Rafael Castro

Founder at

Hark Capital Management LLC

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Rafael Castro is a Partner & Co-Founder at Hark Capital.
He is responsible for investment origination, execution, and monitoring.
Prior to joining Hark, Rafael was Managing Director of Velocity Capital, where he originated and managed a portfolio of corporate debt.
Previously, he worked at Ableco Finance, the private lending arm of Cerberus Capital.
Rafael also worked in the Leveraged Finance Group at CIBC and LabMorgan, JP Morgan’s VC group.
?Rafael received an A.B. from Harvard University and a M.B.A. from Columbia Business School.

Rafael Castro active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Ableco Finance LLC Ableco Finance LLC Financial ConglomeratesFinance Provides financial services	Corporate Officer/Principal	01/01/2006
Hark Capital Management LLC Hark Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Hark Capital invests in companies located in the United States, Canada and Western Europe. The firm focuses on a broad range of sectors and industries. It provides financing in the form of senior loans, second lien loans, mezzanine loans and holdco loans for growth capital, recapitalizations, refinancing, acquisition financing and buyout transactions with an investment size ranging from USD 10 - 150 million	Founder	01/01/2012

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Former positions of Rafael Castro

Companies	Position	End
Velocity Capital Advisors ltd Velocity Capital Advisors ltd Investment ManagersFinance Velocity Capital invests in companies located in the United Kingdom. The firm focuses on B2C and D2C sectors It provides financing for early stage capital requirements.	Director/Board Member	01/08/2011
CIBC World Markets Corp. (Old) CIBC World Markets Corp. (Old) Financial ConglomeratesFinance Provides financial services	Corporate Officer/Principal	31/12/2005
Lehman Brothers Distressed Structured Credit Capital Partners	Corporate Officer/Principal	01/09/2000
Labmorgan Corp.	Corporate Officer/Principal	-
Enhanced Capital Partners LLC Enhanced Capital Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance Enhanced Capital Partners seeks investment opportunities in lower mid-market companies located in the United States. The firm targets companies across a broad range of sectors and industries. It provides senior and mezzanine debt and preferred equityfinancing for seed to growth capital requirements that ranges between USD 3 - 20 million. It also takes minority interest.	Private Equity Investor	-

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Private companies	12
CIBC World Markets Corp. (Old) CIBC World Markets Corp. (Old) Financial ConglomeratesFinance Provides financial services	Finance
Lehman Brothers Distressed Structured Credit Capital Partners
The Trustees of Columbia University in The City of New York The Trustees of Columbia University in The City of New York Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Harvard University Harvard University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
J.P. Morgan Partners LLC J.P. Morgan Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance J.P. Morgan Partners provides financing for growth capital, corporate acquisitions, LBOs, special situations and recapitalizations. The firm invests globally across a variety of sectors including consumer, media, energy, industrial, financial services, healthcare and technology	Finance
Ableco Finance LLC Ableco Finance LLC Financial ConglomeratesFinance Provides financial services	Finance
Enhanced Capital Partners LLC Enhanced Capital Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance Enhanced Capital Partners seeks investment opportunities in lower mid-market companies located in the United States. The firm targets companies across a broad range of sectors and industries. It provides senior and mezzanine debt and preferred equityfinancing for seed to growth capital requirements that ranges between USD 3 - 20 million. It also takes minority interest.	Finance
Cerberus Capital Management LP Cerberus Capital Management LP Investment ManagersFinance Cerberus Capital invests in middle-market companies located in across the globe. The firm focus on a broad range of sectors and industries. It provides financing for buyouts and distressed debt capital transactions.	Finance
Tenaya Capital Inc Tenaya Capital Inc Investment ManagersFinance Tenaya Capital invests in companies located in the United States. The firm targets companies operating in the fields of consumer and enterprise services sector. It provides financing for early and later stage capital requirements with an investment size of USD 5 - 20 million.	Finance
Labmorgan Corp.
Velocity Capital Advisors ltd Velocity Capital Advisors ltd Investment ManagersFinance Velocity Capital invests in companies located in the United Kingdom. The firm focuses on B2C and D2C sectors It provides financing for early stage capital requirements.	Finance
Hark Capital Management LLC Hark Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Hark Capital invests in companies located in the United States, Canada and Western Europe. The firm focuses on a broad range of sectors and industries. It provides financing in the form of senior loans, second lien loans, mezzanine loans and holdco loans for growth capital, recapitalizations, refinancing, acquisition financing and buyout transactions with an investment size ranging from USD 10 - 150 million	Finance