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Venture Capital Intelligence
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Funds / Craton Equity Investors II, LP
Craton Equity Investors II, LP
Amounts, each with its basis
- Vintage
- 2012basis: 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
- $400Mwhat may be sold, not what was raised; file 021-184881, sworn by the adviser or filed under this vehicle
- Form D sold
- $50.9Mas of the filing of Jun 24, 2014, 6 investors
- First sale
- Nov 15, 2012
- Reported GAV
- $50.0Mon the Form ADV filed Feb 19, 2014; the fund's assets, never its size or dry powder
- Owners (ADV)
- 8
- Reported on ADV
- Jan 8, 2013 to Feb 19, 2014
Fundraising evidence
Unknown
latest Form D 2014-06-24, older than 15 months (fr-1)
evidence dated Jun 24, 2014. A 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.
Lifecycle
Harvest
vintage over 7 years, still reported
age years: 14first sale: 2012-11-15vintage year: $2,012adv gav as of: 2014-02-19vintage basis: form_d_first_saleform d sold usd: $50.9Mform d offering usd: $400Mform d latest filed at: 2014-06-24
The fund's own reporting through time
3 Form ADV filings
| Filed | Type | Gross asset value | Owners | Min. investment | Adviser-owned | Audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 2013 | Venture Capital Fund | $50.0M | 8 | $1.0M | 5% | yes | |
| Jan 8, 2013 | Venture Capital Fund | $50.0M | 8 | $1.0M | 5% | yes | |
| Feb 19, 2014 | Venture Capital Fund | $50.0M | 8 | $1.0M | 5% | yes |
Principals and agents
7 principals on Form D, 0 placement agents
- Robert W. Macdonald Executive Officer
- Thomas W. Soto Executive Officer
- TCW/Craton II GP, LLC Executive Officer
- Kevin W. Wall Executive Officer
- David W. Wang Executive Officer
- Jess W. Ravich Executive Officer
- Craton Equity Investors II GP, LLC Executive Officer
Limited partners and their reported performance
1 public LP report
| LP | Vintage (LP’s) | Committed | Paid in | Distributed | Remaining value | Net IRR | Multiple | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California State Teachers' Retirement System calstrs.com | 2012 | $15.3M | $12.0M | $3.1M | n/a | -19.1% | 0.3x | Jun 30, 2025 |
Each 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).
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
- Jun 30, 2025CalSTRS reports Craton Equity Investors II, L.P.: $15,266,668 committed, vintage 2012, net IRR -19.1%, 0.26xLP commitment disclosed Fact Public pension and endowment private-markets disclosures (CalPERS, CalSTRS, WSIB, NYSCRF, Texas TRS, UTIMCO ...)
- Jun 30, 2025CalSTRS reports Craton Equity Investors II, L.P.: $15,266,668 committed, vintage 2012, net IRR -19.1%, 0.26xLP commitment disclosed Fact Public pension and endowment private-markets disclosures (CalPERS, CalSTRS, WSIB, NYSCRF, Texas TRS, UTIMCO ...)
- Jun 24, 2014TCW/Craton Equity Investors II, LP filed Form D/A: $50,888,891 sold of $400,000,000, Venture Capital FundForm D filed Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Jan 8, 2013Craton Equity Investors II, LP first reported on Form ADV by Craton Equity Partners (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $50,000,000Fund first reported on Form ADV Fact SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Oct 2, 2012Craton Equity Investors II, LP filed Form D: no sales yet of $400,000,000, Venture Capital FundForm D filed Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
Evidence
31 observations
Every observation on this vehicle
- Entity type: Limited Partnership Jun 24, 2014 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Entity type: Limited Partnership Oct 2, 2012 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Form D fund type: Venture Capital Fund Jun 24, 2014 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Form D fund type: Venture Capital Fund Oct 2, 2012 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Form D industry group: Pooled Investment Fund Jun 24, 2014 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Form D industry group: Pooled Investment Fund Oct 2, 2012 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Amendment: true Jun 24, 2014 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Amendment: false Oct 2, 2012 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Revenue range (Form D): Decline to Disclose Jun 24, 2014 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Revenue range (Form D): Decline to Disclose Oct 2, 2012 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Incorporated: withinFiveYears Jun 24, 2014 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Incorporated: withinFiveYears Oct 2, 2012 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Jurisdiction: DELAWARE Jun 24, 2014 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Jurisdiction: DELAWARE Oct 2, 2012 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Amount sold (Form D): $50.9M Jun 24, 2014 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Amount sold (Form D): $0 Oct 2, 2012 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Offering amount (Form D): $400M Jun 24, 2014 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Offering amount (Form D): $400M Oct 2, 2012 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Exemptions: 06b, 3C, 3C.1, 3C.7 Jun 24, 2014 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Exemptions: 06, 3C, 3C.1, 3C.7 Oct 2, 2012 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- First sale: 2012-11-15 Jun 24, 2014 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Investors (Form D): 6 Jun 24, 2014 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Investors (Form D): 0 Oct 2, 2012 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Minimum investment (Form D): 1,000,000 Jun 24, 2014 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Minimum investment (Form D): 0 Oct 2, 2012 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Securities offered: pooled Jun 24, 2014 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Securities offered: pooled Oct 2, 2012 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Office address: 865 SOUTH FIGUEROA STREET, SUITE 1800, LOS ANGELES, CA, 90017 Jun 24, 2014 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Office address: 8750 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, SUITE 250, LOS ANGELES, CA, 90211 Oct 2, 2012 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Year of incorporation: 2012 Jun 24, 2014 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Year of incorporation: 2012 Oct 2, 2012 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)