OctopusInvestments

Octopus Investments

We identify, seed, and build alternative managers.

The Octopus platform sources, structures, capitalizes, and operationally builds alternative asset management businesses.

Our model The platforms

San Juan, Puerto Rico

$15B+Raised by platform companies
17,000+Acres of U.S. farmland developed
12Platforms built or seeded
25+Years partner experience
I.Who We Are

The engine behind the platforms.

Octopus Investments is a Puerto Rico-based investment management platform that identifies, structures, provides seed capital, and operationally builds alternative asset management businesses globally. It is the primary vehicle through which Patrick Horsman creates and scales the firms that make up the Horsman investment universe.

We underwrite strategies that are uncorrelated, niche, and durable, the corners of the market where a genuine edge can still be built. Operating from San Juan under Puerto Rico's Act 20 export-services regime, Octopus pairs long-duration capital with hands-on operational support to turn talented teams into institutional businesses.

II.What We Do

Identify. Seed. Create. Build.

i.

Identify

We source emerging managers and overlooked strategies through proprietary research and a two-decade network, not through auctions or intermediaries.

ii.

Seed & back

We provide GP seed and anchor capital, then add the infrastructure, compliance, and capital-introduction support a young firm needs to institutionalize.

iii.

Create

Where a gap exists and no manager is executing, we co-found and structure the platform ourselves, assembling the team, strategy, and capital from the ground up.

iv.

Build

We stay involved, scaling each platform into a durable, institutional business with aligned incentives and skin in the game across every position.

“The best returns live in places that are difficult to access, harder to underwrite, and rarely covered.”
Patrick Horsman, CFA · Founder
III.Track Record

Two decades of platforms, built one conviction at a time.

  1. Blue Sand SecuritiesFINRA-registered placement agent raising institutional capital for alternative managers.$15B+ raised
  2. Merion Investment ManagementEvent-driven litigation-finance hedge fund.$1.2B peak AUM
  3. Integrated AgAgriculture-focused private equity real estate developing U.S. farmland.17,000+ acres
  4. Innovation SharesIssuer of NYSE-listed thematic ETFs, including one of the first blockchain ETFs.NYSE: KOIN
  5. Coral CapitalMarket-neutral digital asset hedge fund.Exited 2024
  6. Esoteric InvestmentsPre-IPO growth equity in late-stage technology, AI, defense, and semiconductors.Active
  7. Crimson CanyonCommercial real estate and data center development across the Southwest.Active
  8. BNB Plus Corp.Nasdaq-listed digital asset treasury company.Nasdaq: BNBX
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