Stage 1 Managers LLC
Seed fund manager, reporting $181M of fund assets on its funds' Form ADV filings.
Composed from this organization's classification, location and filed figures.
16 additional team members, 24 additional co-investors and affiliates, 60 additional investments, funds and LPs, 12 events, 19 verified contacts (17 professional url, 1 general firm email, 1 firm phone)
Every relationship, signal and contact on this record, with the source on each.
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What matters now
- 1 companyportfolio raising
One portfolio company has new financing on record in 6 months without this firm named on the round; the latest on 8 Jun 2026 ($18.2M sold on Form D).
A portfolio company raising again is a follow-on decision for the firm and a co-investment opening for others.
- 2 dealswith Guidepost Growth Equity Management Company
Invests most often alongside Guidepost Growth Equity Management Company (2 shared deals).
pair last observed on record 10 Sep 2013, 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- Managing Director | TampaWhy: Managing directorProfile
- Managing DirectorWhy: Managing directorNo route on file yet
Relationship network
112 connected entities6 observed rounds3 repeat counterparties2 dated rounds shown here, 2012 to 2013
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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- Company
- Fund or vehicle
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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 Stage 1 Managers 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
54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3D Cloud | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact Firm website |
| AAI Solutions | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact Firm website |
| Actasys | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact Firm website |
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
- Sectors
- ai, enterprise software, biotech, climate, deep tech, hardware, robotics, space, logistics, industrial, media
- Stages
- seed, growth, early, multi stage
- Geography
- global
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
- Self-described
- seed
Team
20 current, 0 departed
Decision makers
- Jonathan Gordon · Managing Director | TampaWhy this person: Managing director; Named with investment responsibilityLinkedIn or profile link on file (firm website), confirmed 2026-10-01, confidence 90%
- David W. Baum · Managing DirectorWhy this person: Managing director; Named with investment responsibility
Who else at this firm · 1 person, grouped by function
- Alfonso Carrillo · Operating Partner | MiamiWhy this person: Operating partner: works with the portfolioLinkedIn or profile link on file (firm website), confirmed 2026-10-01, confidence 90%
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. 2 with a route on file. 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.- Managing Director · 6 deals attributed
- Managing Director | Tampa
- Operating Partner | Miami
Contacts
1 general firm email, 1 firm phone, 17 professional url on record, each with its source. Values open with the complete profile.
Funds and LPs
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage 1 Growth Fund LLC (series Wave) | Growth fund | 2024 adv first reported | Early deployment | $15.0M Mar 25, 2026 | 24 | unknown | unknown |
| Stage 1 Growth Fund (series Trender) | Growth fund | 2023 adv first reported | Active deployment | $1.6M Mar 27, 2024 | 12 | unknown | unknown |
| Stage 1 Growth Fund LLC (series Invaio) | Growth fund | 2022 adv first reported | Active deployment | $27.0M Mar 25, 2026 | 59 | unknown | unknown |
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
27 co-investors
Co-investors
- 2013-09-102 shared deals · recurring
- 2026-10-011 shared deal · one time
- 2026-10-011 shared deal · one time
Evidence and history
17 dated events, 65 observations from 3 sources
Timeline
- seen on or beforeSep 15, 2026Stage 1 Managers LLC: GROWTH_INVESTOR -> SEED_FUND_MANAGER (name or self-description says seed)Classification changedClassificationInference
- Mar 25, 2026Stage 1 Growth Fund LLC (series Blacklane) first reported on Form ADV by Stage 1 Managers LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $255,000
- Mar 25, 2026Stage 1 Growth Fund LLC (series Wyebot) first reported on Form ADV by Stage 1 Managers LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $326,118
- Mar 25, 2026Stage 1 Growth Fund LLC (series Viral Gains) first reported on Form ADV by Stage 1 Managers LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $579,861
- Mar 25, 2026Stage 1 Growth Fund LLC (series Gigpro) first reported on Form ADV by Stage 1 Managers LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $622,000
Identity and regulatory footprint
Address, phone, Form ADV filing and ownersForm ADV filed Mar 25, 2026 · 11 private fundsShowHide
- Headquarters
- unknown
- Office address
- unknown
- Business phone
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- STAGE1VENTURES.COM
- 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
- Mar 25, 2026
- Private funds reported
- 11 (11 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets, adviser total
- $181Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
Classification history
Classification history
Every classification this record has carried3 on recordShowHide
- Sep 15, 2026Seed fund manager (confirmed, 95%)Name or self-description says seed
- Sep 12, 2026Growth investor (confirmed, 95%)Growth or late-stage vehicles only
- Sep 12, 2026Growth investor (probable, 80%)Growth or late-stage vehicles only
Evidence
Every observation behind this profile, with its source, date and class
| Fact | Value | Effective | Class | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Why admitted | VC exemption, VC funds reported | Mar 25, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC exemption claimed | Venture capital fund adviser | Mar 25, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC exemption claimed | Private fund adviser | Mar 27, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Exempt reporting adviser | Mar 25, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Exempt reporting adviser | Mar 25, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Exempt reporting adviser | Mar 27, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| First Form ADV filing | 2021-04-27 | Mar 25, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| First Form ADV filing | 2021-04-27 | Mar 27, 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 | 2026-03-25 | Mar 25, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2026-03-25 | Mar 25, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2024-03-27 | Mar 27, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC status | ERA - Active | Mar 25, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC status effective | 2021-04-27 | Mar 25, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture share of reported funds | 1 | Mar 25, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture share of reported funds | 1 | Mar 27, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Business phone | Mar 25, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Business phone | Mar 27, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Contact page url | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Contact page url | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Self-described type | seed | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | |
| Self-described type | seed | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Self-described type | seed | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact | |
| Legal form | Limited Liability Company | Mar 25, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Legal form | Limited Liability Company | Mar 27, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Portfolio page | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Portfolio page | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Portfolio page | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Private funds reported | 11 | Mar 25, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private funds reported | 11 | Mar 25, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private funds reported | 7 | Mar 27, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $181M | Mar 25, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $181M | Mar 25, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $182M | Mar 27, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Schedule a diff | sadiff-1 | Mar 25, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Stated geography | global “geography words on the home page” | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated geography | Global, united states “geography words on the home page” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated geography | Global, united states “geography words on the home page” | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated sectors | AI, enterprise software, biotech, climate, deep tech, hardware, robotics, space, logistics, industrial, media “sector words on the home page” | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated sectors | AI, enterprise software, biotech, climate, deep tech, space, industrial, media “sector words on the home page” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated sectors | AI, enterprise software, biotech, climate, deep tech, space, industrial, media “sector words on the home page” | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated stages | Seed, growth, early, multi stage “stage words on the home page” | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated stages | Seed, growth, early, multi stage “stage words on the home page” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated stages | Seed, growth, early, multi stage “stage words on the home page” | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact | |
| Team page | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Team page | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Team page | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Venture funds reported | 11 | Mar 25, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture funds reported | 11 | Mar 25, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture funds reported | 7 | Mar 27, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Website | Mar 25, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Website | Mar 27, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Site title | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Site title | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Site title | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact |
How this is scored
Scores, classification basis and filing advisersSeed fund manager, confirmedShowHide
Name or self-description says seed
- importance
- gav: 0.38 · funds: 1 · people: 0.16 · investments: 0.65 · co investors: 0.58
- 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: 12 · reported gav: $181M · first adv filing: 2021-04-27 · years since first filing: 5.4
Fits, record history and connections
scored matches for this investor, every identity change, every edge
Record history
- Organization classification changed2026-09-15
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.