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Silent Observer 4 LP closes $5M venture fund in Brooklyn

New fund · Venture capital · Closed · BROOKLYN, NY · Form D filed 2026-10-23 · all Silent Observer vehicles

Silent Observer 4, LP, a Delaware-formed venture capital fund, closed a $5M offering on July 29, 2026, with six investors and a $5K minimum. The fund is managed by first-time manager Ben Hart and filed under Regulation D exemption 6(b).

Note: First-time manager; fund is fully subscribed with no remaining offering amount.

First filing by this entityFirst-time managerVenture capital

How this compares

  • $5M is larger than 70% of the 7,720 venture capital fund launches with a stated size in the last two years; the median is $1.1M.
  • Among 1,691 fund launches filed from NY in the same window it is larger than 50%; the NY median is $5M.
  • Across 443 venture capital sponsors with more than one launch on EDGAR, the median gap between consecutive funds is 3 months.
  • No earlier fund launch by this sponsor appears on EDGAR.

Computed from every Form D fund launch on EDGAR since late 2024, not sampled. Amounts are the stated offering size; indefinite offerings are excluded.

Silent Observer on EDGAR

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People on the filing

Ben HartExecutive Officer

Signed by Ben Hart, Managing Member of the General Partner.

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