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Sidepocket Incorporated

San Francisco, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 312031

Filed as SIDEPOCKET INCORPORATED · Legal name Sidepocket Inc

Sidepocket Incorporated is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in San Francisco, CA, registered since 2020, reporting under $25 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 12, 2026.

6 years
registered since 2020
$914,547
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Sidepocket Incorporated compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Sidepocket Incorporated reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).

Where is Sidepocket Incorporated located?

Sidepocket Incorporated's principal office is in San Francisco, CA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Sidepocket Incorporated registered with the SEC or a state?

Sidepocket Incorporated is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2020. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 312031.

How much does Sidepocket Incorporated manage?

Sidepocket Incorporated reports $914,547 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 12, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Sidepocket Incorporated's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Sidepocket Incorporated: Regulatory assets under management: $0 in the October 2021 data and $914,547 in the October 2026 data. Total employees: 3 in October 2021 and 16 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Sidepocket Incorporated serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (47); high net worth individuals (13).

Which custodians does Sidepocket Incorporated use?

Sidepocket Incorporated's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Apex Clearing Corporation as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Sidepocket Incorporated 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/312031

Does Sidepocket Incorporated state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 12, 2026 says: "There is a minimum investment of $125 to open an account."

What changed in Sidepocket Incorporated's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $492,303 to $914,547 (+86%).

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
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription 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

Account minimum: $125

The brochure's wording
There is a minimum investment of $125 to open an account.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 12, 2026. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement. Read the brochure on the SEC's IAPD site

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$914,547

$914,547 as of October 2026, filing dated March 12, 2026.

Discretionary: $914,547.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 47 Assets $512,514 (56%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 13 Assets $402,033 (44%)

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 individuals and/or small businesses

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Sidepocket Inc
Also doing business as
SIDEPOCKET FINANCIAL
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2020 (6 years)
Employees
Total: 16. Performing investment advisory functions: 3.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
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
4 states or jurisdictions
CAMANYTX

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
$0 2021 $0 2022 $130K 2023 $132K 2024 $492K 2025 $915K 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$914,54716March 12, 2026
October 2025$492,30316March 25, 2025
October 2024$132,06515March 13, 2024
October 2023$130,40015April 11, 2023
October 2022$03August 17, 2022
October 2021$03June 29, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $0 in the October 2021 data and $914,547 in the October 2026 data.

Total employees: 3 in October 2021 and 16 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
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $492,303 to $914,547 (+86%).

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
sidepocket.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. Sidepocket Incorporated (CRD 312031): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/sidepocket-incorporated-san-francisco-ca-312031