Fountainvest Advisors Ltd
FountainVest is a team of passionate and experienced investors with deep roots in Asia. We are dedicated to identifying and developing businesses globally with clear value creation angles in the region.
In the firm's own words, from its website.
8 additional team members, 4 additional co-investors and affiliates, 7 additional investments, funds and LPs, 14 events, 1 verified contact (1 firm phone)
Every relationship, signal and contact on this record, with the source on each.
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Nothing material in the last 180 days.
People to know
View all people- Director Of Fv Jade Advisors Ltd.Why: Named with investment responsibilityNo route on file yet
- Director Of Fv Nortia Partners Gp Ltd.Why: Named with investment responsibilityNo route on file yet
- Director Of Fountainvest Capital Partners Gp4 Ltd.Why: Named with investment responsibilityNo route on file yet
Relationship network
11 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.
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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 Fountainvest Advisors Ltd: 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
0 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.Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
- 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
Team
5 current, 8 departed
Decision makers
- Jarladth Michael Travers · Director Of Fv Jade Advisors Ltd.Why this person: Named with investment responsibility
- Jian George Chuang · Director Of Fv Nortia Partners Gp Ltd.Why this person: Named with investment responsibility
- Lynden Rees John · Director Of Fountainvest Capital Partners Gp4 Ltd.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
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.- Director Of Fountainvest Capital Partners Gp4 Ltd.
- Director Of Fv Jade Advisors Ltd.
- Director Of Fv Nortia Partners Gp Ltd.
9 departed (kept with end dates)
- Chenning Zhao · Director Of Fv Mascot Partners Gp Ltd · Nov 1, 2018 to Mar 31, 2021 Inference
- Jarladth Michael Travers · Director Of Fv Diamond Partners Gp Ltd. · Dec 1, 2021 to Mar 31, 2023 Inference
- Yongmin Hu · Director Of Fv Mascot Partners Gp Ltd · Nov 1, 2018 to Mar 31, 2021 Inference
Contacts
1 firm phone on record, each with its source. Values open with the complete profile.
Funds and LPs
3 vehicles, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FountainVest China Capital Partners Fund III, L.P | Fund | 2017 lp reported | Harvest | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown |
| FountainVest China Growth Capital Fund II, L.P | Growth fund | 2013 lp reported | Harvest | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown |
| Fountainvest China Growth Capital Fund, L.P. | Growth fund · ADV: Private Equity Fund | unknown | Unknown | $57.2M Mar 28, 2024 | 34 | unknown | unknown |
Limited partners
- 2 commitments to 2 funds · $250M disclosed
- 2012-08-311 commitment to 1 fund · $75.0M disclosed
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.| Allocator | Type | Fund | Amount | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington State Investment Board | PUBLIC INSTITUTIONAL POOL | FountainVest China Capital Partners Fund III, L.P | $200M committed | committed Feb 1, 2017 | Fact Pension disclosure |
| Washington State Investment Board | PUBLIC INSTITUTIONAL POOL | FountainVest China Growth Capital Fund II, L.P | $150M committed | committed Jan 2, 2013 | Fact Pension disclosure |
| California State Teachers' Retirement System | STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM | FountainVest China Capital Partners Fund III, L.P | $150M committed | reported as of Jun 30, 2025 | Fact Pension disclosure |
Relationships across DFX
0 co-investors · on 2 other DFX graphs
Co-investors
Across DFX and the capital chainon 2 other DFX graphs · 3 capital paths ShowHide
- The same institution is held on Allocators, Private Equity, matched by identifier. See which records
Fountainvest Advisors Ltd is the same institution as 2 records in Allocators and Private Equity.
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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Checking your plan…
Fountainvest Advisors Ltd sits on 3 traced paths of capital across the graphs.
DFX traced 3 paths of capital through this record
Every record on each path, what it committed or lent, and as of when.
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Evidence and history
19 dated events, 33 observations from 3 sources
Timeline
- Mar 28, 2024Brian Eden (Director Of Fv Jade Advisors Ltd.) no longer on Schedule A of Fountainvest Advisors Ltd
- Mar 31, 2023DON Wayne Ebanks (Director Of Fountainvest China Capital Partners Gp2 Ltd.) no longer on Schedule A of Fountainvest Advisors Ltd
- Mar 31, 2023Jarladth Michael Travers (Director Of Fv Diamond Partners Gp Ltd.) no longer on Schedule A of Fountainvest Advisors Ltd
- Feb 1, 2023Jarladth Michael Travers joined Schedule A of Fountainvest Advisors Ltd as Director Of Fv Jade Advisors Ltd.
- Aug 1, 2022Lynden Rees John joined Schedule A of Fountainvest Advisors Ltd as Director Of Fountainvest Capital Partners Gp4 Ltd.
Identity and regulatory footprint
Address, phone, Form ADV filing and ownersForm ADV filed Mar 28, 2024 · 11 private fundsShowHide
- Headquarters
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islandsadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- FOUNTAINVEST.COM
- SEC adviser type
- Exempt reporting adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- Private fund adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- Latest Form ADV
- Mar 28, 2024
- Private funds reported
- 11 (0 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets, adviser total
- $6.1Badviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- Owners on Schedule A
- Fountainvest China Growth Partners GP Ltd. (General Partner Of Fountainvest China Growth Partners Gp1, L.P.), owns under 5%; Fountainvest Capital Partners Gp4 Ltd. (Shareholder Of Fv Nortia Partners Gp Ltd.), owns 75% or more; ONE Venture Limited (Shareholder Of Fountainvest Capital Partners Gp4 Ltd.), owns 50% to 75%
Classification history
Classification history
Every classification this record has carried1 on recordShowHide
- Sep 13, 2026Private equity with venture activity (candidate, 50%)No venture fund on Form ADV; public LPs book its vehicles as Growth Equity
Evidence
Every observation behind this profile, with its source, date and class
| Fact | Value | Effective | Class | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEC exemption claimed | Private fund adviser | Mar 28, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Exempt reporting adviser | Mar 28, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| First Form ADV filing | 2012-03-29 | Mar 28, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1 | Sep 13, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2024-03-28 | Mar 28, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture share of reported funds | 0 | Mar 28, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Business phone | Mar 28, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Description | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Description | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Headquarters | Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands | Mar 28, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Lp strategy label | Growth Equity | Sep 13, 2026 | Fact | Pension disclosure |
| Office address | Mar 28, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Legal form | Corporation | Mar 28, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private funds reported | 11 | Mar 28, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $6.1B | Mar 28, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture funds reported | 0 | Mar 28, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Website | Mar 28, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Site title | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Site title | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact |
How this is scored
Scores, classification basis and filing advisersPrivate equity with venture activity, candidateShowHide
No venture fund on Form ADV; public LPs book its vehicles as Growth Equity
- importance
- gav: 0 · funds: 0 · people: 0.2 · investments: 0 · scale basis: Venture-typed funds only (Private equity with venture activity): 0 funds, $0M of $6.1B reported · co investors: 0
- active deployment
- investments 12m: 0 · fund raising 18m: 0 · people joined 12m: 0 · vintage within 3y: 0 · latest investment at: not scored
- emerging manager
- fund count: 3 · reported gav: $6.1B · first adv filing: 2012-03-29 · years since first filing: 14.5
Fits, record history and connections
scored matches for this investor, every identity change, every edge
Record history
- Adviser's first ADV filing2012-03-29source 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.
Not yet on record: new companies, 12 mo.