How Does Niche Asset-Based Lending Work?

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As part of our strategy in the Pursuit Asset-Based Income Fund, we partner with emerging originators who in turn lend to small businesses and consumers. Let’s walk through an example of a merchant cash advance to understand why we offer a valuable capital source for underlying borrowers.

Here’s the scenario. We have a restaurant owner who wishes to expand their kitchen in a short time period for a cost of $50,000. The restaurant owner has vetted their financing options and need to land on a solution.

What options do they have?

There are generally three sources or options they can pursue. The first is a commercial bank. The issues with the commercial bank are they’re gonna take a long time, generally 90 days plus, there’s gonna be high application fees and the approval rates may be low and subject to market conditions. So it’s a bit of a risk, especially if there’s a seasonal need for the restaurant owner and a expeditious use of funds.

The second one is a credit card. I think we all know what the cost of credit cards are, but you’re generally looking at rates even with a business card of 25, 28, 30 plus percent. It’s just a very high cost of capital because it’s a unsecured option.

Now, if the restaurant was a large enough borrower or were pursuing a loan with a large enough originator, not an emerging originator, they could be offered a secured credit line. But because this is a smaller capacity deal, that option is just simply not available and speaks to the funding gap that Pursuit is looking to prosecute.

How does Pursuit solution’s fit in?

So what we’ll do for the smaller capacity loans is we’ll provide a credit facility or debt financing to an MCA funder that will then bilaterally make the loan to a bunch of different restaurant owners. In that way, they’ll package up the loans and create a pool that we can lend against. That MCA funder is generally providing the access to these smaller ticket flows in aggregating them up.

How does this option potentially benefit all of the parties involved differently than the other financing options?

Pursuit potentially earns a competitive rate of return on a risk adjusted basis for its very secured lending format. We earn our interest rate, but also that MCA funder or emerging originator will eat the first losses on the loans. That gives us that asymmetric risk return profile. Now, the MCA emerging originator, they’ll earn a spread on the financing. So the right to receive from the restaurant owner will be higher than our debt cost. And so they’ll earn equity earnings and they’ll also prove out their ability as an originator, which is their generally their primary goal. Then the underlying borrower gets a fast secured lending option that’s generally cheaper than their credit card and faster than a bank, and they can meet their seasonal needs for the restaurant

That sounds like a potential win-win-win all around. To learn more about the Pursuit Asset-Based Income Fund, visit pursuitfunds.com where you can find our fact sheet, prospectus and recent performance or reach out for a one-on-one call.

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Pursuit Asset-Based Income Fund (“GOFOX”) is a closed-end management investment company structured as an “interval fund” that expects to invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in specialized investments in smaller, undercapitalized assets and markets, referred to as “Niche Asset-Based Alternatives.” This investment involves a high degree of risk and should be considered speculative. You should purchase these securities only if you can afford the complete loss of your investment. You should read the prospectus carefully for a description of the risks associated with an investment in GOFOX. These risks include, but are not limited to, the following:

The Fund is not intended as a complete investment program but rather the Fund is designed to help investors diversify into private credit investments.
The Fund is a “nondiversified” management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Since the Fund is non-diversified, it is subject to higher reduction of capital and volatility than a fund more proportionately allocated among a large number of securities.
An investment in the Fund involves risk. The Fund is new with no significant operating history by which to evaluate its potential performance. There can be no assurance that the Fund’s strategy will be successful.
The Fund may use leverage its investments by “borrowing.” The use of leverage increases both risk of loss and profit potential.
Shares of the Fund are an illiquid investment. Shares are not listed on any securities exchange and it is not anticipated that a secondary market for shares will develop.
Shares are appropriate only for those investors who can tolerate a high degree of risk, and do not require a liquid investment. You should generally not expect to be able to sell your Shares (other than through the limited repurchase process), regardless of how we perform. Although we are required to and have implemented a Share repurchase program, only a limited number of Shares will be eligible for repurchase by us.
There is no assurance that you will be able to tender your shares when or in the amount that you desire. Although the Fund will offer quarterly liquidity through a quarterly repurchase process, an investor may not be able to sell or otherwise liquidate all their shares tendered during a quarterly repurchase offer. Because you will be unable to sell your Shares or have them repurchased immediately, you will find it difficult to reduce your exposure on a timely basis during a market downturn.
The Fund intends to invest in private companies and private loans for which very little public information exists. Such companies are also generally more vulnerable to economic downturns and may experience substantial variations in operating results. The privately held companies and below-investment-grade securities in which the Fund will invest may be difficult to value and are illiquid. The Fund’s investment in private credit companies is speculative and involves a high degree of risk, including the risk associated with leverage.
Asset-based investments often involve risks that are different from or more acute than risks associated with other types of debt instruments. For instance, asset-based investments may be particularly sensitive to changes in prevailing interest rates. In addition, the underlying assets are subject to prepayments that shorten the securities’ weighted average maturity and may lower their return.
To the extent a loan is secured, there can be no assurance as to the amount of any funds that may be realized from recovering and liquidating any collateral or the timing of such recovery and liquidation and hence there is no assurance that sufficient funds (or, possibly, any funds) will be available to offset any payment defaults that occur under the loans.

The Fund commenced operations on October 1, 2025 (“Commencement of Operations”) following the reorganization of the Pursuit Alternative Income Fund, LP (the “Predecessor Fund”) with and into the Fund, which was effective as of the close of business on September 23, 2025. The Predecessor Fund maintained an investment objective, strategies and investment policies, guidelines and restrictions that are, in all material respects, equivalent to those of the Fund. At the time of the reorganization, the Fund and the Predecessor Fund shared the same investment adviser and portfolio managers. The Predecessor Fund commenced operations on October 11, 2024.

Pursuit Fund Advisers, LLC (“Pursuit Funds”) serves as the investment adviser to the Pursuit Asset-Backed Income Fund. The Fund is distributed by Distribution Services, LLC which is not affiliated with Pursuit Funds or any of their affiliates.