# Pondera Holdings LLC: portfolio, investments and team

> Pondera Holdings LLC is a growth equity based in United States. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/pondera-holdings-llc (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Pondera Holdings LLC

No observed cheques in the sources we track. That is a limit of our coverage, not a finding about this organisation.

Unknown Growth equity

Growth Investment Management

Cheques on record

**No rounds observed yet** A limit of the sources we read, not a finding about the firm.

Pitch Pondera Holdings LLC

## What they do

> Pondera Holdings is an operationally focused investment firm that provides capital, strategy, and support to private businesses with significant growth potential. From their own website

- **Type:** Growth equity
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Growth
- **Sectors:** Investment Management
- **Based in:** Chicago, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

No rounds observed yet. That is a limit of the sources we read, not a finding about the firm. If it has invested, a round will put it here. [Know a round it was in? Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=pondera-holdings-llc).

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **5 named**

JL **Jan-Dirk Lueders** Partner i Form ADV

JD **Joseph Dylan Johnson** Partner i Form ADV

PJ **Peter Jeremiah Kaye** Chief Financial Officer & Chief Compliance Officer i Form ADV

SA **Scott Allan Casto** Partner i Form ADV

SG **Seth Gustav Barkett** Partner i Form ADV

We also hold **4** 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

**$564M** assets it manages Oct 2026

**Registered** investment adviser full reporting to the SEC

- **Legal name:** Pondera Holdings LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 315097

Funds on its Form ADV

**8** private funds, **$268M** in gross assets · filed Jun 2024

- Fund #5 *Private equity* 38 investors $99M
- Fund #1 *Private equity* 41 investors $61M
- Fund #2 *Private equity* 17 investors $25M
- Fund #4 *Private equity* 1 investor $23M
- Fund #6 *Private equity* 27 investors $21M
- Fund #8 *Private equity* 38 investors $15M
- Fund #3 *Private equity* 4 investors $14M
- Fund #7 *Private equity* 29 investors $8.5M

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**0** of 9 we have independently watched raise

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## Quick answers about Pondera Holdings LLC

### What does Pondera Holdings LLC invest in?

Pondera Holdings LLC says it invests in Investment Management.

### Is Pondera Holdings LLC investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months.

### What kind of investor is Pondera Holdings LLC?

Pondera Holdings LLC is a growth equity firm based in Chicago, United States.

### How much does Pondera Holdings LLC manage?

About $564M, as regulatory assets under management (Oct 2026).

### Where does this information on Pondera Holdings LLC come from?

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