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Define Ventures Fund 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
2 additional placement agents
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Nothing material in the last 365 days. Last change: 13 Jan 2020, Latest Form D filed on 13 Jan 2020: $87.6M sold of $87.6M offered, 23 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
- $87.6Mwhat may be sold, not what was raised; file 021-324562, sworn by the adviser or filed under this vehicle
- Form D sold
- $87.6Mas of the filing of Jan 13, 2020, 23 investors
- First sale
- Oct 16, 2018
- Reported GAV
- $173Mon the Form ADV filed Mar 27, 2026; the fund's assets, never its size or dry powder
- Owners (ADV)
- 24
- Reported on ADV
- Dec 14, 2018 to Mar 27, 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 2020-01-13: the stated $87.6M offering reported fully sold (fr-1)
evidence dated Jan 13, 2020.
Lifecycle
Harvest
Lifecycle
vintage over 7 years, still reported
age years: 8first sale: Oct 16, 2018vintage year: 2018adv gav as of: Mar 27, 2026vintage basis: Form d first saleform d sold: $87.6Mform d offering: $87.6Mform d latest filed at: Jan 13, 2020
The fund's own reporting through time
10 Form ADV filings
| Filed | Type | Gross asset value | Owners | Min. investment | Adviser-owned | Audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 2018 | Venture Capital Fund | $49.9M | 5 | $2.5M | 1% | no | |
| Mar 14, 2019 | Venture Capital Fund | $50.2M | 5 | $1.0M | 1% | no | |
| Mar 3, 2020 | Venture Capital Fund | $84.8M | 5 | $1.0M | 1% | yes | |
| Mar 8, 2021 | Venture Capital Fund | $87.1M | 24 | 1% | yes | ||
| Mar 28, 2022 | Venture Capital Fund | $209M | 24 | 1% | yes | ||
| Jan 6, 2023 | Venture Capital Fund | $209M | 24 | 1% | yes | ||
| Mar 25, 2023 | Venture Capital Fund | $199M | 24 | 1% | yes | ||
| Mar 25, 2024 | Venture Capital Fund | $189M | 24 | 1% | yes | ||
| Mar 29, 2024 | Venture Capital Fund | $189M | 24 | 1% | yes | ||
| Mar 27, 2026 | Venture Capital Fund | $173M | 24 | 1% |
Principals and agents
2 principals on Form D, 0 placement agents
- Define Ventures GP I, LLC Director
- Lynne Chou O'Keefe Director
Service providers
5 named on Form ADV Schedule D and Form D
- AuditorFrank, Rimerman + Co. · PALO ALTO, California, United StatesForm ADV filed Mar 27, 2026 reports.adviserinfo.sec.gov
- AdministratorADURO ADVISORS, LLC · DENVER, Colorado, United StatesForm ADV filed Mar 27, 2026 reports.adviserinfo.sec.gov
- CustodianJPMorgan · COLUMBUS, Ohio, United StatesForm ADV filed Mar 27, 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
- Jan 13, 2020Define Ventures Fund I, L.P. filed Form D/A: $87,575,757 sold of $87,575,757, Venture Capital FundForm D filed Fact Form D
- Dec 14, 2018Define Ventures Fund I, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Define Ventures Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $49,948,960Fund first reported on Form ADV Fact Form ADV
- Oct 29, 2018Define Ventures Fund I, L.P. filed Form D: $50,000,000 sold of $65,000,000, Venture Capital FundForm D filed Fact Form D
Evidence
48 observations
Every observation on this vehicle
- Entity type: Limited Partnership Fact Form D
- Entity type: Limited Partnership Jan 13, 2020 Fact Form D
- Entity type: Limited Partnership Oct 29, 2018 Fact Form D
- Form D fund type: Venture Capital Fund Fact Form D
- Form D fund type: Venture Capital Fund Jan 13, 2020 Fact Form D
- Form D fund type: Venture Capital Fund Oct 29, 2018 Fact Form D
- Form D industry group: Pooled Investment Fund Fact Form D
- Form D industry group: Pooled Investment Fund Jan 13, 2020 Fact Form D
- Form D industry group: Pooled Investment Fund Oct 29, 2018 Fact Form D
- Amendment: true Fact Form D
- Amendment: true Jan 13, 2020 Fact Form D
- Amendment: false Oct 29, 2018 Fact Form D
- Revenue range (Form D): Decline to Disclose Fact Form D
- Revenue range (Form D): Decline to Disclose Jan 13, 2020 Fact Form D
- Revenue range (Form D): Decline to Disclose Oct 29, 2018 Fact Form D
- Incorporated: withinFiveYears Fact Form D
- Incorporated: withinFiveYears Jan 13, 2020 Fact Form D
- Incorporated: withinFiveYears Oct 29, 2018 Fact Form D
- Jurisdiction: Delaware Fact Form D
- Jurisdiction: Delaware Jan 13, 2020 Fact Form D
- Jurisdiction: Delaware Oct 29, 2018 Fact Form D
- Amount sold (Form D): $87.6M Fact Form D
- Amount sold (Form D): $87.6M Jan 13, 2020 Fact Form D
- Amount sold (Form D): $50.0M Oct 29, 2018 Fact Form D
- Offering amount (Form D): $87.6M Fact Form D
- Offering amount (Form D): $87.6M Jan 13, 2020 Fact Form D
- Offering amount (Form D): $65.0M Oct 29, 2018 Fact Form D
- Exemptions: 06b, 3C, 3C.1, 3C.7 Fact Form D
- Exemptions: 06b, 3C, 3C.1, 3C.7 Jan 13, 2020 Fact Form D
- Exemptions: 06b, 3C, 3C.1, 3C.7 Oct 29, 2018 Fact Form D
- First sale: 2018-10-16 Fact Form D
- First sale: 2018-10-16 Jan 13, 2020 Fact Form D
- First sale: 2018-10-16 Oct 29, 2018 Fact Form D
- Investors (Form D): 23 Fact Form D
- Investors (Form D): 23 Jan 13, 2020 Fact Form D
- Investors (Form D): 5 Oct 29, 2018 Fact Form D
- Minimum investment (Form D): 0 Fact Form D
- Minimum investment (Form D): 0 Jan 13, 2020 Fact Form D
- Minimum investment (Form D): 0 Oct 29, 2018 Fact Form D
- Securities offered: pooled Fact Form D
- Securities offered: pooled Jan 13, 2020 Fact Form D
- Securities offered: pooled Oct 29, 2018 Fact Form D
- Office address: Fact Form D
- Office address: Jan 13, 2020 Fact Form D
- Office address: Oct 29, 2018 Fact Form D
- Year of incorporation: 2018 Fact Form D
- Year of incorporation: 2018 Jan 13, 2020 Fact Form D
- Year of incorporation: 2018 Oct 29, 2018 Fact Form D
Relationships across DFX
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Across the graphs
Define Ventures Fund I, L.P. 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 filed2020-01-13source on record
- Fund first reported on ADV2018-12-14source on record
- Form D filed2018-10-29source 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.