Overview
Avant Management LLC., a Delaware limited liability company (“Avant,” “we,” “us” or “our”), was
organized in 2018 and is an affiliate of Avant Natural Resources LLC., a Delaware limited liability
company. Avant Natural Resources LLC was founded in 2018 and sponsors various affiliated private
pooled investment vehicles (collectively, the “Funds”) focused exclusively on investing in oil and gas and
related assets. Except as the context otherwise requires, any reference in this brochure to “Avant,” “we,”
“us,” or “our” may be considered to include, as applicable, Avant Management LLC and/or their affiliates.
Avant is exclusively owned and controlled by Jacob Nagy and Skyler Gary. Jacob Nagy and Skyler Gary
(the “Founders”) founded Avant in November 2018 and have since focused on investing in oil and gas
properties and related assets. For more information about Avant’s owners and executive officers, see Form
ADV Part 1, Schedule A and Schedule B.
Avant provides investment advisory services to pooled investment vehicles exempt from registration
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder. Avant Management LLC serves as Investment Manager to certain funds exempt from
registration under Section 3(c)(9) of the Investment Company Act: Avant Natural
Resources Fund, LP,
ANRF Feeder, LP, Avant-Edge Sidecar, LP, and ANRF Sidecar, LP. Additionally, Avant Management
LLC serves as Investment Manager to certain funds exempt from registration under Section 3(c)(1) of the
Investment Company Act: Guard Income Fund, LP. These funds are herein referred to as “Client(s)” or
“Fund(s)”.
Avant’s investment advice and authority for each Fund is tailored to the investment objectives of each
Fund. Avant does not tailor its advisory services to the individual needs of investors in its Funds. Each
Fund’s investment objectives are described, as applicable, in the private placement memorandum, limited
partnership agreement, subscription agreement, investment management agreement, and other
organizational documents of the relevant Fund (collectively, “Governing Documents”). Avant does not
seek or require investor approval regarding each investment decision. This brochure is intended to
summarize the information provided in the Governing Documents. As such, Avant encourages investors
to carefully review this brochure and the Funds Governing Documents in their entirety.
Avant does not participate in any wrap fee programs.
As of December 31, 2023, Avant managed approximately $331,592,823 in Fund regulatory assets, all
managed on a discretionary basis.