Harlan Capital Partners Raises $130M for Special Opportunities Fund V

Harlan Capital Partners, a Palm Beach, FL-based investment advisory firm, raised $130M for its Special Opportunities Fund V (HSOF V).

The new fund, which surpassed its predecessor, HSOF IV, raising approximately $115M, focuses on non-traditional companies, borrowers, and asset types across diverse sectors such as media, technology, telecommunications, and specialty finance.

The firm is investing HSOF V’s capital in high-growth sectors, including technology, media, and intellectual property. Investments include:

  • Connext Networks: A fiber-to-the-home network targeting over 100,000 homes in the Interstate 15 corridor outside Salt Lake City.
  • Collective Ace Group: A video game aggregator acquiring and operating independent video game development studios and game IP.
  • Gray Cube Sports: A specialty finance platform providing structured credit to soccer teams collateralized by non-traditional revenue streams such as player transfer fee receivables.
  • Augusta Distillery: Kentucky Bourbon inventory finance facility in partnership with the distillery that won Best Bourbon in the World for 2023 at the San Francisco World Spirits Award.

Founded in 2010 by Joshua D. Harlan and Leonard M. Harlan, Harlan Capital Partners is an investment advisory firm which focuses on asset-based finance and opportunistic credit investments in emerging asset classes and business models within the lower middle market.

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10/06/2024