Motley Fool Ventures
Corporate venture, based in Alexandria, Virginia, reporting $307M of fund assets on its funds' Form ADV filings.
Composed from this organization's classification, location and filed figures.
12 additional team members, 37 additional co-investors and affiliates, 55 additional investments, funds and LPs, 9 events, 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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What matters now
- 1 companynew in 12 months
1 new company in the last 12 months.
A firm writing cheques this quarter is one a founder can pitch now.
- 2 departurespeople, 12 months
A team member departed (seen on or before 1 Oct 2026, the day it happened is not on record). 2 departures on record in 12 months.
A partner leaving or arriving changes who decides, and who a founder or LP should call.
InferenceVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)For Founders, LPs, recruitersTeam → - 5 companiesportfolio raising
5 portfolio companies have new financing on record in 6 months without this firm named on the round; the latest on 9 Jul 2026 ($97M round).
A portfolio company raising again is a follow-on decision for the firm and a co-investment opening for others.
- 2 dealswith Swan & Legend
Invests most often alongside Swan & Legend (2 shared deals) and A-Star Partners (2 shared deals).
pair last observed on record 1 Oct 2026, 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 PartnerWhy: Managing partner: runs the firmNo route on file yet
- Managing PartnerWhy: Managing partner: runs the firmNo route on file yet
- PartnerWhy: Partner: part of the investment decisionNo route on file yet
Relationship network
122 connected entities9 observed rounds2 repeat counterparties
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 Motley Fool Ventures: 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
58 companies on record, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affectiva | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact Firm website |
| ALT Sports Data, Inc. | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact Firm website |
| AltExchange | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact Firm website |
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
- Sectors
- ai, biotech, consumer, energy, hardware, robotics, data infrastructure, media
- Stages
- early
- Geography
- not stated
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
- Self-described
- venture capital
Team
16 current, 5 departed
Decision makers
- Brendan John Matthews · Managing PartnerWhy this person: Managing partner: runs the firm; Named with investment responsibility
- Brendan Mathews · Managing PartnerWhy this person: Managing partner: runs the firm; Named with investment responsibility
- Kristine Harjes · PartnerWhy this person: Partner: part of the investment decision; 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
- Managing Partner
- Partner
4 departed (kept with end dates)
- Nicholas John Crow · President, Motley Fool Investment Management Llc · Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 23, 2025 Fact
- Ollen Carl Douglass · Managing Partner · Jul 1, 2018 to Apr 28, 2023 Inference
- Randal Richard Coon · Appointed Manager · Apr 1, 2019 to Feb 18, 2022 Inference
Contacts
1 general firm email, 1 firm phone on record, each with its source. Values open with the complete profile.
Funds and LPs
2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motley Fool Ventures II Fool Collective LP | Fund | 2022 form d first sale | Active deployment | $101M Dec 23, 2025 | 386 | $94.0M | Nov 22, 2023 |
| Motley Fool Ventures LP | Fund | 2018 form d first sale | Harvest | $206M Dec 23, 2025 | 651 | $146M of $146M | Nov 15, 2018 |
| Motley Fool Ventures II LP | Fund | 2022 adv first reported | Wound down | $100M Dec 21, 2023 | 5 | 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
81 co-investors · on 1 other DFX graph
Co-investors
- 2026-10-012 shared deals · recurring
- 2026-10-012 shared deals · recurring
- 2026-10-012 shared deals · recurring
Across DFX and the capital chainon 1 other DFX graph ShowHide
- The same institution is held on RIA and Wealth, matched by identifier. See which records
Motley Fool Ventures is the same institution as 1 record in RIA and Wealth.
The joined record opens with the product, beside every other relationship on this page.
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Evidence and history
14 dated events, 73 observations from 3 sources
Timeline
- seen on or beforeOct 1, 2026Harry Hsing (General Counsel) no longer on the team page of Motley Fool Ventures
- Dec 23, 2025Nicholas John Crow (President, Motley Fool Investment Management Llc) no longer on Schedule A of Motley Fool Ventures
- Dec 18, 2024Motley Fool Ventures II LP no longer reported on Form ADV by Motley Fool Ventures
- Sep 1, 2023Harry D Hsing joined Schedule A of Motley Fool Ventures as General Counsel
- Apr 28, 2023Ollen Carl Douglass (Managing Partner) no longer on Schedule A of Motley Fool Ventures
Identity and regulatory footprint
Address, phone, Form ADV filing and ownersForm ADV filed Dec 23, 2025 · 2 private fundsShowHide
- Headquarters
- Alexandria, VAadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- FOOLVENTURES.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
- Dec 23, 2025
- Private funds reported
- 2 (2 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets, adviser total
- $307Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- Owners on Schedule A
- The Motley Fool Holdings, Inc. (Member), owns 75% or more
Classification history
Classification history
Every classification this record has carried1 on recordShowHide
- Sep 12, 2026Corporate venture (confirmed, 95%)
Evidence
Every observation behind this profile, with its source, date and class
| Fact | Value | Effective | Class | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Why admitted | VC exemption, VC funds reported | Dec 23, 2025 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC exemption claimed | Venture capital fund adviser | Dec 23, 2025 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC exemption claimed | Venture capital fund adviser | Dec 18, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Exempt reporting adviser | Dec 23, 2025 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Exempt reporting adviser | Dec 23, 2025 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Exempt reporting adviser | Dec 18, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| First Form ADV filing | 2018-09-18 | Dec 23, 2025 | Fact | Form ADV |
| First Form ADV filing | 2018-09-18 | Dec 18, 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 | 2025-12-23 | Dec 23, 2025 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2025-12-23 | Dec 23, 2025 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2024-12-18 | Dec 18, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC status | ERA - Active | Dec 23, 2025 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC status effective | 2018-09-18 | Dec 23, 2025 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture share of reported funds | 1 | Dec 23, 2025 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture share of reported funds | 1 | Dec 18, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Business phone | Dec 23, 2025 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Business phone | Dec 18, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Contact page url | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Contact page url | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Headquarters | Alexandria, VA | Dec 23, 2025 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Headquarters | Alexandria, VA | Dec 18, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Office address | Dec 23, 2025 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Office address | Dec 18, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Self-described type | Venture capital | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | |
| Self-described type | Venture capital | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Self-described type | Venture capital | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact | |
| Legal form | Limited Liability Company | Dec 23, 2025 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Legal form | Limited Liability Company | Dec 18, 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 | 2 | Dec 23, 2025 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private funds reported | 2 | Dec 23, 2025 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private funds reported | 2 | Dec 18, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $307M | Dec 23, 2025 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $307M | Dec 23, 2025 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $315M | Dec 18, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Schedule a diff | sadiff-1 | Dec 23, 2025 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Stated sectors | AI, biotech, consumer, energy, hardware, robotics, data infrastructure, media “sector words on the home page” | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated sectors | AI, biotech, consumer, data infrastructure, media “sector words on the home page” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated sectors | AI, biotech, consumer, marketplaces, data infrastructure, media “sector words on the home page” | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated stages | early “stage words on the home page” | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated stages | Series b, early “stage words on the home page” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated stages | Series b, early “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 | 2 | Dec 23, 2025 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture funds reported | 2 | Dec 23, 2025 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture funds reported | 2 | Dec 18, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Website | Dec 23, 2025 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Website | Dec 18, 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 advisersCorporate venture, confirmedShowHide
Corporate parent: The Motley Fool Holdings, Inc.
- importance
- gav: 0.45 · funds: 0.25 · people: 0.52 · investments: 0.68 · co investors: 0.77
- active deployment
- investments 12m: 0.13 · fund raising 18m: 0 · people joined 12m: 0 · vintage within 3y: 0 · latest investment at: 2026-07-31
- emerging manager
- fund count: 3 · reported gav: $307M · first adv filing: 2018-09-18 · years since first filing: 8
Fits, record history and connections
scored matches for this investor, every identity change, every edge
Record history
- Adviser's first ADV filing2018-09-18source 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.