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Pierre-Jacques: Harlem Capital is the 3rd or 4th largest Black-owned VC fund

Henri Pierre-Jacques · Henri Pierre-Jacques: How I Founded Harlem Capital; Our $134M Fund | 20VC #901 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Jun 24, 2022 · at 35:20

Henri Pierre-Jacques is the Managing Partner of Harlem Capital. He reflects on his firm's relative size among Black-owned VC funds.

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“We're now the probably third or fourth largest black owned VC fund, which is kind of crazy.”

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The claim, plainly

Harlem Capital is currently the third or fourth largest Black-owned venture capital fund.

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Assessment

The resolution criteria require industry reports, SEC filings, or funding databases to confirm that Harlem Capital's Assets Under Management (AUM) ranked 3rd or 4th among Black-owned VC funds as of June 2022. While Harlem Capital had approximately $174 million to $175 million in total AUM as of June 2022 (placing it among top Black-led funds alongside Base10, MaC Venture Capital, and 645 Ventures), standard venture databases (PitchBook, Crunchbase, NVCA) and SEC filings do not track or publish official rankings for Black-owned VC funds by AUM. Additionally, industry definitions vary between Black-owned versus Black-led firms and direct VCs versus fund-of-funds platforms. Because no standard source publishes or confirms this specific ranking, the claim cannot be verified or settled with public data.

PitchBook, Crunchbase, NVCA, and SEC filings do not maintain or publish official rank lists of Black-owned VC funds by AUM.
Harlem Capital's total AUM was approximately $174M–$175M as of June 2022 following its $134M Fund II close in March 2021.
Multiple other Black-led venture firms managed higher or similar assets as of mid-2022 (e.g., Base10 at $1.3B+, MaC Venture Capital at $300M+, 645 Ventures at $200M+), but varying criteria for ownership vs. leadership make an precise rank unconfirmable.

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[1] youtube.com [2] shoppeblack.us [3] aum13f.com [4] harlem.capital [5] businessinsider.com [6] lawyersofcolor.org [7] sec.gov [8] smartkarma.com

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