---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-008936"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HRZN"
cik: "0001487428"
company_name: "Horizon Technology Finance Corp"
filed_at: "2026-03-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T09:37:02.897314+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Horizon Tech Finance forms $100M JV with CR Financial for growth capital to small/micro-cap public companies

## Summary
- Horizon commits $87.5M, CRFH commits $12.5M to new joint venture HRZN CRFH LLC.
- JV to provide secured growth capital loans of $5-25M to small/micro-cap public companies.
- Governance by 4-person board and investment committee; Horizon and CRFH equally represented.
- Monroe Capital ($24B AUM) to support larger investments; JV may use warehouse credit lines.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-008936
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HRZN
- cik: 0001487428
- company_name: Horizon Technology Finance Corp
- filed_at: 2026-03-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1487428/000143774926008936/0001437749-26-008936-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1487428/000143774926008936/hrzn20260318_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-008936
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-008936.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-008936.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  Horizon Technology Finance Corp entered into LLC Agreement with CR Financial Holdings, Inc. valued at up to $100,000,000.00 (effective 2026-03-18).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: collaboration
  - Counterparty: CR Financial Holdings, Inc.
  - Value: up to $100,000,000.00
  - Effective: 2026-03-18
  source text: On March 18, 2026, Horizon Technology Finance Corporation (the “Company”), and CR Financial Holdings, Inc. (“CRFH”) entered into a limited liability company agreement (the “LLC Agreement”) to co-manage a newly-formed joint venture, HRZN CRFH LLC (the “Joint Venture”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1487428/000143774926008936/0001437749-26-008936-index.htm

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