Overview
The Firm, a Delaware limited liability company, was formed in 2016 and has a principal place of
business located in Menlo Park, CA. The Firm is owned and controlled by Vivek Ranadive.
The Firm conducts its business through affiliates that serve as general partners of the Funds (the
“General Partner”). The General Partners are related person of the Firm and are under common
control with the Firm. While the General Partners retain management authority over the business and
affairs, including investment decisions, of its Clients (as defined below), the Firm has been delegated
the role of investment adviser. The General Partner relies on the Firm’s registration in accordance
with SEC guidance (the Firm and the General Partners are collectively referred to herein as “Bow
Capital”.
Bow Capital provides discretionary investment management services to privately offered pooled
investment funds (“Funds”). Bow Capital may form additional funds, including feeder and parallel
funds, co-investment vehicles, special purpose vehicles, as well as provide portfolio management
services for separately managed accounts (collectively with the Funds, the “Clients”).
The Funds invest primarily in early stage privately held technology enabled companies. Bow Capital
seeks to accomplish the Funds’ investment objectives by providing investment advisory services that
include identifying and evaluating investment opportunities, negotiating the terms of the investment,
managing and monitoring investments and ultimately disposing of such investments.
Limited partners in the Funds (the “Investors”) should refer to the relevant vehicle’s limited
partnership agreement or other offering document, including the Appendices thereto, and other
governing documents including each Fund’s respective management services agreements (together
with any applicable side letters described below (collectively, the “Governing Documents”) for
definitive and more detailed information regarding the matters described in this Brochure. The Firm
have entered into side letters or other similar agreements with certain Investors that have the effect
of establishing rights under, or altering or supplementing certain terms of, the Governing Documents
with respect to such Investors, and such rights are not made available to Investors generally. Bow
Capital does not tailor its advisory services to the individual needs of Investors, instead providing
investment advice to the Funds rather than to the individual Investors in the Fund.
Bow Capital intends to offer co-investment opportunities to Fund investors interested in participating
in any such opportunity. Bow Capital and its affiliates, in their sole discretion, decide on whether and
to whom to offer co-investment opportunities, as well as the applicable terms. Co-investment
opportunities may be offered to some and not other Fund investors and to certain persons other than
Fund investors. The General Partner or its affiliates may charge fees or carried interest with regard to
the portion, if any, of any investment opportunity allocated to a co-investment vehicle. There is an
inherent conflict of interest when and to the extent that employees and related persons of Bow Capital
and its affiliates make capital investments in or alongside certain Funds. See Item 11 Code of Ethics,
Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal Trading for information related to Bow
Capital’s allocation policy with respect to co-investment opportunities.
The Firm does not participate in wrap fee programs.
As of December 31, 2023, the Firm’s regulatory assets under management were $591,425,609 all
managed on a discretionary basis.