Vedanta Management, L.P. (the “Management Company” and, together with its
affiliates, “Vedanta”) is a registered investment adviser and a Delaware limited partnership.
Vedanta is a private investment management firm that provides investment supervisory services
to its clients, which consist of private investment-related funds (each, a “Fund,” and collectively,
together with any future private investment fund to which the Management Company and/or its
affiliates provide investment advisory services, including employee and co-investment vehicles,
the “Funds”). Vedanta Associates, L.P., Vedanta Partners, LLC and Vedanta CFO Associates,
L.L.C. (each, a “General Partner,” and collectively, together with any future affiliated general
partner entities the “General Partners,” and together with the Management Company, the
“Advisers”) are affiliated with the Management Company and serve as general partner of certain
of the Funds. The General Partners are registered under the Advisers Act pursuant to the
Management Company’s registration in accordance with SEC guidance. The Management
Company and certain other affiliates are general partners of the other Funds. The Management
Company commenced operations in 2006. This Brochure generally describes the business
practices of Vedanta, as a single advisory business, and investors should refer to the Governing
Documents, as described below, for specific details about each Fund.
The Management Company currently offers two basic investment capabilities: (1) direct
private funds that typically make direct investments opportunistically primarily in vehicles across
life stages (e.g., seed, early, expansion and lates stage) (the “Direct Funds”), and (2) private equity
funds of funds that invest primarily in direct private funds, typically managed by other fund groups
(the “Funds of Funds”).
In general, the Direct Funds invest through negotiated transactions in operating entities,
generally referred to herein as “portfolio companies,” predominantly in non-public companies,
although investments in public companies are permitted. Where such investments consist of
portfolio companies, the senior principals or other personnel of Vedanta are authorized to serve on
such portfolio companies’ respective boards of directors or otherwise act to influence control over
management of portfolio companies in which the Direct Funds have invested.
The Management Company advises two basic types of Funds of Funds: (1) unleveraged
private equity funds of funds focused mostly on venture and growth equity (each, an “Unleveraged
Fund of Funds”) and (2) a leveraged private equity fund of funds (the “Leveraged Fund of
Funds”). The Leveraged Fund of Funds was initially formed as a leveraged private equity global
fund of funds, structured as a securitization. However, with all outstanding debt fully paid down,
the Leveraged Fund of Funds now more closely resembles a traditional global private equity fund
of funds in its structure. Each Fund of Funds is permitted to invest in direct funds globally across
the private equity spectrum. The portfolio of each Unleveraged Fund of Funds primarily consists
of U.S. venture capital and growth equity funds, but may include, without limitation, non-U.S.
venture and growth equity funds as well as other types of private equity funds. The Leveraged
Fund of Funds invests globally in private equity funds, including venture, buyouts and other
private equity related strategies. The funds in which the Funds of Funds invest are permitted
to
include Funds managed by one or more of the Advisers.
The Advisers’ investment advisory services to the Funds generally consist of identifying
and evaluating investment opportunities, negotiating investments, managing and monitoring
investments and, with respect to Direct Funds (or for a Fund of Funds when it receives an in-kind
distribution), achieving dispositions for such investments. The Advisers’ advisory services for
each Fund are detailed in the relevant private placement memoranda or other offering documents
(each, a “Memorandum”) and/or limited partnership or other operating agreements (each, a
“Partnership Agreement”), subscription agreements (each, a “Subscription Agreement”) and,
as applicable, side letters (each, a “Side Letter” and together with the Memorandum, Partnership
Agreement and Subscription Agreements, the “Governing Documents”) and are further described
below under “Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss.” Investors in Funds
(generally referred to herein as “investors” or “limited partners”) participate in the overall
investment program for the applicable Fund, but generally in certain circumstances are excused
from a particular investment due to legal, regulatory or other agreed-upon circumstances pursuant
to the Governing Documents; for the avoidance of doubt, such arrangements generally do not and
will not create an adviser-client relationship between the Advisers and any investor. The Funds or
the Advisers have entered into Side Letters or other similar agreements with certain investors that
have the effect of establishing certain rights (including economic or other terms) under, or altering
or supplementing the terms of, the Governing Documents with respect to such investors.
Additionally, as permitted by the Governing Documents, the Advisers reserve the right to
provide (or agree to provide) certain current or prospective investors or other persons, including
the Advisers’ personnel and/or certain other persons associated with the Advisers (to the extent
not prohibited by the applicable Partnership Agreement), co-investment opportunities (including
the opportunity to participate in co-invest vehicles) that will invest in certain portfolio companies
alongside a Fund. Such co-investments typically involve investment and disposal of interests in
the applicable portfolio company at the same time and on the same terms as the Fund making the
investment. However, for strategic and other reasons, a co-investor or co-invest vehicle (including
a co-investing Fund) purchases a portion of an investment from a Fund, which generally will have
been funded through Fund investor capital contributions and/or use of a Fund credit facility. Any
such purchase from a Fund by a co-investor or co-invest vehicle generally occurs shortly after the
Fund’s completion of the investment to avoid any changes in valuation of the investment, but in
certain instances could be well after the Fund’s initial purchase. The Advisers reserve the right to
charge the co-investor or co-invest vehicle (including a co-investing Fund) interest on the purchase
to compensate the relevant Fund for the holding period, and generally will be required to reimburse
the relevant Fund for related costs.
As of December 31, 2023, the Management Company managed approximately
$387,290,712 in client assets on a discretionary basis. The Management Company’s principal
owner is Vedanta Partners, LLC. Parag Saxena and Alessandro Piol are the principal owners of
Vedanta Partners, LLC.