Shelter Growth Capital Partners LLC (Stamford)


Shelter Growth Capital Partners LLC is a large advisory firm based in Stamford. It manages $4.21 billion of regulatory assets for 19 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2015 and has operated in the jurisdiction of Connecticut.

Shelter Growth Capital Partners provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles and portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Shelter Growth Capital Partners: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Shelter Growth Capital Partners LLC is $4.21 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 2436% since the beginning of its operation, and $4.16 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $4.21 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $221.36 million each.
Shelter Growth Capital Partners has custody of $4.16 billion in cash and securities for 18 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Investments

The firm invests in pooled investment vehicles the most. They account for 100% of the total AUM.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Shelter Growth Capital Partners LLC for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management, fixed fees, and performance-based fees. The adviser charges an additional fee when a set benchmark is outperformed. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Chris Cesare Casciato serves?

The firm provides services to charitable organizations and pooled investment vehicles. The largest group of clients of Chris Cesare Casciato is pooled investment vehicles with 18 clients and $4.16 billion of assets under management. Among the 6 most similar advisory firms, Shelter Growth Capital Partners has the 2nd highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $4.21 billion for 19 clients. 68% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Shelter Growth Capital Partners also advises several private funds. Namely, two hedge funds and four private equity funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $100,000 to $1,000,000.

Careers at Shelter Growth Capital Partners LLC

The company employs 40 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 18 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There isn’t anyone with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm doesn’t compensate employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Chris Cesare Casciato has been acting as President since 1 Jan 2015. Deva Rishi Mishra joined the executive team most recently as the Director.

Direct owners and executive officers


Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Kevin Scott Gasvoda Chief financial officer, chief operating officer and director 1 Nov 2014 Other 2931349
Justin Todd Mahoney Senior portfolio manager and director 1 Nov 2014 Other 4583441
Daniel Lawrence Sparks Chief executive officer, chief investment officer and director 1 Nov 2014 Other 2174113
Jay Frederick Strauss Chief compliance officer and general counsel 1 Nov 2014 Other 2733943
Sgcp Holdco Llc Sole shareholder 1 Jan 2015 75% - 100% 36-4799430
Chris Cesare Casciato Director 1 Jan 2015 Other 1736591
Mitchell Marc Leidner Director 1 Jan 2015 Other 2420094
Deva Rishi Mishra Director 1 Aug 2015 Other 4677702

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 3 indirect owners.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Kevin Scott Gasvoda Limited partner 1 Jan 2015 25% - 50% 2931349
Daniel Lawrence Sparks Limited partner 1 Jan 2015 25% - 50% 2174113
Lp One Dock Partners Member 1 Jan 2015 50% - 75% 47-2411580

Based in Stamford

The principal office where Shelter Growth Capital Partners LLC performs its advisory services is located at 750 Washington Boulevard, Stamford, CT 06901, which is also the mailing address of the firm. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 203-355-6100 or by fax 203-355-6169. The normal business hours are 8:00am-6:00pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at sgcp.com.