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Sapphire Ventures, LP

Austin, TXSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 161558

Filed as SAPPHIRE VENTURES, LP

Sapphire Ventures, LP is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Austin, TX, registered since 2012, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 30, 2026.

14 years
registered since 2012
$10,442,887,960
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Sapphire Ventures, LP compensated?

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

Where is Sapphire Ventures, LP located?

Sapphire Ventures, LP's principal office is in Austin, TX, according to its Form ADV; the August 2026 filing also lists 3 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Sapphire Ventures, LP registered with the SEC or a state?

Sapphire Ventures, LP is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2012. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 161558.

How much does Sapphire Ventures, LP manage?

Sapphire Ventures, LP reports $10,442,887,960 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 30, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Sapphire Ventures, LP's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Sapphire Ventures, LP: Regulatory assets under management: $6,814,316,299 in the October 2021 data and $10,442,887,960 in the October 2026 data, up 53%. Total employees: 52 in October 2021 and 72 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Sapphire Ventures, LP serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (18).

Does Sapphire Ventures, LP 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/161558

What changed in Sapphire Ventures, LP's recent Form ADV filings?

In the August 2026 filing data: Changed its legal name from Sapphire Ventures, LLC to Sapphire Ventures, LP. 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 1, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$10,442,887,960

$10,442,887,960 as of October 2026, filing dated July 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $10,442,887,960.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
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 18 Assets $10,442,887,960 (100%)

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)
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
SAPPHIRE
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2012 (14 years)
Employees
Total: 72. Performing investment advisory functions: 22.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
3 other offices, as of the August 2026 filing
LondonMenlo Park, CASan Francisco, CA
States registered or notice-filed
2 states or jurisdictions
CATX

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
$6.81B 2021 $10.3B 2022 $9.97B 2023 $10.8B 2024 $11.3B 2025 $10.4B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$10,442,887,96072July 30, 2026
October 2025$11,339,080,93389March 31, 2025
October 2024$10,775,605,97086March 29, 2024
October 2023$9,969,208,81595March 30, 2023
October 2022$10,285,084,85671August 31, 2022
October 2021$6,814,316,29952May 6, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $6,814,316,299 in the October 2021 data and $10,442,887,960 in the October 2026 data, up 53%.

Total employees: 52 in October 2021 and 72 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
    • Changed its legal name from Sapphire Ventures, LLC to Sapphire Ventures, LP.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. May 2026
    • No longer lists the business name Sapphire Partners.
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 30 to 22.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $11,962,021,512 to $10,442,887,960 (-13%).
  3. April 2026
    • No longer lists the business name Sapphire Sport.
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 34 to 30.

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
events.sapphireventures.com/hypergrowthsummitopenlp.comsapphireventures.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. Sapphire Ventures, LP (CRD 161558): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/sapphire-ventures-lp-austin-tx-161558