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Harrison Metal

Technology investment firm managing early-stage holdings and teaching business classes to emerging leaders

  • New York
  • Business
  • It
  • Administration
  • +8 more
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About Harrison Metal

Harrison Metal is an investment firm that backed early-stage technology companies through six funds and now manages the resulting portfolio. Michael Dearing founded it in 2008 and acts as general partner. Alongside investing, it teaches business history and management to up-and-coming leaders.

Services

  • Portfolio management: oversees its remaining stakes in privately held technology companies for its limited partners.
  • Business classes: teaches management and business administration in classrooms in Jackson, Wyoming, in New York City and online.
  • Video lessons: publishes a library of short videos on pricing, finance, positioning and marketing maths.
  • Books: has published two business-minded children's titles, The Mutually Beneficial Trading Tree and Capitalist Baby.

Who it works with

Its limited partners include university endowments, charitable trusts and pension plans. The classes are aimed at emerging leaders who want to learn how capitalism and companies work.

Key facts

  • Founded: 2008
  • Funds: six
  • Founder's background: worked at eBay for six and a half years and taught as a Consulting Associate Professor at Stanford University

Profile written by TrustList from the business's own published information, Oct 2026.

Categories & features

  • New York
  • Business
  • It
  • Administration
  • Education
  • Management
  • Industrial
  • Consulting
  • York
  • New York City,
  • Me
  • Early Stage

Rankings

As of 2026-10-06. Organic ranks only; sponsored placements are never ranks.

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