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Headlands Capital

New York, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 163598

Filed as HEADLANDS CAPITAL · Legal name HCSF Management, LLC

Headlands Capital is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 2014, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026.

12 years
registered since 2014
$949,384,694
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Headlands Capital compensated?

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

Where is Headlands Capital located?

Headlands Capital's principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV; the October 2025 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Headlands Capital registered with the SEC or a state?

Headlands Capital is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2014. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 163598.

How much does Headlands Capital manage?

Headlands Capital reports $949,384,694 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Headlands Capital's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Headlands Capital: Regulatory assets under management: $549,121,595 in the October 2021 data and $949,384,694 in the October 2026 data, up 73%. Total employees: 10 in October 2021 and 13 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Headlands Capital serve?

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

Does Headlands Capital 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/163598

What changed in Headlands Capital's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: No longer lists the business name Headlands Capital Secondary Management III, LLC (relying Adviser). No longer lists the business name Headlands Capital Secondary Management IV, LLC (relying Adviser). No longer lists the business name Headlands Capital Secondary Management II, LLC (relying Adviser). No longer lists the business name Headlands Capital Secondary Management, LLC (relying Adviser). No longer lists the business name Headlands Capital Management, LLC (relying Adviser). Employees performing advisory functions went from 7 to 11. No longer lists an office in San Franciso, CA.

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
$949,384,694

$949,384,694 as of October 2026, filing dated March 31, 2026.

Discretionary: $949,384,694.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 $949,384,694 (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
Legal name
HCSF Management, LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2014 (12 years)
Employees
Total: 13. Performing investment advisory functions: 11.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
1 other office, as of the October 2025 filing
San Franciso, CA
States registered or notice-filed
2 states or jurisdictions
CANY

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
$549M 2021 $722M 2022 $688M 2023 $878M 2024 $896M 2025 $949M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$949,384,69413March 31, 2026
October 2025$896,284,37011March 27, 2025
October 2024$877,677,8128June 5, 2024
October 2023$687,711,1009August 28, 2023
October 2022$721,715,6609March 31, 2022
October 2021$549,121,59510September 23, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $549,121,595 in the October 2021 data and $949,384,694 in the October 2026 data, up 73%.

Total employees: 10 in October 2021 and 13 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
    • No longer lists the business name Headlands Capital Secondary Management III, LLC (relying Adviser).
    • No longer lists the business name Headlands Capital Secondary Management IV, LLC (relying Adviser).
    • No longer lists the business name Headlands Capital Secondary Management II, LLC (relying Adviser).
    • No longer lists the business name Headlands Capital Secondary Management, LLC (relying Adviser).
    • No longer lists the business name Headlands Capital Management, LLC (relying Adviser).
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 7 to 11.
    • No longer lists an office in San Franciso, CA.

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
headlandscap.comheadlandscap.net

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. Headlands Capital (CRD 163598): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/headlands-capital-new-york-ny-163598