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Lateral Investment Management, LLC

Burlingame, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 159649

Filed as LATERAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC

Lateral Investment Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Burlingame, CA, registered since 2018, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 26, 2026.

8 years
registered since 2018
$1,003,867,391
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based and more
1
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Lateral Investment Management, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Lateral Investment Management, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees; other. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is Lateral Investment Management, LLC located?

Lateral Investment Management, LLC's principal office is in Burlingame, CA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Lateral Investment Management, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Lateral Investment Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2018. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 159649.

How much does Lateral Investment Management, LLC manage?

Lateral Investment Management, LLC reports $1,003,867,391 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 26, 2026 (84% discretionary).

How have Lateral Investment Management, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Lateral Investment Management, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $497,752,962 in the October 2021 data and $1,003,867,391 in the October 2026 data, up 102%. Total employees: 12 in October 2021 and 24 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Lateral Investment 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).

Does Lateral Investment Management, LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.H(2) (pending civil proceeding). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/159649

What changed in Lateral Investment Management, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 1 yes answer, previously 0 (now yes: 11.H(2)). Employees performing advisory functions went from 11 to 13. Regulatory assets under management went from $847,663,764 to $1,003,867,391 (+18%).

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
  • Other

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 31, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$1,003,867,391

$1,003,867,391 as of October 2026, filing dated June 26, 2026.

Discretionary: $846,860,264.Non-discretionary: $157,007,127.

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 0 Assets $0 (0%)
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 23 Assets $1,003,867,391 (100%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
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 0 Assets $0 (0%)
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 pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
LATERAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2018 (8 years)
Employees
Total: 24. Performing investment advisory functions: 13.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
States registered or notice-filed
Not reported.

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

1 Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Civil court matters Item 11.H

  • 11.H(2) Is the firm or an advisory affiliate now the subject of a civil proceeding that could result in a yes answer to any part of 11.H(1)?

Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$498M 2021 $574M 2022 $629M 2023 $782M 2024 $848M 2025 $1B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,003,867,39124June 26, 2026
October 2025$847,663,76421March 29, 2025
October 2024$782,249,09420March 30, 2024
October 2023$628,859,54019April 11, 2023
October 2022$573,834,10213March 30, 2022
October 2021$497,752,96212March 31, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $497,752,962 in the October 2021 data and $1,003,867,391 in the October 2026 data, up 102%.

Total employees: 12 in October 2021 and 24 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
    • Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 1 yes answer, previously 0 (now yes: 11.H(2)).
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 11 to 13.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $847,663,764 to $1,003,867,391 (+18%).

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
lateralim.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. Lateral Investment Management, LLC (CRD 159649): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/lateral-investment-management-llc-burlingame-ca-159649