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Funds / Bear Coast (ventures) Fund, LP
Bear Coast (ventures) Fund, LP
Amounts, each with its basis
- Vintage
- 2024basis: adv first reported
- Target
- unknownnot announced
- First close
- unknownnever inferred from a Form D
- Final close
- unknownonly from an announcement or an LP disclosure
- Announced size
- unknown
- Form D offering
- indefinitewhat may be sold, not what was raised; file 021-479468, sworn by the adviser or filed under this vehicle
- Form D sold
- $0as of the filing of Apr 19, 2023
- First sale
- unknown
- Reported GAV
- $108Mon the Form ADV filed May 16, 2024; the fund's assets, never its size or dry powder
- Owners (ADV)
- 1
- Reported on ADV
- Mar 29, 2024 to May 16, 2024
Fundraising evidence
Unknown
latest Form D 2023-04-19, older than 15 months (fr-1)
evidence dated Apr 19, 2023. A Form D offering is permission to sell, not a fund in market; an amount sold is never a close; an evergreen offering amended every year is not a raise.
Lifecycle
Early deployment
vintage within 2 years
age years: 2first sale: n/avintage year: $2,024adv gav as of: 2024-05-16vintage basis: adv_first_reportedform d sold usd: 0form d offering usd: n/aform d latest filed at: 2023-04-19
The fund's own reporting through time
2 Form ADV filings
| Filed | Type | Gross asset value | Owners | Min. investment | Adviser-owned | Audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 2024 | Venture Capital Fund | $108M | 1 | $250,000 | 0% | yes | |
| May 16, 2024 | Venture Capital Fund | $108M | 1 | $250,000 | 0% | yes |
Principals and agents
7 principals on Form D, 0 placement agents
- Bear Coast GP (ventures) Fund, LP Executive Officer
- Joel E. Cutler Executive Officer
- Kenneth E. Chenault Executive Officer
- David P. Fialkow Executive Officer
- Hemant Taneja Executive Officer
- General Catalyst Master GP Xi, LLC Executive Officer
- General Catalyst Group Management, LLC Executive Officer
Limited partners and their reported performance
1 public LP report
| LP | Vintage (LP’s) | Committed | Paid in | Distributed | Remaining value | Net IRR | Multiple | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California Public Employees' Retirement System calpers.ca.gov | 2023 | $1.9B | $2.0B | $0 | $2.6B | 43.2% | 1.3x | Dec 31, 2025 |
Each row is the LP’s own number: its cash flows and its valuation policy as of its reporting date, not the fund’s. Net IRR is printed only when the LP prints one. The vintage is the LP’s definition (CalPERS: year of its first cash flow; WSIB: year of its initial investment).
Investments attributed to this vehicle
0
No investment attributed to this vehicle. The firm’s investments sit on the firm; a fund gets one only when a source names the vehicle.
Timeline
4 events
- Dec 31, 2025CalPERS reports Bear Coast (Ventures) Fund, LP: $1,950,000,000 committed, vintage 2023, net IRR 43.2%, 1.3xLP commitment disclosed Fact Public pension and endowment private-markets disclosures (CalPERS, CalSTRS, WSIB, NYSCRF, Texas TRS, UTIMCO ...)
- Dec 31, 2025CalPERS reports Bear Coast (Ventures) Fund, LP: $1,950,000,000 committed, vintage 2023, net IRR 43.2%, 1.3xLP commitment disclosed Fact Public pension and endowment private-markets disclosures (CalPERS, CalSTRS, WSIB, NYSCRF, Texas TRS, UTIMCO ...)
- Mar 29, 2024Bear Coast (ventures) Fund, LP first reported on Form ADV by General Catalyst (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $107,784,886Fund first reported on Form ADV Fact SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Apr 19, 2023Bear Coast (ventures) Fund, LP filed Form D: no sales yet (indefinite offering), Venture Capital FundForm D filed Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
Evidence
15 observations
Every observation on this vehicle
- Entity type: Limited Partnership Apr 19, 2023 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Form D fund type: Venture Capital Fund Apr 19, 2023 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Form D industry group: Pooled Investment Fund Apr 19, 2023 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Amendment: false Apr 19, 2023 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Revenue range (Form D): Decline to Disclose Apr 19, 2023 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Incorporated: withinFiveYears Apr 19, 2023 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Jurisdiction: DELAWARE Apr 19, 2023 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Amount sold (Form D): $0 Apr 19, 2023 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Exemptions: 06b, 3C, 3C.7 Apr 19, 2023 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Indefinite offering: true Apr 19, 2023 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Investors (Form D): 0 Apr 19, 2023 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Minimum investment (Form D): 0 Apr 19, 2023 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Securities offered: pooled Apr 19, 2023 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Office address: 20 UNIVERSITY ROAD, 4TH FLOOR, CAMBRIDGE, MA, 02138 Apr 19, 2023 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Year of incorporation: 2023 Apr 19, 2023 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)