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Sonen Capital LLC

San Francisco, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 159461

Filed as SONEN CAPITAL LLC

Sonen Capital LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in San Francisco, CA, registered since 2011, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 6, 2026.

14 years
registered since 2011
$1,136,785,878
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Sonen Capital LLC compensated?

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

Where is Sonen Capital LLC located?

Sonen Capital LLC's principal office is in San Francisco, CA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Sonen Capital LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Sonen Capital LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2011. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 159461.

How much does Sonen Capital LLC manage?

Sonen Capital LLC reports $1,136,785,878 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 6, 2026 (45% discretionary).

How have Sonen Capital LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Sonen Capital LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $481,204,566 in the October 2021 data and $1,136,785,878 in the October 2026 data, up 136%. Total employees: 11 in October 2021 and 19 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Sonen Capital LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (27); charitable organizations (9); pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (4).

Which custodians does Sonen Capital LLC use?

Sonen Capital LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists National Financial Services LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Sonen Capital 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/159461

Does Sonen Capital LLC state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated May 6, 2026 says: "The Advisor’s cumulative minimum account requirement for opening and maintaining an account is $10 million. However, the Advisor may, at its sole discretion, accept accounts with a lower value."

What changed in Sonen Capital LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the May 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $1,018,594,135 to $1,136,785,878 (+12%). 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
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)
  • 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

Account minimum: $10,000,000 (the brochure says it may be waived or negotiated)

The brochure's wording
The Advisor’s cumulative minimum account requirement for opening and maintaining an account is $10 million. However, the Advisor may, at its sole discretion, accept accounts with a lower value.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated May 6, 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
$1,136,785,878

$1,136,785,878 as of October 2026, filing dated May 6, 2026.

Discretionary: $507,831,993.Non-discretionary: $628,953,885.

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 $0 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 27 Assets $432,882,377 (38%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 4 Assets $164,857,729 (15%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 9 Assets $539,045,772 (47%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)

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
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2011 (14 years)
Employees
Total: 19. Performing investment advisory functions: 12.
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
CA

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
$481M 2021 $569M 2022 $843M 2023 $793M 2024 $1.01B 2025 $1.14B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,136,785,87819May 6, 2026
October 2025$1,009,760,93120March 25, 2025
October 2024$792,726,75719May 21, 2024
October 2023$843,328,26514March 31, 2023
October 2022$568,576,94212September 15, 2022
October 2021$481,204,56611May 20, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $481,204,566 in the October 2021 data and $1,136,785,878 in the October 2026 data, up 136%.

Total employees: 11 in October 2021 and 19 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. May 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $1,018,594,135 to $1,136,785,878 (+12%).
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 13 to 12.

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
sonencapital.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. Sonen Capital LLC (CRD 159461): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/sonen-capital-llc-san-francisco-ca-159461