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The Central Valley Fund III (SBIC)
As of · the latest observation of this vehicle; each figure below carries its own filing date
HarvestFundraising status unknownother manager vehicleADV: Private Equity FundOutside venture scope
A private equity fund outside venture scope, shown because its manager is on the venture graph.
As of · the latest observation of this vehicle; each figure below carries its own filing date
2 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: 19 Jan 2018, Latest Form D filed on 19 Jan 2018: $57.2M sold of $75M offered, 41 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
- $75.0Mwhat may be sold, not what was raised; joined by exact issuer name, corroborated by the adviser itself named on the filing, the general partner the adviser swears for this fund, the issuer filing from the adviser's state, not sworn by the adviser (confidence 0.85); file 021-278819
- Form D sold
- $57.1Mas of the filing of Jan 19, 2018, 41 investors
- First sale
- Jan 6, 2018
- Reported GAV
- $125Mon the Form ADV filed Mar 31, 2026; the fund's assets, never its size or dry powder
- Owners (ADV)
- 45
- Reported on ADV
- Mar 28, 2018 to Mar 31, 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
latest Form D 2018-01-19, older than 15 months (fr-1)
evidence dated Jan 19, 2018.
Lifecycle
Harvest
Lifecycle
vintage over 7 years, still reported
age years: 8first sale: Jan 6, 2018vintage year: 2018adv gav as of: Mar 31, 2026vintage basis: Form d first saleform d sold: $57.1Mform d offering: $75.0Mform d latest filed at: Jan 19, 2018
The fund's own reporting through time
9 Form ADV filings
| Filed | Type | Gross asset value | Owners | Min. investment | Adviser-owned | Audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 2018 | Private Equity Fund | $25.6M | 45 | $50,000 | 3% | yes | |
| Feb 15, 2019 | Private Equity Fund | $25.6M | 45 | $50,000 | 3% | yes | |
| May 14, 2020 | Private Equity Fund | $79.0M | 45 | $50,000 | 2% | yes | |
| May 14, 2020 | Private Equity Fund | $79.0M | 45 | $50,000 | 2% | yes | |
| Apr 26, 2021 | Private Equity Fund | $85.8M | 45 | $50,000 | 2% | yes | |
| May 2, 2022 | Private Equity Fund | $125M | 45 | $50,000 | 2% | yes | |
| Apr 6, 2023 | Private Equity Fund | $115M | 45 | $50,000 | 2% | yes | |
| Apr 24, 2024 | Private Equity Fund | $117M | 45 | $50,000 | 2% | yes | |
| Mar 31, 2026 | Private Equity Fund | $125M | 45 | $50,000 | 2% |
Principals and agents
5 principals on Form D, 0 placement agents
- Gael Partners III (SBIC), LLC Executive Officer
- Brad Triebsch Executive Officer
- CVF Capital Partners, Inc. Executive Officer
Service providers
2 named on Form ADV Schedule D and Form D
- AuditorRSM · SAN FRANCISCO, California, United StatesForm ADV filed Mar 31, 2026 reports.adviserinfo.sec.gov
- CustodianFIFTH THIRD BANK · CHICAGO, Illinois, United StatesForm ADV filed Mar 31, 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
4 events
- May 14, 2020Custodian changed: FIFTH THIRD BANK replaced MB FINANCIAL, first reported on the Form ADV filed May 14, 2020 (previous filing February 15, 2019)Custodian changed Fact Form ADV
- Mar 28, 2018The Central Valley Fund III (SBIC) first reported on Form ADV by CVF Capital Partners, Inc. (Private Equity Fund), GAV $25,596,830Fund first reported on Form ADV Fact Form ADV
- Jan 19, 2018Central Valley Fund III (SBIC), LP filed Form D/A: $57,150,000 sold of $75,000,000, Private Equity FundForm D filed Fact Form D
- Jan 19, 2017Central Valley Fund III (SBIC), LP filed Form D: $20,600,000 sold of $75,000,000, Private Equity FundForm D filed Fact Form D
Evidence
32 observations
Every observation on this vehicle
- Entity type: Limited Partnership Jan 19, 2018 Fact Form D
- Entity type: Limited Partnership Jan 19, 2017 Fact Form D
- Form D fund type: Private Equity Fund Jan 19, 2018 Fact Form D
- Form D fund type: Private Equity Fund Jan 19, 2017 Fact Form D
- Form D industry group: Pooled Investment Fund Jan 19, 2018 Fact Form D
- Form D industry group: Pooled Investment Fund Jan 19, 2017 Fact Form D
- Amendment: true Jan 19, 2018 Fact Form D
- Amendment: false Jan 19, 2017 Fact Form D
- Revenue range (Form D): Decline to Disclose Jan 19, 2018 Fact Form D
- Revenue range (Form D): Decline to Disclose Jan 19, 2017 Fact Form D
- Incorporated: withinFiveYears Jan 19, 2018 Fact Form D
- Incorporated: withinFiveYears Jan 19, 2017 Fact Form D
- Jurisdiction: Delaware Jan 19, 2018 Fact Form D
- Jurisdiction: Delaware Jan 19, 2017 Fact Form D
- Amount sold (Form D): $57.1M Jan 19, 2018 Fact Form D
- Amount sold (Form D): $20.6M Jan 19, 2017 Fact Form D
- Offering amount (Form D): $75.0M Jan 19, 2018 Fact Form D
- Offering amount (Form D): $75.0M Jan 19, 2017 Fact Form D
- Exemptions: 06b, 3C, 3C.1 Jan 19, 2018 Fact Form D
- Exemptions: 06b, 3C, 3C.1 Jan 19, 2017 Fact Form D
- First sale: 2018-01-06 Jan 19, 2018 Fact Form D
- First sale: 2017-01-06 Jan 19, 2017 Fact Form D
- Investors (Form D): 41 Jan 19, 2018 Fact Form D
- Investors (Form D): 19 Jan 19, 2017 Fact Form D
- Minimum investment (Form D): 0 Jan 19, 2018 Fact Form D
- Minimum investment (Form D): 0 Jan 19, 2017 Fact Form D
- Securities offered: pooled Jan 19, 2018 Fact Form D
- Securities offered: pooled Jan 19, 2017 Fact Form D
- Office address: Jan 19, 2018 Fact Form D
- Office address: Jan 19, 2017 Fact Form D
- Year of incorporation: 2016 Jan 19, 2018 Fact Form D
- Year of incorporation: 2016 Jan 19, 2017 Fact Form D
Relationships across DFX
on 2 other DFX graphs
Across the graphs
The Central Valley Fund III (SBIC) is the same institution as 3 records in Private Equity and RIA and Wealth.
Private Equity2RIA and Wealth1
DFX found 3 relationships across 2 datasets
Which record it is in each graph, what it is called there, and how the two were matched.
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Record history
3 dated events on the change ledger, latest event first
- Fund first reported on ADV2018-03-28source on record
- Form D filed2018-01-19source on record
- Form D filed2017-01-19source 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.