Identify your principal owner(s).
Venture Investment Management Co., LLC (conducting its advisory business
under the name Venture Investment Associates and referred to in this Brochure as
“VIA”), a Delaware limited liability company, is an investment advisory firm that
was founded in 1993 to acquire the private equity portfolio of AVA Partners, an
affiliate of the American Express Company. The firm is an employee-owned
manager of private equity funds of funds, each organized as a partnership
(referred to as a “VIA Fund” or “Fund”). VIA currently provides discretionary
investment advisory services for 16 Funds. Of these, 10 focus on diversified
private equity (including venture capital, growth equity and/or buyouts) strategies;
two invest in venture capital only platforms; and four focus on various segments
of the energy industry (including exploration & production, midstream, services
and technology).
Each Fund has an associated general partner (each, a “General Partner” and
together, the “General Partners”).
The principal owner of VIA is Stathis Andris.
specializing in a particular type of advisory service, such as financial planning,
quantitative analysis, or market timing, explain the nature of that service in greater
detail. If you provide investment advice only with respect to limited types of
investments, explain the type of investment advice you offer, and disclose that
your advice is limited to those types of investments.
VIA
provides discretionary investment advisory services to its Funds, which are
private investment vehicles, by managing the investment of their assets. VIA
seeks to provide the investors of each Fund the opportunity to realize significant,
long-term capital appreciation through investment in a select group of private
equity partnerships. VIA’s investment advice is generally limited to the selection
of these private equity partnerships, and in certain cases direct co-investment, for
each Fund’s portfolio.
individual needs of clients. Explain whether clients may impose restrictions on
investing in certain securities or types of securities.
VIA neither tailors its advisory services to the individual needs of investors nor
accepts investor-imposed investment restrictions with respect to the Funds. In
general, each Fund is a blind pool.
services, (1) describe the differences, if any, between how you manage wrap fee
accounts and how you manage other accounts, and (2) explain that you receive a
portion of the wrap fee for your services.
VIA does not participate in wrap fee programs.
discretionary basis and the amount of client assets you manage on a non-
discretionary basis. Disclose the date “as of” which you calculated the amounts.
As of December 31, 2023, VIA (including the General Partners) had
$744,311,909 of regulatory assets under management on a discretionary basis.
VIA does not manage any assets on a non-discretionary basis.