DFX Intelligence
Clarus Iv-A, L.P.
As of · the latest observation of this vehicle; each figure below carries its own filing date
HarvestFundraising status unknownADV: Venture Capital FundFeeder or parallel vehicle
A feeder, parallel or offshore vehicle of a main fund; its assets may overlap the main fund's.
As of · the latest observation of this vehicle; each figure below carries its own filing date
4 additional principals, 7 additional placement agents
Every relationship, signal and contact on this record, with the source on each.
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What matters now
- -25%reported GAV
Reported gross assets fell from $289M to $217M between the Form ADV filings of 28 Mar 2024 and 30 Mar 2026.
The fund's assets as the adviser swears them, never its size or dry powder.
Drawing the relationship network…
Amounts, each with its basis
- Vintage
- 2017basis: 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
- $880Mwhat may be sold, not what was raised; file 021-286937, sworn by the adviser or filed under this vehicle
- Form D sold
- $790Mas of the filing of May 17, 2017, 30 investors
- First sale
- May 5, 2017
- Reported GAV
- $217Mon the Form ADV filed Mar 30, 2026; the fund's assets, never its size or dry powder
- Owners (ADV)
- 35
- Reported on ADV
- Mar 28, 2018 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.Unknown
latest Form D 2017-05-17, older than 15 months (fr-1)
evidence dated May 17, 2017.
Lifecycle
Harvest
Lifecycle
vintage over 7 years, still reported
age years: 9first sale: May 5, 2017vintage year: 2017adv gav as of: Mar 30, 2026vintage basis: Form d first saleform d sold: $790Mform d offering: $880Mform d latest filed at: May 17, 2017
The fund's own reporting through time
18 Form ADV filings
| Filed | Type | Gross asset value | Owners | Min. investment | Adviser-owned | Audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 2018 | Venture Capital Fund | $294M | 34 | $5.0M | 10% | yes | |
| Nov 20, 2018 | Venture Capital Fund | $290M | 34 | $5.0M | 10% | yes | |
| Mar 29, 2019 | Venture Capital Fund | $288M | 34 | $5.0M | 10% | yes | |
| Jul 15, 2019 | Venture Capital Fund | $288M | 34 | $5.0M | 10% | yes | |
| Sep 4, 2019 | Venture Capital Fund | $288M | 34 | $5.0M | 10% | yes | |
| Mar 30, 2020 | Venture Capital Fund | $330M | 34 | $5.0M | 10% | yes | |
| Jun 4, 2020 | Venture Capital Fund | $333M | 34 | $5.0M | 10% | yes | |
| Mar 31, 2021 | Venture Capital Fund | $324M | 34 | $5.0M | 10% | yes | |
| Feb 9, 2022 | Venture Capital Fund | $324M | 34 | $5.0M | 10% | yes | |
| Mar 31, 2022 | Venture Capital Fund | $337M | 35 | $5.0M | 10% | yes | |
| Apr 12, 2022 | Venture Capital Fund | $337M | 35 | $5.0M | 10% | yes | |
| Jun 22, 2022 | Venture Capital Fund | $337M | 35 | $5.0M | 10% | yes | |
| Sep 6, 2022 | Venture Capital Fund | $337M | 35 | $5.0M | 10% | yes | |
| Dec 2, 2022 | Venture Capital Fund | $337M | 35 | $5.0M | 10% | yes | |
| Jan 17, 2023 | Venture Capital Fund | $337M | 35 | $5.0M | 10% | yes | |
| Mar 31, 2023 | Venture Capital Fund | $338M | 35 | $5.0M | 10% | yes | |
| Mar 28, 2024 | Venture Capital Fund | $289M | 35 | $5.0M | 10% | yes | |
| Mar 30, 2026 | Venture Capital Fund | $217M | 35 | $5.0M | 10% |
Principals and agents
7 principals on Form D, 1 placement agents
- Emmett Cunningham Executive Officer
- Robert W. Liptak Executive Officer
- Nicholas J. Simon Executive Officer
- Sagent Advisors, LLC placement agent
Service providers
10 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
- AuditorDeloitte · NEW YORK, New York, United StatesForm ADV filed Mar 30, 2026 reports.adviserinfo.sec.gov
- CustodianBank of America · NEW YORK, New York, 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
5 events
- Mar 31, 2022Clarus Iv-A, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Clarus Ventures, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $336,545,597Fund first reported on Form ADV Fact Form ADV
- Mar 31, 2022Clarus Iv-A, L.P. no longer reported on Form ADV by Clarus Ventures, LLCFund no longer reported Inference Form ADV
- Mar 30, 2020Auditor changed: Deloitte replaced EY, first reported on the Form ADV filed March 30, 2020 (previous filing September 4, 2019)Auditor changed Fact Form ADV
- Mar 28, 2018Clarus Iv-A, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Clarus Ventures LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $294,061,700Fund first reported on Form ADV Fact Form ADV
- May 17, 2017Clarus IV-A, L.P. filed Form D: $789,700,000 sold of $880,000,000, Venture Capital FundForm D filed Fact Form D
Evidence
16 observations
Every observation on this vehicle
- Entity type: Limited Partnership May 17, 2017 Fact Form D
- Form D fund type: Venture Capital Fund May 17, 2017 Fact Form D
- Form D industry group: Pooled Investment Fund May 17, 2017 Fact Form D
- Amendment: false May 17, 2017 Fact Form D
- Revenue range (Form D): Not Applicable May 17, 2017 Fact Form D
- Incorporated: withinFiveYears May 17, 2017 Fact Form D
- Jurisdiction: Delaware May 17, 2017 Fact Form D
- Amount sold (Form D): $790M May 17, 2017 Fact Form D
- Offering amount (Form D): $880M May 17, 2017 Fact Form D
- Exemptions: 06b, 3C, 3C.1, 3C.7 May 17, 2017 Fact Form D
- First sale: 2017-05-05 May 17, 2017 Fact Form D
- Investors (Form D): 30 May 17, 2017 Fact Form D
- Minimum investment (Form D): 100,000 May 17, 2017 Fact Form D
- Securities offered: pooled May 17, 2017 Fact Form D
- Office address: May 17, 2017 Fact Form D
- Year of incorporation: 2017 May 17, 2017 Fact Form D
Relationships across DFX
on 2 other DFX graphs
Across the graphs
Clarus Iv-A, L.P. is the same institution as 3 records in RIA and Wealth and Private Equity.
RIA and Wealth2Private Equity1
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
10 identity changes, 4 dated events on the change ledger, latest event first
- Event retracted2026-10-01
- Event retracted2026-10-01
- Event retracted2026-10-01
+11 more changes on this record's ledger
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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.