# HPS Investment Partners

> HPS Investment Partners is a VC fund backing Financial Services and Energy. See 54 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 54
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last fund: Jun 2024
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hps-investment-partners-llc
- Website: http://www.hpspartners.com/

HPS Investment Partners is a VC fund in New York focused on Financial Services and Energy. HPS Investment Partners operates as a global investment firm with a focus on non-investment grade credit. Established in 2007, HPS has 93 investment professionals and over 200 total employees and is headquartered in New York with nine additional offices globally. HPS was originally formed as a unit of Highbridge Capital Management, LLC, asubsidiary of J.P. Morgan Asset Management, and formerly known as Highbridge Principal Strategies, LLC. In March 2016, the principals of HPS acquired the firm from J.P. Morgan, which retained Highbridge’s hedge fund strategies. As of June 2016, HPS has approximately $30 billion of assets under management.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 9 | 17% |
| Energy | 7 | 13% |
| Retail | 6 | 11% |
| Consulting | 5 | 9% |
| Health Care | 5 | 9% |

104 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Debt Financing | 23 | 43% |
| Private Equity | 15 | 28% |
| Post-IPO Debt | 7 | 13% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 3 | 6% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 4% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 30 | 56% |
| United Kingdom | 8 | 15% |
| Peru | 1 | 2% |
| Italy | 1 | 2% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |

13 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Payne Brown | Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/payne-brown |
| Peter Calabro | Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-calabro |
| Rachel Zagajewski | Executive Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rachel-zagajewski-38d7 |
| Carlotta De Franceschi | Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carlotta-de-franceschi-7195 |
| David Pogoda | Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-pogoda |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aston Martin | Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings manufacture luxury sports cars and grand tourers independently. Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford founded it in 1913. Steered from 1947 by David Brown, it became associated with expensive grand touring cars in the 1950s and 1960s, and with the fictional character James Bond following his use of a DB5 model in the1964 film Goldfinger. People regard their sports cars as a British cultural icon. Aston Martin has held a Royal Warrant as purveyor of motorcars to the Prince of Wales since 1982. It has over 150 car dealerships in over 50 countries on six continents, making them a global automobile brand. Investors trade the company at the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. It received the Queen's Award for Enterprise for outstanding contribution to international trade in 2003. | $736M | Post-IPO Debt | Jul 22, 2026 |  |
| Texas LNG | Texas LNG is an energy company that produces and exports natural gas. | $500M | Private Equity | Jul 13, 2026 |  |
| Behavox | Behavox is an enterprise platform that unifies all types of data into a single data lake, allowing users to query the data and apply machine learning to identify capital markets misconduct and insider threats.Separate Behavox installations form the network defence that aggregates misconduct detection algorithms. The network then uses machinelearning and AI to optimise detection algorithms and suggest new ones. This innovation enables the “brains” to the system to continuously improve and evolve.Complex, high-load and sophisticated engineering is at the core of all the products that Behavox develops to enable deployment at the largest institutions in financial services. They are taking cutting-edge academic research and applying it to enterprise problems that require complex backend engineering with large-scale production footprint. | $173.2M | Private Equity | Jun 17, 2026 |  |
| GymNation | Welcome to GymNation. The People’s GymWe are leading the fight against inactivity by making going to the gym less intimidating, more affordable, accessible, and fun for everyone in the region.GymNation stands with everyone, for every ability, for every shape, and for every size. We are a gym that is actually committed to getting more peoplemoving across the region.We're not just building incredible gyms; our vision is to play a lead role as the Region’s Movement Partner, championing healthy and active lifestyles alongside the importance of mental health and physical wellbeing. | $100M | Debt Financing | May 19, 2026 |  |
| Permanent Power Company | Permanent Power Company is a power platform that focuses on long-term growth and reliable energy supply, including domestic power generation, energy storage, and transportation. | $400M | Debt Financing | May 15, 2026 |  |
| Claros Mortgage Trust | Claros Mortgage Trust is a real estate investment firm that offers loans on transitional commercial real estate assets. | $500M | Post-IPO Debt | Feb 02, 2026 |  |
| Teleport | Teleport is to make it easy and seamless to move goods and e-commerce anywhere in Southeast Asia. It should simply work, like magic. | $50M | Private Equity | Jan 22, 2026 |  |
| Related Ross | Related Ross develops, owns, and operates mixed-use, office, retail, and residential real estate. The company plans and delivers ground-up projects and repositionings that combine workplace, housing, shopping, dining, and public space. Services include site acquisition, entitlements, design management, construction oversight, leasing, and ongoingproperty and asset management. The portfolio spans office towers, multifamily communities, and street-level retail within multi-building districts. Tenant services include building operations, events, and on-site support within managed properties. Leasing teams work with established enterprises and growth companies seeking contemporary offices and storefronts. The organization also oversees restaurants and event spaces within its developments. | $772M | Debt Financing | Dec 17, 2025 |  |
| Flatiron Energy | Flatiron Energy develops, builds, owns, and operates standalone utility-scale energy storage. It builds the energy storage infrastructure necessary to enable the clean energy transition. | $125M | Debt Financing | Oct 29, 2025 |  |
| Azzurri Group | Azzurri Group is a market for better food enterprises that help people live happy, healthy lives. |  | Debt Financing | Oct 01, 2025 |  |

10 of 54 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Blackstone](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blackstone) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Apollo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apollo-global-management-llc) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Ares Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ares-management) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Blue Owl](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blue-owl-e2cf) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [CoBank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cobank) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Morgan Stanley](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/morgan-stanley) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does HPS Investment Partners invest in?

HPS Investment Partners invests primarily in Financial Services, Energy and Retail startups, most often at Debt Financing and Private Equity stage. Most of the 54 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact HPS Investment Partners?

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### Who are the partners at HPS Investment Partners?

The team at HPS Investment Partners includes Payne Brown (Managing Director), Peter Calabro (Managing Director) and Rachel Zagajewski (Executive Director), among 13 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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