deployment | $4.3M Mar 25, 2024 | 5 | $0 of $5.5M | Aug 16, 2021 |
| GSV Ch, LP | Fund | 2021 adv first reported | Mature | $63.9M Mar 25, 2024 | 3 | unknown | unknown |
| GSV Stars IV, LP | Fund | 2021 form d first sale | Mature | $10.0M Mar 25, 2024 | 1 | $10.0M of $20.0M | Nov 15, 2021 |
| GSV Gld, LP | Fund | 2021 form d first sale | Mature | $6.6M Mar 25, 2024 | 10 | $11.7M of $11.7M | Jun 11, 2021 |
| GSV Dg, LP | Fund | 2021 form d first sale | Mature | $5.2M Mar 25, 2024 | 6 | $13.7M of $13.7M | Jun 3, 2021 |
| GSV Stars III, LP | Fund | 2021 form d first sale | Mature | $2.8M Mar 25, 2024 | 1 | $5.0M of $5.0M | Jun 17, 2021 |
| GSV Oc, LP | Fund | 2021 form d first sale | Mature | $2.8M Mar 25, 2024 | 6 | $3.8M of $3.8M | Apr 7, 2021 |
| GSV Stars V, LP | Fund | 2021 form d first sale | Mature | $1.0M Mar 25, 2024 | 1 | $1.0M of $20.0M | Nov 4, 2021 |
| GSV By, L.P. | Fund | 2021 form d first sale | Mature | $208,072 Mar 25, 2024 | 11 | $3.1M of $3.1M | Apr 20, 2021 |
| GSV Ch II, LP | Fund | 2020 form d first sale | Mature | $5.7M Mar 25, 2024 | 6 | $3.1M of $3.1M | Jul 8, 2020 |
| GSV Ventures Fund II, LP | Fund | 2019 form d first sale | Mature | $207M Mar 25, 2024 | 93 | $97.8M of $200M | Jul 7, 2020 |
| GSV Acceleration Fund I, L.P. | Fund | 2016 form d first sale | Harvest | $134M Mar 25, 2024 | 34 | $95.9M of $150M | Dec 12, 2017 |
| GSV Ventures Fund III, LP | Feeder or parallel | 2015 form d first sale | Harvest | $126M Mar 25, 2024 | 97 | $2.2M of $10.7M | Jul 8, 2015 |
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
35 current, 1 departed
Joy Chen
Board or advisorySenior Advisor, GSV
Marguerite Kondracke
Board or advisoryAdvisor
Michael Moe
Board or advisoryAdvisor
Adrian Ridner
Founder or executiveCEO & Co-Founder, Study.com
David Blake
Founder or executiveFounder & Executive Chairman, Degreed
Elijah Mayfield
Founder or executiveEntrepreneur in Residence, Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science; previously CEO, LightSide Labs
Jessie Woolley-Wilson
Founder or executivePresident and CEO of DreamBox Learning
Johnny C. Taylor, Jr.
Founder or executivePresident & CEO, Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
Kay Krafft
Founder or executiveCEO at Relias and CEO of the Bertelsmann Education Group
Kaya Henderson
Founder or executiveCEO of Reconstruction
Michael Sorrell
Founder or executivePresident, Paul Quinn College
Phyllis Lockett
Founder or executiveFounder & CEO, LEAP Innovations
Rick Levin
Founder or executiveCEO, Coursera; previously President, Yale University
Stefan Von Holtzbrink
Founder or executiveCo-Owner, Chairman and CEO, Holtzbrinck Publishing Group
Steve Youngwood
Founder or executiveCEO of Sesame Workshop
Michael Cohn
General partnerCo-Founder & Partner
Adam Freed
Managing partnerManaging Partner
Arne Duncan
Managing partnerManaging Partner, Emerson Collective; former U.S. Secretary of Education
Deborah Hicks Quazzo
Managing partnerManaging Member · since Oct 1, 2015
Deborah Quazzo
Managing partnerManaging Partner
Jessica Lindl
OtherGlobal Head of Education, Unity Technologies
Abhishek Mishra
PartnerPartner
Claire Zau
PartnerPartner
Jason Horne
PartnerPartner
Jennifer Lee
PartnerPartner
Julia Stiglitz
PartnerPreviously Partner, GSV Ventures
Luben Pampoulov
PartnerPartner
Scott Kinney
PartnerManaging Director in Education Technology, Devonshire Investors
Sergey Karayev
PartnerPartner and Co-Founder of Volition
Harriet Seitler
Platform and operationsChief Brand Officer, Course Hero
Michael Cohn
Platform and operationsPrincipal And Cfo · since Oct 1, 2015
Anurima Bhargava
PrincipalFounder & Director, Anthem of Us
Mujtaba Wani
PrincipalPrincipal
Dr. Jill Buban
Vice presidentVice President and General Manager of EdAssist
Joseph Watt
Vice presidentVice President of Impact Investing, ECMC Group
1 departed (kept with end dates)
- William Epamin Vastardis · Chief Compliance Officer · Jun 1, 2021 to Mar 25, 2024 Inference
Investments on record
11 edges, 11 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
7 relationships from shared deals, counted for the whole firm
Interplay Ventures Early Stage Management LLC 1 shared · one time137 Ventures Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeCorazon Group LLC 1 shared · one timeSilicon Ventures LLC 1 shared · one timeGreat Oaks Management Company LLC 1 shared · one timeChickasaw Capital Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeBand of Angels Acorn Fund, 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
20 dated events
- Sep 16, 2026Tomato Blood Ketchup no longer listed on GSV Ventures Management, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceTomato Blood KetchupVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Mar 25, 2024William Epamin Vastardis (Chief Compliance Officer) no longer on Schedule A of GSV Ventures Management, LLC
- Mar 31, 2023GSV Ventures Fund III Affiliates, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by GSV Ventures Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $578,992Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactGSV Ventures Fund III Affiliates, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 31, 2023GSV Ch III, LP first reported on Form ADV by GSV Ventures Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $12,265,629Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactGSV Ch III, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 31, 2023GSV Sl, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by GSV Ventures Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $24,452,619Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactGSV Sl, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 31, 2022GSV Stars V, LP first reported on Form ADV by GSV Ventures Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $1,010,200Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactGSV Stars V, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 31, 2022GSV Ventures Fund III, LP first reported on Form ADV by GSV Ventures Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $23,996,620Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactGSV Ventures Fund III, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 31, 2022GSV Stars III, LP first reported on Form ADV by GSV Ventures Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $5,022,120Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactGSV Stars III, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 31, 2022GSV Stars IV, LP first reported on Form ADV by GSV Ventures Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $10,010,969Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactGSV Stars IV, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 31, 2022GSV Gld, LP first reported on Form ADV by GSV Ventures Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $11,709,815Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactGSV Gld, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 31, 2022GSV Dg, LP first reported on Form ADV by GSV Ventures Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $13,761,699Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactGSV Dg, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 31, 2022GSV Oc, LP first reported on Form ADV by GSV Ventures Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $3,635,576Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactGSV Oc, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 31, 2022GSV By, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by GSV Ventures Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $3,643,321Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactGSV By, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 31, 2022GSV Ers, LP first reported on Form ADV by GSV Ventures Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $5,506,549Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactGSV Ers, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Jun 1, 2021William Epamin Vastardis joined Schedule A of GSV Ventures Management, LLC as Chief Compliance Officer
- Mar 29, 2021GSV Ch LP first reported on Form ADV by GSV Ventures Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $3,150,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactGSV Ch, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 9, 2021GSV Ch II, LP first reported on Form ADV by GSV Acceleration (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $3,150,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactGSV Ch II, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 9, 2021GSV Ventures Fund II, LP first reported on Form ADV by GSV Acceleration (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $1,000,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactGSV Ventures Fund II, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Aug 25, 2016GSV Acceleration first filed Form ADV (ERA)First SEC adviser filingOrganizationFactSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Aug 25, 2016GSV Acceleration Fund I, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by GSV Acceleration (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $58,088,942Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactGSV Acceleration Fund I, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
Classification history
- Sep 15, 2026Institutional venture firm (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)venture manager, reported GAV $601M across 16 vehicles
- Sep 12, 2026Institutional venture firm (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)venture manager, reported GAV $595M across 15 vehicles
Evidence
49 observations from 3 sources