Razor's Edge Ventures, LLC
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In the firm's own words, from its website.
2 additional team members, 2 verified contacts (1 general firm email, 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- Managing PartnerWhy: Managing partner: runs the firmNo route on file yet
- Managing PartnerWhy: Managing partner: runs the firmNo route on file yet
- ManagerWhy: Named with investment responsibilityNo route on file yet
Relationship network
9 connected entities3 observed rounds1 repeat counterpartyrounds 2012 to 2014
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.
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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 Razor's Edge Ventures, 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
2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackskyPublic | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Sep 12, 2026 | Fact Firm website |
| Mersive Technologies Inc | Form D equity offering | unknown · board | Mark Douglas Spoto (strongly supported) | $800,000 form d sold | unknown | Oct 16, 2014 | Inference Form D |
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
- Sectors
- enterprise software, space, defense, industrial
- Stages
- not stated or not yet read
- Geography
- not stated
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
Team
6 current, 1 departed
Decision makers
- Jack Edward Kerrigan · Managing PartnerWhy this person: Managing partner: runs the firm; Named with investment responsibility
- Mark Douglas Spoto · Managing PartnerWhy this person: Managing partner: runs the firm; 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.- Managing Partner · 3 deals attributed
- Managing Partner
- Manager
1 departed (kept with end dates)
- Robbie Irwin Painter · Managing Director · Nov 1, 2010 to Mar 31, 2020 Inference
Contacts
1 general firm email, 1 firm phone on record, each with its source. Values open with the complete profile.
Funds and LPs
1 vehicle, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Razor's Edge Fund, LP | Fund | 2010 form d first sale | Harvest | $12.2M Jan 11, 2024 | 74 | $55.0M of $55.0M | Nov 16, 2011 |
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
1 co-investors
Co-investors
- 2026-09-301 shared deal · one time
Evidence and history
4 dated events, 31 observations from 2 sources
Timeline
- seen on or beforeSep 12, 2026Blacksky: listed (NYSE: BKSY) on or before 2026-09-12 (no date published), per Razor's Edge Ventures, LLC's portfolio page
- Mar 31, 2020Robbie Irwin Painter (Managing Director) no longer on Schedule A of Razor's Edge Ventures, LLC
- Mar 30, 2012Razor's Edge Ventures, LLC first filed Form ADV (ERA, venture capital fund adviser exemption)
- Mar 30, 2012Razor's Edge Fund, LP first reported on Form ADV by Razor's Edge Ventures, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $52,700,000
Identity and regulatory footprint
Address, phone, Form ADV filing and ownersForm ADV filed Jan 11, 2024 · 1 private fundsShowHide
- Headquarters
- Reston, VAadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- RAZORSVC.COM
- SEC adviser type
- Exempt reporting adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- unknown
- Latest Form ADV
- Jan 11, 2024
- Private funds reported
- 1 (1 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets, adviser total
- $12.2Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- Owners on Schedule A
- REP Employee Investors, LLC (Member), owns 50% to 75%
Classification history
Classification history
Every classification this record has carried1 on recordShowHide
- Sep 12, 2026Micro VC (probable, 80%)Venture manager, reported GAV $12.2M across 1 vehicle
Evidence
Every observation behind this profile, with its source, date and class
| Fact | Value | Effective | Class | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEC adviser type | Exempt reporting adviser | Jan 11, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| First Form ADV filing | 2012-03-30 | Jan 11, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1 | Sep 12, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2024-01-11 | Jan 11, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture share of reported funds | 1 | Jan 11, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Business phone | Jan 11, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Contact page url | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Description | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Headquarters | Reston, VA | Jan 11, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Office address | Jan 11, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Legal form | Limited Liability Company | Jan 11, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Portfolio page | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Private funds reported | 1 | Jan 11, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $12.2M | Jan 11, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Stated sectors | Enterprise software, space, defense, industrial “sector words on the home page” | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | |
| Venture funds reported | 1 | Jan 11, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Website | Jan 11, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Site title | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact |
How this is scored
Scores, classification basis and filing advisersMicro VC, probable · 4 filing advisers share this firmShowHide
Venture manager, reported GAV $12.2M across 1 vehicle
This firm files as 4 advisers on razorsvc.com: Razor's Edge GP IV, LLC, Razor's Edge Ventures II, LLC, Razor's Edge Ventures III, 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.
- importance
- gav: 0.03 · funds: 0.08 · people: 0.16 · investments: 0.26 · 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: 1 · reported gav: $12.2M · first adv filing: 2012-03-30 · years since first filing: 14.5
Fits, record history and connections
scored matches for this investor, every identity change, every edge
Record history
- Member rows moved to anchor2026-10-01
- Grouped with firm2026-09-12
- Adviser's first ADV filing2012-03-30source 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.