Indaba Capital Management is an opportunistic value investor that employs a mix of fundamental investment strategies. The firm invests across the capital structure to create a concentrated 'best ideas' portfolio. Indaba identifies investment opportunities through fundamental, and bottom-up due diligence of securities from companies experiencing value dislocations due to complex and often misunderstood events and situations that can be meticulously researched and analyzed.
Mr. Derek C. Schrier is the Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Indaba Capital Management. He founded Indaba in 2010. Prior to this, Mr. Schrier worked at Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C. from 1998 to 2008, where he was elected as a partner in 2002. Before his tenure at Farallon, he worked in the Mergers & Acquisitions Department at Goldman, Sachs & Co. from 1990 to 1992. From 1992 to 1994, Mr. Schrier was involved in the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa, ultimately managing election research for the African National Congress's political campaign during the country's first-ever democratic and non-racial elections. Mr. Schrier serves on the Board of Directors of Matriculate, a non-profit organization that provides college access to high-achieving, low-income students. Additionally, he is the Chairman of the Advisory Board for the Boston Review, a journal of social and cultural criticism. He holds an M.B.A. from the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University and a J.D. from Stanford Law School. Mr. Schrier earned an A.B. from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.
Indaba Capital Management is a hedge fund managing discretionary assets totaling $854,569,645 for 4 clients, as reported in their Form ADV dated March 26, 2024. Their latest 13F filing for Q1 2024 disclosed $153,176,992 in managed 13F securities, with a top 10 holdings concentration of 100%. The firm's largest holding is BANDWIDTH INC NOTE 0.500% 4/0, with a value of $52,500,000.