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Karani Asset Management LLC

New York, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 297922

Filed as KARANI ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC

Karani Asset Management LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 2018, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 26, 2026.

8 years
registered since 2018
$150,873,657
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Karani Asset Management LLC compensated?

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

Where is Karani Asset Management LLC located?

Karani Asset Management LLC's principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV.

Is Karani Asset Management LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Karani Asset Management LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2018. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 297922.

How much does Karani Asset Management LLC manage?

Karani Asset Management LLC reports $150,873,657 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 26, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Karani Asset Management LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Karani Asset Management LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $276,202,238 in the October 2021 data and $150,873,657 in the October 2026 data, down 45%. Total employees: 6 in October 2021 and 4 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Karani Asset Management LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (26); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (12); charitable organizations (2).

Which custodians does Karani Asset Management LLC use?

Karani Asset Management LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Fiduciary Trust, FNZ Trust Company and State Street as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Karani Asset 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/297922

What changed in Karani Asset Management LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $130,342,622 to $150,873,657 (+16%).

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 26, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$150,873,657

$150,873,657 as of October 2026, filing dated March 26, 2026.

Discretionary: $150,873,657.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 12 Assets $2,038,309 (1%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 26 Assets $46,005,955 (30%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 2 Assets $80,756,118 (54%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 2 Assets $15,148,749 (10%)
Other
Clients 1 Assets $6,924,526 (5%)

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
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2018 (8 years)
Employees
Total: 4. Performing investment advisory functions: 3.
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
1 state or jurisdiction
NY

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
$276M 2021 $300M 2022 $117M 2023 $111M 2024 $130M 2025 $151M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$150,873,6574March 26, 2026
October 2025$130,342,6224February 25, 2025
October 2024$110,875,8814February 26, 2024
October 2023$117,343,5815September 12, 2023
October 2022$300,226,2685March 4, 2022
October 2021$276,202,2386August 13, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $276,202,238 in the October 2021 data and $150,873,657 in the October 2026 data, down 45%.

Total employees: 6 in October 2021 and 4 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
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $130,342,622 to $150,873,657 (+16%).

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

Not reported.

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. Karani Asset Management LLC (CRD 297922): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/karani-asset-management-llc-new-york-ny-297922