Overview
Glade Brook Capital Partners LLC is a Delaware limited liability company that was
founded in 2011 by Paul J. Hudson. In addition, GB Private Partners LLC (together with Glade
Brook Capital Partners LLC, “Glade Brook”) is a Delaware limited liability company that was
founded in 2015 by Paul J. Hudson. Glade Brook provides discretionary investment services to
private investment funds (the “Funds” or the “Advisory Clients”).
Paul J. Hudson is the principal owner and managing member of Glade Brook and the
principal owner of Glade Brook Capital Management LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
Affiliates of Glade Brook serve as general partners (the “General Partners”) and/or
managing members (“Managing Members”) of the Funds.
Glade Brook invests in U.S. and non-U.S. private equity securities. Certain Funds are co-
investment vehicles which are offered to a limited sub-set of investors or third parties, in
accordance with Glade Brook’s aggregation and allocation policy and procedures. In
addition,
Glade Brook manages a Fund that participates in initial public offerings (“IPOs”) of the securities
of companies in which the other Funds are invested (“Portfolio Companies”). Glade Brook
concentrates largely on technology and technology-related sectors. Glade Brook’s investment
approach is based on fundamental research. However, Glade Brook has broad and flexible
investment authority, including the discretion to invest in various financial instruments and
securities. See the discussion in Item 8, Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of
Loss.
Generally, Glade Brook does not tailor its advisory services to the individual needs of
investors in the Funds (“Investors”). The Funds are open only to certain financially sophisticated
and high net-worth individuals and entities, as more fully discussed in Item 7, Types of Clients.
As of December 31, 2023, Glade Brook managed regulatory assets under management of
approximately $1,119,555,125, all on a discretionary basis.