F Partners - July 31st, 2024

F Partners is a Private Office that provides bespoke advice to Family Offices and Entrepreneurs.

We also invest opportunistically in our proprietary deal flow across the private markets.

Active deals

Opportunity: Soma Capital

Description: Already $1M+ of interest from F Partners - Top-Decile seed VC generating 7x returns with 20+ unicorns including Deel, Rippling, Razorpay, Ramp and Rappi.

Opportunity: Argonautic Ventures Fund IV

Description: $750M AUM Top-3% AI-focused fund with 10x TVPI with the direct FO's behind Samsung, LG and Hyundai as LPs.

Opportunity: BlitzScaling

Description: Reid Hoffman anchored Bay Area based AI VC fund

Opportunity: Apiary - Private Credit - Real Estate Acquisition 

Description: Apiary is a Dutch fruit and vegetable trading company, dedicated to empowering farmers by combining traditional farming practices with modern technologies. 

They work with farmers to build food concepts, greatly enhancing the value of farm produce.

Apiary is purchasing their apple orchard for EUR20m. They are putting up EUR1m to EUR2m in equity and have secured local bank debt of EUR14m at 3-4%. 

They are raising $5m at 12% per annum paid quarterly secured against 25% of the orchard to finance the remainder of the purchase. Option to convert to equity. Minimum ticket is EUR10k or equivalent. 

Opportunity: Midchains - A fully regulated investment platform designed for experienced investors and beginners to trade and store virtual assets.

Description: We are a leading, fully regulated blockchain and crypto financial infrastructure company headquartered in the UAE.

In addition to our existing exchange operations, we intend on using our platform to its full advantage and begin offering digital futures, securities, commodities, FX, funds and private market products as an aggregated digital asset market on a direct and indirect basis. Our platform caters to both institutions and individuals across the world (excluding sanctioned countries and the US).

The firm has always been compliance-first focused and will continue to offer innovative products and services in a safe and bankable environment.

Opportunity: Private Credit - Fully Insured, Family Office Backed Copper Mining Project 

Description: F Partners Investor Network has the opportunity to participate in the financing of a Copper Mining Project in South Africa which has already received its mining license and is ready to enter production. 

This opportunity is already backed by one of F Partners’ close family office relationships. The principal amount and a 15% per annum return will be fully insured by a top London-based insurer. 

Minimum Ticket: Direct checks available for $1M. Smaller checks will be grouped in an SPV. The family office is looking for co-investors for an additional $3M-$5M.

Opportunity: Top consumer-fintech based in MENA, backed by Tier 1 VCs, looking to connect with series B investors.

Description: Investment platform that empowers you to make informed and strategic long-term investment decisions. Access a comprehensive suite of products, cutting-edge tools, and real-time market insights to build your wealth aligned with your financial goals and values

Minimum Ticket: Request an introduction to learn more.

Opportunity: Shine Fusion (Deep Tech) - $25mm rev fusion technology with 125 patents backed by Fidelity, Baillie Gifford and US DoE 

Opportunity: Neo (FinTech) - $100mm ARR FinTech platform with $8B ATV, growing 100% YoY, backed by Valar Ventures and Tribe Capital

Opportunity: Settle - FinTech - $34mm ARR SMB cashflow management platform, backed by Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Shopify and HubSpot 

Opportunity: Earli (Health Tech) - $10M already raised from within our wider network - Revolutionary cancer diagnostic & therapeutic platform backed by Khosla, a16z, Casdin Capital and Sands Capital.

Active deals from our network

Ligo Partners is a single-family office run by Alec Andronikov (Principal) and Cindy Mihalova (Chief Investment Officer), based between Miami and New York.

Ligo Partners co-invest with our discrete and invitation-only consortium of like-minded investors into disruptive tech-focused deal flow sourced directly from family offices and top venture capital firms worldwide.

In parallel, Ligo Partners invests in tech debt financings; tech secondaries; roll-up strategies with a tech component; off-market real estate opportunities, and investment funds that have successfully demonstrated at least a 1x DPI metric from prior performance.

Resources for investors and founders:

  • Deal Memos

  • Investor Relations

  • Pitch Practice

  • Deck/Deal Room Review

  • Custom Deal Sourcing

Advisory hours 🗓

Chad Fox is an advisor to entrepreneurs and family offices through his firm F Partners. Chad has a global network that spans from North America to the Middle East and can help you with formation, fundraising, business development, and all the challenges that come with building an early-stage company. He is a qualified lawyer, angel investor, and venture capitalist.

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