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Clarus Defined Exit I, L.P.
As of · the latest observation of this vehicle; each figure below carries its own filing date
HarvestClosed to new capitalADV: Venture Capital Fund
As of · the latest observation of this vehicle; each figure below carries its own filing date
4 additional principals
Every relationship, signal and contact on this record, with the source on each.
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Nothing material in the last 365 days. Last change: 5 Aug 2014, Latest Form D filed on 5 Aug 2014: $100M sold of $100M offered, 2 investors. A Form D amount is what was sold at the filing, never a final close.
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Amounts, each with its basis
- Vintage
- 2014basis: 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
- $100Mwhat may be sold, not what was raised; file 021-222299, sworn by the adviser or filed under this vehicle
- Form D sold
- $100Mas of the filing of Aug 5, 2014, 2 investors
- First sale
- Jul 25, 2014
- Reported GAV
- $63.9Mon the Form ADV filed Mar 30, 2026; the fund's assets, never its size or dry powder
- Owners (ADV)
- 3
- Reported on ADV
- Mar 23, 2015 to Mar 30, 2026
Fundraising evidence
What counts as raisingA 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.Closed to new capital
Form D filed or amended 2014-08-05: the stated $100.0M offering reported fully sold (fr-1)
evidence dated Aug 5, 2014.
Lifecycle
Harvest
Lifecycle
vintage over 7 years, still reported
age years: 12first sale: Jul 25, 2014vintage year: 2014adv gav as of: Mar 30, 2026vintage basis: Form d first saleform d sold: $100Mform d offering: $100Mform d latest filed at: Aug 5, 2014
The fund's own reporting through time
21 Form ADV filings
| Filed | Type | Gross asset value | Owners | Min. investment | Adviser-owned | Audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 2015 | Venture Capital Fund | $103M | 3 | $5.0M | 1% | yes | |
| Mar 21, 2016 | Venture Capital Fund | $115M | 3 | $5.0M | 1% | yes | |
| Mar 24, 2017 | Venture Capital Fund | $106M | 3 | $5.0M | 1% | yes | |
| Mar 28, 2018 | Venture Capital Fund | $111M | 3 | $5.0M | 1% | yes | |
| Nov 20, 2018 | Venture Capital Fund | $82.5M | 3 | $5.0M | 1% | yes | |
| Mar 29, 2019 | Venture Capital Fund | $82.4M | 3 | $5.0M | 1% | yes | |
| Jul 15, 2019 | Venture Capital Fund | $82.4M | 3 | $5.0M | 1% | yes | |
| Sep 4, 2019 | Venture Capital Fund | $82.4M | 3 | $5.0M | 1% | yes | |
| Mar 30, 2020 | Venture Capital Fund | $81.7M | 3 | $5.0M | 1% | yes | |
| Jun 4, 2020 | Venture Capital Fund | $81.7M | 3 | $5.0M | 1% | yes | |
| Mar 31, 2021 | Venture Capital Fund | $55.8M | 3 | $5.0M | 1% | yes | |
| Feb 9, 2022 | Venture Capital Fund | $55.8M | 3 | $5.0M | 1% | yes | |
| Mar 31, 2022 | Venture Capital Fund | $63.1M | 3 | $5.0M | 1% | yes | |
| Apr 12, 2022 | Venture Capital Fund | $63.1M | 3 | $5.0M | 1% | yes | |
| Jun 22, 2022 | Venture Capital Fund | $63.1M | 3 | $5.0M | 1% | yes | |
| Sep 6, 2022 | Venture Capital Fund | $63.1M | 3 | $5.0M | 1% | yes | |
| Dec 2, 2022 | Venture Capital Fund | $63.1M | 3 | $5.0M | 1% | yes | |
| Jan 17, 2023 | Venture Capital Fund | $63.1M | 3 | $5.0M | 1% | yes | |
| Mar 31, 2023 | Venture Capital Fund | $57.0M | 3 | $5.0M | 1% | yes | |
| Mar 28, 2024 | Venture Capital Fund | $62.7M | 3 | $5.0M | 1% | yes | |
| Mar 30, 2026 | Venture Capital Fund | $63.9M | 3 | $5.0M | 1% |
Principals and agents
7 principals on Form D, 0 placement agents
- Clarus Ventures DE GP, LLC Director
- Nicholas J. Simon Executive Officer
- Kurt C. Wheeler Executive Officer
Service providers
3 named on Form ADV Schedule D and Form D
- AuditorDeloitte · NEW YORK, New York, United StatesForm ADV filed Mar 30, 2026 reports.adviserinfo.sec.gov
- CustodianJPMorgan · NEW YORK, New York, United StatesForm ADV filed Mar 30, 2026 reports.adviserinfo.sec.gov
- CustodianUBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC. · BOSTON, Massachusetts, United StatesForm ADV filed Mar 30, 2026 reports.adviserinfo.sec.gov
Limited partners and their reported performance
Whose numbers these areEach 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).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.
Known LPs and allocators
What these amounts and dates areA commitment date prints only when the source printed one; otherwise the row carries the date of the report that listed it. A foundation’s 990-PF line is a holding at fair value on its return, never a commitment.0 relationships, public pensions and the allocator graph, each counted once
No allocator names this vehicle in a public disclosure DFX holds: pension reports, foundation 990-PF returns or endowment disclosures.
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
3 events
- Mar 31, 2023Auditor changed: Deloitte replaced EY, first reported on the Form ADV filed March 31, 2023 (previous filing January 17, 2023)Auditor changed Fact Form ADV
- Mar 23, 2015Clarus Defined Exit I, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Clarus Ventures LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $103,243,889Fund first reported on Form ADV Fact Form ADV
- Aug 5, 2014Clarus Defined Exit I, L.P. filed Form D: $100,000,000 sold of $100,000,000, Venture Capital FundForm D filed Fact Form D
Evidence
16 observations
Every observation on this vehicle
- Entity type: Limited Partnership Aug 5, 2014 Fact Form D
- Form D fund type: Venture Capital Fund Aug 5, 2014 Fact Form D
- Form D industry group: Pooled Investment Fund Aug 5, 2014 Fact Form D
- Amendment: false Aug 5, 2014 Fact Form D
- Revenue range (Form D): Not Applicable Aug 5, 2014 Fact Form D
- Incorporated: withinFiveYears Aug 5, 2014 Fact Form D
- Jurisdiction: Delaware Aug 5, 2014 Fact Form D
- Amount sold (Form D): $100M Aug 5, 2014 Fact Form D
- Offering amount (Form D): $100M Aug 5, 2014 Fact Form D
- Exemptions: 06b, 3C, 3C.1, 3C.7 Aug 5, 2014 Fact Form D
- First sale: 2014-07-25 Aug 5, 2014 Fact Form D
- Investors (Form D): 2 Aug 5, 2014 Fact Form D
- Minimum investment (Form D): 14,000,000 Aug 5, 2014 Fact Form D
- Securities offered: pooled Aug 5, 2014 Fact Form D
- Office address: Aug 5, 2014 Fact Form D
- Year of incorporation: 2014 Aug 5, 2014 Fact Form D
Relationships across DFX
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Across the graphs
Clarus Defined Exit I, L.P. is the same institution as 1 record in RIA and Wealth.
RIA and Wealth1
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Record history
2 dated events on the change ledger, latest event first
- Fund first reported on ADV2015-03-23source on record
- Form D filed2014-08-05source 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.