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Motley Fool Ventures LP
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
1 event
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Nothing material in the last 365 days. Last change: 15 Nov 2018, Latest Form D filed on 15 Nov 2018: $146M sold of $146M offered, 629 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
- 2018basis: 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
- $146Mwhat may be sold, not what was raised; file 021-316428, sworn by the adviser or filed under this vehicle
- Form D sold
- $146Mas of the filing of Nov 15, 2018, 629 investors
- First sale
- Jul 18, 2018
- Reported GAV
- $206Mon the Form ADV filed Dec 23, 2025; the fund's assets, never its size or dry powder
- Owners (ADV)
- 651
- Reported on ADV
- Sep 18, 2018 to Dec 23, 2025
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 2018-11-15: the stated $145.7M offering reported fully sold (fr-1)
evidence dated Nov 15, 2018.
Lifecycle
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Lifecycle
vintage over 7 years, still reported
age years: 8first sale: Jul 18, 2018vintage year: 2018adv gav as of: Dec 23, 2025vintage basis: Form d first saleform d sold: $146Mform d offering: $146Mform d latest filed at: Nov 15, 2018
The fund's own reporting through time
12 Form ADV filings
| Filed | Type | Gross asset value | Owners | Min. investment | Adviser-owned | Audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2018 | Venture Capital Fund | $45.0M | 144 | $100,000 | 13% | yes | |
| Feb 15, 2019 | Venture Capital Fund | $148M | 826 | $100,000 | 4% | yes | |
| Jul 10, 2019 | Venture Capital Fund | $150M | 837 | $100,000 | 4% | yes | |
| Dec 13, 2019 | Venture Capital Fund | $150M | 837 | $100,000 | 4% | yes | |
| Dec 24, 2020 | Venture Capital Fund | $150M | 837 | $100,000 | 4% | yes | |
| Dec 23, 2021 | Venture Capital Fund | $161M | 837 | $100,000 | 4% | yes | |
| Feb 18, 2022 | Venture Capital Fund | $161M | 837 | $100,000 | 4% | yes | |
| Dec 22, 2022 | Venture Capital Fund | $281M | 837 | $100,000 | 4% | yes | |
| Apr 28, 2023 | Venture Capital Fund | $281M | 837 | $100,000 | 4% | yes | |
| Dec 21, 2023 | Venture Capital Fund | $281M | 837 | $100,000 | 4% | yes | |
| Dec 18, 2024 | Venture Capital Fund | $208M | 650 | $100,000 | 4% | yes | |
| Dec 23, 2025 | Venture Capital Fund | $206M | 651 | $100,000 | 4% |
Principals and agents
3 principals on Form D, 0 placement agents
- Motley Fool Ventures GP, LLC Executive Officer
- - Motley Fool Ventures Management LLC Promoter
- Ollen Douglass Director
Service providers
2 named on Form ADV Schedule D and Form D
- AuditorSENSIBA SAN FILIPPO LLP · PLEASANTON, California, United StatesForm ADV filed Dec 23, 2025 reports.adviserinfo.sec.gov
- AdministratorADURO ADVISORS, LLC · DENVER, Colorado, United StatesForm ADV filed Dec 23, 2025 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
6 events
- Dec 18, 2024Auditor changed: SENSIBA SAN FILIPPO LLP replaced BDO, first reported on the Form ADV filed December 18, 2024 (previous filing December 21, 2023)Auditor changed Fact Form ADV
- Dec 22, 2022Auditor changed: BDO replaced Frank, Rimerman + Co., first reported on the Form ADV filed December 22, 2022 (previous filing February 18, 2022)Auditor changed Fact Form ADV
- Dec 24, 2020Auditor changed: Frank, Rimerman + Co. replaced Grant Thornton, first reported on the Form ADV filed December 24, 2020 (previous filing December 13, 2019)Auditor changed Fact Form ADV
- Nov 15, 2018Motley Fool Ventures LP filed Form D/A: $145,736,001 sold of $145,736,001, Venture Capital FundForm D filed Fact Form D
- Sep 18, 2018Motley Fool Ventures LP first reported on Form ADV by Motley Fool Ventures (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $45,000,000Fund first reported on Form ADV Fact Form ADV
Evidence
31 observations
Every observation on this vehicle
- Entity type: Limited Partnership Nov 15, 2018 Fact Form D
- Entity type: Limited Partnership Jul 10, 2018 Fact Form D
- Form D fund type: Venture Capital Fund Nov 15, 2018 Fact Form D
- Form D fund type: Venture Capital Fund Jul 10, 2018 Fact Form D
- Form D industry group: Pooled Investment Fund Nov 15, 2018 Fact Form D
- Form D industry group: Pooled Investment Fund Jul 10, 2018 Fact Form D
- Amendment: true Nov 15, 2018 Fact Form D
- Amendment: false Jul 10, 2018 Fact Form D
- Revenue range (Form D): Decline to Disclose Nov 15, 2018 Fact Form D
- Revenue range (Form D): Decline to Disclose Jul 10, 2018 Fact Form D
- Incorporated: withinFiveYears Nov 15, 2018 Fact Form D
- Incorporated: withinFiveYears Jul 10, 2018 Fact Form D
- Jurisdiction: Delaware Nov 15, 2018 Fact Form D
- Jurisdiction: Delaware Jul 10, 2018 Fact Form D
- Amount sold (Form D): $146M Nov 15, 2018 Fact Form D
- Amount sold (Form D): $0 Jul 10, 2018 Fact Form D
- Offering amount (Form D): $146M Nov 15, 2018 Fact Form D
- Offering amount (Form D): $100M Jul 10, 2018 Fact Form D
- Exemptions: 06c, 3C, 3C.7 Nov 15, 2018 Fact Form D
- Exemptions: 06c, 3C, 3C.7 Jul 10, 2018 Fact Form D
- First sale: 2018-07-18 Nov 15, 2018 Fact Form D
- Investors (Form D): 629 Nov 15, 2018 Fact Form D
- Investors (Form D): 0 Jul 10, 2018 Fact Form D
- Minimum investment (Form D): 0 Nov 15, 2018 Fact Form D
- Minimum investment (Form D): 0 Jul 10, 2018 Fact Form D
- Securities offered: pooled Nov 15, 2018 Fact Form D
- Securities offered: pooled Jul 10, 2018 Fact Form D
- Office address: Nov 15, 2018 Fact Form D
- Office address: Jul 10, 2018 Fact Form D
- Year of incorporation: 2018 Nov 15, 2018 Fact Form D
- Year of incorporation: 2018 Jul 10, 2018 Fact Form D
Relationships across DFX
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Across the graphs
Motley Fool Ventures LP is the same institution as 1 record in RIA and Wealth.
RIA and Wealth1
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Record history
3 dated events on the change ledger, latest event first
- Form D filed2018-11-15source on record
- Fund first reported on ADV2018-09-18source on record
- Form D filed2018-07-10source 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.