Westech Investment Advisors LLC (also referred to in this Brochure as “Westech”, “WTI” or the
“Firm”), is a California limited liability company founded in 1980 that is registered as an
investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (“Advisers Act”). WTI
serves as an investment manager for (i) a number of serial institutional venture debt funds that
have elected to be treated as business development companies (“BDCs”) under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), (ii) corresponding LLCs (as described below)
and (iii) a limited partnership that invests primarily in venture equity (“Equity Fund”). Each BDC
is wholly-owned by a limited liability company (“LLC”) through which investors subscribe. Each
BDC and its corresponding LLC is referred to as a “Debt Fund,” and the Debt Funds and the Equity
Fund are referred to collectively as the “Funds”. Each LLC and the Equity Fund would be an
investment company but for Section 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of the 1940 Act.
The “Debt Funds” are:
Venture Lending & Leasing IV, LLC (“LLC IV”);
Venture Lending & Leasing V, LLC (“LLC V”);
Venture Lending & Leasing VI, LLC (“LLC VI”);
Venture Lending & Leasing VII, LLC (“LLC VII”);
Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, LLC (“LLC VIII”);
Venture Lending & Leasing IX, Inc. (“Fund IX”), which is wholly-owned by
Venture Lending & Leasing IX, LLC (“LLC IX”);
WTI Fund X, Inc. (“Fund X”), which is wholly-owned by WTI Fund X, LLC
(“LLC X”)
Each Debt Fund’s investment objective is to achieve a superior risk-adjusted investment return.
Each Debt Fund’s primary investment strategy is to provide debt financing, in the form of secured
loans to venture backed companies and secondarily, to provide debt financing to public and later-
stage private companies. These “venture loans” generally consist of a promissory note secured by
all of the borrower’s assets. The interest rate and amortization terms of venture loans are
individually negotiated between the
Debt Funds and each borrower. These loans are held by the
BDC in the structure. In addition, the Debt Funds could invest in direct equity investment
opportunities such as convertible debt, secondary common stock purchases or other equity
instruments issued by companies with diverse capitalization and creditworthiness.
In addition to the LLCs and the BDCs, Westech serves as the investment adviser to an Equity
Fund, which invests primarily in venture equity, WTI Equity Opportunity Fund I, L.P. (“EOF I”).
The investment objective of EOF I is to give existing investors in the Debt Funds the opportunity
for more concentrated equity exposure through Westech’s relationships with underlying portfolio
companies.
The Firm provides investment management services to each of the Funds in accordance with the
private placement memorandum, management agreement and limited partnership agreement (or
analogous organizational document) of such Fund and/or side letters with investors (collectively,
the “Governing Documents”). Investment advice is provided directly to the Funds, and not
individually tailored to the investors in the Funds. Investment restrictions for the Funds are
generally established in the Governing Documents of the applicable Fund.
As of October 13, 2022, the Firm became a wholly-owned subsidiary of P10 Intermediate Holdings
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, which is indirectly owned by P10, Inc. (NYSE: PX),
a publicly held company (“P10”). A representative of P10 sit on the Firm’s board of managers.
Through the P10 ownership structure, the Firm is affiliated with a number of investment advisers,
each independently operated and separately registered as an investment adviser with the SEC.
Additional information regarding these relationships is set forth in Item 10 below.
The Firm manages $1,878,391,379 in client assets on a discretionary basis and no assets on a non-
discretionary basis (calculated as of December 31, 2023).