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Courage Capital Management, LLC

Nashville, TNSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 130449

Filed as COURAGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC

Courage Capital Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Nashville, TN, registered since 2004, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026.

22 years
registered since 2004
$1,448,240,192
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Courage Capital Management, LLC compensated?

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

What does Courage Capital Management, LLC's brochure say about its fees?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 30, 2026 states: Asset-based fee: 1% to 2% a year (a range, as the brochure states it). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is Courage Capital Management, LLC located?

Courage Capital Management, LLC's principal office is in Nashville, TN, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 2 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Courage Capital Management, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Courage Capital Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2004. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 130449.

How much does Courage Capital Management, LLC manage?

Courage Capital Management, LLC reports $1,448,240,192 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Courage Capital Management, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Courage Capital Management, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $951,470,643 in the October 2021 data and $1,448,240,192 in the October 2026 data, up 52%. Total employees: 16 in October 2021 and 23 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Courage Capital Management, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (10).

Which custodians does Courage Capital Management, LLC use?

Courage Capital Management, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists National Financial Services LLC as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Courage Capital Management, 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/130449

What changed in Courage Capital Management, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 10 to 14. Added an office in Baltimore, MD.

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

Asset-based fee: 1% to 2% a year (a range, as the brochure states it)

The brochure's wording
The Management Fees are generally charged in advance on a quarterly basis at the annual rate of between 1.00% and 2.00% .

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 30, 2026. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement. Read the brochure on the SEC's IAPD site

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$1,448,240,192

$1,448,240,192 as of October 2026, filing dated March 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $1,448,240,192.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 10 Assets $1,428,378,631 (99%)
Charitable organizations
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $19,861,561 (1%)

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)
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
COURAGE HEALTHCARE PARTNERS, LLC, COURAGE SMALL BUSINESS PARTNERS, LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2004 (22 years)
Employees
Total: 23. Performing investment advisory functions: 14.
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)
2 other offices, as of the April 2026 filing
Baltimore, MDNashville, TN
States registered or notice-filed
3 states or jurisdictions
ILMDTN

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
$951M 2021 $1.02B 2022 $1.05B 2023 $1.14B 2024 $1.44B 2025 $1.45B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,448,240,19223March 30, 2026
October 2025$1,439,185,06519March 31, 2025
October 2024$1,139,416,26221March 28, 2024
October 2023$1,048,277,97419March 31, 2023
October 2022$1,018,408,47516March 30, 2022
October 2021$951,470,64316March 29, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $951,470,643 in the October 2021 data and $1,448,240,192 in the October 2026 data, up 52%.

Total employees: 16 in October 2021 and 23 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. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 10 to 14.
    • Added an office in Baltimore, MD.
  2. December 2025
    • Registered or notice-filed in IL, MD.
  3. November 2025
    • Added the business name Courage Small Business Partners, LLC.
    • Added the business name Courage Healthcare Partners, LLC.

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
couragecap.comcouragemusicpartners.comcouragesb.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. Courage Capital Management, LLC (CRD 130449): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/courage-capital-management-llc-nashville-tn-130449