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Proof

Arlington, VAExempt reporting adviserCRD 285482

Filed as PROOF · Legal name Proof Management, LLC

Proof is an exempt reporting adviser in Arlington, VA, filing reports since 2016. Exempt reporting advisers do not report regulatory assets under management on Form ADV.

9 years
reporting since 2016
Not reported
assets under management
Not reported
compensation
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

Where is Proof located?

Proof's principal office is in Arlington, VA, according to its Form ADV.

How does Proof report to regulators?

Proof is an exempt reporting adviser, filing reports since 2016. Exempt reporting advisers file a shorter Form ADV. Status as filed: ERA - Active. CRD 285482.

Does Proof report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's public record on IAPD: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/285482

What changed in Proof's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Added the business name Proof FFT Master IV, LLC (relying Adviser). Added the business name Proof Master IV, LLC (relying Adviser).

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

Not reported.

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

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F

Not reported.

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

Not reported.

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

Not reported.

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Proof Management, LLC
Also doing business as
PROOF FFT MASTER II, LLC (RELYING ADVISER), PROOF FFT MASTER III, LLC (RELYING ADVISER), PROOF FFT MASTER IV, LLC (RELYING ADVISER), PROOF GP II, LLC (RELYING ADVISER), PROOF GP III, LLC (RELYING ADVISER), PROOF GP IV, LLC (RELYING ADVISER), PROOF GP, LLC (RELYING ADVISER), PROOF MASTER I, LLC (RELYING ADVISER), PROOF MASTER II, LLC (RELYING ADVISER), PROOF MASTER III, LLC (RELYING ADVISER), PROOF MASTER IV, LLC (RELYING ADVISER)
Reporting status
Exempt reporting adviser. Status as filed: ERA - Active.
Reporting since
2016 (9 years)
Employees
Total: Not reported. Performing investment advisory functions: Not reported.
Wrap fee program participation
Not reported.
States registered or notice-filed
Not reported.

Exempt reporting advisers file a shorter form and are examined by no regulator on a routine schedule. 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
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026Not reportedNot reportedMarch 30, 2026
October 2025Not reportedNot reportedMarch 27, 2025
October 2024Not reportedNot reportedMarch 13, 2024
October 2023Not reportedNot reportedMarch 8, 2023
October 2022Not reportedNot reportedMarch 29, 2022
October 2021Not reportedNot reportedMarch 19, 2021

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
    • Added the business name Proof FFT Master IV, LLC (relying Adviser).
    • Added the business name Proof Master IV, LLC (relying Adviser).
  2. February 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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
proof.vc

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. Proof (CRD 285482): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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