Mehle Capital Fund I, LP · Corona del Mar, California
A concentrated public equity fund built on two decades of institutional experience — paired with a Bitcoin commodity treasury engineered for the modern capital environment.
Founder & CIO
Chad Mehle
Founder, CIO & CCO
Chad Mehle is the Founder, Chief Investment Officer, and Chief Compliance Officer of Mehle Capital LLC — a registered investment advisory firm managing Mehle Capital Fund I, LP from Corona del Mar, California.
Prior to founding Mehle Capital, Chad spent nearly two decades advising high-net-worth individuals, family offices, and institutional clients at J.P. Morgan Private Bank, Merrill Lynch, and Morgan Stanley — developing the fundamental research discipline and risk management rigor that now defines the Fund's approach.
His investment philosophy centers on owning a concentrated portfolio of dominant, high-quality businesses at meaningful size — paired with a deliberate Bitcoin commodity treasury that preserves and compounds the real purchasing power of committed capital over the full investment horizon.
Chad holds FINRA Series 7, 63, and 65 licenses (CRD #341846) and structures the Fund with institutional-grade compliance, custody, and governance at every level.
Institutional Pedigree
Licenses & Registrations
Fund Entity
Investment Strategy
Most funds park excess capital in cash or short-duration bonds — instruments that lose purchasing power every year. Mehle Capital deploys a different architecture: institutional equity alpha generation paired with a Bitcoin commodity treasury that compounds the real value of committed capital over the Fund's full investment horizon.
Engine One
A select portfolio of high-conviction equity positions in dominant, market-leading businesses — identified through rigorous fundamental analysis, validated by technical structure, and sized in proportion to conviction. We own fewer things with greater depth, not more things with less understanding. Patience, discipline, and asymmetric positioning at the intersection of quality and value.
Engine Two
A deliberate, long-duration allocation to Bitcoin held as a digital reserve asset — not as a speculative position, but as a monetary upgrade to the cash reserves every fund carries. Bitcoin's fixed supply, zero counterparty risk, and global liquidity make it the most defensible store of value in the modern capital structure. Custodied institutionally, held with conviction, never sold opportunistically.
Portfolio Construction
Capital is allocated intentionally across a limited number of positions. Sizing is driven by conviction, liquidity, and risk-adjusted return — not benchmark proximity. We are not closet indexers.
Derivatives Overlay
Options are deployed selectively to hedge downside, generate income on held positions, and adjust tactical exposure without liquidating core holdings. The derivative always serves the portfolio.
Risk Architecture
Risk management is the foundation, not a feature. Exposures are monitored continuously. The 3-year lock-up eliminates the greatest risk in active management: forced selling at the wrong moment.
Bitcoin Commodity Treasury
"Every dollar held in cash loses purchasing power. We chose a different reserve strategy — one that appreciates as fiat is debased."
Bitcoin's supply is mathematically capped at 21 million coins — enforced by code, not central bank mandate. No government or institution can expand it. Absolute scarcity is the defining asset characteristic of our era.
Unlike bonds, deposits, or structured notes, Bitcoin carries no obligor. Settlement is final and irreversible — the cleanest balance sheet asset available to an institutional allocator today.
Bitcoin trades on every major exchange in every time zone, around the clock. It is the most liquid non-sovereign store of value in history — more accessible than gold, real estate, or private credit.
Our 3-year lock-up, management fee income, and zero Bitcoin-denominated debt mean we are never a forced seller. We hold through volatility while others liquidate into it — that asymmetry is structural edge.
Sovereign ETFs, public treasuries, university endowments, and global asset managers have established meaningful Bitcoin positions. The institutional legitimacy question has been definitively answered.
Treasury Parameters
Past performance is not indicative of future results. Bitcoin is a high-risk asset. Not an offer to sell securities.
Why Mehle Capital
Two decades at the world's most demanding financial institutions forged a discipline that cannot be simulated. Chad Mehle's personal capital is committed alongside every LP. There is no separation between the manager's incentives and yours.
Diversification is the refuge of uncertainty. Our concentrated approach demands that every position be understood deeply, sized correctly, and held with conviction. We do not own the market — we own the best ideas we can find, at scale.
Bitcoin ETFs offer digital asset exposure with no equity alpha. Traditional long-only funds offer equity alpha with cash drag. Mehle Capital Fund I pairs institutional-grade equity research with a deliberate Bitcoin commodity treasury — liquid, active, and inflation-resistant.
The 3-year lock-up is not a constraint — it is an edge. It allows us to hold through volatility, accumulate Bitcoin during dislocations, and compound patient capital without the performance anxiety that plagues short-duration vehicles.
Fund Terms
Entity Structure
Delaware LP
Mehle Capital Fund I, LP. General Partner: Mehle Capital LLC, registered investment adviser.
Minimum Investment
$100,000
Available to qualified purchasers and accredited investors under applicable securities exemptions.
Lock-Up Period
3 Years
Aligns manager and LP incentives, eliminates forced selling, and maximizes long-duration compounding.
Management Fee
2% p.a.
Annual fee on committed capital. Ensures operational independence without requiring asset liquidation.
Carried Interest
20%
Performance allocation above the preferred return hurdle. The manager profits only when LPs profit.
Preferred Return
10% p.a.
LPs receive a 10% annual preferred return before any carried interest is allocated to the General Partner.
Investor Relations
Mehle Capital Fund I is open to qualified investors seeking institutional-grade equity management paired with a deliberate Bitcoin commodity treasury strategy. We welcome serious conversations with family offices, high-net-worth individuals, and professional investors aligned with a long-duration perspective.