Harrison Securities

Harrison Securities

Harrison Securities launched in 1995 under President John V. Harrison as a FINRA-member broker-dealer headquartered in Port Washington, New York. The firm's origins lie in addressing a structural gap: matching capital-hungry small-cap issuers, often overlooked by bulge-bracket banks, with a curated base of accredited individual and institutional investors. Harrison does not disclose a wealth origin, operating instead as a privately held intermediary rather than a dedicated family office or single-principal vehicle. The firm's primary strategy centers on private placements in public equity (PIPEs), registered direct offerings, and select secondary market facilitation for micro- and small-cap companies. Asset classes are concentrated in public equities and equity-linked securities, typically targeting issuers with market capitalizations below $500 million. Stage coverage skews toward later-stage private companies approaching public listing or already public issuers needing growth capital. The structure is transaction-based — each deal is syndicated directly to Harrison's network of investors, which public records suggest includes family offices, wealth managers, and accredited individuals. Geographic coverage is primarily domestic, focused on US issuers and US-based investors, though the firm has historically participated in cross-border placements with Canadian and Israeli companies (per public record). Team size and total deployment figures are not publicly reported, and the firm maintains a single-office structure in Port Washington. It does not appear to operate adjacent philanthropic foundations, real-asset arms, or club vehicles. Harrison Securities has maintained a low online profile with no active LinkedIn presence and limited institutional marketing. The firm's FINRA BrokerCheck record (per public record) confirms its continuous registration since 1995, with John V. Harrison listed as the sole principal, indicating a flat organizational structure. Harrison's structural differentiator lies in its dual identity as both placement agent and broker-dealer, a rare combination that allows it to underwrite transactions internally while distributing them through an in-house network — sidestepping the syndicate-wide relationship politics common at larger investment banks. This architecture gives the firm direct control over allocation, which appeals to both issuers seeking certainty of close and investors wanting curated access to small-cap discounted paper. The governance structure, centered on a single president for three decades, creates a concentrated decision-making chain that lets the firm act on deal terms within hours.