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Venture Capital Intelligence
Firms, funds, partners, companies and rounds from sworn filings, firm sites and announcements, kept as a graph with a date and a source on every edge. Facts, inferences and estimates are labelled as such. A fund target is never a close, GAV is never dry powder, and a round size is never an investor’s check.
Firms / Highbar Partners
Highbar Partners
Multi-stage venture firm · probableMenlo Park, CAhighbarpartners.comSEC registered investment adviser
both early and growth/opportunity families, reported GAV $179M
Importance
22
moderate
Active deployment
0
low
Emerging
0
low
Completeness
69
high
Freshness
100
high
Research priority
3
low
Identity and regulatory footprint
- Headquarters
- Menlo Park, CAadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- 405 EL CAMINO REAL, SUITE 361, Menlo Park, CA, 94025adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- 917-696-7945adviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC adviser type
- registered investment adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- unknown
- Latest Form ADV
- Mar 31, 2026
- Private funds reported
- 3 (3 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets
- $115Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- Regulatory AUM
- $115Mthe adviser's RAUM, a regulatory measure, never a fund size
- Employees
- 2
- business email
- info@highbarpartners.comhighbarpartners.compublished by the subject
- business phone
- 650-900-4330adviserinfo.sec.govpublished by the subject
- business phone
- 917-696-7945adviserinfo.sec.govpublished by the subject
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
no observed deals yet
Stated (the firm’s website)
- Sectors
- enterprise software, devtools
- Stages
- growth
- Geography
- silicon valley
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
Observed (from deals on record)
Stage at participation: no observed deals yet
Stage at first entry: no observed deals yet
Sectors: no observed deals yet
lead rate n/afollow-on rate n/anew logos, 12 months 0
Funds and vehicles
4 reported, 1 no longer reported
| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highbar Opportunities Fund, L.P. | Opportunity fund | 2022 adv first reported | Active deployment | $166M May 14, 2024 | 1 | unknown | unknown |
| Highbar Partners III L.P. | Fund | 2015 form d first sale | Harvest | $8.9M May 14, 2024 | 26 | $132M of $250M | Mar 24, 2017 |
| Highbar Partners II, L.P. | Fund | 2012 form d first sale | Harvest | $3.8M May 14, 2024 | 14 | $129M of $129M | Jun 26, 2013 |
| Highbar Entrepreneur Partners II, L.P. | Fund | 2012 form d first sale | Harvest | $903,408 Apr 10, 2019 | 10 | $1.0M of $1.0M | Feb 14, 2013 |
| Highbar Partners IV, L.P. | Fund · ADV: Private Equity Fund | 2020 adv first reported | Wound down | $0 Mar 29, 2021 | 0 | unknown | unknown |
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
8 current, 3 departed
Robert Migliorino
Board or advisoryOperating Advisor
Tarkan Maner
Board or advisoryOperating Advisor
John Hyungjoon Kim
Managing partnerManaging Member · since Jan 1, 2010
John Kim
Managing partnerCo-founder and Managing Partner
ROY Allen Thiele-Sardina
Managing partnerManaging Member; Chief Compliance Officer · since Apr 1, 2024
Alan Elliot
OtherOperating Executive
Transaction Criteria
OtherPortfolio
Morris Zhang
Vice presidentVice President
3 departed (kept with end dates)
- Chris Troy Kitching · Operating Partner And Cco · Oct 1, 2019 to Jun 15, 2022 Inference
- Brian Jamison Kriebel · Managing Director; Chief Compliance Officer · May 1, 2022 to May 14, 2024 Inference
- Lisa Lynn Potocsnak · Chief Financial Officer · May 1, 2017 to Apr 10, 2019 Inference
Investments on record
0 edges, 0 companies, 0 partner-attributed
No investment on record yet. Edges arrive from the firm’s portfolio page, financing announcements, and Form D board seats.
Co-investors
0 relationships from shared deals, counted for the whole firm
No co-investor relationship yet: these are derived only from rounds and portfolio listings the graph has seen both investors on.
Limited partners
1 disclosed
Timeline
13 dated events
- May 14, 2024Brian Jamison Kriebel (Managing Director; Chief Compliance Officer) no longer on Schedule A of Highbar Partners
- Jun 15, 2022Chris Troy Kitching (Operating Partner And Cco) no longer on Schedule A of Highbar Partners
- May 1, 2022Brian Jamison Kriebel joined Schedule A of Highbar Partners as Managing Director; Chief Compliance Officer
- Mar 31, 2022Highbar Partners IV, L.P. no longer reported on Form ADV by Highbar PartnersFund no longer reportedFundsInferenceHighbar Partners IV, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 31, 2022Highbar Opportunities Fund, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Highbar Partners (Private Equity Fund), GAV $198,100,483Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactHighbar Opportunities Fund, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Jan 8, 2020Highbar Partners IV, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Highbar Partners (Private Equity Fund)Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactHighbar Partners IV, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Oct 1, 2019Chris Troy Kitching joined Schedule A of Highbar Partners as Operating Partner And Cco
- Apr 10, 2019Lisa Lynn Potocsnak (Chief Financial Officer) no longer on Schedule A of Highbar Partners
- May 1, 2017Lisa Lynn Potocsnak joined Schedule A of Highbar Partners as Chief Financial Officer
- Mar 30, 2016Highbar Partners III L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Highbar Partners (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $50,418,958Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactHighbar Partners III L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Feb 25, 2013Highbar Partners 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)
- Feb 25, 2013Highbar Entrepreneur Partners II, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Highbar Partners (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $1,000,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactHighbar Entrepreneur Partners II, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Feb 25, 2013Highbar Partners II, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Highbar Partners (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $90,000,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactHighbar Partners II, 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, 2026Multi-stage venture firm (probable, 80%, cls-1)both early and growth/opportunity families, reported GAV $179M
Evidence
59 observations from 3 sources