Gauntlet Series 1 closes $4.7M private equity fund with 40 investors

New fund · Private equity / buyout · Closed · CLAYMONT, DE · Form D filed 2026-10-01 · sponsor: Gauntlet Ventures · Follow Gauntlet Series 1 a Series of CGF2021 LLC →

Gauntlet Series 1, a Delaware LLC formed in 2026, closed a $4.7M private equity fund on September 28, 2026. The fund is a first-time offering by Gauntlet Ventures and has reached its target with 40 investors.

Note: First-time manager; fund incorporated and first sale both in 2026, indicating very recent launch.

First filing by this entityFirst-time managerPrivate equity / buyout

How this compares

$4.7M is larger than 49% of the 3,018 private equity / buyout fund launches with a stated size in the last two years; the median is $5.1M.
Among 4,678 fund launches filed from DE in the same window it is larger than 89%; the DE median is $500K.
Across 493 private equity / buyout sponsors with more than one launch on EDGAR, the median gap between consecutive funds is 5 months.

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

People on the filing

LLC Gauntlet Ventures

Executive Officer

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Signed by Oliver Carmack, Manager.

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