Overview
B. Riley Wealth Private Shares, LLC (“BRWPS”
or the “Firm”), a Delaware Limited Liability
Company, is owned by B. Riley Wealth
Management Holdings, Inc., which is a wholly
owned subsidiary of B. Riley Financial, Inc. B.
Riley Financial is a publicly traded Delaware
corporation (NASDAQ: RILY). The Firm’s
principal office is located in Memphis,
Tennessee.
BRWPS was formed in 2021 and acts as an
adviser to various pooled investment vehicles
(sometimes called special purpose vehicles or
SPVs) operating as private equity funds (each a
“Fund” or Client and collectively, the “Funds”
or “Clients”).
BRWPS intends to manage each Fund
pursuant to the Investment Management
Agreement executed with the Fund and in
compliance with the investment strategy
described in the applicable (i) confidential
offering memorandum and (ii) governing
documents of the Fund (collectively, the
“Offering Documents”). Prospective Fund
investors (“Investors”) should carefully read
the Fund’s Offering Documents and consult
with their own counsel and advisers as to all
matters concerning an investment in the Fund.
The Funds may be established by BRWPS, its
affiliates, or third parties. BRWPS or its
affiliates may act as the managing member or
general partner to the Funds. BRWPS, its
affiliates, and/or their personnel may also have
an ownership or management interest in the
Funds.
BRWPS is designated with the power and
authority to manage the day-to-day
administrative business and investment affairs
of the Funds and to perform all obligations
pursuant to the Fund’s Operating Agreements.
Each series of each Fund advised by BRWPS is
established primarily to purchase, directly
and/or indirectly, securities issued by a single,
privately-held early or developmental-stage
company. Accordingly, BRWPS provides only
limited investment advice with respect to these
types of investments.
Privately issued shares are not publicly traded
and private share issuers
limit the number of
shareholders permitted to invest in their
company. Due to such limitations, private
shares have significant liquidity risk (see
Illiquidity of Investments in Item 8 below). The
Fund purchases private shares in certain private
companies, and Investors are permitted to
invest indirectly in the private companies by
purchasing membership interests in the Fund.
If the private company eventually goes public,
the Fund may liquidate the position or distribute
the shares to members, depending upon market
conditions and valuation of the investment.
BRWPS monitors the performance and status
of the Fund’s underlying portfolio companies
making distributions when market conditions
and valuations are appropriate. Fund Investors
have no ability to select, veto, or cause the sale
or other disposition of any investment by any
Fund or to determine the timing of any
distribution or liquidation of a Fund or its
assets, or the decision of a Fund to seek
additional capital contributions or admit new
Investors.
Fees associated with the Funds include an
annual management fee and carried interest as
described in the Funds’ Offering Documents.
See Item 5 “Fees and Compensation” and Item
6 “Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side
Management.” In addition, the Funds pay
operating expenses and other costs, including
Fund formation costs. Details of the fees and
costs associated with the Funds are included in
the documentation specific to each Fund.
Certain acquisition costs related to purchase of
the private shares by the Fund are incurred
indirectly by Investors at the time the Fund
acquires the private shares from the seller.
Fund interests advised by BRWPS may not be
held in advisory accounts advised by any of our
affiliated investment advisers.
As of December 31, 2023, the Firm manages
approximately $297,369,877 in Fund assets on a
discretionary basis.
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