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  "slug": "optimist-ventures-llc-new-york-ny-337808",
  "primary_business_name": "OPTIMIST VENTURES LLC",
  "legal_name": "OPTIMIST VENTURES LLC",
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  "city": "New York",
  "state": "NY",
  "country": "United States",
  "cbsa_code": "35620",
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    "common_name": "New York",
    "msa_name": "New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ",
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  "registration_type": "sec",
  "registration_status": "Approved",
  "registration_date": "2025-09-24",
  "years_registered": 1,
  "period": "2026-10-01",
  "filing_date": "2026-05-28",
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  "raum_band": "100m_500m",
  "raum_band_label": "$100 million to $500 million",
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  "wrap_fee_participant": false,
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    "https://optimist.vc"
  ],
  "iapd_url": "https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/337808",
  "city_as_filed": "NEW YORK",
  "url": "https://advisorcensus.com/firm/optimist-ventures-llc-new-york-ny-337808",
  "display_name": "Optimist Ventures LLC",
  "summary": "Optimist Ventures LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 2025, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 28, 2026.",
  "citation": "AdvisorCensus. Optimist Ventures LLC (CRD 337808): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.",
  "registration_type_label": "SEC-registered investment adviser",
  "compensation_labels": [
    "A percentage of assets under your management"
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  "advisory_activity_labels": [
    "Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)"
  ],
  "quick_answers": [
    {
      "q": "How is Optimist Ventures LLC compensated?",
      "a": "On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Optimist Ventures LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management."
    },
    {
      "q": "Where is Optimist Ventures LLC located?",
      "a": "Optimist Ventures LLC's principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV."
    },
    {
      "q": "Is Optimist Ventures LLC registered with the SEC or a state?",
      "a": "Optimist Ventures LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2025. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 337808."
    },
    {
      "q": "How much does Optimist Ventures LLC manage?",
      "a": "Optimist Ventures LLC reports $311,310,668 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 28, 2026 (100% discretionary)."
    },
    {
      "q": "What types of clients does Optimist Ventures LLC serve?",
      "a": "By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (2)."
    },
    {
      "q": "Does Optimist Ventures LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?",
      "a": "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/337808"
    },
    {
      "q": "Does Optimist Ventures LLC state an account minimum?",
      "a": "Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated May 28, 2026 says: \"There is no minimum investment required to invest in a Fund.\""
    },
    {
      "q": "What changed in Optimist Ventures LLC's recent Form ADV filings?",
      "a": "In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $227,119,659 to $319,116,138 (+41%)."
    }
  ],
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  "recent_changes": [
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      "period": "2026-04-01",
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      "notes": [
        "Regulatory assets under management went from $227,119,659 to $319,116,138 (+41%)."
      ]
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-02-01",
      "period_label": "February 2026",
      "notes": [
        "Employees performing advisory functions went from 2 to 1.",
        "Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A)."
      ]
    },
    {
      "period": "2025-12-01",
      "period_label": "December 2025",
      "notes": [
        "Newly registered with the SEC."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "fees_from_brochure": {
    "source": "Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated May 28, 2026",
    "provided_by_the_firm": false,
    "tiers": [],
    "flat_rate": null,
    "stated_range": null,
    "stated_maximum": null,
    "account_minimum": "None",
    "account_minimum_may_be_waived": false,
    "minimum_annual_fee": null,
    "planning_fees": [],
    "figures": [
      {
        "label": "Account minimum",
        "statements": [
          "Account minimum: None"
        ],
        "quotes": [
          "There is no minimum investment required to invest in a Fund."
        ]
      }
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    "values": {
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      "planning": []
    },
    "quotes": [
      "There is no minimum investment required to invest in a Fund."
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    "note": "As stated in the firm's brochure; fees can differ by service and may be negotiable."
  },
  "custodians": [],
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  "markdown_url": "https://advisorcensus.com/firm/optimist-ventures-llc-new-york-ny-337808.md",
  "clients": [
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      "type": "pooled_investment_vehicles",
      "label": "Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)",
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      "fewer_than_5": false,
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  "disclosure_line": "Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11.",
  "disclosure_items": [],
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  "suppressed": false,
  "claimed": false,
  "enhanced": false,
  "provided_by_the_firm": null,
  "source": {
    "name": "Form ADV",
    "as_of": "2026-10-01",
    "iapd_url": "https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/337808",
    "operator": "BH Monitor Services, LLC",
    "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "credit": "AdvisorCensus (advisorcensus.com), from SEC Form ADV data"
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