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Sands Capital Alternatives, LLC

Arlington, VASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 155517

Filed as SANDS CAPITAL ALTERNATIVES, LLC

Sands Capital Alternatives, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Arlington, VA, registered since 2011, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 28, 2026.

15 years
registered since 2011
$5,405,373,296
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Sands Capital Alternatives, LLC compensated?

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

Where is Sands Capital Alternatives, LLC located?

Sands Capital Alternatives, LLC's principal office is in Arlington, VA, according to its Form ADV; the August 2026 filing also lists 5 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Sands Capital Alternatives, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Sands Capital Alternatives, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2011. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 155517.

How much does Sands Capital Alternatives, LLC manage?

Sands Capital Alternatives, LLC reports $5,405,373,296 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 28, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Sands Capital Alternatives, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Sands Capital Alternatives, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $1,377,726,237 in the October 2021 data and $5,405,373,296 in the October 2026 data, up 292%. Total employees: 37 in October 2021 and 182 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Sands Capital Alternatives, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (34).

Which custodians does Sands Capital Alternatives, LLC use?

Sands Capital Alternatives, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists CIBC Mellon Trust Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Sands Capital Alternatives, 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/155517

What changed in Sands Capital Alternatives, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the August 2026 filing data: Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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 July 28, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$5,405,373,296

$5,405,373,296 as of October 2026, filing dated July 28, 2026.

Discretionary: $5,405,373,296.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 0 Assets Not reported
High net worth individuals
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 34 Assets $5,242,616,582 (97%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $162,756,714 (3%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Other
Clients 0 Assets 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
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2011 (15 years)
Employees
Total: 182. Performing investment advisory functions: 66.
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.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
5 other offices, as of the August 2026 filing
Fitzrovia LondonNew York City, NYSan Francisco, CASan Juan, PRSingapore
States registered or notice-filed
38 states or jurisdictions
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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
$1.38B 2021 $3.36B 2022 $2.7B 2023 $2.88B 2024 $3.21B 2025 $5.41B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$5,405,373,296182July 28, 2026
October 2025$3,210,736,244177July 1, 2025
October 2024$2,876,429,874181July 1, 2024
October 2023$2,697,019,354105March 31, 2023
October 2022$3,359,391,17343March 31, 2022
October 2021$1,377,726,23737March 29, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $1,377,726,237 in the October 2021 data and $5,405,373,296 in the October 2026 data, up 292%.

Total employees: 37 in October 2021 and 182 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. August 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 64 to 66.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $3,210,736,244 to $5,405,373,296 (+68%).
    • Changed its office addresses in Fitzrovia London.
    • Changed its office addresses in San Juan, PR.
    • No longer lists an office in Incline Village, NV.

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
sandscapital.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. Sands Capital Alternatives, LLC (CRD 155517): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/sands-capital-alternatives-llc-arlington-va-155517