Cintrifuse Fund Management, LLC (referred to herein as “Cintrifuse Fund Management,” “Cintrifuse
Capital,” “Cintrifuse Capital,” the “Adviser,” “Company,” the “Firm,” “we,” “us” or “our”), a Delaware
limited liability company, is an investment adviser that is registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “Advisers
Act”). The Company is wholly owned by Cintrifuse (the “Corporation”), which is an Ohio nonprofit public
benefit corporation classified by the Internal Revenue Service as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Mr. J.B. Kropp serves as the Firm’s Chief Executive Officer. Ms. Lauren
Nicole Boehmker serves as Chief Compliance Officer for the Firm.
ADVISORY SERVICES
The Corporation was organized to promote entrepreneurialism in the greater Cincinnati area by providing
mentoring services, assistance with talent recruitment and access to global industry leaders. Cintrifuse
owns 100% of the assets and equity of Cintrifuse Innovation Hub, LLC (the “Building”), a Delaware limited
liability company. Cintrifuse also owns 100% of the assets and equity of Cintrifuse Holdings, LLC
(“Holdings”), a Delaware limited liability company, which, in turn, owns 100% of the assets and equity of
the Adviser, 100% of the assets and equity of Cintrifuse Fund Management II, LLC (“CFM II”), a Delaware
limited liability company, 100% of the assets and equity of Cintrifuse Capital Fund III GP, LLC (“CFM III”),
a Delaware limited liability company and 100% of the assets and equity of Cintrifuse Innovation Services,
LLC (“CIS”), an Ohio limited liability company. Collectively, the Corporation, Holdings, Building, CFM,
CFM II, CFM III, and CIS are referred herein as the (“Organization”).
Cintrifuse Fund Management provides investment advice and management to privately placed investment
funds (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”). The Company’s advisory services include identifying
underlying venture capital funds with whom to invest the assets of its funds, for the following purposes:
i. achieve financial returns greater than those historically generated by traditional financial assets by
investing primarily in limited partnership or equivalent interests of venture capital funds which,
sequentially, will primarily make equity or equity-linked investments in their respective portfolio
companies,
ii. expose mid-size and larger corporations and organizations in the Greater Cincinnati region to
innovation to solve technological challenges, and
iii. increase the amount of venture capital activity in the Greater Cincinnati region, thereby enhancing
the region’s innovation ecosystem and overall economic competitiveness.
Currently, Cintrifuse Capital serves as the investment adviser to Cintrifuse Syndicate Fund I, LLC
(Delaware LLC) (“Fund I”), mainly Fund of Funds, and Cintrifuse Syndicate Fund II, LLC (Delaware LLC)
(“Fund II”), mainly Fund of Funds. Cintrifuse Capital also serves as the investment adviser to Cintrifuse
Fund III R1, LLC (Delaware
LLC), Cintrifuse Fund III D1, LLC (Delaware LLC), Cintrifuse Fund III N1,
LLC (Delaware LLC), and Cintrifuse Fund III R2, LLC (Delaware LLC) (“Fund III”), mainly Fund of Funds
(each a “Client” and collectively, “Clients”). Each Fund is managed in accordance with the applicable
Fund’s Confidential Private Placement Memorandum (the “PPM”). Both Fund I and Fund II have a
majority fund-of-funds component (~95%) and a small component of direct investment in startup
companies (~5%). Cintrifuse Fund III also has a majority fund-of-funds component (~60%) and a
component of direct investment in startup companies (~40%). The types of Clients to which Cintrifuse Fund
Management provides investment management services are more fully disclosed in Cintrifuse Fund
Management’s Form ADV Part 1 and summarized in Item 7 – Types of Clients of this Brochure.
Cintrifuse Fund Management, LLC (Delaware LLC), Cintrifuse Fund II Management, LLC (Delaware LLC)
and Cintrifuse Fund III GP, LLC (Delaware LLC) (the “GPs”) serve as general partners of the Funds. The
Funds have entered into management agreements with Cintrifuse Capital to provide investment advisory
services. Per the terms of each management agreement, Cintrifuse Capital employees perform all
investment advisory services.
Each Fund also may have related investment vehicles, including co-investment vehicles. The limited
liability company agreement of each Fund permits the applicable GP of the Fund to form one or more co-
investment vehicles for the purpose of investing in some or all of the investments made by the Fund.
Investors invited to invest in a co-investment vehicle may include investors in the Funds, employees or
related persons of Cintrifuse Capital, financing sources, portfolio company management, and others.
Cintrifuse Capital’s investment strategies are discussed in further detail under Item 8 - Methods of Analysis,
Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss below.
Investment advice is provided directly to the Funds, subject to the discretion and control of the applicable
general partner, and not individually to the investors in a Fund. Each of the Funds is exempt from
registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Funds’ securities are not
registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Since Cintrifuse Capital does not provide individualized advice to Investors, Investors should consider
whether a particular Fund meets their investment objectives and risk tolerance prior to investing. We do
not permit Investors in the Funds to impose limitations on the investment activity described in the Funds’
offering documents. Information about each Fund can be found in its offering documents, including its
PPM and limited partnership agreement (the “LPA”).
REGULATORY ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT
As of December 31, 2023 Cintrifuse Fund Management managed approximately $173,197,792 in client
assets on a discretionary basis and no client assets on a non-discretionary basis.