FIDUS INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC

RIASEC RegisteredEst. 2011
Total AUM
$1.4B
Discretionary
$1.4B
100% of AUM
Avg account
$481M
Accounts
3
Employees
35
Advisory reps
8

Firm details

Headquarters
EVANSTON, Illinois
CRD number
156981
Registered since
April 20, 2011
Fee structure
Percentage of AUM, Performance Based Fees
Client types
  • Business Development Companies91.76%
  • Pooled Investment Vehicles8.24%
Services
Portfolio Management for Investment CompaniesPortfolio Management for Pooled Investment VehiclesPortfolio Management for Institutional Clients

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Overview

Fidus Investment Advisors, LLC is an institutional-focused adviser that operates as a limited liability company and is organized around managing pooled investment vehicles and investment companies. The firm’s business model centers on private fund management: it sponsors and serves as a general partner or managing member of pooled vehicles while providing portfolio management services to businesses and institutions. Fee arrangements include both a percentage-of-AUM component and performance-based fees, which aligns compensation with fund-level outcomes. Investment activity is concentrated in closed-end, alternative strategies rather than a large public securities platform. The firm classifies itself as a private equity fund manager and identifies private equity and real estate as the principal alternative asset types it uses. Fidus is not positioned as an ESG-focused allocator and is not recorded as a pension consultant or multi-state adviser in its regulatory snapshot. Its client base is institutional, and its role in the market leans toward direct fund sponsorship and active portfolio oversight rather than broad retail advisory services.

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Investment profile

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Traditional investments used

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Active ESG investor

Technology & operations

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CRM & tech providers

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Clients

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Owners & executives

2 of 2
  • EDWARD ROSS

    Chief Executive Officer & Investment Committee ChairCRD 2634614

  • SHELBY SHERARD

    Chief Financial OfficerCRD 4249853

Contacts

3 of 6
  • JOHN HERRING

    Managing DirectorCRD 7894583

  • THOMAS LAUER

    Managing Director, Investment Committee MemberCRD 2978956

  • JOHN GRIGG

    Managing DirectorCRD 1740900

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Wealth teams

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Recent M&A activity

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Location

Primary office

EVANSTON, IL

COOK

Location

EVANSTON, IL

Headquartered in EVANSTON, IL, anchoring the Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI metro in the Midwest.

Metro area
Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI
Region
Midwest
County
COOK
Address
1603 Orrington Ave
Time zone
CT (UTC-6)
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