Fund Formation and Strategic Counsel for the Next Generation of Capital Managers.

Henry Childs II

Principal · Childs Ventures LLC

The rare attorney who has White House experience, has led a federal agency, and has advised first-time funds that have raised over $500 million since 2020.

Henry Childs II is an attorney whose practice spans fund formation, civil rights litigation, employment law, and class action matters. He founded Childs Ventures LLC to deliver the legal architecture and institutional posture that emerging capital managers, SPV sponsors, and mission-aligned platforms require to operate credibly and scale.

Prior to founding Childs Ventures, Henry served as a Presidential appointee in two roles: White House Advisor in the Office of Public Liaison and National Director of the U.S. Minority Business Development Agency, where he oversaw federal capital deployment to diverse business ecosystems nationally. Since 2020, he has advised first-time fund managers whose vehicles have raised in excess of $500 million in aggregate committed capital.

His practice is distinguished by a combination that most capital markets attorneys do not have: civil rights and employment litigation depth — including class action and FCRA matters — alongside federal capital ecosystem fluency spanning SBIC structuring, CDFI-adjacent capital, and investment adviser regulatory analysis. That combination gives clients a single attorney who can address fund documents, regulatory posture, and the employment and civil rights disputes that arise as a firm scales.