A private investment office founded in 2016
About Morgan Hunter Capital
In 2016, Shane Mengel founded the private investment office, Morgan Hunter Capital LLC (“MHC”) to make debt and equity investments. MHC has deployed capital to the fintech, mobile home/RV park, oil & gas, real estate, disruptive spirits, microbrewery, restaurant and multi-platform media content creation industries.
Portfolio
Ridgewood Mobile Home Park
97 space affordable 55+ mobile home park in Ridgewood, CO
El Cajon Mobile Home Park
128 space affordable all age mobile home park in El Cajon, CA
Empirical Spirits
Disruptive spirits and flavor company formally based in Copenhagen now in Brooklyn, NY
Moxy Hotels
131 room hotel development in Charleston, SC
Black Buddah
Award-winning, cross-media creative agency that produces premium multi-platform content. Based in Manhattan Beach, CA.
FinDox
Fintech company focused exclusively on managing risk related to investment documents in the financial services sector.
Based in Manhattan Beach, CA
Based in Manhattan Beach, CA
Seed Investment: realized IRR 72.8% and 21.2x MOIC
Series A: realized IRR 86.9% and 2.8x MOIC
Eureka! Restaurant Group
Chain of 21 casual restaurants focused on high quality food, craft beer and a highly curated small batch selection of spirits in CA, ID, NV, TX and WA
Original Loan: realized net IRR 13.5%
Add-On Loan: realized net IRR 16.0%
Add-On Loan: realized net IRR 16.0%
Matrix Oil Corp
Exploration and production of conventional oil and gas fields in CA and TX
Equity: realized net IRR 49.0% and 2.2x MOIC
Valley Oaks Mobile Home Park
131 site mobile home park in Hodgkins, IL
Arrowood Mobile Home Park and Queen’s Grant Mobile Home Park
402 site mobile home park in Charlotte, NC
The Meadows Residential Community and The Meadows R.V. Park
200 site mobile home and R.V .Park in Sun Valley, ID
LevPro
Modern Saas platform providing a complete solution for leveraged credit investment teams based in Los Angeles, CA
Whitefish Montana
10 acres of wooded land in the gated community of Whitefish Hills Forest in Whitefish, MT and a car condo at Kalispell International Airport, MT
Stecca Taverna
A unique Italian dining concept in Hermosa Beach, CA
Club Underdog
An integrated sporting platform focused on equity investments in both domestic and international soccer teams based in New York City, NY
The Morgan Hunter Building
A historical residential and commercial redevelopment project in Bellefonte, PA
Santa Ana Mobile Home Park
208 site mobile home park in Santa Ana, CA
South Bay Can Cleaners
A locally owned and operated, environmentally friendly, subscription based trash can cleaning company in Manhattan Beach, CA
Santa Ana Mobile Home Park
208 site mobile home park in Santa Ana, CA
South Bay Can Cleaners
A locally owned and operated, environmentally friendly, subscription based trash can cleaning company in Manhattan Beach, CA
Shane T. Mengel
Private Investor and Founder
Prior to founding MHC, Mr. Mengel had a 17-year career at Ares Management (“Ares”) after joining their Tradeable Credit Group (“TCG”) in 1999. There he served as Co-Head of Credit Research for TCG whereby he oversaw a team of approximately 40 credit analysts and all related research activities in Los Angeles and London. While in this capacity, he also managed a portfolio of leveraged loans, high yield bonds and post-reorganization equities in excess of $3 billion across TCG’s credit investment strategies. Prior to MHC and Ares, Mr. Mengel worked at Price Waterhouse LLP in the Transaction Services practice of Los Angeles and in the Business Assurance practice of Grant Thornton in Philadelphia.
Mr. Mengel previously served as a Board Advisor to FinDox, a fintech startup, and an Advisory Committee member for Brouwerij West, a micro-brewery based in Southern California. He also served nine years on the Board of Directors and Finance/Audit Committees of the Ruffed Grouse and American Woodcock Societies, two Pennsylvania-based conservation organizations founded in 1961 and focused on creating healthier forests for an abundance of wildlife.
Mr. Mengel graduated from Villanova University and remains involved with his alma mater through the Undergraduate Mentor Program at the Villanova School of Business and the broader University’s Alumni Interview Program for west-coast based scholarship applicants.
Shane T. Mengel
Private Investor and Founder
Prior to founding MHC, Mr. Mengel had a 17-year career at Ares Management (“Ares”) after joining their Tradeable Credit Group (“TCG”) in 1999. There he served as Co-Head of Credit Research for TCG whereby he oversaw a team of approximately 40 credit analysts and all related research activities in Los Angeles and London. While in this capacity, he also managed a portfolio of leveraged loans, high yield bonds and post-reorganization equities in excess of $4 billion across TCG’s credit investment strategies. Prior to MHC and Ares, Mr. Mengel worked at Price Waterhouse LLP in the Transaction Services practice of Los Angeles and in the Business Assurance practice of Grant Thornton in Philadelphia.
Mr. Mengel previously served as a Board Advisor to FinDox, a fintech startup, and an Advisory Committee member for Brouwerij West, a micro-brewery based in Southern California. He also served nine years on the Board of Directors and Finance/Audit Committees of the Ruffed Grouse and American Woodcock Societies, two Pennsylvania-based conservation organizations founded in 1961 and focused on creating healthier forests for an abundance of wildlife.
Mr. Mengel graduated from Villanova University and remains involved with his alma mater through the Undergraduate Mentor Program at the Villanova School of Business and the broader University’s Alumni Interview Program for west-coast based scholarship applicants.
