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Shawspring Partners, LLC

Boston, MASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 172766

Filed as SHAWSPRING PARTNERS, LLC

Shawspring Partners, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Boston, MA, registered since 2019, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 17, 2026.

7 years
registered since 2019
$438,723,788
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Shawspring Partners, LLC compensated?

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

Where is Shawspring Partners, LLC located?

Shawspring Partners, LLC's principal office is in Boston, MA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Shawspring Partners, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Shawspring Partners, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2019. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 172766.

How much does Shawspring Partners, LLC manage?

Shawspring Partners, LLC reports $438,723,788 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 17, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Shawspring Partners, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Shawspring Partners, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $1,195,538,141 in the October 2021 data and $438,723,788 in the October 2026 data, down 63%. Total employees: 4 in October 2021 and 7 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Shawspring Partners, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: charitable organizations (5); pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (1); other (1).

Which custodians does Shawspring Partners, LLC use?

Shawspring Partners, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists BNY Mellon Securities Corporation, Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC and Northern Trust Securities, Inc. as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Shawspring Partners, 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/172766

What changed in Shawspring Partners, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 5 to 4. Regulatory assets under management went from $939,754,193 to $438,723,788 (-53%).

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 March 26, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$438,723,788

$438,723,788 as of October 2026, filing dated September 17, 2026.

Discretionary: $438,723,788.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 1 Assets $305,598,936 (70%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 5 Assets $104,531,660 (24%)
Other
Clients 1 Assets $28,593,192 (7%)

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
2019 (7 years)
Employees
Total: 7. Performing investment advisory functions: 4.
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.

States registered or notice-filed
1 state or jurisdiction
MA

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
$1.2B 2021 $1.58B 2022 $978M 2023 $932M 2024 $940M 2025 $439M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$438,723,7887September 17, 2026
October 2025$939,754,1938March 24, 2025
October 2024$932,336,7318June 18, 2024
October 2023$977,926,0008May 1, 2023
October 2022$1,579,154,2026March 25, 2022
October 2021$1,195,538,1414March 23, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $1,195,538,141 in the October 2021 data and $438,723,788 in the October 2026 data, down 63%.

Total employees: 4 in October 2021 and 7 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
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 5 to 4.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $939,754,193 to $438,723,788 (-53%).

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
shawspring.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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