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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 / Btnv Management, LLC
Btnv Management, LLC
Black Tech Nation (BTN) Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm backing diverse founders.
venture manager, reported GAV $50M across 1 vehicles
Importance
12
low
Active deployment
0
low
Emerging
0
low
Completeness
69
high
Freshness
100
high
Research priority
2
low
Identity and regulatory footprint
- Headquarters
- Pittsburgh, PAadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- 213 SMITHFIELD STREET, Pittsburgh, PA, 15222adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- 412-726-5067adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- http://www.btn.vc
- 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 13, 2026
- Private funds reported
- 1 (1 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets
- $50.0Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- business phone
- 412-726-5067adviserinfo.sec.govpublished by the subject
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
no observed deals yet
Stated (the firm’s website)
- Sectors
- fintech, healthcare, climate
- Stages
- pre seed, seed, early
- Geography
- pittsburgh
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
- Self-described
- venture capital
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
1 reported
| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Tech Nation Ventures 1, LP | Fund | 2022 form d first sale | Active deployment | $50.0M Oct 4, 2024 | 54 | $26.1M of $50.0M | Feb 18, 2022 |
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
9 current, 0 departed
David Motley
General partnerGeneral Partner
Kelauni Jasmyn
General partnerGeneral Partner
Sean Sebastian
General partnerGeneral Partner
David Lynn Motley
Managing partnerManaging Member · since Feb 1, 2021
Kelauni Jasmyn Cook
Managing partnerManaging Member · since Feb 1, 2021
Sean Ds Sebastian
Managing partnerManaging Member · since Feb 1, 2021
Katelyn Perryman
OtherHome About Portfolio Press Team Pitch
Platform and operations
Maria Jo Ferguson
Platform and operationsChief Financial Officer · since Feb 1, 2021
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
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
3 dated events
- Mar 31, 2022Btnv Management, 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)
- Mar 31, 2022Black Tech Nation Ventures 1, LP first reported on Form ADV by Btnv Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $26,050,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactBlack Tech Nation Ventures 1, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Feb 1, 2021Maria Jo Ferguson joined Schedule A of Btnv Management, LLC as Chief Financial Officer
Classification history
- Sep 12, 2026Institutional venture firm (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)venture manager, reported GAV $50M across 1 vehicles
Evidence
50 observations from 3 sources