Trive Capital Management LLC (Dallas)


Trive Capital Management LLC is a large advisory firm based in Dallas. It manages $2.27 billion of regulatory assets for 14 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2014 and has operated in the jurisdiction of Texas.

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

Trive Capital Management: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Trive Capital Management LLC is $2.27 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 656% since the beginning of its operation, and $440.39 million of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $2.27 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $162.13 million each.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Trive Capital Management LLC for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management 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 Trive Capital Management serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Trive Capital Management is pooled investment vehicles with 14 clients and $2.27 billion of assets under management. Among the 10 most similar advisory firms, Trive Capital Management has the highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $2.27 billion for 14 clients. 14% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Trive Capital Management also advises several private funds. Namely, fourteen private equity funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $0 to $10,000,000.

Careers at Trive Capital Management LLC

The company employs 26 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 85 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.

Direct owners and executive officers


Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Michael Conner Searcy Member for stc acquisition partners gp llc (relying adviser) 1 Jul 2012 Other 6010965
Trive Managment Holdings Llc Member 1 Oct 2012 75% - 100% 32-0391041
Trive Capital Holdings Llc Managing member 1 Oct 2012 Other 46-1197423
Trive Capital Holdings Llc Managing member for ppi acquisition partners gp llc (relying adviser) 1 Dec 2012 Other 46-1197423
Daniel Bruggeman Chief compliance officer 1 Dec 2012 Other 6180395
Trive Capital Holdings Llc Managing member for tcfi hur acquisition partners gp llc (relying adviser) 1 Jan 2013 Other 46-1197423
Trive Capital Holdings Llc Managing member for trive capital fund i gp (offshore) llc (relying adviser) 1 Mar 2013 Other 46-1197423
Trive Capital Holdings Llc Managing member for trive affiliated coinvestors i gp llc (relying adviser) 1 Apr 2013 Other 46-1197423
Trive Capital Holdings Llc Managing member for tcfi cp acquisition partners gp llc (relying adviser) 1 Sep 2013 Other 46-1197423
Jonathan Albert Nunnaley Chief compliance officer 1 Oct 2014 Other 6413300
Stephen Yoost General counsel 1 Mar 2015 Other 6933157
Trive Capital Holdings Llc Managing member for trive affiliated coinvestors ii gp llc (relying adviser) 1 Jul 2015 Other 46-1197423
David Mathias Stinnett Partner 1 Jun 2016 Other 5273167

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 5 indirect owners.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Michael Conner Searcy Member 1 Oct 2012 50% - 75% 6010965
Christopher Zugaro Member 1 Oct 2012 25% - 50% 6178244
Michael Conner Searcy Owner 1 Jul 2013 50% - 75% 6010965
Christopher Zugaro Owner 1 Jul 2013 25% - 50% 6178244
Trive Capital Inc. Member 1 Jul 2013 75% - 100% 46-3205552

Based in Dallas

The principal office where Trive Capital Management LLC performs its advisory services is located at 2021 Mckinney Avenue, Dallas, TX 75201, 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 214-499-9715. The normal business hours are 9am-5pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at trivecapital.com.