Guiding Principles

We believe in entrepreneurship

We are intensely passionate about what we do and value our team’s success ahead of individuals’.

We believe in a culture of discipline and transparency

We believe healthy disagreement and transparency leads to informed dialogue and better decisions.

We believe in alignment of interests

We believe in creative and bold thinking to drive alignment within NHN, across our portfolio and alongside our investors.

We believe in lifelong learning

Science shows that healthy and happy employees are the most productive, attentive and creative. We encourage continual self-improvement, and we focus actively on mentorship.

We believe in philanthropy and community

We believe that investing in local community brings us closer to things that truly matter.  We believe in being good neighbors and supporting the philanthropic passions of our employees and portfolio.

Above all, we believe in performance

We manage the firm as responsible stewards of capital to maximize returns to investors.  Accountability, productivity and performance are the key pillars to our success.