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Faction Ventures, Llc

SEC-registered Private Fund Manager · Small ($100M–$1B) CRD 318821 · SEC file 801-126648 · Palo Alto, CA · x.com
☆ Save with Pro ADV data as of Mar 17, 2026
Regulatory AUM
$433M
Discretionary
$433M
Clients
5
Avg AUM / client
$86.5M
Accounts
5
Employees
8

AUM over time

$177M $466M
Aug 29, 2022 Mar 17, 2026

Reported AUM from Form ADV filings, plotted by filing date · as of Mar 17, 2026

Who they serve

Client typeClientsAUM% of AUM
Pooled investment vehicles (non-investment companies) 5 $433M 100.0%

Private funds (1)

Reported in Form ADV Section 7.B.(1), filing of Mar 2024 · $81.5M combined gross assets

FundTypeDomicileGross assetsOwners
Lightspeed Faction Fund I, Lp master Venture Capital Fund Cayman Islands $81.5M 100

People (5)

NameRole / titleCredentialsWith firm sinceOwnership
Eggers, Barry, Francis Managing Member Aug 2005 (21y) ≈ 6.25% – 25% via Lightspeed Venture Partners
Mhatre, Ravi, Brian Managing Member Aug 2005 (21y) ≈ 6.25% – 25% via Lightspeed Venture Partners
Nieh, Peter, Yao Ping Managing Member Aug 2005 (21y) ≈ 6.25% – 25% via Lightspeed Venture Partners
Harrison, Samuel Managing Partner And Cco Jan 2022 (5y) 50% – 75%
Fathieh, Banafsheh General Partner Apr 2022 (4y) Less than 5%

Entity owners (Schedule A/B)

EntityTitle / statusSinceSch.Ownership
Lightspeed Venture Partners Owner Feb 2022 A 25% – 50%

Undisclosed: 0% – 25% of the firm is not attributable from the filed Schedule A bands.

Estimated effective ownership (look-through of filed bands):

  • Eggers, Barry, Francis: 25% – 50% of Lightspeed Venture Partners × 25% – 50% direct ≈ 6.25% – 25% of the firm
  • Mhatre, Ravi, Brian: 25% – 50% of Lightspeed Venture Partners × 25% – 50% direct ≈ 6.25% – 25% of the firm
  • Nieh, Peter, Yao Ping: 25% – 50% of Lightspeed Venture Partners × 25% – 50% direct ≈ 6.25% – 25% of the firm

Roster from the IAPD representatives feed; ownership and acquisition dates from Form ADV Schedule A/B. "Since" is the earliest filed registration or acquisition date.

Private funds (1, $81.5M gross assets)

FundTypeGross assetsMin. investmentOwners
Lightspeed Faction Fund I, Lp Venture Capital Fund $81.5M $1.0M 100

From Form ADV Section 7.B private fund reporting.

Documents (1 archived)

FormPeriodSize
Form ADV (full filing) 03/17/2026 1.82 MB View · PDF · Source ↗

Archived copies of the firm's regulatory filings, versioned by content hash.

Disciplinary disclosures

No disciplinary events reported on the firm's latest Form ADV filing.

How they charge

  • Percentage of assets under management
  • Performance-based fees

Services

  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles

Custody

Firm reports it does not have custody of client funds or securities (Item 9.A).

No custodian data reported or mined yet.

Source

All data on this page comes from this firm's Form ADV filings, reproduced without modification. Latest filing: Mar 17, 2026.

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