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Adams Street Partners, LLC

Chicago, ILSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 109358

Filed as ADAMS STREET PARTNERS, LLC

Adams Street Partners, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Chicago, IL, registered since 2000, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 17, 2026.

25 years
registered since 2000
$66,491,435,004
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Adams Street Partners, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Adams Street Partners, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees.

Where is Adams Street Partners, LLC located?

Adams Street Partners, LLC's principal office is in Chicago, IL, according to its Form ADV; the July 2026 filing also lists 8 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Adams Street Partners, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Adams Street Partners, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2000. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 109358.

How much does Adams Street Partners, LLC manage?

Adams Street Partners, LLC reports $66,491,435,004 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 17, 2026 (88% discretionary).

How have Adams Street Partners, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Adams Street Partners, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $39,942,185,355 in the October 2021 data and $66,491,435,004 in the October 2026 data, up 66%. Total employees: 186 in October 2021 and 318 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Adams Street Partners, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (373).

Which custodians does Adams Street Partners, LLC use?

Adams Street Partners, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Banque Pictet & CIE, DZ Privatbank S.A. and HSBC Bank as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Adams Street Partners, LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/109358

What changed in Adams Street Partners, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the July 2026 filing data: Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Performance-based fees

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

See the firm's brochure (dated June 17, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$66,491,435,004

$66,491,435,004 as of October 2026, filing dated June 17, 2026.

Discretionary: $58,688,294,539.Non-discretionary: $7,803,140,465.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
High net worth individuals
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 373 Assets $60,949,829,535 (92%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $18,059,288 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $850,715,351 (1%)
Other investment advisers
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $4,447,690,471 (7%)
Insurance companies
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $128,769,180 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $96,371,179 (0%)
Other
Clients 0 Assets Not reported

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2000 (25 years)
Employees
Total: 318. Performing investment advisory functions: 190.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
8 other offices, as of the July 2026 filing
Austin, TXBeijingBoston, MAHong Kong IslandLondonMenlo Park, CANew York, NYSingapore
States registered or notice-filed
5 states or jurisdictions
CAILMANYTX

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

None Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Item 11 asks about criminal, regulatory, and civil events involving the firm and its advisory personnel. The detail of each yes answer is on the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$39.9B 2021 $51.5B 2022 $51.9B 2023 $56.1B 2024 $59.5B 2025 $66.5B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$66,491,435,004318June 17, 2026
October 2025$59,452,308,318325July 31, 2025
October 2024$56,097,229,821295June 7, 2024
October 2023$51,915,260,870263June 26, 2023
October 2022$51,547,362,651220August 31, 2022
October 2021$39,942,185,355186September 30, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $39,942,185,355 in the October 2021 data and $66,491,435,004 in the October 2026 data, up 66%.

Total employees: 186 in October 2021 and 318 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. July 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 157 to 190.
    • Added an office in Hong Kong Island.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
adamsstreetpartners.compws.adamsstreetpartners.com

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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AdvisorCensus. Adams Street Partners, LLC (CRD 109358): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/adams-street-partners-llc-chicago-il-109358