FAIR VALUE DISCLOSURES | FAIR VALUE DISCLOSURES The Fund provides asset-based financing primarily to start-up and emerging growth venture-backed companies pursuant to commitments whereby the Fund agrees to finance assets and provide working or growth capital up to a specified amount for the term of the commitment, upon the terms and subject to the conditions specified by such commitment. Even though these loans are generally secured by the assets of the borrowers, the Fund in most cases is subject to the credit risk of such companies. As of September 30, 2024, the Fund's investments in loans were primarily to companies based within the United States and were diversified among borrowers in the industry segments shown in the Condensed Schedule of Investments. All loans are senior to unsecured creditors and other secured creditors. As of December 31, 2023, the Fund held no investments. The Fund defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date; that is, an exit price. The exit price assumes the asset or liability was exchanged in an orderly transaction; it was not a forced liquidation or distressed sale. Because there is no readily available market price and no secondary market for substantially all of the loan investments made by the Fund to borrowing portfolio companies, Management determines fair value (or estimated exit value) based on a transaction that would occur in the most advantageous market and several factors related to each borrower. Loan balances in the Condensed Schedule of Investments are listed by borrower. Typically, a borrower’s balance will be composed of several loans drawn under a commitment made by the Fund with the interest rate on each loan fixed at the time each loan is funded. Each loan drawn under a commitment has a different maturity date and amount. The following table shows the weighted-average interest rate of the loans: Performing Loans For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2024 For the Period Ended September 30, 2024* Weighted-Average Interest Rate – Cash 13.22 % 12.64 % Weighted Average Interest Rate – Non-Cash 4.39 % 4.17 % Weighted-Average Interest Rate 17.61 % 16.81 % * From June 26, 2024, commencement of investment operations, through September 30, 2024. All loans held as of September 30, 2024 are classified as performing loans. Interest is calculated using the effective interest method, and rates earned by the Fund will fluctuate based on many factors including early payoffs, volatility of values ascribed to warrants and new loans funded during the period. Warrants and equity securities received in connection with loan transactions are measured at fair value at the time of acquisition; the non-cash portion of interest income represents the accretion of the discount of these warrants over the life of the loan. The risk profile of a loan changes when events occur that impact the credit analysis of the borrower and loan as discussed in the Fund’s loan accounting policy. Such changes result in the fair value adjustments made to the individual loans, which in accordance with U.S. GAAP, would be based on the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to settle a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Where the risk profile is consistent with the original underwriting, the cost basis of substantially all of the loans approximates fair value. All loans as of September 30, 2024 were pledged as collateral for the debt facility, and the Fund’s borrowings are generally collateralized by all assets of the Fund. As of September 30, 2024, the Fund had unexpired unfunded commitments to borrowers of $8.4 million . Refer to Note 6 for additional information about the debt facility which was established in August 2024, therefore no comparative information is provided. Valuation Hierarchy Under the FASB ASC Topic 820 (“Fair Value Measurement”), the Fund categorizes its fair value measurements according to a three-level hierarchy. The hierarchy prioritizes the inputs used by the Fund’s valuation techniques. A level is assigned to each fair value measurement based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are defined as follows: Level 1 Unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date. Level 2 Prices or valuations based on observable inputs other than quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities. Level 3 Prices or valuations that require inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable. There were no transfers in or out of Level 1, 2 or 3 during the nine months ended September 30, 2024. The Fund’s cash equivalents were valued at the traded net asset value of the money market fund. As a result, these measurements are classified as Level 1. The Fund’s borrowings under the debt facility are also classified as Level 2, because the carrying values of the borrowings are based on rates that are observable at commonly quoted intervals, which are Level 2 inputs, and that approximate fair values. The Fund’s loan investments are individually negotiated and unique, and because there is little to no market in which these assets trade, the unobservable inputs for these assets are valued using estimated exit values. As a result, the Fund's loan investments are classified as Level 3. As of December 31, 2023, the Fund had not yet commenced investment operations and held no investments. Therefore, no comparative information related to fair value measurements is included in the disclosures that follow below. The following tables provide quantitative information about the Fund’s Level 3 fair value measurements of the Fund’s investments by industry as of September 30, 2024. In addition to the techniques and inputs noted in the tables below, the Fund may also use other valuation techniques and methodologies when determining its fair value measurements. Investment Type - Level 3 Loan Investments Fair Value at September 30, 2024 Valuation Techniques / Methodologies Unobservable Input Range Weighted Average (a) Internet $ 464,056 Most advantageous market analysis Most advantageous market coupon rate 17% * 17% Other Technology 4,210,682 Most advantageous market analysis Most advantageous market coupon rate 17% - 30% 22% Software 8,351,562 Most advantageous market analysis Most advantageous market coupon rate 18% - 30% 19% Technology Services 895,660 Most advantageous market analysis Most advantageous market coupon rate 20%* 20% Wireless 222,175 Most advantageous market analysis Most advantageous market coupon rate 20% * 20% Total Loan Investments $ 14,144,135 ( a) The weighted-average most advantageous market coupon rates were calculated using the relative fair value of the loans. * There is only one loan within this industry that utilizes this valuation technique. The following table presents the balances of assets and liabilities as of September 30, 2024 measured at fair value on a recurring basis: As of September 30, 2024 ASSETS: Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total Loans † $ — $ — $ 14,144,135 $ 14,144,135 Cash equivalents 11,090,185 — — 11,090,185 Total $ 11,090,185 $ — $ 14,144,135 $ 25,234,320 LIABILITIES: Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total Borrowings under debt facility $ — $ 15,000,000 $ — $ 15,000,000 Total $ — $ 15,000,000 $ — $ 15,000,000 † For a detailed listing of borrowers comprising this amount, please refer to the Condensed Schedule of Investments. The following table provides a summary of changes in Level 3 assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis: For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2024 For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024 Loans Warrants Stocks Loans Warrants Stocks Beginning balance $ 2,344,346 $ — $ — $ — $ — $ — Acquisitions and originations 13,580,000 1,276,114 475,585 16,080,000 1,424,581 475,585 Principal payments on loans, net of accretion (1,780,211) — — (1,935,865) — — Distributions to shareholder — (1,276,114) (475,585) — (1,424,581) (475,585) Ending balance $ 14,144,135 $ — $ — $ 14,144,135 $ — $ — There we no changes in unrealized gains (losses) from the loans still held as of September 30, 2024. There were no Level 3 liabilities as of September 30, 2024. |