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Altos Ventures Management, Inc.

Burlingame, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 162777

Filed as ALTOS VENTURES MANAGEMENT, INC.

Altos Ventures Management, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Burlingame, CA, registered since 2017, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 7, 2026.

8 years
registered since 2017
$5,448,790,139
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Altos Ventures Management, Inc. compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Altos Ventures Management, Inc. reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees.

Where is Altos Ventures Management, Inc. located?

Altos Ventures Management, Inc.'s principal office is in Burlingame, CA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Altos Ventures Management, Inc. registered with the SEC or a state?

Altos Ventures Management, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2017. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 162777.

How much does Altos Ventures Management, Inc. manage?

Altos Ventures Management, Inc. reports $5,448,790,139 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 7, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Altos Ventures Management, Inc.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Altos Ventures Management, Inc.: Regulatory assets under management: $9,777,383,309 in the October 2021 data and $5,448,790,139 in the October 2026 data, down 44%. Total employees: 14 in October 2021 and 41 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Altos Ventures Management, Inc. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (59).

Does Altos Ventures Management, Inc. 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/162777

What changed in Altos Ventures Management, Inc.'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 March 31, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$5,448,790,139

$5,448,790,139 as of October 2026, filing dated July 7, 2026.

Discretionary: $5,448,790,139.Non-discretionary: $0.

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
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 59 Assets $5,448,790,139 (100%)

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)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2017 (8 years)
Employees
Total: 41. Performing investment advisory functions: 21.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
States registered or notice-filed
1 state or jurisdiction
CA

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
$9.78B 2021 $15B 2022 $7.6B 2023 $7.66B 2024 $6.25B 2025 $5.45B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$5,448,790,13941July 7, 2026
October 2025$6,250,108,42234March 31, 2025
October 2024$7,662,773,93024March 29, 2024
October 2023$7,598,083,77724April 14, 2023
October 2022$15,049,262,98518June 24, 2022
October 2021$9,777,383,30914April 28, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $9,777,383,309 in the October 2021 data and $5,448,790,139 in the October 2026 data, down 44%.

Total employees: 14 in October 2021 and 41 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 19 to 21.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $6,250,108,422 to $5,448,790,139 (-13%).
    • 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
altos.vc

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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