Spur Ventures III LP

Fundmanaged by BOW River Capital· Delaware
Vintage
2008
Form D sold
$128M
Reported gross assets
$146M
Form ADV, Sep 12, 2026
HarvestFundraising status unknownADV: Venture Capital Fund
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As of · the latest observation of this vehicle; each figure below carries its own filing date

2 additional principals, 1 additional placement agent, 1 additional LP report or investment

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: 8 Apr 2009, Latest Form D filed on 8 Apr 2009: $128M sold, 38 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
2008basis: 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
indefinitewhat may be sold, not what was raised; file 021-119163, sworn by the adviser or filed under this vehicle
Form D sold
$128Mas of the filing of Apr 8, 2009, 38 investors
First sale
May 22, 2008
Reported GAV
$146Mon the Form ADV filed Sep 12, 2026; the fund's assets, never its size or dry powder
Owners (ADV)
36
Reported on ADV
Mar 30, 2012 to Sep 12, 2026

Fundraising evidence

Unknown
latest Form D 2009-04-08, older than 15 months (fr-1)
evidence dated Apr 8, 2009.

Lifecycle

Harvest
vintage over 7 years, still reported
age years: 18first sale: May 22, 2008vintage year: 2008adv gav as of: Sep 12, 2026vintage basis: Form d first saleform d sold: $128Mform d offering: n/aform d latest filed at: Apr 8, 2009

The fund's own reporting through time

17 Form ADV filings
FiledTypeGross asset value OwnersMin. investmentAdviser-ownedAudit
Mar 30, 2012Venture Capital Fund$138M
36$500,0002%yes
Mar 28, 2013Venture Capital Fund$135M
36$500,0002%yes
Mar 31, 2014Venture Capital Fund$143M
36$500,0002%yes
Apr 1, 2015Venture Capital Fund$177M
36$500,0002%yes
Jun 5, 2015Venture Capital Fund$177M
36$500,0002%yes
Mar 31, 2016Venture Capital Fund$224M
36$500,0002%yes
Mar 31, 2017Venture Capital Fund$222M
36$500,0002%yes
Mar 29, 2018Venture Capital Fund$225M
36$500,0002%yes
Mar 28, 2019Venture Capital Fund$226M
36$500,0002%yes
Mar 11, 2020Venture Capital Fund$226M
36$500,0002%yes
Mar 30, 2021Venture Capital Fund$251M
36$500,0002%yes
Nov 5, 2021Venture Capital Fund$251M
36$500,0002%yes
Mar 31, 2022Venture Capital Fund$346M
36$500,0002%yes
Mar 30, 2023Venture Capital Fund$249M
36$500,0002%yes
Mar 28, 2024Venture Capital Fund$207M
36$500,0002%yes
Aug 28, 2026Venture Capital Fund$146M
36$500,0002%
Sep 12, 2026$146M
36$500,0002%

Principals and agents

5 principals on Form D, 0 placement agents

Service providers

4 named on Form ADV Schedule D and Form D

Limited partners and their reported performance

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

4 relationships, public pensions and the allocator graph, each counted once
AllocatorTypeAmountDateSource
Mcgregor FundFOUNDATION$5.1M
fair value on the foundation's return
reported as of Jun 30, 2025Fact IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file returns
Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation IncFOUNDATION$1.2M
fair value on the foundation's return
reported as of Dec 31, 2024Fact IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file returns
Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Care FoundationFOUNDATION$618,884
fair value on the foundation's return
reported as of Dec 31, 2024Fact IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file returns

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
  1. Mar 30, 2012
    Spur Ventures III LP first reported on Form ADV by Spur Capital Partners (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $138,044,854
    Fund first reported on Form ADV Fact Form ADV
  2. Apr 8, 2009
    Spur Ventures III LP filed Form D/A: $128,400,000 sold (indefinite offering), Other Investment Fund
    Form D filed Fact Form D

Evidence

16 observations
Every observation on this vehicle
  • Adv pdf fund: 145,665,105 Sep 12, 2026 Fact Form ADV
  • Entity type: Limited Partnership Apr 8, 2009 Fact Form D
  • Form D fund type: Other Investment Fund Apr 8, 2009 Fact Form D
  • Form D industry group: Pooled Investment Fund Apr 8, 2009 Fact Form D
  • Amendment: true Apr 8, 2009 Fact Form D
  • Incorporated: withinFiveYears Apr 8, 2009 Fact Form D
  • Jurisdiction: De Apr 8, 2009 Fact Form D
  • Amount sold (Form D): $128M Apr 8, 2009 Fact Form D
  • Exemptions: 06, 3C, 3C.7 Apr 8, 2009 Fact Form D
  • First sale: 2008-05-22 Apr 8, 2009 Fact Form D
  • Indefinite offering: true Apr 8, 2009 Fact Form D
  • Investors (Form D): 38 Apr 8, 2009 Fact Form D
  • Minimum investment (Form D): 500,000 Apr 8, 2009 Fact Form D
  • Securities offered: pooled Apr 8, 2009 Fact Form D
  • Office address: Apr 8, 2009 Fact Form D
  • Year of incorporation: 2008 Apr 8, 2009 Fact Form D

Relationships across DFX

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Across the graphs

Spur Ventures III LP is the same institution as 2 records in Allocators and RIA and Wealth.

Allocators1RIA and Wealth1

DFX found 2 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

2 dated events on the change ledger, latest event first
  • Fund first reported on ADV
    2012-03-30source on record
  • Form D filed
    2009-04-08source 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.