Pantheon Ventures (Us) LP (San Francisco)


Pantheon Ventures (Us) LP is a large advisory firm based in San Francisco. It manages $26.84 billion of regulatory assets for 64 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2011 and has operated in the jurisdiction of California.

Pantheon Ventures (Us) provides portfolio management for investment companies, portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles, and portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Pantheon Ventures (Us): assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Pantheon Ventures (Us) LP is $26.84 billion. The firm's AUM has grown by 127% since the beginning of its operation, and $2.84 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $24.17 billion in discretionary accounts and $2.67 billion in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $389.8 million each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $1.34 billion.

Investments

The firm invests in pooled investment vehicles the most. They account for 99% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is non-exchange traded securities, which make up 1% of the firm’s portfolio.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Pantheon Ventures (Us) LP for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management, fixed fees, and performance-based fees. Flat-fee based compensation is the most transparent and the one you can safely predict in advance. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Pantheon Ventures (Us) serves?

The firm provides services to investment companies and pooled investment vehicles. The largest group of clients of Pantheon Ventures (Us) is pooled investment vehicles with 57 clients and $23.56 billion of assets under management. Among the 9 most similar advisory firms, Pantheon Ventures (Us) has the 4th highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $23.66 billion for 58 clients. 8% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Pantheon Ventures (Us) also advises several private funds. Namely, twelve other private funds and thirty nine private equity funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $0 to $500,000,000.

Careers at Pantheon Ventures (Us) LP

The company employs 74 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 50 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There’s a single person with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm doesn’t compensate employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Direct owners and executive officers


Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Pantheon Ventures Inc. Limited partner 1 Jul 2010 75% - 100% 110091
Lily L. Wong Chief compliance officer 1 Jul 2010 Other 4932034
Pantheon (Us) Llc General partner 1 Oct 2010 Other 27-3955638
Lois Jean Towers Chief compliance officer 1 Jun 2012 Other 1054396
Kara Zanger Chief legal officer 1 Sep 2013 Other 5047763
Kara Zanger Chief compliance officer 1 Feb 2014 Other 5047763
Kevin John Power Chief compliance officer 1 Jul 2014 Other 4949359

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 5 indirect owners.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Inc. Affiliated Managers Group Corporate parent 1 Dec 2000 75% - 100% 04-3218510
Inc. Affiliated Managers Group Corporate parent 1 Feb 2010 75% - 100% 04-3218510
Amg London Holdings Corp. Owner 1 Jun 2010 75% - 100% 27-2025959
Pantheon Ventures Inc. Sole member of general partner 1 Oct 2010 75% - 100% 110091
Amg New York Holdings Corp. Owner 1 Dec 2016 75% - 100% 04-3546127

Based in San Francisco

The principal office where Pantheon Ventures (Us) LP performs its advisory services is located at 600 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94111, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in New York, NY. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 415-249-6200 or by fax 415-249-6299. The normal business hours are 8am - 5pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at pantheon.com.