# Disruptive: portfolio, investments and team > Disruptive is an advisor based in United States. 12 investments on record, 7 in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/disruptive (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Disruptive Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 12 cheques on record. Email Deploying now New fund $177M, Oct 2026 Advisor Seed Series A Series B Collaboration Project Management Banking Follow Disruptive and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fdisruptive) Deploying now **88%** of best year **7** **cheques in 12 months**, 12 on record Since the last cheque **44** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$1.1B** Rounds led **5 of 12** Sole investor **2 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 92%** Pitch Disruptive ## Disruptive highlights - 01 7 cheques in the last 12 months - 02 Mostly Growth and Series A: 60% of its rounds - 03 Sole investor in 2 rounds, median $303M ## What they do > Advisory Services offered through Disruptive Technology Advisers LLC an investment adviser registered with the SEC From their own website - **Type:** Advisor - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B Growth - **Sectors:** Collaboration Project Management Banking - **Based in:** Dallas, United States - **Cold pitches:** Not accepted ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **12 appearances** - **2026** 7 rounds - **Sept** **[Groq](https://millionrounds.com/company/groq)** Growth · US · Firms' own news pages **$750M** *Led* - **Aug** **[Groq](https://millionrounds.com/company/groq)** Series A · US · TechCrunch **$350M** *Led* - **Jul** **[Shield AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/shield-ai)** Series G · US · InnovationX **$1.5B** With 8 others - **Jul** **[Helsing](https://millionrounds.com/company/helsing)** Series E · DE · TechStartups **$1.8B** With 12 others - **Jun** **[Groq](https://millionrounds.com/company/groq)** US · TechCrunch **$650M** *Led* - **Mar** **[Shield AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/shield-ai)** Growth · US · InnovationX **$2.0B** With 12 others - **Jan** **[Skild AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/skild-ai)** Series C · US · Crunchbase News **$1.4B** With 18 others - **2025** 3 rounds - **Oct** **[Reflection AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/reflection-ai)** Series B · US · Crunchbase News **$2.0B** With 13 others - **Sept** **[Groq](https://millionrounds.com/company/groq)** Growth · US · TDK Ventures **$750M** *Led* - **Jul** **[Groq](https://millionrounds.com/company/groq)** Growth · US · TechCrunch **$600M** *Led* - **2014** 2 rounds - **Nov** **[Roomer Travel](https://millionrounds.com/company/roomer-travel)** Series A · US **$5.0M** Sole investor - **Sept** **[ArtSetters](https://millionrounds.com/company/artsetters)** Seed · US **$1.0M** With 1 other An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor. ## The team Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **11 named** AJ **Alexander Jackson Davis** Chief Executive Officer of the Investment Manager i Filing they signed CQ **Clayton Q. Christensen** MEMBER OF THE INVESTMENT MANAGER i Filing they signed DT **David Tarnowski** Chief Operating Officer of the Investment Manager i Filing they signed JF **Jenna Fernandes** Managing Director of the Issuer's Manager i Filing they signed JR **Joy Royal** Chief Financial Officer of the Investment Manager i Filing they signed MQ **Matthew Q. Christensen** PORTFOLIO MANAGER; CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND MANAGING PARTNER OF THE INVESTMENT MANAGER i Filing they signed MG **Melissa Garlough** Officer of the Issuer's Admin Manager i Filing they signed MJ **Miles Joshua Edwards** Chief Compliance Officer and Legal Officer of the Investment Manager i Filing they signed PC **Phillip Charles Caputo** Managing Director - Finance i Filing they signed SA **Shahraab Ahmad** Managing Member of the General Partner, Disruptive Founders, LLC, i Filing they signed SD **Srinivas Dhulipala** Managing Member of the General Partner, Disruptive Founders, LLC, i Filing they signed We also hold **16** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them. ## What the register says From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law **$7.7B** assets it manages Oct 2026 **5+** funds on file numbered funds in its name **Registered** investment adviser full reporting to the SEC - **Legal name:** Disruptive Technology Advisers LLC - **SEC number:** CRD 164828 Funds on its Form ADV **26** private funds, **$690M** in gross assets · filed Aug 2024 - Disruptive Technology Solutions XXXIII, LLC *Special purpose vehicle* 271 investors $221M - Disruptive Technology Solutions XVI, LLC *Special purpose vehicle* 13 investors $69M - Disruptive Technology Solutions XXVIII, LLC *Special purpose vehicle* 68 investors $61M - Disruptive Technology Solutions XLVI, LLC *Special purpose vehicle* 65 investors $55M - Disruptive Technology Solutions XLII, LLC *Special purpose vehicle* 103 investors $49M - Disruptive Technology Solutions XVII, LLC *Special purpose vehicle* 32 investors $34M - Disruptive Technology Solutions XXXVII, LLC *Special purpose vehicle* 196 investors $29M - Disruptive Defense Technology Fund, LLC *Special purpose vehicle* 38 investors $24M - Disruptive Technology Solutions XLIV, LLC *Special purpose vehicle* 72 investors $20M - Disruptive Technology Solutions XIX, LLC *Special purpose vehicle* 29 investors $20M And 16 more on the filing. New fund on file **$177M** raised in Oct 2026 From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy. ## The cheque Seed Series A Series B Median round joined **$1.1B** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$303M** Led 5 of 12 rounds **42%** - **Sole investor:** 2 rounds - **Last cheque:** Sept 2026 Rounds by stage said on their site - Growth said *4* - Series A said *2* - Seed said *1* - Series B said *1* - Series C *1* - Series E *1* Cheques by month Led Joined Nov 2023 Oct 2026 Often in the room with - [BlackRock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackrock) 3 - [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) 3 - [NVIDIA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nvidia) 3 - [Samsung](https://millionrounds.com/fund/samsung) 3 - [1789 Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/1789-capital) 2 - [Advent International](https://millionrounds.com/fund/advent-international) 2 **Pitching Disruptive?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Who they invest alongside The investors most often in the same rounds as Disruptive. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**BlackRock** Asset manager **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackrock)[**Lightspeed Venture Partners** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners)[**NVIDIA** Company **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nvidia)[**Samsung** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/samsung)[**1789 Capital** Private equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/1789-capital)[**Advent International** Private equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/advent-international)[**Alumni Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund)[**Apandion** Growth equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/apandion)[**Cisco** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cisco)[**DTCP** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/deutsche-telekom-strategic-investments)[**General Catalyst** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst)[**InnovationX** Growth equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovationx) ## Recently backed The latest companies Disruptive put money into. [**Groq** $750M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/groq)[**Shield AI** $1.5B · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/shield-ai)[**Helsing** $1.8B · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/helsing)[**Skild AI** $1.4B · Jan 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/skild-ai) ## Quick answers about Disruptive ### What does Disruptive invest in? Disruptive invests most often at Growth and Series A (60% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Collaboration, Project Management and Banking. ### How active is Disruptive? 12 investments on record, 7 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 5. The most recent was in Sept 2026. ### What has Disruptive invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Groq (Growth, Sept 2026), Shield AI (Series G, Jul 2026) and Helsing (Series E, Jul 2026). ### How big are Disruptive's cheques? The median round it joins is $1.1B. ### Does Disruptive lead rounds? Yes: it led 5 of its 12 investments on record (42%). ### Where does Disruptive invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (92%) and Germany (8%). ### Is Disruptive investing now? Yes: it is actively investing, with 7 investments in the last 12 months. ### Who does Disruptive invest alongside? Most often BlackRock (3 rounds together), Lightspeed Venture Partners (3 rounds together) and NVIDIA (3 rounds together). ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. [How we count](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a correction](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=disruptive) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=disruptive)