Rochefort Asset Management

Rochefort Asset Management provides private credit for businesses critical to U.S. national and economic security. The firm focuses on high-growth companies with proven commercial viability, structuring medium-term senior secured loans to scale operations and prepare for traditional financing, supporting vital national interests. Their technical approach emphasizes capital deployment into established yet growing enterprises.

Founders J. Kyle Bass, Joseph A. LaNasa III, and Alexander L. Lemond established the firm as a joint venture between Bass's Hayman Capital Management and LaNasa's Serengeti Asset Management. Created for the Critical Technologies Initiative, the founders leverage extensive investment and national security expertise. The company’s name honors Joseph J. Rochefort, recognizing his pivotal strategic intelligence contributions during World War II.

Rochefort Asset Management primarily funds U.S. small businesses across 14 critical technology areas, including artificial intelligence, microelectronics, hypersonics, and quantum science. The firm's vision is to bolster national security and economic resilience. They deploy capital into transformative solutions, enhancing U.S. defense capabilities and ensuring global technological leadership.