Electron Capital Partners, LLC (New York)


Electron Capital Partners, LLC is a large advisory firm based in New York. It manages $1.67 billion of regulatory assets for 11 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2014 and has operated in the jurisdiction of New York.

Electron Capital Partners 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.

Electron Capital Partners: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Electron Capital Partners, LLC is $1.67 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 364% since the beginning of its operation, and $1.07 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $1.67 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $151.67 million each.
Electron Capital Partners has custody of $1.55 billion in cash and securities for 7 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Electron Capital Partners, 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 Electron Capital Partners serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Electron Capital Partners is pooled investment vehicles with 11 clients and $1.67 billion of assets under management. Among the 9 most similar advisory firms, Electron Capital Partners has the 2nd highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $1.67 billion for 11 clients. 73% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Electron Capital Partners also advises several private funds. Namely, three hedge funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons is $1,000,000 for each fund.

Careers at Electron Capital Partners, LLC

The company employs 12 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 58 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
James Oscar Shaver Managing member 1 Apr 2012 75% - 100% 5129714
James O. Shaver Managing member 1 Apr 2012 75% - 100% 5129714
Aaron Andrew Keller Chief financial officer/chief compliance officer 1 Oct 2012 Other 5924633
Llc Electron Principals (Im) Member 1 Feb 2013 25% - 50% 90-0941782

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 2 indirect owners.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
James Oscar Shaver Managing member 1 Feb 2013 50% - 75% 5129714
James O. Shaver Managing member 1 Feb 2013 50% - 75% 5129714

Based in New York

The principal office where Electron Capital Partners, LLC performs its advisory services is located at 10 East 53 Rd Street, New York, NY 10022, 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 212-554-1800 or by fax 212-554-1801. The normal business hours are 8:00 am - 6:00 pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at electroncapital.com.