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Venture Capital Intelligence
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Funds / YC Esp22, L.P.
YC Esp22, L.P.
Amounts, each with its basis
- Vintage
- 2022basis: form d first sale
- 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 021-429687, sworn by the adviser or filed under this vehicle
- Form D sold
- $225Mas of the filing of Jan 18, 2022, 16 investors
- First sale
- Jan 7, 2022
- Reported GAV
- $768Mon the Form ADV filed Sep 14, 2026; the fund's assets, never its size or dry powder
- Owners (ADV)
- 84
- Reported on ADV
- Mar 30, 2022 to Sep 14, 2026
Fundraising evidence
Unknown
latest Form D 2022-01-18, older than 15 months (fr-1)
evidence dated Jan 18, 2022. 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
Active deployment
vintage 2 to 4 years
age years: 4first sale: 2022-01-07vintage year: $2,022adv gav as of: 2026-09-14vintage basis: form_d_first_saleform d sold usd: $225Mform d offering usd: n/aform d latest filed at: 2022-01-18
The fund's own reporting through time
4 Form ADV filings
| Filed | Type | Gross asset value | Owners | Min. investment | Adviser-owned | Audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 2022 | Venture Capital Fund | $794M | 67 | 1% | yes | ||
| Mar 31, 2023 | Venture Capital Fund | $265M | 67 | 1% | yes | ||
| Mar 29, 2024 | Venture Capital Fund | $720M | 67 | 1% | yes | ||
| Sep 14, 2026 | $768M | 84 | $500,000 | 1% |
Principals and agents
2 principals on Form D, 0 placement agents
- YC Esp22 Fund GP, L.P. Promoter
- YC Esp22 Fund GP, L.P. general partner (ADV 7.B.(1).A.3)
Limited partners and their reported performance
0 public LP reports
No public LP has reported this vehicle. The LP tape is read from public pension disclosures (see Limited partners); a fund appears here only when an LP’s report names it.
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
- Mar 30, 2022YC Esp22, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Y Combinator (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $794,490,000Fund 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)
- Feb 11, 2022YC Esp22, L.P. filed Form D/A: $765,705,000 sold (indefinite offering), Venture Capital FundForm D filed Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Jan 24, 2022YC Esp22, L.P. filed Form D/A: $325,205,000 sold (indefinite offering), Venture Capital FundForm D filed Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Jan 18, 2022YC Esp22, L.P. filed Form D: $225,205,000 sold (indefinite offering), Venture Capital FundForm D filed Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
Evidence
49 observations
Every observation on this vehicle
- Adv pdf fund: YC ESP22, L.P. Sep 14, 2026 Fact IAPD Form ADV Part 1 PDF per firm (current filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) and Schedule A)
- Entity type: Limited Partnership Feb 11, 2022 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Entity type: Limited Partnership Jan 24, 2022 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Entity type: Limited Partnership Jan 18, 2022 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Form D fund type: Venture Capital Fund Feb 11, 2022 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Form D fund type: Venture Capital Fund Jan 24, 2022 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Form D fund type: Venture Capital Fund Jan 18, 2022 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Form D industry group: Pooled Investment Fund Feb 11, 2022 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Form D industry group: Pooled Investment Fund Jan 24, 2022 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Form D industry group: Pooled Investment Fund Jan 18, 2022 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Amendment: true Feb 11, 2022 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Amendment: true Jan 24, 2022 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Amendment: false Jan 18, 2022 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Revenue range (Form D): Decline to Disclose Feb 11, 2022 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Revenue range (Form D): Decline to Disclose Jan 24, 2022 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Revenue range (Form D): Decline to Disclose Jan 18, 2022 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Incorporated: withinFiveYears Feb 11, 2022 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Incorporated: withinFiveYears Jan 24, 2022 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Incorporated: withinFiveYears Jan 18, 2022 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Jurisdiction: DELAWARE Feb 11, 2022 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Jurisdiction: DELAWARE Jan 24, 2022 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Jurisdiction: DELAWARE Jan 18, 2022 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Amount sold (Form D): $766M Feb 11, 2022 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Amount sold (Form D): $325M Jan 24, 2022 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Amount sold (Form D): $225M Jan 18, 2022 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Exemptions: 06b, 3C, 3C.1 Feb 11, 2022 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Exemptions: 06b, 3C, 3C.1 Jan 24, 2022 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Exemptions: 06b, 3C, 3C.1 Jan 18, 2022 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- First sale: 2022-01-07 Feb 11, 2022 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- First sale: 2022-01-07 Jan 24, 2022 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- First sale: 2022-01-07 Jan 18, 2022 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Indefinite offering: true Feb 11, 2022 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Indefinite offering: true Jan 24, 2022 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Indefinite offering: true Jan 18, 2022 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Investors (Form D): 75 Feb 11, 2022 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Investors (Form D): 26 Jan 24, 2022 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Investors (Form D): 16 Jan 18, 2022 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Minimum investment (Form D): 0 Feb 11, 2022 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Minimum investment (Form D): 0 Jan 24, 2022 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Minimum investment (Form D): 0 Jan 18, 2022 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Securities offered: pooled Feb 11, 2022 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Securities offered: pooled Jan 24, 2022 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Securities offered: pooled Jan 18, 2022 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Office address: 335 PIONEER WAY, MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, 94041 Feb 11, 2022 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Office address: 335 PIONEER WAY, MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, 94041 Jan 24, 2022 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Office address: 335 PIONEER WAY, MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, 94041 Jan 18, 2022 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Year of incorporation: 2022 Feb 11, 2022 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Year of incorporation: 2022 Jan 24, 2022 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Year of incorporation: 2022 Jan 18, 2022 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)