Management

Mike is Horizon’s Chief Executive Officer and also serves as a member of the Advisor’s investment committee. Mike has over 35 years of experience in investment and portfolio management and construction.

Mike has been a principal of the Rail-Splitter Micro Cap Rebound Fund since 2023 and an advisor to Wasson Enterprise LLC, a family office, since 2021. He was Chief Executive Officer of Foresight Acquisition Corp. in 2021. Prior to Foresight Acquisition Corp., he was with William Blair & Co, LLC, a global investment bank and financial services firm, for a combined 30 years. While at William Blair, Mike was Partner and Co-Manager of the Small-Cap Growth Fund. He was Partner and Chief Investment Officer at Magnetar Investment Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of Magnetar Capital LLC, a multi-strategy hedge fund, from 2005 to 2008. Mike is also a strategic advisor to P3 Health Partners Inc. (Nasdaq: PIII) (formerly Foresight Acquisition Corp.), OptimizeRX Corporation (Nasdaq: OPRX), and Innventure, Inc. (Nasdaq: INV), the Chairman of Good Sports, a non-profit charity, and Chairman of Performance Health Systems, LLC, a fitness and health company. He previously served as a director of Innventure, Inc. until October 2024. He has served as an advisor and director to several other public and private companies. Mike earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Northwestern University.

Jay co-founded Horizon Technology Finance Corporation and is its Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary. Jay is an original member of the team that founded our Advisor in 2003. Jay has more than 25 years of experience providing legal services to financial institutions and other entities and individuals including more than 15 years in venture lending.

From 2000 to 2003, Jay served as in-house counsel for GATX Ventures, Inc., the venture lending subsidiary of GATX Corporation. Jay also represented GATX Corporation's other venture lending units in Canada and Europe. Before joining GATX Ventures, Jay was a partner at the business law firm of Pepe & Hazard, LLP. Jay earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Colgate University and his Juris Doctor degree from Cornell Law School.”

Paul is Horizon’s Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer and also serves as a member of the Advisor’s investment committee. Paul joins Horizon from Monroe Capital, where he served as Managing Director and Head of Software Underwriting. Paul has over a decade of experience in technology lending and investing.

During his tenure with Monroe, Paul was responsible for leading and managing the underwriting process within the software, technology and tech-enabled services industry, focusing on pre-IPO and growth-stage technology companies, managing a portfolio of loan transactions, and various account management functions. Prior to Monroe, Paul was a Vice President at TriplePoint Capital, covering both the North American and European markets, and was responsible for identifying and evaluating investment opportunities, due diligence, market research, financial modeling and business model analysis. His experience also includes roles at NXT Capital, as Senior Analyst on the Venture Finance team, and Duff & Phelps as an Analyst. Paul earned a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Penn State.

Dan is Horizon’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and also serves as a member of Horizon’s investment committee. He previously served as Vice President and Corporate Controller and had been responsible for supervision of all accounting functions as well as tax, financial reporting and assisted with all capital market efforts. Dan has held the same positions with Horizon Technology Finance Management LLC, the Company's advisor, since 2006. He has been involved in the accounting and venture debt industries for more than 20 years, including 10 years in venture lending. Dan previously served as Senior Manager at a regional public accounting firm and held positions with KPMG LLP and Arthur Andersen LLP. Dan earned a Bachelor of Science degree in accountancy, with honors, from Bentley University and a Master of Science degree in taxation from the University of Hartford. He is a Certified Public Accountant, chartered in the State of Connecticut.