No. They are separate filings with different purposes. Form ADV is an adviser-level filing about your firm, filed with the SEC through IARD. Form D is a fund-level filing about your securities offering under Regulation D, filed with the SEC through EDGAR.
Form ADV covers your advisory business: ownership, control persons, disciplinary history, affiliations, and details about each fund you advise (in Schedule D). Form D covers the offering itself: the exemption you are relying on (typically Rule 506(b) or 506(c)), the amount raised, and the number and type of investors. You file one Form ADV for your entire advisory firm, but you file a separate Form D for each fund or SPV that sells securities.
The timelines are different as well. Form ADV is due within 60 days of your first fund close. Form D is due within 15 days of the first sale of securities. Many managers handle both around the same time when launching their first fund, but the Form D deadline comes first.
See Form D and Blue Sky Filings.
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