HarbourView Equity Partners

Sherrese Clarke Soares, the founder and CEO, leads all investment decisions. Clarke Soares previously worked at Guggenheim Partners, where she focused on media and entertainment investments. She structured HarbourView to centralize acquisition underwriting and catalog management under her leadership.

HarbourView sources directly from artist representatives, managers, entertainment law firms, and existing music publishers, rather than relying primarily on auction processes. The firm has positioned itself as a collaborative partner that allows selling artists to retain an ongoing role. This direct-sourcing network draws on Clarke Soares's relationships across the music and finance industries.

Apollo Global Management anchored HarbourView's launch vehicle with a substantial commitment and provides committed credit facilities. This backing gives HarbourView balance-sheet certainty to close catalog acquisitions without needing to syndicate financing for each transaction. Apollo does not manage HarbourView's day-to-day investment decisions.

HarbourView operates primarily as a direct acquirer of music publishing and recorded-music catalogs. The firm also executes structured royalty financings — lending against established cash-flow streams from music intellectual property — operating at the intersection of private credit and equity. This hybrid approach distinguishes it from pure acquirers.

HarbourView's disclosed catalog includes music rights from artists and songwriters such as Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie, The-Dream, Luis Fonsi, Brad Paisley, Lady A, Nelly, and the Full Force production group. The catalog spans publishing copyrights and master recordings across multiple genres.

The firm's launch capital came from Apollo Global Management, which made a significant anchor commitment. HarbourView has not publicly disclosed additional institutional limited partners or whether the vehicle is structured as a traditional closed-end fund. The Apollo backing gives it committed capital and credit facilities for ongoing acquisitions.

HarbourView was founded with Apollo's backing as its anchor capital source. The firm has not publicly disclosed whether it has since raised capital from additional institutional investors, family offices, or high-net-worth individuals. It operates as a dedicated asset manager rather than a multi-family-office platform.