HighBar Partners

HighBar Partners is an investment firm in Menlo Park, California, that acts as an owner-operator in technology companies. Its team has invested and operated since 1995, and it views long-term value creation as its core principle.

What HighBar Partners offers

• Lead investment — steps in as an active lead investor and puts capital into a strategic turnaround plan.
• Restructured deals — designs transactions that realign investors and management so managers are rewarded for reaching revised targets.
• Operating network — provides access to experienced executives and operating advisers.
• Syndicate solutions — works with companies whose existing investors are tired or unable to invest enough new money.
• Lender partnerships — supports companies and their lenders, including in demanding work-out situations.

Who it works with

Technology companies, their management teams, existing investors, lenders and the service providers who advise them.

Key facts

• Based in: Menlo Park, California
• Investing since: 1995
• Approach: owner-operator, rooted in its founders' backgrounds