SEC Form ADV

Every firm that manages money for others in the United States files a Form ADV with the Securities and Exchange Commission, either to register or, for venture capital and private fund advisers, to report as an exempt reporting adviser: who the firm is, where it sits, what it manages, how many people it employs, and, on Schedule D, every private fund it advises with its size, type, investors and auditor. a16z, Sequoia, Founders Fund and Y Combinator are all here, fund by fund, signed by the firm. The SEC’s whole adviser roster, brought up to date every day, and every private fund reported since 2011, brought up to date every month, organized and ready to query. That is what makes a list of every venture fund over a billion dollars, or every fund one firm manages with its Form D notices, a single fast call.

The whole source, organized and ready to query: every endpoint on this page answers in milliseconds. Every response carries as_of: how current the data is. How datasets work.

Search advisers

POST /us/iapd/advisers-search/v1 Dataset Searches the SEC’s adviser roster by any combination of text, firm type, state, country, private funds and assets under management. By legal name.

Field	Type	Notes
`query`	string	Optional. Words to match in the names. Every word must match; no stemming.
`firm_type`	enum	Optional. `registered` for advisers registered with the SEC, `exempt_reporting` for exempt reporting advisers (the venture capital and private fund adviser exemptions).
`state`	string	Optional. Two-letter US state, e.g. `CA`.
`country`	string	Optional. Country as the form spells it, e.g. `United States`, `Cayman Islands`, `United Kingdom`.
`private_funds`	enum	Optional. `any` (default), `only` for advisers that manage private funds, `none` for those that do not. Default `any`.
`min_aum`	number	Optional. Only advisers with at least this many US dollars under management. Exempt reporting advisers report no AUM and never match. Default `0`.
`page`	integer	Optional. 1-based page. Default `1`.
`per_page`	integer	Optional. Results per page, 1-50. Default `20`.

curl https://api.croma.run/us/iapd/advisers-search/v1 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CROMA_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "query": "andreessen" }'

Returns as_of (how current the data is), the applied filters, total (matches across every page), page, per_page, total_pages, count and advisers[], by legal name. Every adviser carries crd (the key), sec_number (801-… registered, 802-… exempt reporting), legal_name, business_name, firm_type (registered or exempt_reporting), status (as the SEC spells it: APPROVED, ACTIVE, …), status_since, latest_filing_on, form_version, main_office and mailing_office ({ street_1, street_2, city, state, country, postal_code }), phone, fax, websites[], organization_form, organized_in_state, organized_in_country, fiscal_year_end, employees, aum ({ total, discretionary, non_discretionary, accounts, accounts_discretionary, accounts_non_discretionary }, US dollars; null for exempt reporting advisers, which do not report it), has_private_funds, umbrella_registration, notice_filed_states[], has_disclosures and sec_region. Dates are yyyy-mm-dd. Empty fields are null.

Most venture capital firms file as exempt reporting advisers: pass firm_type: "exempt_reporting" with private_funds: "only" to list them. Brought up to date daily from the SEC’s roster.

One adviser

POST /us/iapd/adviser/v1 Dataset Resolves one adviser by CRD and returns its record with the private funds it currently reports.

Field	Type	Notes
`crd`	string	Required. The adviser’s CRD number, e.g. `160489`, as returned by the search.

curl https://api.croma.run/us/iapd/adviser/v1 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CROMA_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "crd": "160489" }'

Returns found, crd, as_of, adviser (null when not found) and private_funds ({ total, gross_asset_value, by_type, funds[] }: the funds the adviser currently reports, largest first, up to 200; null when not found). Every adviser carries crd (the key), sec_number (801-… registered, 802-… exempt reporting), legal_name, business_name, firm_type (registered or exempt_reporting), status (as the SEC spells it: APPROVED, ACTIVE, …), status_since, latest_filing_on, form_version, main_office and mailing_office ({ street_1, street_2, city, state, country, postal_code }), phone, fax, websites[], organization_form, organized_in_state, organized_in_country, fiscal_year_end, employees, aum ({ total, discretionary, non_discretionary, accounts, accounts_discretionary, accounts_non_discretionary }, US dollars; null for exempt reporting advisers, which do not report it), has_private_funds, umbrella_registration, notice_filed_states[], has_disclosures and sec_region. Dates are yyyy-mm-dd. Empty fields are null.

A CRD the SEC’s roster does not carry returns found: false with HTTP 200, not an error.

Search private funds

POST /us/iapd/private-funds-search/v1 Dataset Searches the funds by any combination of text, adviser, type, state, country, size and filing dates. Largest gross asset value first.

Field	Type	Notes
`query`	string	Optional. Words to match in the fund’s name, its adviser’s name and its general partners. Every word must match; no stemming.
`adviser_crd`	string	Optional. The CRD of the adviser that reports the fund: every fund of one firm.
`fund_type`	enum	Optional. `venture_capital`, `private_equity`, `hedge`, `real_estate`, `securitized_asset`, `liquidity` or `other`.
`state`	string	Optional. Two-letter US state the fund is organized in, e.g. `DE`.
`country`	string	Optional. Country the fund is organized in, as the form spells it, e.g. `United States`, `Cayman Islands`.
`min_gross_asset_value`	number	Optional. Only funds with at least this gross asset value, US dollars. Default `0`.
`include_former`	boolean	Optional. `false` (default) returns only funds the adviser still reports; `true` also returns funds a later filing omitted. Default `false`.
`reported_from`	string	Optional. Lower bound on the date of the filing that reported the fund (`yyyy-mm-dd`, inclusive).
`reported_to`	string	Optional. Upper bound on that date (`yyyy-mm-dd`, inclusive).
`page`	integer	Optional. 1-based page. Default `1`.
`per_page`	integer	Optional. Results per page, 1-50. Default `20`.

curl https://api.croma.run/us/iapd/private-funds-search/v1 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CROMA_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "fund_type": "venture_capital", "min_gross_asset_value": 1000000000 }'

Returns as_of (how current the data is), the applied filters, total (matches across every page), page, per_page, total_pages, count and funds[], largest gross asset value first. Every fund carries fund_id (the key, 805- and ten digits), fund_name, adviser_crd, adviser_name, adviser_type, fund_type (venture_capital, private_equity, hedge, real_estate, securitized_asset, liquidity or other), fund_type_other, state, country, gross_asset_value (US dollars), minimum_investment, owners_count, ownership ({ adviser_pct, funds_pct, non_us_pct }), is_master, is_feeder, master_fund_name, master_fund_id, is_fund_of_funds, invests_in_adviser_funds, exclusion_3c1, exclusion_3c7, has_other_advisers, has_annual_audit, unqualified_opinion, auditor ({ name, city, state, country, pcaob_registered }), uses_prime_broker, uses_custodian, uses_administrator, general_partners[], form_d_file_numbers[] (the join to the Form D dataset), filing_id, filing_type, reported_at, reported_on, is_current and reported_until. A fund’s row is its adviser’s latest filing that lists it. is_current is true while the adviser’s newest filing still lists the fund; once a newer filing omits it, is_current turns false and reported_until is that filing’s date. Dates are yyyy-mm-dd. Empty fields are null.

Every private fund reported to the SEC since 2011, brought up to date monthly as the SEC publishes each month’s filings. Pass fund_type: "venture_capital" to follow venture funds, or adviser_crd to list one firm’s funds.

One private fund

POST /us/iapd/private-fund/v1 Dataset Resolves one fund by its id and returns the full record.

Field	Type	Notes
`fund_id`	string	Required. The fund’s id as Form ADV assigns it, e.g. `805-8573539182`, as returned by the search.

curl https://api.croma.run/us/iapd/private-fund/v1 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CROMA_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "fund_id": "805-8573539182" }'

Returns found, fund_id, as_of and fund (null when not found). Every fund carries fund_id (the key, 805- and ten digits), fund_name, adviser_crd, adviser_name, adviser_type, fund_type (venture_capital, private_equity, hedge, real_estate, securitized_asset, liquidity or other), fund_type_other, state, country, gross_asset_value (US dollars), minimum_investment, owners_count, ownership ({ adviser_pct, funds_pct, non_us_pct }), is_master, is_feeder, master_fund_name, master_fund_id, is_fund_of_funds, invests_in_adviser_funds, exclusion_3c1, exclusion_3c7, has_other_advisers, has_annual_audit, unqualified_opinion, auditor ({ name, city, state, country, pcaob_registered }), uses_prime_broker, uses_custodian, uses_administrator, general_partners[], form_d_file_numbers[] (the join to the Form D dataset), filing_id, filing_type, reported_at, reported_on, is_current and reported_until. A fund’s row is its adviser’s latest filing that lists it. is_current is true while the adviser’s newest filing still lists the fund; once a newer filing omits it, is_current turns false and reported_until is that filing’s date. Dates are yyyy-mm-dd. Empty fields are null.

A fund id no Form ADV filing carries returns found: false with HTTP 200, not an error.

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