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Surface Ventures III, L.P.
As of · the latest observation of this vehicle; each figure below carries its own filing date
Active deploymentFundraising status unknownADV: Venture Capital Fund
As of · the latest observation of this vehicle; each figure below carries its own filing date
Nothing material in the last 365 days.
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Amounts, each with its basis
- Vintage
- 2023basis: 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
- unknownwhat may be sold, not what was raised
- Form D sold
- unknown
- First sale
- unknown
- Reported GAV
- $48.7Mon the Form ADV filed Mar 26, 2026; the fund's assets, never its size or dry powder
- Owners (ADV)
- 2
- Reported on ADV
- Mar 22, 2023 to Mar 26, 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.Unknown
no Form D or close on record (fr-1)
Lifecycle
Active deployment
Lifecycle
vintage 2 to 4 years
age years: 3first sale: n/avintage year: 2023adv gav as of: Mar 26, 2026vintage basis: ADV first reportedform d sold: n/aform d offering: n/aform d latest filed at: n/a
The fund's own reporting through time
3 Form ADV filings
| Filed | Type | Gross asset value | Owners | Min. investment | Adviser-owned | Audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 2023 | Venture Capital Fund | $48.0M | 1 | 0% | yes | ||
| Mar 29, 2024 | Venture Capital Fund | $49.1M | 1 | 0% | yes | ||
| Mar 26, 2026 | Venture Capital Fund | $48.7M | 2 | 0% |
Principals and agents
0 principals on Form D, 0 placement agents
No Form D related person on record.
Service providers
3 named on Form ADV Schedule D and Form D
- AuditorFrank, Rimerman + Co. · SAN JOSE, California, United StatesForm ADV filed Mar 26, 2026 reports.adviserinfo.sec.gov
- AdministratorCarta · HAMILTON, New Jersey, United StatesForm ADV filed Mar 26, 2026 reports.adviserinfo.sec.gov
- CustodianCITIZENS BANK · CARTHAGE, Tennessee, United StatesForm ADV filed Mar 26, 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
2 events
- Apr 1, 2025Custodian changed: CITIZENS BANK replaced DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, first reported on the Form ADV filed April 1, 2025 (previous filing March 29, 2024)Custodian changed Fact Form ADV
- Mar 22, 2023Surface Ventures III, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by RTP Seed Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $48,004,500Fund first reported on Form ADV Fact Form ADV
Evidence
0 observations
Every observation on this vehicle
Relationships across DFX
on 1 other DFX graph
Across the graphs
Surface Ventures III, L.P. is the same institution as 1 record in RIA and Wealth.
RIA and Wealth1
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Record history
1 dated event on the change ledger, latest event first
- Fund first reported on ADV2023-03-22source 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.