Compound Advisors, LLC
Compound is a thesis-driven, research-centric investment firm
In the firm's own words, from its website.
2 additional team members, 37 additional co-investors and affiliates, 73 additional investments, funds and LPs, 15 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
- 2 companiesportfolio raising
2 portfolio companies have new financing on record in 6 months without this firm named on the round; the latest on 26 May 2026 ($4.91M sold on Form D).
A portfolio company raising again is a follow-on decision for the firm and a co-investment opening for others.
- 5 dealswith Union Square Ventures
Invests most often alongside Union Square Ventures (5 shared deals) and CNK Equity Partners I (3 shared deals).
pair last observed on record 16 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
View all people- ManagerWhy: Named with investment responsibilityNo route on file yet
- MemberWhy: Named with investment responsibilityNo route on file yet
Relationship network
125 connected entities4 observed rounds1 repeat counterparty
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.
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›How strength and recency are read
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 Compound Advisors, 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
68 companies on record, 0 new in 12 months
Investments on record
What these amounts mean“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.Acquired, Public, Exited and Active are what the firm’s own portfolio card says, read on the date shown when you hover the chip; they are not deal dates. A company with no chip is one whose card states no outcome: DFX does not assume it is active.| Company | Round | Role | Partner | Round size | This investor | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Crypto Future | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact Firm website |
| Achira | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact Firm website |
| AIFleet | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact Firm website |
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
- Sectors
- ai, deep tech, hardware, robotics, space, crypto, industrial
- Stages
- not stated or not yet read
- Geography
- new york
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
Team
5 current, 2 departed
Decision makers
Who else at this firm · 1 person, grouped by function
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
How the team is orderedPartners who lead rounds first (rounds led, then deals attributed, then seniority), then the rest of the investment team, then investor relations, finance and operations. A person named by two sources under two spellings is shown once.- Manager · 2 deals attributed
- Member
- Chief Compliance Officer
3 departed (kept with end dates)
- Lewis D. Gersh · Member, Manager · Jun 1, 2008 to Mar 31, 2014 Inference
- Marc Howard Michel · Manager · Jun 1, 2008 to Apr 1, 2015 Inference
- Michael Dempsey · Partner · Oct 1, 2020 to Mar 31, 2022 Inference
Contacts
1 firm phone on record, each with its source. Values open with the complete profile.
Funds and LPs
11 vehicles, 0 LPs disclosed
Funds and vehicles
What these amounts meanGAV 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.| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compound Wv 1, a Series of Compound Funds, LLC | SPV or co-invest vehicle | 2022 form d first sale | Active deployment | $10.0M Jun 4, 2026 | 17 | $10.0M of $10.0M | Jan 19, 2022 |
| Compound Rw2, a Series of Compound Funds, LLC | SPV or co-invest vehicle | 2022 form d first sale | Active deployment | $1.7M Jun 4, 2026 | 11 | $1.8M of $1.8M | Dec 20, 2022 |
| Compound 2021, LP | Fund | 2021 name year | Mature | $82.6M Jun 4, 2026 | 66 | $0 of $55.0M | Jan 11, 2021 |
Limited partners
Known LPs and allocators
What these amounts and dates areEach commitment is counted once across the pension tape and the allocator graph. A commitment date prints only when the source printed one; otherwise the row carries the report date. A foundation’s 990-PF line is a holding at fair value, never a commitment. Rows without a fund on the venture graph are commitments to this manager.Relationships across DFX
57 co-investors · on 1 other DFX graph
Co-investors
- 2026-09-165 shared deals · strong
- 2026-09-303 shared deals · recurring
- 2026-09-163 shared deals · recurring
Across DFX and the capital chainon 1 other DFX graph ShowHide
- The same institution is held on RIA and Wealth, matched by identifier. See which records
Compound Advisors, LLC is the same institution as 1 record in RIA and Wealth.
The joined record opens with the product, beside every other relationship on this page.
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Evidence and history
20 dated events, 65 observations from 4 sources
Timeline
- Jun 4, 2026Compound Ai 3 a Series of Compound Funds LLC first reported on Form ADV by Compound Advisors, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $440,130
- Jun 4, 2026Compound Tia 1 a Series of Compound Funds LLC first reported on Form ADV by Compound Advisors, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $890,000
- Jun 4, 2026Compound 2026, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Compound Advisors, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $115,732,323
- Jun 4, 2026Compound Ai 1 a Series of Compound Funds LLC first reported on Form ADV by Compound Advisors, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $3,355,000
- Jun 4, 2026Compound Tia 25 a Series of Compound Funds LLC first reported on Form ADV by Compound Advisors, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $67,693
Identity and regulatory footprint
Address, phone, Form ADV filing and ownersForm ADV filed Jun 4, 2026 · 15 private fundsShowHide
- Headquarters
- New York, NYadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- COMPOUND.VC
- SEC adviser type
- Registered investment adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- Venture capital fund adviseradviserinfo.sec.govItem 2.B(1): advises solely venture capital funds
- Latest Form ADV
- Jun 4, 2026
- Private funds reported
- 15 (15 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets, adviser total
- $732Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- Regulatory AUM
- $732Mthe adviser's RAUM, a regulatory measure, never a fund size
- Employees
- 7
- Owners on Schedule A
- EJ Solutions, LLC (Member Of Compound Advisor Ii, Llc), owns 25% to 50%
Classification history
Classification history
Every classification this record has carried4 on recordShowHide
- Sep 23, 2026Institutional venture firm (confirmed, 95%)Venture manager, reported GAV $727M across 11 vehicles
- Sep 15, 2026Institutional venture firm (confirmed, 95%)Venture manager, reported GAV $502M across 10 vehicles
- Sep 12, 2026Institutional venture firm (confirmed, 95%)Venture manager, reported GAV $371M across 8 vehicles
- Sep 12, 2026Institutional venture firm (confirmed, 95%)Venture manager, reported GAV $371M across 7 vehicles
Evidence
Every observation behind this profile, with its source, date and class
| Fact | Value | Effective | Class | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Why admitted | VC funds reported | Jun 4, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC exemption claimed | Venture capital fund adviser | Mar 26, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Registered investment adviser | Jun 4, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Registered investment adviser | Jun 4, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Exempt reporting adviser | Mar 26, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| First Form ADV filing | 2012-10-02 | Jun 4, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| First Form ADV filing | 2012-10-02 | Mar 26, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-30 | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-29 | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-25 | Sep 26, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-23 | Sep 24, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-21 | Sep 23, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-22 | Sep 23, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1 | Sep 12, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2026-06-04 | Jun 4, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2026-06-04 | Jun 4, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2024-03-26 | Mar 26, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC status | Approved | Jun 4, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC status effective | 2026-07-07 | Jun 4, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture share of reported funds | 1 | Jun 4, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture share of reported funds | 1 | Mar 26, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Business phone | Jun 4, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Business phone | Mar 26, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Description | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Description | Sep 14, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Employees | 7 | Jun 4, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Headquarters | New York, NY | Jun 4, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Headquarters | New York, NY | Mar 26, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Office address | Jun 4, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Office address | Mar 26, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Legal form | Limited Liability Company | Jun 4, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Legal form | Limited Liability Company | Mar 26, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Portfolio page | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Portfolio page | Sep 14, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Private funds reported | 15 | Jun 4, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private funds reported | 15 | Jun 4, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private funds reported | 9 | Mar 26, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $732M | Jun 4, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $732M | Jun 4, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $502M | Mar 26, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Regulatory AUM (adviser, not fund size) | $732M | Jun 4, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Schedule a diff | sadiff-1 | Jun 4, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Stated geography | new york “geography words on the home page” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated geography | new york “geography words on the home page” | Sep 14, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated sectors | AI, deep tech, hardware, robotics, space, crypto, industrial “sector words on the home page” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated sectors | AI, deep tech, hardware, robotics, space, crypto, industrial “sector words on the home page” | Sep 14, 2026 | Fact | |
| Venture funds reported | 15 | Jun 4, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture funds reported | 15 | Jun 4, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture funds reported | 9 | Mar 26, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Website | Jun 4, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Website | Mar 26, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Site title | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Site title | Sep 14, 2026 | Fact |
How this is scored
Scores, classification basis and filing advisersInstitutional venture firm, confirmedShowHide
Venture manager, reported GAV $727M across 11 vehicles
- importance
- gav: 0.56 · funds: 0.92 · people: 0.12 · investments: 0.68 · co investors: 0.71
- active deployment
- investments 12m: 0 · fund raising 18m: 1 · people joined 12m: 0 · vintage within 3y: 0 · latest investment at: not scored
- emerging manager
- fund count: 11 · reported gav: $727M · first adv filing: 2012-10-02 · years since first filing: 14
Fits, record history and connections
scored matches for this investor, every identity change, every edge
Fits
- score 15.2confidence 80%Why: activity; cap table
Scored by DFX match engines from the record's observed portfolio, stage, geography and recent activity. A fit is a reason to look, not a mandate; the blockers say what the model could not confirm. Names and the evidence sentences show with the names on this page.
Record history
- Adviser's first ADV filing2012-10-02source on record
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