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Firms / Lightsmith Climate Resilience Management LLC
Lightsmith Climate Resilience Management LLC
Private equity with venture activity · probableNew York, NYlightsmithgp.comSEC registered investment adviser
registered adviser; venture funds are 0% of 1 private funds
Importance
22
moderate
Active deployment
26
moderate
Emerging
0
low
Completeness
69
high
Freshness
100
high
Research priority
10
low
Identity and regulatory footprint
- Headquarters
- New York, NYadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- 300 PARK AVENUE, 2ND FLOOR SUITE 237, New York, NY, 10022adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- 862-234-5135adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- https://lightsmithgp.com/
- SEC adviser type
- registered investment adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- unknown
- Latest Form ADV
- Mar 28, 2024
- Private funds reported
- 1 (0 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets
- $100Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- Regulatory AUM
- $187Mthe adviser's RAUM, a regulatory measure, never a fund size
- Employees
- 10
- Owners on Schedule A
- Lightsmith Group, LLC (Member), E
- business email
- accountability@lightsmithgp.comlightsmithgp.compublished by the subject
- business email
- jay.koh@lightsmithgp.comlightsmithgp.compublished by the subject
- business email
- kevin.venezia@lightsmithgp.comlightsmithgp.compublished by the subject
- business email
- sanjay.wagle@lightsmithgp.comlightsmithgp.compublished by the subject
- business phone
- 862-234-5135adviserinfo.sec.govpublished by the subject
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
7 observed deals
Stated (the firm’s website)
- Sectors
- climate, energy, space, logistics, agtech
- Stages
- growth
- Geography
- emerging markets, global, globally, new york, worldwide
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
- Self-described
- growth investor
Observed (from deals on record)
Stage at participation: no observed deals yet
Stage at first entry: no observed deals yet
Sectors
unknown 71%Other Technology 29%
lead rate n/afollow-on rate n/anew logos, 12 months 7
Funds and vehicles
1 reported
| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightsmith Climate Resilience Partners Scsp Raif | Fund · ADV: Private Equity Fund | 2019 form d first sale | Mature | $100M Mar 28, 2024 | 26 | $20.6M | Apr 30, 2021 |
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
9 current, 0 departed
Praneet Singh
Board or advisorySenior Investment Advisor
Richard Kauffman
Board or advisoryIndependent Member of the Investment Advisory Committee
Jay L. Koh
PartnerCo-Founder and Managing Director
JAY Lee Koh
PartnerManaging Director · since Nov 1, 2019
Sanjay J. Wagle
PartnerCo-Founder and Managing Director
Sanjay Joseph Wagle
Platform and operationsManaging Director, Cco · since Nov 1, 2019
Serena Y. Shi
PrincipalPrincipal
Tara L. Guelig
PrincipalSenior Director, Sustainable Investment and Partnerships
Jill Xu
Vice presidentVice President
Investments on record
7 edges, 7 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
5 relationships from shared deals, counted for the whole firm
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
2 dated events
- Apr 17, 2020Lightsmith Climate Resilience Management LLC 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)
- Apr 17, 2020Lightsmith Climate Resilience Partners Scsp Raif first reported on Form ADV by Lightsmith Climate Resilience Management LLC (Private Equity Fund), GAV $857,710Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactLightsmith Climate Resilience Partners Scsp RaifSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
Classification history
- Sep 12, 2026Private equity with venture activity (probable, 75%, cls-1)registered adviser; venture funds are 0% of 1 private funds
Evidence
36 observations from 2 sources