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DCM is an exempt reporting adviser in Menlo Park, CA, filing reports since 2012. Exempt reporting advisers do not report regulatory assets under management on Form ADV.
Quick answers
From the filingWhere is DCM located?
DCM's principal office is in Menlo Park, CA, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 2 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).
How does DCM report to regulators?
DCM is an exempt reporting adviser, filing reports since 2012. Exempt reporting advisers file a shorter Form ADV. Status as filed: ERA - Active. CRD 160285.
Does DCM report any disciplinary disclosures?
Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's public record on IAPD: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/160285
What changed in DCM's recent Form ADV filings?
In the April 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.ENot reported.
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
Regulatory assets under management
Item 5.FNot reported.
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.DNot 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.GNot reported.
Registration and firm details
Items 1, 2, 5- Legal name
- DCM Management, L.P.
- Reporting status
- Exempt reporting adviser. Status as filed: ERA - Active.
- Reporting since
- 2012 (14 years)
- Employees
- Total: Not reported. Performing investment advisory functions: Not reported.
- Wrap fee program participation
- Not reported.
- Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
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2 other offices, as of the April 2026 filing
- States registered or notice-filed
- Not reported.
Exempt reporting advisers file a shorter form and are examined by no regulator on a routine schedule. SEC, state, and exempt registration
Disclosures
Item 11None 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| Data period | Assets under management | Employees | Filing dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | Not reported | Not reported | March 31, 2026 |
| October 2025 | Not reported | Not reported | March 28, 2025 |
| October 2024 | Not reported | Not reported | July 31, 2024 |
| October 2023 | Not reported | Not reported | March 29, 2023 |
| October 2022 | Not reported | Not reported | March 31, 2022 |
| October 2021 | Not reported | Not reported | March 29, 2021 |
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- April 2026
- 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.ISource: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."
Cite this page
AdvisorCensus. DCM (CRD 160285): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/dcm-menlo-park-ca-160285