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Driehaus Capital Management LLC

Chicago, ILSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 105757

Filed as DRIEHAUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC

Driehaus Capital Management LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Chicago, IL, registered since 1983, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 14, 2026.

43 years
registered since 1983
$26,119,257,467
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Driehaus Capital Management LLC compensated?

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

Where is Driehaus Capital Management LLC located?

Driehaus Capital Management LLC's principal office is in Chicago, IL, according to its Form ADV.

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

Driehaus Capital Management LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1983. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 105757.

How much does Driehaus Capital Management LLC manage?

Driehaus Capital Management LLC reports $26,119,257,467 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 14, 2026 (100% discretionary).

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

In the Form ADV data for Driehaus Capital Management LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $12,462,168,819 in the October 2021 data and $26,119,257,467 in the October 2026 data, up 110%. Total employees: 82 in October 2021 and 82 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Driehaus 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) (23); corporations or other businesses not listed above (22); investment companies (18).

Which custodians does Driehaus Capital Management LLC use?

Driehaus Capital Management LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists State Street Bank and Trust Company, The Bank of New York Mellon and The Northern Trust Company as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Driehaus 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/105757

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

In the September 2026 filing data: Registered or notice-filed in ID, TN, WY.

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

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. 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
$26,119,257,467

$26,119,257,467 as of October 2026, filing dated September 14, 2026.

Discretionary: $26,119,257,467.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
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 1 Assets $2,920,445 (0%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 18 Assets $10,283,246,693 (39%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 23 Assets $7,974,399,993 (31%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 11 Assets $1,280,658,218 (5%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 7 Assets $280,799,752 (1%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 7 Assets $5,103,785,400 (20%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 1 Assets $12,008,945 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 22 Assets $1,181,438,021 (5%)
Other
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)

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 individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for investment companies (and business development companies)
  • 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
1983 (43 years)
Employees
Total: 82. Performing investment advisory functions: 27.
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.

States registered or notice-filed
6 states or jurisdictions
IDILLATNTXWY

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
$12.5B 2021 $15.2B 2022 $12.7B 2023 $15.2B 2024 $19.8B 2025 $26.1B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$26,119,257,46782September 14, 2026
October 2025$19,758,501,64981July 1, 2025
October 2024$15,168,007,76180May 6, 2024
October 2023$12,688,128,27178May 1, 2023
October 2022$15,170,938,59776March 31, 2022
October 2021$12,462,168,81982September 8, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $12,462,168,819 in the October 2021 data and $26,119,257,467 in the October 2026 data, up 110%.

Total employees: 82 in October 2021 and 82 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. September 2026
    • Registered or notice-filed in ID, TN, WY.
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 28 to 27.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $19,758,501,649 to $26,119,257,467 (+32%).

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
driehaus.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. Driehaus Capital Management LLC (CRD 105757): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/driehaus-capital-management-llc-chicago-il-105757