K5 Global Advisor LLC

Corporate venturepart of K5SEC-registered adviserClassification probablek5global.com

Corporate venture, reporting $5.3B of fund assets on its funds' Form ADV filings.

Composed from this organization's classification, location and filed figures.

Reported fund assets
$5.3B
sum of its funds' Form ADV filings, last 30 months
New companies, 12 mo
2
Investment team
7
Latest vintage
2024
Contact decision makers
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Ask DFX about thisView relationshipsFind contactsInvestments (25)Team (17)Funds
As of · the latest observation of this organization; filed figures are as of its latest Form ADV

2 additional team members, 37 additional co-investors and affiliates, 72 additional investments, funds and LPs, 75 events, 1 verified contact (1 firm phone)

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

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What matters now

  1. 2 deals
    with Scribble Ventures Management

    Invests most often alongside Scribble Ventures Management (2 shared deals) and Valor Equity Partners (2 shared deals).

    pair last observed on record 1 Oct 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 recordCo-investors →

People to know

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  • Bryan Daniel Baum
    Sole Shareholder
    Why: Named with investment responsibility
    No route on file yet
  • Michael Kives
    Sole Shareholder
    Why: Named with investment responsibility
    No route on file yet

Relationship network

96 connected entities

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
  • 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 K5 Global Advisor 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.

See how you connect to K5 Global Advisor LLC

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Investing

25 companies on record, 2 new in 12 months
Investments on record
25 companies, 0 partner-attributed
No investment on record yet. Edges arrive from the firm’s portfolio page, financing announcements, and Form D board seats.
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
no observed deals yet
Stated (the firm’s website)
Sectors
not stated or not yet read
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: no observed deals yet
lead rate no observed dealsfollow-on rate no observed dealsnew companies, 12 months 2

Team

17 current, 1 departed
Decision makers
who to call first, and why; then everyone else by function
  • Bryan Daniel Baum · Sole Shareholder
    Why this person: Named with investment responsibility
  • Michael Kives · Sole Shareholder
    Why this person: Named with investment responsibility
Who else at this firm · 1 person, grouped by function
Finance, operations and compliance (1)

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
17 current, 1 departed
1 departed (kept with end dates)
Contacts
1 firm phone

1 firm phone on record, each with its source. Values open with the complete profile.

Funds and LPs

75 vehicles, 0 LPs disclosed
Funds and vehicles
75 reported
VehicleTypeVintageLifecycleReported GAVOwnersForm D soldLatest Form D
K5 Tech Fund I, LP - Series 102Fund2024 adv first reportedEarly deployment$51.4M
Sep 9, 2026
3unknownunknown
K5 Laredo I, LLCFund2024 adv first reportedEarly deployment$248,847
Sep 9, 2026
3unknownunknown
K5 Tech Fund I, LP - Series 101Fund2024 adv first reportedEarly deployment$112,182
Sep 9, 2026
2unknownunknown
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
3 relationships across the firm's funds, from public pensions and the allocator graph
AllocatorTypeFundAmountDateSource
The Eisner Foundation IncFOUNDATIONK5 Global Growth Fund I, LP$1.0M
fair value on the foundation's return
reported as of Dec 31, 2024Fact IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file returns
Hess Foundation IncFOUNDATIONK5 Tokyo Black Fund I, LP$2.0M
fair value on the foundation's return
reported as of Nov 30, 2024Fact IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file returns
Hess Foundation IncFOUNDATIONK5 Global Ventures, LP$357,431
fair value on the foundation's return
reported as of Nov 30, 2024Fact IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file returns

Relationships across DFX

48 co-investors · on 3 other DFX graphs
Co-investors
48 counted from shared deals, for the whole firm
Across DFX and the capital chainon 3 other DFX graphs · 2 capital paths Show
Across DFX
  • The same institution is held on Allocators, Private Equity, RIA and Wealth, matched by identifier. See which records
Across the graphs

K5 Global Advisor LLC is the same institution as 3 records in Allocators, Private Equity and RIA and Wealth.

Allocators1Private Equity1RIA and Wealth1

DFX found 3 relationships across 3 datasets

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

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Capital chain

K5 Global Advisor LLC sits on 2 traced paths of capital across the graphs.

Allocator commitments to a manager

DFX traced 2 paths of capital through this record

Every record on each path, what it committed or lent, and as of when.

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Derived from allocator disclosures, BDC schedules and SEC filings; confidence is the weakest hop.

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Evidence and history

80 dated events, 49 observations from 2 sources
Timeline
80 dated events
  1. Sep 9, 2026
    K5 Tech Fund I, LP - Series 109 first reported on Form ADV by K5 Global Advisor LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $11,252,975
    Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsInferenceK5 Tech Fund I, LP - Series 109Form ADV
  2. Sep 9, 2026
    K5 Tech Fund I, LP - Series 111 first reported on Form ADV by K5 Global Advisor LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $82,952,729
    Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsInferenceK5 Tech Fund I, LP - Series 111Form ADV
  3. Sep 9, 2026
    K5 Tech Fund I, LP - Series 113 first reported on Form ADV by K5 Global Advisor LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $10,571,442
    Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsInferenceK5 Tech Fund I, LP - Series 113Form ADV
  4. Sep 9, 2026
    K5 Tech Fund II, LP first reported on Form ADV by K5 Global Advisor LLC (Venture Capital Fund)
    Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsInferenceK5 Tech Fund II, LPForm ADV
  5. Sep 9, 2026
    K5 Tech Fund I, LP - Series 108 first reported on Form ADV by K5 Global Advisor LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $12,736,523
    Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsInferenceK5 Tech Fund I, LP - Series 108Form ADV
Identity and regulatory footprint
Address, phone, Form ADV filing and ownersForm ADV filed Sep 9, 2026 · 90 private fundsShow
Headquarters
unknown
Office address
unknown
Business phone
unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
Website
k5global.com
SEC adviser type
Registered investment adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
SEC exemption claimed
unknown
Latest Form ADV
Sep 9, 2026
Private funds reported
90 (90 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
Private fund gross assets, adviser total
$5.8Badviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
Regulatory AUM
$5.8Bthe adviser's RAUM, a regulatory measure, never a fund size
Employees
13
Owners on Schedule A
B5 Advisory, Inc. (Member), owns 50% to 75%; K5 Advisory, Inc. (Member), owns 50% to 75%
Classification history
Every classification this record has carried1 on recordShow
  1. Sep 12, 2026
    Corporate venture (probable, 80%)
Evidence
49 observations from 2 sources
Every observation behind this profile, with its source, date and class
FactValueEffectiveClassSource
Why admittedVC funds reportedMar 31, 2026FactForm ADV
SEC adviser typeRegistered investment adviserSep 9, 2026FactForm ADV
SEC adviser typeRegistered investment adviserMar 31, 2026FactForm ADV
SEC adviser typeRegistered investment adviserNov 12, 2024FactForm ADV
First Form ADV filing2021-04-19Sep 9, 2026FactForm ADV
First Form ADV filing2021-04-19Nov 12, 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 filing2026-09-09Sep 9, 2026FactForm ADV
Latest Form ADV filing2026-03-31Mar 31, 2026FactForm ADV
Latest Form ADV filing2024-11-12Nov 12, 2024FactForm ADV
SEC statusApprovedMar 31, 2026FactForm ADV
SEC status effective2021-05-24Mar 31, 2026FactForm ADV
Venture share of reported funds1Sep 9, 2026FactForm ADV
Venture share of reported funds1Nov 12, 2024FactForm ADV
Business phoneMar 31, 2026FactForm ADV
Business phoneNov 12, 2024FactForm ADV
Employees13Mar 31, 2026FactForm ADV
Employees10Nov 12, 2024FactForm ADV
Legal formLimited Liability CompanyMar 31, 2026FactForm ADV
Private funds reported90Sep 9, 2026FactForm ADV
Private funds reported90Mar 31, 2026FactForm ADV
Private funds reported62Nov 12, 2024FactForm ADV
Private fund gross assets (reported)$5.8BSep 9, 2026FactForm ADV
Private fund gross assets (reported)$5.8BMar 31, 2026FactForm ADV
Private fund gross assets (reported)$4.4BNov 12, 2024FactForm ADV
Regulatory AUM (adviser, not fund size)$5.8BMar 31, 2026FactForm ADV
Regulatory AUM (adviser, not fund size)$4.3BNov 12, 2024FactForm ADV
Schedule a diffsadiff-1Sep 9, 2026FactForm ADV
Venture funds reported90Sep 9, 2026FactForm ADV
Venture funds reported90Mar 31, 2026FactForm ADV
Venture funds reported62Nov 12, 2024FactForm ADV
WebsiteMar 31, 2026FactForm ADV
WebsiteNov 12, 2024FactForm ADV
How this is scored
Scores, classification basis and filing advisersCorporate venture, probable · 2 filing advisers share this firmShow
Importance
46
elevated
Active deployment
25
moderate
Emerging
0
low
Freshness
100
high
Corporate venture · probableSEC registered investment adviser

Corporate parent: K5 Advisory, Inc.

One of 2 advisers that share k5global.com; the firm is K5. K5 Global Technology, LLC. Each keeps its own CRD, funds and filings; the grouping is the website each swore to on Form ADV and is recomputed every pass.

The inputs behind each score
importance
gav: $1 · funds: 1 · people: 0.16 · investments: 0 · co investors: 0
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: 75 · reported gav: $5.3B · first adv filing: 2021-04-19 · years since first filing: 5.5

Fits, record history and connections

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

Record history

1 identity change on the change ledger, latest event first
  • Grouped with firm
    2026-09-12

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.