Stella Capital

Open Capital has 4 main areas of work: Series A and B (fundraising, investment and loans). Distress and Special Situations (refinancing, reconstruction, etc). Turnarounds (reorganization, transformation, etc). Pre-IPOs and Exits (readiness, listings, etc). We provide advice, equity and lending to SMEs and risk-adjusted return for investors. Our aim is to support good quality companies for sustainable growth while protecting our investors and minimizing risk.

Our team of entrepreneurs, finance, and operations professionals lead equity investments in order to build great companies and deliver outsized returns to our partners. Our firm is supported by an operating portfolio of over a dozen companies primarily concentrated in the heavy construction, manufacturing, and logistics sectors. We seek opportunities that allow us to maximize economies of scale across our portfolio in terms of shared resources, lower cost of goods, complimentary service offerings, and expanded geographic and industry presence. Grouse Ridge Capital may invest in distressed assets if an event-driven increase in value can be identified or the underlying assets are substantially undervalued and of strategic importance. Our venture capital is allocated using a barbell strategy between actively managed early-stage ventures and passive late-stage investments. We seek to initiate Series-A investments between $500k - $3mm in early-stage ventures with unfair competitive advantage at valuations under $5mm requiring no more than $10mm in equity financing to scale. Additionally, we selectively deploy capital in rapid-growth late-stage ventures demonstrating tangible progress towards a defined exit.

We target private investment opportunities alongside our investors and provide access to our proprietary deal sourcing. All investments are structured in-house by our team of investment professionals located in Zurich, Vienna, Singapore and Ho Chi Minh City. Investment Focus Our focus is on Private Equity, Real Estate and Venture Capital. Corecam invests opportunistically across the entire capital structure. Our investment sweet spot allows for attractive entry multiples, as it is too large for individuals and too small for institutional investors. Private Equity: We focus on mid market companies in uncorrelated industries that are supported by secular growth trends such as software, health care services and technology enabled business services. Together with our partners, we seek to invest in cash generating and recurring businesses, with the potential to pursue a dedicated buy-and-build strategy with a clear geographic multiple arbitrage. Real Estate: In Real Estate we have historically been focused on affordable multi-family, senior and student housing, as well as commercial and opportunistic real estate transactions. We have a strong track record in development and value-add investments globally. Our portfolio spans across the United States, Australia, Germany, Spain, Vietnam, Austria, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Philippines, India and Korea. Venture Capital: We allocate capital to established startups and specialized Venture Capital funds with top tier track records. Corecam’s investment focus lies in uncorrelated business models. Typically B2B companies with a high share of recurring revenues. Over 60% of Corecam’s current Venture Capital portfolio is focused on software companies. We seek high growth, high margin business models partnering with entrepreneurs, who are building technologies for the next generation. Special Opportunities: Thanks to our proprietary network of investors and partners we have access to a wide range of private market opportunities. Our execution speed and structuring expertise allow us to flexibly participate in such investments. This has led to opportunistic investments into infrastructure, pre-IPOs, IPOs, privatizations and targeted non-bank lending.

La Maison is an investment company that enhances its singularity to accomplish what we define as “a mission”. We will work on keeping our “boutique style” spirit no matter what pace of growth we accomplish, growing without changing. Thanks to the incredibly close and friendly relationship, we nurture with our shareholders, their families and our management we leverage everyday our Club in everyone’s best and aligned interest. Within all our fields of investment starting from private banking, asset management and real estate, to venture technology investments, we focus on being “the early birds catching the worm”. The particular culture that naturally defines our mission motivates a particular feeling of brotherhood and fraternity within our Club, La Maison. La Maison is always looking for under the radar projects, that needs a “French haute couture touch”, reactivity in analyzing and executing that big institutions or industrialized process could not conduct.

We provide capital and strategic partnership to companies and funds led by faith-driven teams that have the potential for outsized returns and impact. We currently have five main practice areas. First, we invest directly in profitable, lower middle market companies with $10 million to $100 million in revenue, and $3 million to $20 million in owner’s earnings. Second, we invest directly in promising, early-stage technology companies across Seed and Series A stages. Third, we invest in publicly-traded companies. Fourth we invest in domestic real estate with a primary focus on value-add strategies. Finally, we use a fund of funds strategy to invest in venture and private equity fund managers through primaries, secondaries, co-investments, and GP stakes. We also offer business consulting services for mature companies looking to forward-steward the business and mission beyond the current generation. We are distinct in our faith-driven approach to investing, our ability to hold investments long term, our willingness to customize solutions to owner needs, and the excellence with which we execute through disciplined strategic, operational, and financial partnership. We exist to love God and love our neighbor through investing.

Caruso Ventures LLC is a growing, entrepreneurial organization operating as a single-family office in Boulder, Colorado. We invest across multiple asset classes, including venture capital, private equity, hedge funds, direct investments, real estate, operating companies, crypto, and public securities.