Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)

Registration No. 333-222986

CNL STRATEGIC CAPITAL, LLC

SUPPLEMENT NO. 8 DATED OCTOBER 21, 2021

TO THE PROSPECTUS DATED APRIL 15, 2021

We are providing this Supplement No. 8 to you in order to supplement our prospectus dated April 15, 2021 (as supplemented to date, the “Prospectus”). This supplement provides information that shall be deemed part of, and must be read in conjunction with, the Prospectus. Capitalized terms used in this supplement have the same meanings in the Prospectus unless otherwise stated herein. The terms “we,” “our,” “us” and “Company” refer to CNL Strategic Capital, LLC.

Before investing in our shares you should read the entire Prospectus and this supplement, and consider carefully our investment objectives, risks, fees and expenses. You should also carefully consider the information disclosed in the section of the Prospectus captioned “Risk Factors” before you decide to invest in our shares.

The purpose of this supplement is to disclose the following:

Public Offering Price Adjustment

On October 21, 2021, the board of directors (the “Board”) of the Company approved the new per share public offering price for each share class in the Company’s current public offering (the “Offering”). The new public offering prices will be effective as of October 27, 2021 and will be used for the Company’s next monthly closing for subscriptions on October 29, 2021. As of the date of this supplement, all references throughout the Prospectus to the per share public offering price for each share class available in the Offering are hereby updated to reflect the new per share public offering prices stated in the table below. The purchase price for Class A, Class T, Class D, and Class I shares purchased under our distribution reinvestment plan will be equal to the net asset value per share as of September 30, 2021. The following table provides the new public offering prices and applicable upfront selling commissions and dealer manager fees for each share class available in the Offering:

We have also posted this information on our website at www.cnlstrategiccapital.com. A subscriber may also obtain this information by calling us by telephone at (866) 650-0650.

Declaration of Distributions

The following table supplements the section entitled “Distribution Policy” which begins on page 48 of this Prospectus. On October 21, 2021, the Board declared cash distributions on the outstanding shares of all classes of our common shares based on a monthly record date, as set forth below:

Determination of Net Asset Value for Outstanding Shares for the month ended September 30, 2021

On October 21, 2021, the Board of Company has determined the Company’s net asset value per share for each share class in a manner consistent with the Company’s valuation policy, as described under “Determination of Net Asset Value” in this Prospectus. Class FA and Class S shares are not being offered in the Offering. This table provides the Company’s aggregate net asset value and net asset value per share for its Class FA, Class A, Class T, Class D, Class I, and Class S shares as of September 30, 2021:

The increase in the Company’s net asset value per share for each applicable share class for the month ended September 30, 2021 was driven by increases in the fair value of five out of eight of the Company’s portfolio company investments.  The fair value of two of the Company’s portfolio company investments decreased and one did not change.

Return Information

The following table illustrates year-to-date (“YTD”), trailing 12 months (“1-Year Return”), 3-Year Return, 3-Year Average Annual Return (“AAR”), and cumulative total returns through September 30, 2021, with and without upfront sales load, as applicable:

⁽¹⁾ For the period from January 1, 2021 through September 30, 2021.

⁽²⁾ For the period from October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.

⁽³⁾ For the period from October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2021. The AAR adds the annual return for each of the last three years together and divides the sum by three.

⁽⁴⁾ For the period from the date the first share was issued for each respective share class through September 30, 2021.

Total return is calculated for each share class as the change in the net asset value for such share class during the period and assuming all distributions are reinvested. Amounts are not annualized. The Company’s performance changes over time and currently may be different than that shown above. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. For details regarding applicable sales load, please see the “Plan of Distribution" section in the Company’s Prospectus. Class I and D have no upfront sales load.

For the year to date period ended September 30, 2021, and for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, distributions were paid from multiple sources and these sources included net investment income before expense support of 58.0%, 42.3%, 61.7% and 85.2%, reimbursable expense support of 0.0%, 33.2%, 23.5% and 11.1%, and offering proceeds of 42.0%, 24.5%, 14.8% and 3.7%, respectively.  For additional information regarding sources of distributions, please see the annual and quarterly reports the Company files with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company may be required to repay expense support to the Manager and Sub-Manager in future periods which may reduce future income available for distributions. As of the date of this current report, management believes that reimbursement of expense support is not probable under the terms of the Expense Support and Conditional Reimbursement Agreement. 

We have also posted this information on our website at www.cnlstrategiccapital.com. A subscriber may also obtain this information by calling us by telephone at (866) 650-0650. The calculation of the Company’s net asset value is a calculation of fair value of the Company’s assets less the Company’s outstanding liabilities. For a discussion of how the fair values of the Company's investments have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, please see Note 4. “Fair Value of Financial Instruments” in Item 1. “Financial Statements” in Part I of the Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2021. Please also see “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Business—The outbreak of highly infectious or contagious diseases, including the current outbreak of the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”), could materially and adversely impact our business, our operating businesses, our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. Further, the spread of COVID-19 pandemic has caused severe disruptions in the U.S. and global economy and financial markets and could potentially create widespread business continuity issues of an as yet unknown magnitude and duration.”