Pardon Inc.

Overview

Pardon describes itself as a modern family office and venture studio. Its work combines investment, creative development, cultural programming, and support for founders working across arts, media, lifestyle, and wellness.¹

History

Nathaniel Koloc co-founded the Pardon family office with Nicholas Pardon in 2021 and served as its Managing Director during its first phase of venture development.²

Leadership

Nicholas Pardon is Founder and Chairman of Pardon and founder of Optimism. Liz Barhydt is President of Optimism and Pardon’s Head of Finance. Alex Sadowski serves as Chief of Staff. Charlo G. Walterbach is Head of Studio, leading brand and identity development across Pardon’s ventures, publications, and experiences. Justin Sanders is Head of Family Office Operations, overseeing portfolio properties and advising on investment decisions across current holdings.²

Services

Pardon develops brands, platforms, and spaces by bringing collaborators together, turning ideas into plans, and building lived experiences. Its Atelier includes artists, designers, and producers who shape the firm’s creative and venture work.³

Pardon Arts includes the Pardon Collection, the Collé collage platform, exhibition spaces, and residency programs. The collection contains more than 700 contemporary works spanning collage, conceptual art, and digital projects. Pardon Arts produces exhibitions and events through Cannery Village in Newport Beach, along with programs in Los Angeles, Palm Springs, New York, and Mexico City. Its Grants & Retreats program supports artists through commissions and residency experiences at the Cannery Village campus.⁴

Pardon invests in early-stage ventures across arts, media, lifestyle, and wellness. The firm offers patient capital, strategic partnership, and access to collaborator networks. Its Pardon Next Generation Wealth Fund has a portfolio of more than 25 companies across arts and culture, lifestyle, and wellness, while the Pardon Angel Fund backs founders at the idea and seed stage.⁵

Pardon also advises next-generation family offices on designing culture-oriented capital strategies grounded in values and long-term wealth generation.⁵

What the firm offers

• Family governance and education
• Administration and bill pay
• Private and alternative investments

Client Focus

Pardon works with visionary founders and early-stage ventures in the arts, media, lifestyle, and wellness sectors. It also serves next-generation family offices seeking culture-oriented capital strategies and long-term wealth creation.⁵

Approach

Pardon says its approach combines artistic practice, rigorous process, and purpose. Its stated values include intentionality, courage, discernment, compassion, and virtue.³

FAQs

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Sources

1. Pardon
2. Pardon Ventures
3. Pardon Ethos
4. Pardon Arts
5. Pardon Ventures

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