FIRM DESCRIPTION
Worth Venture Partners, LLC (“WVP”) is a Delaware domiciled Limited Liability Company that
was formed on October 15, 2012. WVP is certified as a woman-owned and woman-controlled
business by the NWBOC. WVP discovers, selects, and monitors emerging managers who are
believed to have a sustainable edge, superior returns and niche expertise, and integrates them
into an institutional-quality infrastructure with the goal of delivering significant
outperformance to its investors. WVP also manages custom alternatives portfolios for family
offices, registered investment advisors, insurance companies, and individuals.
The controlling principals of WVP are Abby Flamholz, David Wertentheil, and Andrew de
Montille.
TYPES OF ADVISORY SERVICES
WVP’s current advisory activities consist primarily of providing investment supervisory
services to pooled investment vehicles as follows:
WVP currently acts as the investment advisor to four investment funds: WVP Emerging
Manager Onshore Fund, LLC (“WVP Fund”), WVP Emerging Manager Private Fund, LLC (“WVP
Private Fund”), Antwerp Partners LLC (“Antwerp Fund”), and WVP AL IDF LP (“AL IDF Fund”).
In addition, WVP currently acts as the sub-advisor to the WVP Insurance Fund I Series of the
SALI Multi-Series Fund IV, L.P. (“Insurance Fund I”). Unless separately identified, these funds
may collectively be referred to as the “Funds.”
The WVP Fund and WVP Private Fund are both Delaware multiple series LLCs. Many series of
the WVP Fund and the WVP Private Fund (each a “Series”) have one or multiple third-party
sub-advisors (each such sub-advisor, an “Underlying Manager”) that trade the assets on behalf
of the WVP Fund or the WVP Private Fund. WVP selects the Underlying Managers and
performs due diligence on them prior to bringing them onto the platform. In addition, WVP
provides operational and risk oversight over these Underlying Managers and provides
marketing and investor relations services.
The Antwerp Fund is a Delaware LLC that may make investments in Series of the WVP Fund,
Series of the WVP Private Fund, and third-party funds. All investors in the Antwerp Fund
belong to a single family, and WVP has non-discretionary investment authority over the
Antwerp Fund. The Antwerp Fund allocations are determined in conjunction with the
investors’ representatives, and WVP performs due diligence on third-party funds.
The AL IDF Fund is a Delaware limited partnership that invests in, among other things,
alternative fixed income investment funds. The fund may invest in one or more Series of the
WVP Fund or the WVP Private Fund. The limited partnership interests are offered only to
insurance companies.
Insurance Fund I is a series of a Delaware series limited partnership managed by SALI Fund
Management, LLC. Insurance Fund I may invest its assets with one or more Series of the WVP
Fund or WVP Private Fund or with investment managers unaffiliated with WVP. The limited
partnership interests are offered only to insurance companies.
WVP also acts as an investment advisor to 12 separately managed accounts (the “Managed
Accounts”).
The WVP Fund’s investment objective is to allocate capital to emerging hedge fund managers
in order to provide superior risk-adjusted returns while maintaining low correlation to the
major equity indices. To achieve this, the assets of most Series are invested by WVP in
an account managed by an Underlying Manager. Each Underlying Manager that is managing
an account for a Series must have entered into an investment management agreement
requiring adherence to investment guidelines and other policies. The managing member of
the WVP Fund (and of the WVP Private Fund) (the “Managing Member”)
and WVP negotiate
the managed account agreements with prospective Underlying Managers on behalf of the
relevant Series.
The WVP Private Fund’s investment objective is to provide superior risk-adjusted returns
while maintaining low correlation to the major equity indices. To achieve this, the Series of the
WVP Private Fund may invest in investment funds and managed accounts (each an
“Investment Vehicle”), special purpose vehicles, and other vehicles managed by Underlying
Managers as well as in Series or other assets managed by WVP. The WVP Private Fund’s
investment objective is currently to allocate capital primarily to a variety of alternative private
strategies. Each Underlying Manager that is managing assets for a Series of WVP Private Fund
must have entered into a managed account agreement pursuant to which the Series retains
the services of such Underlying Manager to manage the Series’ assets requiring adherence to
the investment guidelines and other policies. The Managing Member and WVP negotiate the
managed account agreement on behalf of the relevant Series.
Investors in the WVP Fund and the WVP Private Fund are non-managing members. Each
non-managing member in each Series must be (i) an “accredited investor” within the meaning
of Regulation D under the Securities Act, (ii) a “qualified client” within the meaning of the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “Advisers Act”) and (iii) a “qualified
purchaser" as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Company Act”), and will
be required to meet other suitability requirements as set forth in the subscription documents.
This document is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy interests in
or shares of the Funds. Such an investment may be made only after receipt and review of a
Fund's confidential private placement memorandum (a “Memorandum”). Upon request to
WVP, a copy of a Memorandum may be made available to persons meeting the definitions of
accredited investor, qualified client, and qualified purchaser. The Memoranda contain
important information concerning risk factors and other material aspects of the Funds and
must be read carefully before any decision whether to invest is made. The information in this
document is qualified in its entirety by, and should be read in conjunction with, the information
contained in the Memorandum.
TAILORED RELATIONSHIPS
WVP has the ability to create custom investment solutions for investors depending on their
risk/reward appetite. Investors can select from WVP Fund Series, WVP Private Fund Series,
and third-party funds to aim for a specific type of market exposure. WVP may be able to
provide operational and risk support for these investments.
WRAP FEE PROGRAMS
Wrap Fee Programs are arrangements between broker-dealers, investment advisers, banks
and other financial institutions and affiliated and unaffiliated investment advisers through
which the clients of such firms receive discretionary investment advisory, execution, clearing
and custodial services in a “bundled” form. In exchange for these “bundled” services, the
clients pay an all-inclusive (or “wrap”) fee determined as a percentage of the assets held in
the wrap account. WVP does not participate in and is not a sponsor of any wrap fee program.
ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT
When calculating regulatory assets under management, an Investment Adviser must include
the value of any client account over which it exercises continuous and regular supervisory or
management services. As of December 31, 2022, WVP has regulatory assets under
management of $602,556,163 on a discretionary basis and $350,620 on a non-discretionary
basis.