Tiburon Managing Partner Chip Roame addresses a group of wealth & investment management (& WealthTech) executives in Chicago, IL

Venture Capital, Private Equity, & Activist Advice

Tiburon's venture capital, private equity, & activist advice refers to the services that Tiburon provides to both entrepreneurs and investors in the wealth & investment management (& WealthTech) industry. These companies often come to Tiburon for a series of reasons, including the firm's industry knowledge, strategy skills, investment opportunities awareness, senior-level contacts, & financing contacts. Tiburon executives enjoy working with both entrepreneurs and investors and the firm has structured dozens of such relationships.

Entrepreneurs

Tiburon is most interested in helping entrepreneurs when it can contribute both its strategy consulting skills and its knowledge of venture capital & growth equity sources. Straight venture capital raising projects are of less interest to the firm. Pre-seed and seed companies are outside of Tiburon's expertise.

Tiburon's philosophy regarding capital raising is to seek synergistic relationships whereby both parties benefit. Dozens of venture capital, growth equity, & private equity firms are Tiburon members and hence Tiburon often has proprietary insights into their investing objectives. Tiburon has been engaged for at least three different levels of strategic capital raising assistance, all that could be loosely called beauty contests. These service levels can best be described as introductions, mid-level support, & full support. Tiburon is not a broker/dealer. Fees have range from 1% to 7% of capital raised, along with a retainer relationship to cover the value of time of the firm's executives. Tiburon has accepted board memberships, stock options, & restricted shares of both public and private companies.

Venture Capital & Private Equity Investors

Tiburon has been engaged more often by venture capital, growth equity, & private equity firms to help with deal sourcing and/or due diligence.

• Deal sourcing. Many of Tiburon's venture capital, growth equity, & private equity members appreciate being introduced to investment opportunities. Tiburon's industry experience allows it to identify investment opportunities before the investors and sometimes even before the entrepreneurs. For instance, the firm's managing partner introduced Edelman Financial Services to Hellman & Friedman and took a board seat upon closing.
• Tiburon is focused on private equity opportunities where it can add value to strategies and where strategic capital is sought. For instance, the firm's managing partner recently helped private equity firm GTCR with due diligence on both Allspring Group Holdings and Foundation Source and joined the boards of both upon closing.

Depending on the level of support desired, Tiburon sometimes simply participates in due diligence, and other times is engaged for strategic assessments and/or strategy consulting.

Activist Advice

Numerous hedge funds & other investors have sought Tiburon's assistance in evaluating investment opportunities in wealth & investment management (& WealthTech). Tiburon's industry knowledge, strategy skills, investment opportunities awareness, senior-level contacts, & financing contacts allows it to assist activists in maximizing shareholder value.

If you would like more details please contact Sarah Sage at SSage@TiburonAdvisors.com.