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Velvet Sea Ventures

West Palm Beach, FLSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 317632

Filed as VELVET SEA VENTURES · Legal name VSV Management, LLC

Velvet Sea Ventures is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in West Palm Beach, FL, registered since 2022, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 9, 2026.

4 years
registered since 2022
$229,084,453
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Velvet Sea Ventures compensated?

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

How much does Velvet Sea Ventures charge?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated April 9, 2026 states: Asset-based fee: 2% of assets a year. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is Velvet Sea Ventures located?

Velvet Sea Ventures' principal office is in West Palm Beach, FL, according to its Form ADV.

Is Velvet Sea Ventures registered with the SEC or a state?

Velvet Sea Ventures is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2022. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 317632.

How much does Velvet Sea Ventures manage?

Velvet Sea Ventures reports $229,084,453 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 9, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Velvet Sea Ventures' assets and staff changed since 2022?

In the Form ADV data for Velvet Sea Ventures: Regulatory assets under management: $336,153,769 in the October 2022 data and $229,084,453 in the October 2026 data, down 32%. Total employees: 8 in October 2022 and 9 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Velvet Sea Ventures serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (6).

Does Velvet Sea Ventures 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/317632

Does Velvet Sea Ventures state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated April 9, 2026 says: "The minimum investment in the Fund is $1 million. This minimum may be waived or modified in the sole discretion of Traverse."

What changed in Velvet Sea Ventures' recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $203,900,441 to $229,084,453 (+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
  • 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: 2% of assets a year

The brochure's wording
the Fund pays Traverse a management fee of 2.0% on committed capital or, following termination of the investment period, actively invested capital, payable in quarterly installments in advance

Account minimum: $1,000,000 (the brochure says it may be waived or negotiated)

The brochure's wording
The minimum investment in the Fund is $1 million. This minimum may be waived or modified in the sole discretion of Traverse.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated April 9, 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
$229,084,453

$229,084,453 as of October 2026, filing dated April 9, 2026.

Discretionary: $229,084,453.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 6 Assets $229,084,453 (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
Legal name
VSV Management, LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2022 (4 years)
Employees
Total: 9. Performing investment advisory functions: 7.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
States registered or notice-filed
3 states or jurisdictions
FLMINY

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
$336M 2022 $301M 2023 $206M 2024 $204M 2025 $229M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$229,084,4539April 9, 2026
October 2025$203,900,4419March 28, 2025
October 2024$206,228,6669September 17, 2024
October 2023$300,769,1189March 31, 2023
October 2022$336,153,7698September 28, 2022

Regulatory assets under management: $336,153,769 in the October 2022 data and $229,084,453 in the October 2026 data, down 32%.

Total employees: 8 in October 2022 and 9 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 $203,900,441 to $229,084,453 (+12%).
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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
velvetseavc.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. Velvet Sea Ventures (CRD 317632): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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