Orkila Management, LLC ("OM", the “Advisor”, the “Firm”), is a growth equity investment firm
established in 2014 under the laws of the State of Delaware as a Limited Liability Company.
Headquartered in New York, NY, the firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Orkila Capital, LLC
("Orkila Capital") which is 100% owned by Jesse Du Bey (“Mr. Du Bey”).
OM serves as an investment manager and provides discretionary investment advisory services to
private investment vehicles that rely on exemption from registration under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), pursuant to Section 3(c)(1)
of the Investment Company Act. The Advisor currently serves as the investment manager to the
following pooled investment vehicles, including pooled investment vehicles that are designed for
the purpose of making co-investments (each a “Fund” or “Client”, and collectively the “Funds”):
Orkila Growth Fund I, LP;
Orkila Growth Fund II, LP; and
Ale InvestCo II, LLC.
OM provides discretionary investment advisory services to the Funds pursuant to each Fund’s
investment management agreement with OM. The Funds seek to invest in growth-stage companies
primarily in the media, entertainment, sports and premium consumer brand industries. Further
detail regarding investment advisory services are guided by the objectives and restrictions outlined
in the respective Fund's limited partnership agreements or other such agreements and other offering
documents (collectively “Offering Documents”).
OM does not expect to tailor advisory services to the individual or particular needs of the investors
in the Funds. Such investors accept the terms of advisory services as set forth in each Offering
Documents. The Firm expects to have broad investment authority with respect to the Funds and,
as such, investors should consider whether the investment objectives of the Funds are in line with
their individual objectives and risk tolerance prior to investment.
As of December 31, 2018, OM managed approximately $187,091,652 on a discretionary basis.
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The Advisor’s fees and compensation arrangement may vary among the Funds. The specific terms
of such arrangements are in each Fund’s investment management agreement and Offering
Documents. The Advisor will be paid a management fee (the "Management Fee") by each Fund,
generally, at an annualized rate equal to two percent (2%) of the aggregate commitments until the
expiration of the investment period, the date of which is five (5) years after the initial closing date
(the period from the initial closing date to such date, the "Investment Period"). After the Investment
Period, the Management Fee shall be computed at an annualized rate equal to two percent (2%) of
the aggregate amount invested in the portfolio companies held by the Fund reduced by the amount
of any investment which has been permanently written down. In addition, the management fee
payable by a Fund is reduced by at least 50% of certain break-up and transaction fees, a complete
description of which is provided in the Offering Documents. The Advisor may reduce or waive
the Management Fee with respect to an investment in the Funds by the Advisor’s affiliates, or
other investors as determined by the Advisor in its sole discretion. The pooled investment vehicles
that operate as co-investment vehicles may not be subject to a Management Fee.
The Management Fee will be billed semi-annually or quarterly in advance. The first billing will
occur on the first fiscal period after the initial closing, which may not be a full fiscal period and
therefore the Management Fee will be computed on a pro rata basis.
In addition to the Management Fees described above, each Fund is responsible for all of its
operating expenses as fully described in each Fund’s Offering Documents. These expenses include
but are not limited to (i) organizational expenses of the Fund; (ii) all ongoing accounting, auditing,
reporting, tax, legal, custodial, administrative, borrowing expenses; (iii) costs of insurance, any
taxes, fees or other governmental charges levied against the Fund; (iv) third-party fees, costs and
expenses directly related to the evaluation, making, holding and disposition of actual or
prospective portfolio investments (including broken deal costs and certain travel costs); (v) all
extraordinary expenses of the Fund (such as any indemnity or litigation expense); and (vi)
expenses of the “Advisory Board” and “LP Representatives” (as defined in the Offering
Documents). At the Firm’s discretion, certain fees, including those listed above, may be absorbed
in part or in total by the Advisor.
Brokerage Practices are discussed in Item 12 of this Brochure.
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OM does not charge performance-based fees. However, OM's affiliates, Orkila GP, LLC and
Orkila II GP, LLC (“General Partners”), are generally are entitled to receive an incentive allocation
of 20% (“Carried Interest”) above a performance benchmark of 8% (compounded annually).
Carried Interest is calculated based on percentage of profits generated from the Fund over a given
period of time as fully described in each Fund’s Offering Documents.
Additionally, each General Partner is subject to a “clawback” of Carried Interest previously
received to the extent that the General Partner has received cumulative distributions in excess of
amounts otherwise distributable to such General Partner by such Fund as Carried Interest. Such
“clawback” provisions are applied on an aggregate basis covering all transactions of the applicable
Fund.
The co-investment vehicles may be charged Carried Interest, as outlined in the respective Fund
Offering Documents or specific co-investment documents.
The fact that a significant portion of OM’s affiliates compensation is directly computed on the
basis of profits generated by the sale/disposition of Fund assets may create an incentive for the
Firm to make investments on behalf of the Funds that are riskier or more speculative than would
be the case in the absence of such compensation. However, the Firm is committed to acting at all
times in the best interests of the Funds. To this end, the Firm has implemented internal controls to
address the potential conflicts associated with performance based fees, as more fully described in
each Fund’s Operating Documents.
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As previously described in Item 4 of this Brochure, OM provides investment advisory services to
private investment vehicles. Investment advice is provided directly to the Funds and not
individually to the investors in the Funds. Investors in the Funds are “accredited investors” as
defined in the Investment Company Act.
Investors will be required to make certain representations when investing in a Fund, including but
not limited to: (i) they are acquiring an interest for their own account, (ii) they received or had
access to all information they deem relevant to evaluate the merits and risks of the prospective
investment, and (iii) they have the ability to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Fund.
Each investor will be furnished with a copy of the relevant Offering Documents.
OM generally requires that each Fund have a minimum subscription of $500,000. However,
subscription amounts of lesser amounts may be accepted at the discretion of the Fund’s General
Partner. The pooled investment vehicles that operate as co-investment vehicles are not subject to
a minimum subscription.
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OM's strategy involves a hands-on operational involvement in a concentrated number of
investments with a tight sector focus. OM plans to develop investments within certain sectors
through specialization and relationships and use its relationship network to generate deal leads and
help evaluate potential investments. OM focuses on proprietary opportunities where the
entrepreneur is in need of strategic and operational help in his or her company. OM is disciplined
on price and deal structure and is compensated for risk and operational work. OM's main focus is
primarily on profitable or near profitable businesses with attractive gross margin and free cash
flow metrics.
All investing involves a risk of loss and the investment strategy offered by OM could lose money
over short or long periods. An investment in the Funds may be deemed a speculative investment
and is not intended as a complete investment program. It is designed for sophisticated investors
who fully understand and are capable of bearing the risk of an investment in the Funds. No
guarantee or representation is made that a Fund will achieve its investment objective or that
investors will receive a return of their capital. The descriptions contained below are a brief
overview of different market risks related to OM’s investment strategy and potential conflicts of
interest that may arise in connection with the activities of OM and its affiliates, on the one hand,
and the Funds on the other hand; however, it is not intended to serve as an exhaustive list or a
comprehensive description of all risks and conflicts that may arise.
Investments in Portfolio Companies - The Funds will focus on investment opportunities in smaller
private companies, some of which may be early stage companies with no earnings or companies
requiring reorganization which are losing money.
Competition for Investments - The Funds will compete with a number of other investors and funds for
suitable investment opportunities. There is no assurance that the Funds will be able to locate and invest
in suitable portfolio companies at attractive prices. It is possible that the Funds will be unable to invest
fully its available capital.
Sector Risk
- Since the Funds’ portfolios may be concentrated in certain sectors of holdings, the
Funds may be less diversified than funds that invest in a broader range of industries and a greater
number of companies and therefore the Funds may be susceptible to greater volatility than other
funds.
Limitation on the Advisor’s Due Diligence Process - There is generally little or no publicly available
investment information about privately held companies or other privately held assets. Among
small private companies, in particular, the financial and other data available may be more limited
or less reliable than would typically be the case for a larger public company.
Reliance on Jesse Du Bey - Mr. Du Bey will control the investment decisions of the Funds, through
his control of the Advisor. As a result, the Funds will be relying on Mr. Du Bey to make such
investment decisions. If his decisions are not successful, the Funds may not achieve its investment
objective.
Lack of Diversification / Concentration of Investments - The Funds will participate in a limited
number of investments and, as a consequence, the aggregate return of each Fund may be materially
affected by the performance of a single Portfolio Company.
Investments in Undervalued Securities - The identification of investment opportunities in
undervalued securities is a difficult task, and there is no assurance that such opportunities will be
successfully recognized or acquired.
Liquidity of Investments - Most of the Funds’ investments are highly illiquid, and there can be no
assurance that the Funds will be able to realize these investments in a timely manner. Although certain
of these investments may generate current income, the return of capital, and the realization of gains, if
any, with respect to most of these investments will occur only upon the partial or complete disposition
of the investment.
Valuation Risk - The Funds will invest in early stage companies and in privately held companies
that do not have a market valuation. In some cases, conventional valuation methods may be
inappropriate or impossible to employ. There is no assurance that the valuation obtained by each
Fund for any investment will be able to provide returns for its investors.
Cybersecurity - To the extent that the Funds invest in a company that is subject to cyber-attack or
other unauthorized access is gained to the company’s systems, such company may be subject to
substantial losses in the form of stolen, lost or corrupted: customer data or payment information;
customer or company financial information; company software, contact lists or other databases;
company proprietary information or trade secrets; or other items. In certain events, a Portfolio
Company’s failure or deemed failure to address and mitigate cybersecurity risks may be the subject
of civil litigation or regulatory or other action. Any of such circumstances could subject a Portfolio
Company, or the relevant Fund, to substantial losses. In addition, in the event that such a cyber-
attack or other unauthorized access is directed at OM or one of its service providers holding its
financial or investor data, OM, its affiliates or the Funds may also be at risk of loss, despite efforts
to prevent and mitigate such risks under OM’s policies.
Business Continuity and Cybersecurity Risk - We have adopted a business continuation strategy
to maintain critical functions in the event of a partial or total building outage affecting our offices
or a technical problem affecting applications, data centers or networks. The recovery strategies are
designed to limit the impact on clients from any business interruption or disaster. Nevertheless,
our ability to conduct business may be curtailed by a disruption in the infrastructure that supports
our operations and the region in which our office is located. In addition, our asset management
activities may be adversely impacted if certain service providers to OM or our clients fail to
perform. In addition, with the increased use of technologies such as the Internet to conduct
business, the Funds could be susceptible to operational, information security and related risks. In
general, cyber incidents can result from deliberate attacks or unintentional events. Cybersecurity
failures or breaches by a third-party service provider and the portfolio companies in which the
Funds invest, have the ability to cause disruptions and impact business operations, potentially
resulting in financial losses, the inability to transact business, and violations of applicable privacy
and other laws.
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OM and its employees have not been involved in any legal events or disciplinary actions in the
past ten (10) years that would be material to a client’s evaluation of OM’s advisory business or its
employees.
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Neither, OM nor its employees are registered as or are registered representatives of a broker-dealer.
Neither, OM nor its employees are registered as a futures commission merchant, commodity pool
operator, or a commodity trading advisor.
As described in Items 4 and 6, OM is wholly owned by Orkila Capital and affiliated with the
General Partners. OM or its General Partners will be responsible for all decisions regarding
portfolio transactions of the Funds and have full discretion over the management of each Fund’s
investment activities. All of the General Partners’ investment advisory activities will be subject to
the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Advisers Act”) and the rules thereunder. In addition,
employees and persons acting on behalf of the General Partners are subject to the supervision and
control of OM. Thus, the General Partners, all of its employees, and the persons acting on its behalf
would be "persons associated with" the registered investment adviser so that the SEC could enforce
the requirements of the Advisers Act against the General Partners.
In addition, employees of OM may serve as directors and officers of certain portfolio companies
and, in that capacity, will be required to make decisions that consider the best interests of such
portfolio companies and their respective shareholders. In certain circumstances, for example in
situations involving bankruptcy or near-insolvency of a portfolio company, actions that may be in
the best interests of the portfolio company may not be in the best interests of the respective Fund,
and vice versa. Accordingly, in these situations, there will be conflicts of interest between such
individuals’ duties as an employee of OM and such individuals’ duties as a director or officer of
such portfolio company.
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Code of Ethics
OM has adopted a Code of Ethics (“Code”) adopted pursuant to Rule 204A-1, a copy of which can
be obtained upon request, by contacting the Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) at (212) 230-1604.
The Code requires that all employees and related persons of OM place the interests of the Funds
ahead of their own interests, and refrain from any transaction where a conflict of interest with a
Fund exists or may exist. Initially, upon hire, and on an annual basis thereafter OM requires that
all employees certify to their receipt, review, understanding and compliance with all the provisions
of the Firm’s Code of Ethics.
In addition, the Code sets forth formal policies and procedures with respect to the personal
securities trading activities of OM’s employees. The Code prohibits personal securities
transactions of issuers who have been placed on the Firm’s restricted list, and requires written pre-
approval for all initial-public offerings, private placements, and transactions in “Reportable
Securities”. The Code requires all employees to submit statements of holdings upon initial
employment and quarterly thereafter, for their accounts.
Participation or Interest in Client Transactions
The Code prohibits participation by employees or related parties in Fund portfolio transactions,
other than by investing in or co-investing with the Funds.
Personal Trading
As indicated above all employees and related parties are prohibited from personal securities
transactions of issuers who have been placed on the Firm’s restricted list, and requires written pre-
approval for all initial-public offerings, private placements, and transactions in “Reportable
Securities”.
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OM does not make regular use of brokers for the purposes of purchasing or selling securities on
behalf of OM’s Funds because the securities that it typically purchases or sells on behalf of OM’s
Funds are acquired and/or disposed of in privately negotiated purchase and sale transactions.
Research and Other Soft Dollar Benefits
Not applicable.
Brokerage for Client Referrals
Not applicable.
Directed Brokerage
Not applicable.
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The Funds’ portfolio companies are monitored and reviewed by OM’s principals. OM’s principals
are primarily responsible for portfolio and risk management. Portfolio companies are reviewed in
the context of each Fund’s stated investment objectives and guidelines.
Investors in each of the Funds will receive audited annual financial statements (within 90 days of
the end of each Fund’s fiscal year) of the Fund’s operations and other quarterly reporting as per
the Funds Offering Documents.
The General Partners will use its reasonable efforts to provide each investor, copies of Schedule
K-1 to Form 1065 of the Fund (within 120 days after the close of each calendar year), reflecting
the investor's share of the Fund's income, losses, credits, deductions and distributions for such
year, prepared by the Fund on a federal income tax basis.
An investor's rights to receive information about a Fund or its business will be conditioned on its
assurance that the information will be used solely by the investor for purposes reasonably related
to its interests as an investor. Each investor will be required to maintain information provided to it
about the Fund or its business in the strictest of confidence and not to disclose the information
except in certain limited circumstances.
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OM does not receive an economic benefit from anyone, other than its Funds, for providing
investment advice or other advisory services to the Funds.
In the event OM engages in a solicitation arrangement, OM will comply with Rule 206(4)-3 under
the Advisers Act with respect to its use of affiliated and non-affiliated solicitors.
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OM is deemed to have custody of the assets of each Fund because it or an affiliate serves as the
Fund’s General Partner. Therefore, OM is subject to Rule 206(4)-2 under the Advisers Act. As an
advisor with custody, the Firm is responsible for having the Funds audited on an annual basis by
an independent accounting firm that is registered with and subject to inspection by the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board. Within 90 days of the end of each Fund’s fiscal year, the
Funds and their investors receive annual audited financial statements prepared in accordance with
U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. OM arranges for the delivery of such audited
financial statements to investors of the Funds within 90 days of the Funds’ fiscal year end. OM
also prepares and sends unaudited quarterly financial statements to investors in the Funds, when
required by Fund Offering Documents.
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The General Partner of each Fund has discretionary authority to determine, without obtaining
specific consent from the Fund or its investors, the securities and amount to be bought or sold.
At this time, OM’s Clients have not imposed any limitations on the Firm’s discretionary authority.
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OM generally invests the Funds’ assets in privately-issued securities. Voting is generally not
applicable for these types of investments. If OM were to receive proxies, OM would vote proxies
in a manner consistent with each Fund’s best interest and in accordance with its fiduciary duty to
the Funds. If there is an actual or potential material conflict of interest in connection with a
prospective vote, such conflict will be resolved in accordance with the Offering Documents and
OM’s policies.
A record of all proxy votes cast on behalf of the Funds will be maintained and available for review.
Fund investors should contact the CCO at (212) 230-1604 for a copy of the proxy voting policy or
information with respect to a specific proxy vote.
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OM has never filed for bankruptcy and is not aware of any financial condition that is expected to
affect its ability to manage Client accounts.
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