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Firms / Fontinalis Partners, LLC
Fontinalis Partners, LLC
Fontinalis invests in early-stage startups that enable efficient movement. We also invest in “horizontal” enabling technologies. These often propel mobility’s greatest leaps forward.
both early and growth/opportunity families, reported GAV $264M
Importance
45
elevated
Active deployment
30
moderate
Emerging
0
low
Completeness
75
high
Freshness
100
high
Research priority
13
low
Identity and regulatory footprint
- Headquarters
- Detroit, MIadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- ONE WOODWARD AVENUE, SUITE 1600, Detroit, MI, 48226adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- 313-202-3370adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- HTTPS://WWW.FONTINALIS.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
- May 12, 2026
- Private funds reported
- 3 (3 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets
- $247Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- Owners on Schedule A
- M.A. Schulz & Associates, LLC (Member), C; FPI, LLC (Member), C; Booth American Company (Member), C; Comerica Bank (Trustee), F; Ralph H. Booth, II T/u/a Dated 1984 (Stockholder), D
- business email
- info@fontinalis.comfontinalis.compublished by the subject
- business email
- pitch@fontinalis.comfontinalis.compublished by the subject
- business email
- press@fontinalis.comfontinalis.compublished by the subject
- business phone
- 313-202-3370adviserinfo.sec.govpublished by the subject
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
48 observed deals
Stated (the firm’s website)
- Sectors
- ai, energy, hardware, space, logistics, industrial
- Stages
- early
- Geography
- not stated
- 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
unknown 98%Other 2%
lead rate 0%follow-on rate 0%new logos, 12 months 48
Funds and vehicles
4 reported, 2 no longer reported
| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fontinalis Capital Partners III, L.P. | Fund | 2019 form d first sale | Mature | $121M May 3, 2024 | 31 | $86.3M of $150M | Apr 7, 2020 |
| Fontinalis Capital Partners II, LP | Fund | 2016 adv first reported | Harvest | $116M May 3, 2024 | 32 | unknown | unknown |
| Fontinalis Capital Partners I, L.P. | Fund | unknown | Unknown | $26.8M May 3, 2024 | 9 | $0 of $68.0M | Feb 18, 2011 |
| Fontinalis Special Opportunity Fund VF, L.P. | Opportunity fund | unknown | Fundraising | unknown | unknown | $0 | Mar 9, 2026 |
| Fontinalis Mobile Technologies (pmi), L.P. | Fund | unknown | Wound down | $816,000 Mar 20, 2019 | 2 | unknown | unknown |
| Fontinalis Mobile Technologies (eds), L.P. | Fund | unknown | Wound down | $2,087 May 3, 2023 | 3 | 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
23 current, 0 departed
Jake Simon
AssociateAssociate
Louise Booth Chaus
Board or advisoryTrustee · since Dec 1, 1984
Winifred Booth Cheever
Board or advisoryTrustee · since Dec 1, 1984
Ralph Harman Booth
Founder or executiveStockholder, President · since Nov 1, 1953
Tanya Bega
Investor relationsInvestor Relations Director
Chris Cheever
Managing partnerFounder & Managing Partner
Chris Stallman
Managing partnerManaging Partner
Christopher Taylor Stallman
Managing partnerManaging Partner · since Jun 1, 2023
Christopher Welles Cheever
Managing partnerManaging Partner · since Jun 1, 2023
Laura a. Petterle
Managing partnerChief Financial Officer, Chief Compliance Officer & Managing Partner · since Jun 1, 2009
Laura Petterle
Managing partnerManaging Partner & CFO
Dan Ratliff
PartnerPartner
Mark a. Schulz
PartnerMember · since Jul 1, 2007
Ralph Booth, II
PartnerRalph is an active member of the Fontinalis investment committee.
William Clay Ford
PartnerMember · since Jul 1, 2009
Nia Julian
Platform and operationsExecutive Assistant
Sharon Massetti
Platform and operationsDirector of Accounting
James Kilgore
PrincipalIT Director
Melissa Kaempfer
PrincipalTax Director
Gabe Klein
Venture partnerVenture Partner
Kyle Messman
Venture partnerVenture Partner
Mark Schulz
Venture partnerMark is an active venture partner and continues to serve on the board of Fontinalis portfolio company CelLink.
Paul Mascarenas
Venture partnerVenture Partner
Investments on record
48 edges, 47 companies, 0 partner-attributed
“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.
Co-investors
40 relationships from shared deals, counted for the whole firm
Bling Capital LLC 3 shared · recurringEclipse Ventures, LLC 3 shared · recurring · they led 1Rosecliff Venture Management, LLC 2 shared · recurringG Squared Equity LLC 2 shared · recurringSpider Capital 1 shared · one timeInnovating Capital Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeAscend Venture Capital, LLC 1 shared · one timeMatrix 1 shared · one timeOrigin Ventures 1 shared · one timeCity Light Capital Management III, LLC 1 shared · one timeE14 Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeAlumni Ventures 1 shared · one timeFloodgate 1 shared · one timePAX Momentum 1 shared · one timeParkway Founders 2 LLC 1 shared · one time137 Ventures Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeJibe Ventures Select Gpgp LLC 1 shared · one timeMK Capital Company 1 shared · one timeTVC Capital 1 shared · one timeThompson Hutton, LLC 1 shared · one timeTTV Capital 1 shared · one timeWebb Investment Network Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeUnless Management LP 1 shared · one timeKickstart Capital, LLC 1 shared · one timePositive Sum Advisors LLC 1 shared · one timeFuture Ventures 1 shared · one timeTrinity Ventures 1 shared · one timeGrdnt LLC 1 shared · one timeCollaborative Fund Management LLC 1 shared · one timePrime Movers Lab LLC 1 shared · one timeAlleycorp Advisers, LLC 1 shared · one timeTAU Ventures, LLC 1 shared · one timeA.capital Ventures 1 shared · one timeFM Capital 1 shared · one timeFuture Planet Capital Limited 1 shared · one timeActivate Capital Partners 1 shared · one timeRepublic 1 shared · one timeDynamo Management Company, LLC 1 shared · one timeConstruct Capital Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeAmerican Family Ventures 1 shared · one time
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
21 dated events
- Sep 15, 2026Flexible microtransit: acquired by Ford Smart Mobility on or before 2026-09-15 (no date published), per Fontinalis Partners, LLC's portfolio page
- Sep 15, 2026Geospatial data mapping: acquired by Foursquare on or before 2026-09-15 (no date published), per Fontinalis Partners, LLC's portfolio page
- Sep 15, 2026Machine learning: acquired by Uber on or before 2026-09-15 (no date published), per Fontinalis Partners, LLC's portfolio page
- Sep 15, 2026Mobile parking payment: acquired by BMW Group on or before 2026-09-15 (no date published), per Fontinalis Partners, LLC's portfolio page
- Sep 15, 2026Simulation: acquired by Spectris on or before 2026-09-15 (no date published), per Fontinalis Partners, LLC's portfolio page
- Sep 15, 2026Enterprise carpooling: acquired by Bosch on or before 2026-09-15 (no date published), per Fontinalis Partners, LLC's portfolio page
- Sep 15, 2026Enterprise fleet management: acquired by Verizon on or before 2026-09-15 (no date published), per Fontinalis Partners, LLC's portfolio page
- Sep 15, 2026Full-stack autonomous vehicle: acquired by Delphi on or before 2026-09-15 (no date published), per Fontinalis Partners, LLC's portfolio page
- Sep 12, 2026Fontinalis Partners, LLC: INSTITUTIONAL_VC -> MULTI_STAGE_VC (both early and growth/opportunity families, reported GAV $237M)Classification changedClassificationInferenceno URL
- Mar 7, 202464164 no longer reported on Form ADV by Fontinalis Partners, LLCFund no longer reportedFundsInferenceFontinalis Mobile Technologies (eds), L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Jun 1, 2023Christopher Welles Cheever joined Schedule A of Fontinalis Partners, LLC as Managing Partner
- Jun 1, 2023Christopher Taylor Stallman joined Schedule A of Fontinalis Partners, LLC as Managing Partner
- Mar 25, 2020Fontinalis Capital Partners III, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Fontinalis Partners, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $71,295,677Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactFontinalis Capital Partners III, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 25, 202025917 no longer reported on Form ADV by Fontinalis Partners, LLCFund no longer reportedFundsInferenceFontinalis Mobile Technologies (pmi), L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 29, 2016Fontinalis Capital Partners II, LP first reported on Form ADV by Fontinalis Partners, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $16,898,028Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactFontinalis Capital Partners II, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 30, 201214207 first reported on Form ADV by Fontinalis Partners, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $19,020,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactFontinalis Capital Partners I, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 30, 201225917 first reported on Form ADV by Fontinalis Partners, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $11,222,586Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactFontinalis Mobile Technologies (pmi), L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 30, 2012Fontinalis Partners, 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 30, 201264164 first reported on Form ADV by Fontinalis Partners, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $3,856,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactFontinalis Mobile Technologies (eds), L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Dec 1, 1984Louise Booth Chaus joined Schedule A of Fontinalis Partners, LLC as Trustee
- Dec 1, 1984Winifred Booth Cheever joined Schedule A of Fontinalis Partners, LLC as Trustee
Classification history
- Sep 15, 2026Multi-stage venture firm (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)both early and growth/opportunity families, reported GAV $264M
- Sep 12, 2026Multi-stage venture firm (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)both early and growth/opportunity families, reported GAV $237M
- Sep 12, 2026Institutional venture firm (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)venture manager, reported GAV $237M across 2 vehicles
Evidence
62 observations from 3 sources