# Avenir Growth Partners
Avenir Growth Partners is a New York-based growth equity investment firm founded in January 2017 by Andrew G. Sugrue and James M. Reynolds IV, which managed $2,794,813,482 of client assets on a discretionary basis as of December 31, 2025.[1](https://files.adviserinfo.sec.gov/IAPD/Content/Common/crd_iapd_Brochure.aspx?BRCHR_VRSN_ID=1038741) The firm invests through a series of private funds whose manager, Avenir Management Company, LLC, is a Delaware limited liability company and a registered investment adviser providing services to exempt investment funds and special purpose and acquisition vehicles.[1](https://files.adviserinfo.sec.gov/IAPD/Content/Common/crd_iapd_Brochure.aspx?BRCHR_VRSN_ID=1038741) Its fundraising record is documented in SEC Form D filings for individual funds between 2019 and 2023, and the firm continued establishing new fund vehicles into 2026.[2](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1796090/0001405086-20-000059.txt) • [3](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2135957/000213595726000001/0002135957-26-000001-index.htm)
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Founded | January 2017[1](https://files.adviserinfo.sec.gov/IAPD/Content/Common/crd_iapd_Brochure.aspx?BRCHR_VRSN_ID=1038741) |
| Founders | Andrew G. Sugrue and James M. Reynolds IV (the "Principals"), majority owners and managing partners[1](https://files.adviserinfo.sec.gov/IAPD/Content/Common/crd_iapd_Brochure.aspx?BRCHR_VRSN_ID=1038741) |
| Headquarters | New York, NY; 135 Fifth Avenue in earlier filings, 817 Broadway, 12th Floor in later ones[4](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1893851/0001405086-21-000303.txt) • [5](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2002471/0002002471-24-000001.txt) |
| Strategy | Growth equity in private companies (occasionally public)[1](https://files.adviserinfo.sec.gov/IAPD/Content/Common/crd_iapd_Brochure.aspx?BRCHR_VRSN_ID=1038741) |
| Regulatory scale | $2,794,813,482 discretionary client assets at December 31, 2025[1](https://files.adviserinfo.sec.gov/IAPD/Content/Common/crd_iapd_Brochure.aspx?BRCHR_VRSN_ID=1038741) |
| Fundraising | Form D filings for individual funds, 2019–2023 (see Funds by the numbers)[2](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1796090/0001405086-20-000059.txt) • [6](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1830800/0001405086-20-000340.txt) • [4](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1893851/0001405086-21-000303.txt) • [7](http://edgar.secdatabase.com/122/200232323000001/filing-main.htm) |
| Status as of 2026 | Actively filing new fund vehicles (Avenir Growth Partners VI LP, 2026)[3](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2135957/000213595726000001/0002135957-26-000001-index.htm) |
## History and people
Avenir was founded in January 2017 by Andrew G. Sugrue and James M. Reynolds IV, who are the majority owners and managing partners of the firm; its Form ADV brochure reported 20 employees.[1](https://files.adviserinfo.sec.gov/IAPD/Content/Common/crd_iapd_Brochure.aspx?BRCHR_VRSN_ID=1038741)
Backgrounds of the two founders come from the firm's own website and should be read as self-reported. Andrew Sugrue worked at [Shumway Capital](https://www.edgepedia.org/shumway-capital), L Catterton, and Peter J Solomon Company before co-founding Avenir, and holds a Master of Management Studies from Duke's Fuqua School of Business and a B.A. from UNC Chapel Hill.[8](https://www.avenirgrowth.com/) Jamie (James) Reynolds spent time at Explorador Capital Management and in business affairs at [Augusta National Golf Club](https://www.edgepedia.org/augusta-national-golf-club), served as special assistant to Senator John McCain in the 2008 presidential campaign, and holds an MBA from Chicago Booth and a B.A. from the [University of Georgia](https://www.edgepedia.org/university-of-georgia).[8](https://www.avenirgrowth.com/)
The SEC filings corroborate the partnership structure. Fund III names Sugrue and Reynolds IV as managing members of its general partner, Avenir Growth Managing Partner III, LLC,[6](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1830800/0001405086-20-000340.txt) and the Fund IV filing lists both men as managing members of the general partner alongside Russell Barbour as secretary of the general partner.[4](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1893851/0001405086-21-000303.txt)
## Strategy
The firm describes itself as a research-driven, fundamentals-based investment firm that conducts deep due diligence on disruptive secular shifts and seeks to identify well-positioned growth companies; its funds primarily make growth equity investments in private companies, occasionally in public ones.[1](https://files.adviserinfo.sec.gov/IAPD/Content/Common/crd_iapd_Brochure.aspx?BRCHR_VRSN_ID=1038741) On its website, the firm states a first-principles approach aimed at building concentrated portfolios of dominant companies that are early in their "S" curve of growth and led by world-class operators.[8](https://www.avenirgrowth.com/)
Economically, the funds charge a typical 2% annual management fee plus carried interest, and firm personnel sometimes serve on portfolio-company boards.[1](https://files.adviserinfo.sec.gov/IAPD/Content/Common/crd_iapd_Brochure.aspx?BRCHR_VRSN_ID=1038741)
## Funds by the numbers
The firm's fundraising record is documented in SEC Form D filings, which report amounts sold to investors under private-placement exemptions.
- **Fund II** (Avenir Growth Partners II, L.P.): $140,000,000 sold, all under Regulation D, with 65 investors; the original Form D was filed November 18, 2019, and the amendment was signed by Andrew G. Sugrue as managing member of the general partner.[2](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1796090/0001405086-20-000059.txt)
- **Fund III** (Avenir Growth Partners III, L.P.): a $375,000,000 total offering, of which $229,800,000 was sold under Regulation D, first sale dated October 30, 2020, with 48 investors.[6](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1830800/0001405086-20-000340.txt)
- **Fund IV** (Avenir Growth Partners Fund IV LP, at 135 [Fifth Avenue](https://www.edgepedia.org/fifth-avenue)): an $800,000,000 offering with $694,000,000 reported as sold, first sale dated October 29, 2021, with 57 investors.[4](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1893851/0001405086-21-000303.txt) • [11](https://capedge.com/company/1893851/filings) A related vehicle, Avenir Growth Partners IV Leaders Fund LP, filed its own Form D on May 12, 2022.[10](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1893852/000140508622000141/0001405086-22-000141-index.htm)
- **Fund V** (Avenir Growth Partners V LP): a Form D filed November 30, 2023 for a private equity fund with a total offering amount of $800,000,000, signed by Andrew Sugrue as managing member of the general partner.[7](http://edgar.secdatabase.com/122/200232323000001/filing-main.htm) An amendment filed November 26, 2024 showed $425.0 million sold, $374,991,500 remaining, and about 50 investors (this figure comes from an EDGAR-derived aggregator and was not verified against the primary filing).[9](https://aum13f.com/fund/avenir-growth-partners-v-lp)
## Recent developments
Three developments mark the period after the Fund V launch. First, the Fund V raise progressed, with an amendment in November 2024 reporting $425.0 million sold of the $800.0 million offering (per an EDGAR-derived aggregator, not verified against the primary filing).[9](https://aum13f.com/fund/avenir-growth-partners-v-lp) Second, a related vehicle, Avenir Expansion Partners V LP, filed a Form D dated December 1, 2023 from 817 Broadway, 12th Floor, New York, with Avenir Growth Managing Partner V LLC as general partner and Sugrue and Reynolds IV as its managing members; the retrieved excerpt shows no amounts reported as sold to date.[5](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2002471/0002002471-24-000001.txt) Third, the firm reported $2,794,813,482 of discretionary client assets as of December 31, 2025,[1](https://files.adviserinfo.sec.gov/IAPD/Content/Common/crd_iapd_Brochure.aspx?BRCHR_VRSN_ID=1038741) and a sixth vehicle, Avenir Growth Partners VI LP, appeared on EDGAR in 2026 from the 817 Broadway address, showing the firm was still establishing new fund vehicles as of that year.[3](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2135957/000213595726000001/0002135957-26-000001-index.htm)
## References
1. [Form ADV Part 2A — Avenir Management Company, LLC](https://files.adviserinfo.sec.gov/IAPD/Content/Common/crd_iapd_Brochure.aspx?BRCHR_VRSN_ID=1038741)
2. [SEC Form D — AVENIR GROWTH PARTNERS II, L.P. (amendment)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1796090/0001405086-20-000059.txt)
3. [SEC EDGAR — Avenir Growth Partners VI LP filing (CIK 0002135957)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2135957/000213595726000001/0002135957-26-000001-index.htm)
4. [SEC Form D — AVENIR GROWTH PARTNERS FUND IV LP](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1893851/0001405086-21-000303.txt)
5. [SEC Form D — Avenir Expansion Partners V LP](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2002471/0002002471-24-000001.txt)
6. [SEC Form D — Avenir Growth Partners III, L.P.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1830800/0001405086-20-000340.txt)
7. [Avenir Growth Partners V LP Form D, filed 2023-11-30 (mirror of SEC filing)](http://edgar.secdatabase.com/122/200232323000001/filing-main.htm)
8. [Avenir — firm website](https://www.avenirgrowth.com/)
9. [Avenir Growth Partners V LP — Form D data (AUM13F, EDGAR-derived aggregator; weak source)](https://aum13f.com/fund/avenir-growth-partners-v-lp)
10. [SEC Form D index — AVENIR GROWTH PARTNERS IV LEADERS FUND LP](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1893852/000140508622000141/0001405086-22-000141-index.htm)
11. [Filings (capedge.com)](https://capedge.com/company/1893851/filings)
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