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We are a private equity firm focused on investments and consulting in high quality startups, early phase private companies, mature private and public companies. Our firm also seeks opportunities in financing and ownership of commercial and residential properties.
Fin is an asset management firm investing full lifecycle in FinTech and adjacent verticals in principally B2B enterprise SaaS companies principally in the US and UK-EU, and selectively in LatAm, Israel, and Canada. We are FinTech nerds with capital, based in SF/NYC/LA/London and focus on FinTech SaaS. We manage over $1B in AUM and deploy full stack out of 4 strategies: Regatta (pre-seed, checks of $100K-$1M), Flagship (Early Stage - Seed->B, checks of $1-10M), Horizons (Growth - C+, checks of $25-50M+, primary/secondary), and Constellation (Publics – SPAC sponsor). We bring a scalable operating value playbook focused on global BD, corporate dev, capital formation, product/GTM, key talent sourcing, and board leadership – leveraging our proprietary AI/ML platform, Lighthouse, which our Founders access.
At GoAhead Ventures our mission is to work with young entrepreneurs at the earliest stages of their company. We are active investors who work alongside our companies and aim to deliver tangible value. We enjoy working with students and recent graduates to help them achieve their vision. We believe in the transformative ability that young entrepreneurs possess when building a company. We have a track record of helping entrepreneurs found their startups from scratch, and we love to get involved in every step of the process. Two thirds of our firm is made up of very recent Stanford grads, and the other third is very young at heart!
Vining Sparks is nationally and globally recognized as a leading broker/dealer in serving the investment needs of institutional investors. The firm was originally founded by Jim Vining to serve the investment and asset/liability needs of community banks. From an initial staff of 17 people, Vining Sparks has significantly expanded its national footprint. It now employs more than 350 people in 14 offices across the country. The firms diverse customer base totals approximately 4,500 institutional investors and includes banks, savings and loans, credit unions, municipalities, money managers, trust departments, insurance companies, pension funds, and investment advisors. Vining Sparks has nearly $100 million in capital and an annual trading volume exceeding $250 billion with customers located in all 50 states and many foreign countries.