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Slow Ventures, LLC: investment adviser

Slow Ventures, LLC is an investment adviser registered with the SEC (file 802-127863, CRD 171144). What it reports on Form ADV: assets and clients, fees, owners, disciplinary history and its client brochure. From the SEC's Investment Adviser Public Disclosure site; read Oct 21, 2026.

Assets managed
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Discretionary
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Accounts
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Employees
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In advisory roles
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Disclosures
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Company page · SEC adviser record · Full Form ADV (PDF)

The firm reports no custody of client cash or securities.

Form ADV Part 1A, Item 5, as filed on the SEC Investment Adviser Public Disclosure site; read Oct 21, 2026.

Who owns it

Schedule A lists direct owners of 5% or more (and officers who own a stake); Schedule B lists the owners of those owners.

Direct owners (Schedule A)

OwnerTypeRoleStakeSinceControlPublic company
Kevin ColleranPersonMember of slow ventures GP VI, LLCC 25% to 50%Dec 2024Yes
Sam LessinPersonMember of slow ventures GP VI, LLCC 25% to 50%Dec 2024Yes
Scott MarlettePersonMember of slow ventures GP III, LLCC 25% to 50%Nov 2016Yes
William George QuistPersonMember of slow ventures GP VI, LLCC 25% to 50%Dec 2024Yes
David MorinPersonMember of slow ventures GP III, LLCB 10% to 25%Nov 2016
The Kevin A. Colleran 2011Company (U.S.)Member of slow venturesA 5% to 10%Feb 2025

Indirect owners (Schedule B)

OwnerOwns a stake inTypeStakeControlPublic company
Kevin ColleranThe Kevin A. Colleran 2011 Slow Ventures Irrevocable Trust GP II, LLCPersonF General partner, trustee or managing member

Form ADV reports ownership in bands, not exact stakes: A means 5% to 10%, B 10% to 25%, C 25% to 50%, D 50% to 75%, E 75% or more. F marks a general partner, trustee or managing member, a role that controls the firm without a percentage. Owners of less than 5% are not listed.

Form ADV Schedules A and B, via the SEC Investment Adviser Public Disclosure site.

Disciplinary history

What the firm disclosed under Item 11 of Form ADV. A disclosure is the firm's own report: pending matters are allegations, not findings, and many settlements are made without admitting or denying them. Text is quoted from the filing, set in sentence case.

Item 11 questions answered Yes

These questions cover the firm and its advisory affiliates.

  • Has any other federal regulatory agency, any state regulatory agency, or any foreign financial regulatory authority: ever denied, suspended, or revoked your or any advisory affiliate's registration or license, or otherwise prevented you or any advisory affiliate, by order, from associating with an investment-related business or restricted your or any advisory affiliate's activity?

Actions about the firm (1)

  1. Feb 24, 2015
    Regulatory Action: State of California Department of Business Oversight FinalSanctions: Revocation · Begun Feb 6, 2015 · Resolved Feb 24, 2015 · Other

    Exempt status revoked due to failure to pay annual renewal fee to the state of California

    Slow Ventures, LLC reapplied for its license by filing form ADV and paying the requisite fee(s) on February 24, 2015. No information Filed

Form ADV Item 11 and its Disclosure Reporting Pages, via the SEC record. All adviser disciplinary records.

The brochure

No brochure text was read for this firm.

Form ADV Part 2A, via the SEC Investment Adviser Public Disclosure site.