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Adviser Profile

As of Date 07/08/2024
Adviser Type - Large advisory firm
Number of Employees 9 -10.00%
of those in investment advisory functions 6
Registration SEC, Approved, 5/15/2017
Other registrations (2)
AUM* 782,713,493 6.72%
of that, discretionary 782,713,493 6.72%
Private Fund GAV* 639,473,107 20.85%
Avg Account Size 48,919,593 0.05%
SMA’s No
Private Funds 15 1
Contact Info (41 xxxxxxx
Websites

Client Types

- Pooled investment vehicles

Advisory Activities

- Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles

Compensation Arrangments

- A percentage of assets under your management
- Performance-based fees

Recent News

Reported AUM

Discretionary
Non-discretionary
733M 629M 524M 419M 314M 210M 105M
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

Private Funds



Employees

Private Funds Structure

Fund Type Count GAV
Fund TypePrivate Equity Fund Count15 GAV$639,473,107

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Brochure Summary

Overview

Akkadian Ventures, Inc. (the “Filing Adviser”), a Delaware corporation formed on September 9, 2013, primarily invests in growth stage technology companies with a focus on smaller direct secondary positions in high-growth, later-stage technology companies, as well as investments in third-party sponsored venture capital vehicles. The Filing Adviser is affiliated with Akkadian Ventures Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company formed on November 19, 2021, Akkadian Ventures, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company formed on January 27, 2020, Akkadian Ventures Management Inc., a Colorado corporation formed on January 20, 2012 (together, “Relying Advisers,” and collectively with the Filing Adviser, the “Advisers”). The Advisers have the same principal office/place of business. The principal owners of the Filing Adviser are Benjamin Black, Peter Smith, and Michael Gridley. Akkadian Ventures Management, LLC is owned by Benjamin Black, Peter Smith, and Michael Dinsdale. Akkadian Ventures, LLC and Akkadian Ventures Management Inc. are owned by Benjamin Black and Peter Smith. Information pertaining to all of the Advisers can be found in the Form ADV Part 1 for the Filing Adviser (and Schedules R therein for the Relying Advisers) as well as in this ADV Part 2A. All of the Advisers are subject to the Advisers Act and the same Compliance Manual and Code of Ethics. The Advisers provide discretionary investment advisory services to private funds as their managers. Such funds include the following: Main Funds. The Advisers advise the following blind-pool funds (each, a “Main Fund” and collectively, the “Main Funds”):
• Akkadian Ventures II, LP (“Ventures II”)
• Akkadian Entrepreneurs III, LP (“Entre III”)
• Akkadian Ventures III, LP (“Ventures III”)
• Akkadian Ventures IV, LP (“Ventures IV”)
• Akkadian Ventures V, LP (“Ventures V”)
• Akkadian Ventures VI, LP (“Ventures VI Master”) and its feeder fund, CAA – Akkadian Ventures VI, LP (“CAA Ventures VI”, referred to collectively with Ventures VI Master, as “Ventures VI”)
• RAISE.ai Ventures, LP (“RAISE.ai”) Co-Investment Funds. Additionally, from time to time and as permitted by the relevant Partnership Agreements (as defined herein), the Advisers provided, and expect to provide, opportunities to co- invest alongside one or more Main Fund transactions via co-investment vehicles, each a “Co- Investment Fund”. At the sole discretion of the applicable General Partner, Co-Investment Fund opportunities may be offered to certain existing investors or other persons, including, without limitation, other market participants and/or certain other persons associated with the Advisers and/or their affiliates. Pursuant to the Partnership Agreements, the Advisers may only make investments via a Co-Investment Fund in primary offerings or after the investment concentration limit for the applicable Main Fund has been reached. If such investment concentration limit is reached in connection with a transaction in which a Main Fund is also participating, the corresponding Co-Investment Fund and Main Fund will typically invest and dispose of their investments in the applicable portfolio company at the same time and on the same terms. If such investment concentration limit is not reached in connection with a transaction in which a Main Fund is also participating, the corresponding Co-Investment Fund and Main Fund may invest in the applicable portfolio company at different times and pursuant to different terms but will typically dispose of such investments at the same time and on the same terms. The Advisers advise the following Co-Investment Funds:
• Akkadian Ventures Annex V, LP
• Tank Hill - Akkadian Annex PLCR, LP
• Akkadian Ventures Annex V-B, LP
• Akkadian Ventures Annex V-E, LP
• Bottega Holdings, LP
• CAA – Akkadian Ventures Annex VI, LP (“CAA Ventures Annex VI”) Special Purpose Vehicles. Additionally, from time to time and as permitted by the relevant Partnership Agreements (as defined herein), the Advisers provided, and expect to provide, opportunities to invest in transactions via special purpose vehicles, each a “Special Purpose Vehicle” that are outside of the targeted “growth stage” or other underwriting investment criteria of the Main Funds. At the sole discretion of the Advisers, Special Purpose Vehicle opportunities may be offered to certain existing investors or other persons, including, without limitation, other market participants and/or certain other persons associated with the Advisers and/or their affiliates. The
investing Main Fund Investment Committee is responsible for determining, in accordance with Fund Documents (as defined below), whether an investment opportunity is suitable for the Main Fund(s). The Advisers advise the following Special Purpose Vehicles:
• Akkadian Ventures Annex V-F, LP
• ConsenSys Software Annex Fund, LP The Main Funds, Co-Investment Funds, and Special Purpose Vehicles are the Advisers’ investment advisory clients and are collectively referred to herein as the “Funds”. The Funds are exempt from registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) and offer securities that are not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Advisers provide day-to-day management and investment advisory services to the Funds or to the general partner of the Funds, including, but not limited to, the following affiliated managing directors for the limited liability companies and affiliated general partners for the limited partnerships (referred to collectively as the “General Partners”):
• Akkadian Ventures GP II, LLC
• Akkadian Ventures GP III, LLC
• Akkadian Ventures GP IV, LLC
• Akkadian Ventures GP V, LLC
• Akkadian Ventures GP VI, LLC
• Akkadian Ventures Annex GP V, LLC
• Akkadian Ventures Annex GP V-B, LLC
• Akkadian Ventures Annex GP PLCR, LLC
• Akkadian Ventures Annex GP V-E, LLC
• Akkadian Ventures Annex GP V-F, LLC
• ConsenSys Software Annex GP, LLC
• Bottega Holdings GP, LLC
• RAISE.ai Ventures GP, LLC The General Partner of each Fund has complete discretion and exclusive responsibility and authority for all investment making decisions of such Fund. A Fund’s investment objectives and/or parameters are set forth in any applicable private placement memoranda (each, a "Memorandum") and limited partnership or other operating agreements (each, a "Partnership Agreement", referred to collectively with the Memorandum and any other governing documents as the “Fund Documents”) provided to the investors in such Fund (the “Investors”). The Advisers tailor the advisory services for each Fund based on such Fund’s investment objective and investment strategy, including guidelines regarding the types of securities such Fund will acquire and portfolio limits (if any). However, the Advisers do not tailor their advisory services to the needs of individual Investors, and the Investors may not impose restrictions on investing in certain securities or types of investments. As described above, CAA Ventures VI is a feeder fund of Ventures VI Master. CAA Ventures Annex VI is a co-investment fund that invests in other Co-Investment Funds and Special Purpose Vehicles. CAA Ventures VI and CAA Ventures Annex VI are sub-advised by a third-party investment manager. As set forth in the Fund Documents and detailed further in Item 5, the sub- advisor is entitled to receive all or a portion of the CAA Ventures VI’s and CAA Ventures Annex VI’s Management Fee, and an affiliate of the sub-advisor, is entitled to a portion of CAA Ventures VI’s and CAA Ventures Annex VI’s carried interest. Additionally, the sub-advisor may also be reimbursed for certain due diligence and formation expenses of the sub-advisor as specified in the corresponding sub-advisory agreements. CAA Ventures VI and CAA Ventures Annex VI are expected to participate pro-rata in their corresponding investing Funds’ allocations of fees and expenses. However, over time, the performance of CAA Ventures VI and CAA Ventures Annex VI is expected to differ from the corresponding investing Funds due principally to their different fee and expense structures. RAISE.ai is sub-advised by a third-party investment manager. As set forth in RAISE.ai’s Fund Documents and detailed further in Item 5, the sub-advisor is entitled to receive a portion of RAISE.ai’s carried interest. Additionally, the sub-advisor may also be reimbursed for certain due diligence and formation expenses of the sub-advisor as specified in the corresponding sub-advisory agreement. The Advisers’ services to the Funds are further described in the Fund Documents as well as below in the “Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss" portion of Item 8 and "Investment Discretion" provisions in Item 16. The Funds or the Advisers may enter into side letters or other similar agreements with certain Investors that have the effect of establishing, altering or supplementing a Fund's Partnership Agreement. As of December 31, 2023, the Advisers manage $796,832,725 in regulatory assets under management on a discretionary basis.