Velvet Sea Ventures
Institutional venture firm, based in West Palm Beach, Florida, reporting $235M of fund assets on its funds' Form ADV filings.
Composed from this organization's classification, location and filed figures.
5 additional team members, 6 additional co-investors and affiliates, 9 additional investments, funds and LPs, 2 events, 3 verified contacts (1 general firm email, 1 published business 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 companyportfolio raising
One portfolio company has new financing on record in 6 months without this firm named on the round; the latest on 23 Jul 2026 ($300M round).
A portfolio company raising again is a follow-on decision for the firm and a co-investment opening for others.
People to know
View all people- Managing DirectorWhy: Managing directorNo route on file yet
- Managing DirectorWhy: Managing directorNo route on file yet
- Member And ManagerWhy: Named with investment responsibilityNo route on file yet
Relationship network
31 connected entities
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 Velvet Sea 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
3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Etched | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact Firm website |
| Liquid Death | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact Firm website |
| Tribble AI | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact Firm website |
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
- Sectors
- not stated or not yet read
- Stages
- seed, growth, multi stage
- Geography
- not stated
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
- Self-described
- venture capital
Team
8 current, 0 departed
Decision makers
- John Angelo Giampetroni · Managing DirectorWhy this person: Managing director; Named with investment responsibility
- Kathryn Savarese Lazerow · Managing DirectorWhy this person: Managing director; 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 Director
- Member And Manager
- Managing Director
Contacts
1 general firm email, 1 published business email, 1 firm phone on record, each with its source. Values open with the complete profile.
Funds and LPs
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VSV Co-Invest Ix, LLC | SPV or co-invest vehicle | 2023 form d first sale | Active deployment | $2.7M Apr 9, 2026 | 14 | $2.7M of $2.7M | Aug 28, 2023 |
| VSV Co-Invest Viii, LLC | SPV or co-invest vehicle | 2023 form d first sale | Active deployment | $2.2M Sep 17, 2024 | 5 | $2.2M | Aug 31, 2023 |
| VSV Co-Invest VII, LLC | SPV or co-invest vehicle | 2022 form d first sale | Active deployment | $5.9M Sep 17, 2024 | 37 | $36.0M of $36.0M | Feb 1, 2022 |
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
8 co-investors · on 1 other DFX graph
Co-investors
- 2026-10-011 shared deal · one time
- 2026-10-011 shared deal · one time
- 2026-10-011 shared deal · one time
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
Velvet Sea 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
7 dated events, 61 observations from 3 sources
Timeline
- Mar 29, 2024VSV Co-Invest Ix, LLC first reported on Form ADV by Velvet Sea Ventures (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $2,764,887
- Mar 29, 2024VSV Co-Invest Viii, LLC first reported on Form ADV by Velvet Sea Ventures (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $2,230,885
- Mar 31, 2023VSV Co-Invest VII, LLC first reported on Form ADV by Velvet Sea Ventures (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $5,974,182
- Mar 30, 2022VSV Co-Invest VI, LLC first reported on Form ADV by Velvet Sea Ventures (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $3,074,205
- Mar 30, 2022Velvet Sea Venture Capital Fund II LP first reported on Form ADV by Velvet Sea Ventures (Venture Capital Fund)
Identity and regulatory footprint
Address, phone, Form ADV filing and ownersForm ADV filed Apr 9, 2026 · 6 private fundsShowHide
- Headquarters
- West Palm Beach, FLadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- velvetseavc.com
- SEC adviser type
- Registered investment adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- unknown
- Latest Form ADV
- Apr 9, 2026
- Private funds reported
- 6 (6 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets, adviser total
- $220Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- Regulatory AUM
- $229Mthe adviser's RAUM, a regulatory measure, never a fund size
- Employees
- 9
- Owners on Schedule A
- Lazerow Enterprises, LLC (Member), owns 25% to 50%; Cedar Way LLC (Member), owns 10% to 25%; Acestes, LLC (Member), owns 10% to 25%
Classification history
Classification history
Every classification this record has carried3 on recordShowHide
- Sep 23, 2026Institutional venture firm (probable, 80%)Venture manager, reported GAV $235M across 10 vehicles
- Sep 15, 2026Institutional venture firm (probable, 80%)Venture manager, reported GAV $176M across 10 vehicles
- Sep 12, 2026Institutional venture firm (probable, 80%)Venture manager, reported GAV $172M across 9 vehicles
Evidence
Every observation behind this profile, with its source, date and class
| Fact | Value | Effective | Class | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Why admitted | VC funds reported | Apr 9, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Registered investment adviser | Apr 9, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Registered investment adviser | Apr 9, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Registered investment adviser | Sep 17, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| First Form ADV filing | 2021-12-16 | Apr 9, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| First Form ADV filing | 2021-12-16 | Sep 17, 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 | 2026-04-09 | Apr 9, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2026-04-09 | Apr 9, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2024-09-17 | Sep 17, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC status | Approved | Apr 9, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC status effective | 2022-01-14 | Apr 9, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture share of reported funds | 1 | Apr 9, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture share of reported funds | 1 | Sep 17, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Business phone | Apr 9, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Business phone | Sep 17, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Contact page url | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Employees | 9 | Apr 9, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Employees | 9 | Sep 17, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Headquarters | West Palm Beach, FL | Apr 9, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Headquarters | West Palm Beach, FL | Sep 17, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Office address | Apr 9, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Office address | Sep 17, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Self-described type | Venture capital | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Self-described type | Venture capital | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact | |
| Legal form | Limited Liability Company | Apr 9, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Portfolio page | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Portfolio page | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Private funds reported | 6 | Apr 9, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private funds reported | 6 | Apr 9, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private funds reported | 10 | Sep 17, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $220M | Apr 9, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $220M | Apr 9, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $176M | Sep 17, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Regulatory AUM (adviser, not fund size) | $229M | Apr 9, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Regulatory AUM (adviser, not fund size) | $206M | Sep 17, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Schedule a diff | sadiff-1 | Apr 9, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Stated stages | Seed, growth, multi stage “stage words on the home page” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated stages | Seed, growth, multi stage “stage words on the home page” | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact | |
| Team page | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Team page | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Venture funds reported | 6 | Apr 9, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture funds reported | 6 | Apr 9, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture funds reported | 10 | Sep 17, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Website | Apr 9, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Website | Sep 17, 2024 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Site title | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Site title | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact |
How this is scored
Scores, classification basis and filing advisersInstitutional venture firm, probableShowHide
Venture manager, reported GAV $235M across 10 vehicles
- importance
- gav: 0.42 · funds: 1 · people: 0.4 · investments: 0.18 · co investors: 0.37
- active deployment
- investments 12m: 0 · fund raising 18m: 0 · people joined 12m: 0 · vintage within 3y: 1 · latest investment at: not scored
- emerging manager
- fund count: 12 · reported gav: $235M · first adv filing: 2021-12-16 · years since first filing: 4.8
Fits, record history and connections
scored matches for this investor, every identity change, every edge
Record history
- Adviser's first ADV filing2021-12-16source 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.