Proteus, LLC (“Proteus”) is a Delaware limited liability company founded in March 2012. Proteus is a wholly
owned subsidiary of Proteus Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Holdings”). The principal
owners of Holdings are Jason C. Brown and Keystone International Holdings, Inc., an Indiana corporation
(“Keystone”). The principal owner of Keystone is Jason C. Brown, the Chairman of Holdings’ Board of
Managers. Proteus provides investment management and investment advisory services to feeder funds and
master funds (collectively “Clients”) through the platform discussed below.
Proteus sponsors an alternative investment platform (the “Platform”) that makes available to approved
investors professionally managed investment strategies. These strategies may be managed by third-party
investment managers, Proteus, or subadvisors to Proteus’ funds (“Underlying Managers”). The Platform
provides information to investors that invest in various funds (“Feeder Funds”) which invest in separately
managed accounts, other pooled investment vehicles, individual securities or master funds (“Master Funds”)
that, in turn, invest in any combination of these investments (collectively “Investment Products”) each of
which are managed by Underlying Managers. Underlying Managers available on the Platform are evaluated
and selected by Proteus. Proteus constructs and manages portfolios of Investment Products into pools and
models which are also available on the Platform (the “Proteus Pools and Models”). The investors in the
Feeder Funds (“Investors”) may be individual or institutional investors, but in each case must be “accredited
investors” as defined in Rule 501(a) of SEC Regulation D. In addition, some of the Feeder Funds on the
Platform may require the investors to be “qualified purchasers” as defined in Section 2(a)(51) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), and/or “qualified clients” as
defined in Rule 205- 3(d) under the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “Advisers Act”).
The role of Proteus is twofold. First, Proteus operates the Platform and, in this role, operates in an
administrative capacity. Second, Proteus also conducts due diligence on, selects, and continuously monitors
the Underlying Managers available on the Platform and, in this role, Proteus operates in an advisory capacity.
Proteus maintains the authority to terminate a relationship with an Underlying Manager and remove them
from the Platform if Proteus determines it is appropriate to do so. Proteus provides Investors, as part of the
Platform, information and investigatory tools to facilitate the Investors’ review, due diligence, and decision-
making process in evaluating Underlying Managers on the Platform. Further, Proteus creates model
portfolios utilizing Underlying Managers. These model portfolios are implemented by Proteus. Proteus
actively manages these models and has the ability to add and remove managers, as necessary.
Proteus’ Investors subscribe to interests, units or shares (collectively “Interests”) of a Feeder Fund. In this
regard, Investors own Interests in the Feeder Fund which invests in Investment Products and are maintained
on behalf of the Investor in their capital account (“Investor’s Capital Account”). For short-term cash
management purposes, the Feeder Fund may be invested in United States government securities, banker’s
acceptances, bank certificates of deposit, commercial paper, high quality short-term instruments, including
repurchase agreements, and shares of open-end mutual funds and similar short- term instruments or
accounts. Subsequent to a subscription to a Feeder Fund, Proteus provides the Investor with investment
monitoring and reporting capabilities until such time as the Investor redeems its investment from the Feeder
Fund.
As of December 31, 2022, Proteus manages $128,774,783 on a discretionary basis. Proteus does not manage
any assets on a non-discretionary basis.