Haystack Management

Venture Capital Exempt reporting adviser

Legal name: Haystack Management Company, LLC

San Francisco, CA Website LinkedIn X

AUM

$671.0M
Private fund assets

Private funds

17
Venture Capital 17

Private fund assets

$671.0M
Gross asset value

Employees

—

Last Form D raise

Jun 2025
Most recent fund filing

From SEC Form ADV filing (filed Mar 13, 2026). View on SEC

Investment focus

As listed in industry directories; may be out of date.

Geographies
USA

People(1)

Owners and executive officers named on the firm's SEC Form ADV.

S
Semil Shah
Managing Director
Source: SEC Form ADV

Funds(17)

Private funds reported on Form ADV, with amounts raised from the funds' SEC Form D filings.

FundTypeGross assetsRaised (Form D)InvestorsLast Form DRecency
Haystack Ventures VIII, L.P.Venture Capital$85.0M$79.2M17Jun 2025Cool
Hmc Needles III, L.P.Venture Capital$20.0M$19.8M10Jun 2025Cool
Hmc Needles I, L.P.Venture Capital$17.3M$24.0M58Jan 2025Cool
Hmc Needles II, LPVenture Capital$15.9M$16.1M25Jan 2025Cool
Haystack Ventures VII, L.P.Venture Capital$88.6M$75.0M26Jun 2023Cold
Needle 2023-1, LLCVenture Capital$8.0M$5.0M1Jun 2023Cold
Haystack Ventures V, L.P.Venture Capital$153.2M$50.0M84Jul 2019Cold
Haystack Ventures VI, L.P.Venture Capital$59.8M$50.0M84Jul 2019Cold
Haystack Ventures IV, L.P.Venture Capital$37.6M——Mar 2017Cold
Needle 2021-1, LLCVenture Capital$123.0M———
Needle 2020-1, LLCVenture Capital$28.6M———
Needle 2021-2, LLCVenture Capital$22.6M———
Needle 644, LLCVenture Capital$4.4M———
Haystack Fund Iii-A, LPVenture Capital$3.5M———
Haystack Fund II, LLCVenture Capital$1.9M———

Board seats

Companies whose SEC Form D filings name one of this firm's people as a director, matched by name and office ZIP code.

No board seats matched from SEC filings yet.

Regulatory identifiers

CRD number
292586
SEC file number
802-113116

Sources