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Venture Capital Intelligence
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Firms / Leap Forward Ventures, LLC
Leap Forward Ventures, LLC
Leap Forward Ventures invests in startups making real-world systems more intelligent, adaptable, and cleaner. We help exceptional founders scale themselves and their companies when it is time to grow fast.
venture manager, reported GAV $10.9M across 1 vehicles
Importance
14
low
Active deployment
30
moderate
Emerging
58
elevated
Completeness
63
high
Freshness
100
high
Research priority
25
moderate
Identity and regulatory footprint
- Headquarters
- Larkspur, CAadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- 700 LARKSPUR LANDING CIRCLE, SUITE 199 #13, Larkspur, CA, 94939adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- 415-877-4968adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- https://leapforward.vc/
- SEC adviser type
- exempt reporting adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- unknown
- Latest Form ADV
- Mar 29, 2024
- Private funds reported
- 1 (1 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets
- $10.9Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- business email
- hello@leapforward.vcleapforward.vcpublished by the subject
- business phone
- 415-877-4968adviserinfo.sec.govpublished by the subject
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
30 observed deals
Stated (the firm’s website)
- Sectors
- climate, energy, hardware, industrial
- 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
series a 100%
Stage at first entry
series a 100%
Sectors
unknown 90%Other Technology 10%
lead rate 0%follow-on rate 0%new logos, 12 months 30
Funds and vehicles
1 reported
| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leap Forward Ventures Fund I, L.P. | Fund | unknown | Unknown | $10.9M Mar 29, 2024 | 24 | $0 of $25.0M | Feb 3, 2023 |
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
6 current, 0 departed
Jessica Alter
Board or advisoryAdvisor
Michael Wara
Board or advisoryAdvisor
Leap Forward
OtherPortfolio
Leap Forward Ventures
OtherPortfolio
John David Rusenko Jr
PartnerManaging Director · since Jan 1, 2023
David Rusenko
Venture partnerVenture Partner
Investments on record
30 edges, 29 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
24 relationships from shared deals, counted for the whole firm
Collaborative Fund Management LLC 3 shared · recurringCity Light Capital Management III, LLC 2 shared · recurringEqual Ventures 1 shared · one timeLobster Capital, LLC 1 shared · one timeTarget Global Selected Opportunities LP 1 shared · one timeE14 Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeGolden Ventures 1 shared · one timePioneer Square Investment Advisor, LLC 1 shared · one timeEarth Foundry Management, LP 1 shared · one timeA-Star Partners, LLC 1 shared · one timeTreeo Vc Manco, LLC 1 shared · one timeVillage Global Management, L.L.C. 1 shared · one timeBuilding Ventures, LLC 1 shared · one timeFirstmark Capital, LLC 1 shared · one timeParade Ventures Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeMMC Ventures Limited 1 shared · one timeMontage Ventures 1 shared · one timeSpero Management Company, LLC 1 shared · one timeConvective Capital Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeCongruent Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeIlluminate Financial 1 shared · one timeLightspeed Venture Partners 1 shared · one time · they led 1Galvanize 1 shared · one timeRenn Global 1 shared · one time
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
- May 10, 2023Leap Forward Ventures, LLC first filed Form ADV (ERA, venture capital fund adviser exemption)First SEC adviser filingOrganizationFactSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- May 10, 2023Leap Forward Ventures Fund I, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Leap Forward Ventures, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $9,612,327Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactLeap Forward Ventures Fund I, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
Classification history
- Sep 12, 2026Micro VC (probable, 80%, cls-1)venture manager, reported GAV $10.9M across 1 vehicles
Evidence
26 observations from 2 sources