ECM, a Delaware limited liability company, was established in 2002. ECM provides
investment supervisory and management services to U.S. and non-U.S. commingled open-
end and closed-end private funds of private funds (“Commingled Funds”). ECM may also
provide services to customized investor funds (“Customized Fund,” and collectively with the
Commingled Funds, the “Private Funds”).
The majority of the Commingled Funds invest primarily in hedge funds, and certain
Commingled Funds invest a majority or substantially all of their assets in longer-term,
illiquid private investment vehicles, such as private equity funds and other committed
capital style funds such as venture capital funds. One Closed-end Commingled Fund invests
in portfolios of closed-end, open-end, and hybrid funds and similar private vehicles with an
investment focus on cryptographically derived digital assets including, without limitation,
blockchain tokens, virtual or digital currencies, non-fungible tokens, and related products
and in equity or other securities of public or private companies operating in the
cryptographic or blockchain space (“Closed-end Commingled Fund”).
The Private Funds are exempt from registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended (“Company Act”). ECM also provides investment advisory or sub-advisory
services to a closed-end investment company launched in July 2014 that is registered under
the Company Act (the “Registered Fund,” and collectively with the Private Funds, the
“Funds”).
The Funds are advised based on the investment objectives set forth in each Fund’s relevant
confidential explanatory memorandum, confidential private placement memorandum,
registration statement, or similar disclosure document
(“Offering Document”). As of January
31, 2024, ECM managed, on a discretionary basis, approximately $4,182,146,818 in client
assets, including uncalled capital commitments. ECM does not manage any client assets on
a non-discretionary basis.
All of ECM’s equity is owned by Evanston Capital Management, L.P. (“ECM LP”), an entity
primarily owned by ECM employees. ECM LP’s general partner is ECM Holdco, LLC
(“Holdco”) the managing member of which is Adam Blitz. Adam Blitz is currently a principal
owner of ECM as defined under the instructions to Form ADV, Part 2 because he, along with
his estate planning vehicles, own at least a 25% but less than 50% indirect ownership
interest in ECM.
As noted in Item 7 below, ECM is an investment adviser to funds of private funds. ECM
evaluates hedge funds and other open-end, closed-end, and hybrid private investment
vehicles, inclusive of the private vehicles in which the Closed-end Commingled Fund invests
as described above (collectively, “Portfolio Funds”) and the Portfolio Funds’ independent
portfolio managers (each a “Portfolio Manager,” and collectively, the “Portfolio Managers”)
by using ECM’s investment process which is outlined in Item 8. Consequently, ECM generally
does not participate in the selection, buying or selling of specific securities of operating
issuers, except in certain limited circumstances, such as where it must sell in-kind
distributions of securities a Fund may receive from Portfolio Funds. The Funds’ investment
objectives, and any limitations or restrictions on investments, are described in each Fund’s
Offering Document.
The Funds’ limited partners and shareholders are collectively referred to as the “Investors”
or an “Investor” in this Brochure.