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Telescope Partners LLC

San Francisco, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 286637

Filed as TELESCOPE PARTNERS LLC

Telescope Partners LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in San Francisco, CA, registered since 2025, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 26, 2026.

1 year
registered since 2025
$933,955,126
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Telescope Partners LLC compensated?

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

What does Telescope Partners LLC's brochure say about its fees?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 26, 2026 states: Asset-based fee: 1.5% to 2.5% a year (a range, as the brochure states it). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is Telescope Partners LLC located?

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

Is Telescope Partners LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Telescope Partners LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2025. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 286637.

How much does Telescope Partners LLC manage?

Telescope Partners LLC reports $933,955,126 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 26, 2026 (100% discretionary).

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

In the Form ADV data for Telescope Partners LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $819,685,079 in the October 2025 data and $933,955,126 in the October 2026 data, up 14%. Total employees: 12 in October 2025 and 12 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Telescope Partners LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (13).

Does Telescope 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/286637

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

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $819,685,079 to $933,955,126 (+14%).

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

Asset-based fee: 1.5% to 2.5% a year (a range, as the brochure states it)

The brochure's wording
Telescope generally charges an investment management fee (“Management Fee”) ranging from 1.5% - 2.5% per annum.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 26, 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
$933,955,126

$933,955,126 as of October 2026, filing dated March 26, 2026.

Discretionary: $933,955,126.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 13 Assets $933,955,126 (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)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2025 (1 year)
Employees
Total: 12. Performing investment advisory functions: 7.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
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
Not reported 2021 Not reported 2022 Not reported 2023 Not reported 2024 $820M 2025 $934M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$933,955,12612March 26, 2026
October 2025$819,685,07912March 18, 2025
October 2024Not reportedNot reportedMarch 28, 2024
October 2023Not reportedNot reportedMay 10, 2023
October 2022Not reportedNot reportedMarch 30, 2022
October 2021Not reportedNot reportedMarch 31, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $819,685,079 in the October 2025 data and $933,955,126 in the October 2026 data, up 14%.

Total employees: 12 in October 2025 and 12 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 $819,685,079 to $933,955,126 (+14%).

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
telescopepartners.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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