Tectum Investments LLC
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Capabilities

Capital is a commodity. The structure is not.

Four capabilities, and they are usually bought together. A company that needs equity almost always needs the stack rebuilt around it, and the deal that follows needs someone who has closed one before.

Capital

Equity investment and sourcing

  • Direct equity investments We can put capital into companies we believe are positioned to grow, backing expansion, product and operational depth. We look to invest where we can also be useful.
  • Opportunity sourcing We source off-market and time-sensitive opportunities through a network built over two decades, and underwrite them before anyone is asked to look at them.
  • Underwriting before commitment We price the downside before we price the upside, and we underwrite the exit at the same moment we underwrite the entry. A deal we cannot exit is a deal we do not do.

Structure

Investment structuring

  • Capital stack optimization We design the structure around your objectives, with the aim of allocating capital efficiently and of leaving no single layer able to take the deal down on its own.
  • Financial engineering Advanced structuring applied with one aim: more value retained, less risk carried, and growth intended to hold through a cycle rather than a quarter.
  • Risk framework We build the controls intended to protect the position after closing, which is when most of the money is actually lost.

Execution

Deal making

  • Mergers and acquisitions We can identify the target, price it, and run the transaction through to close, with the aim of the business coming out the other side intact.
  • Joint ventures and partnerships We put the right parties in the room and write terms intended to keep them aligned once the market moves against one of them.
  • Negotiation and close Somebody at the table has done this before. On our deals it is us.
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We do not put our name to a structure we would not sign ourselves.

Stewardship

Strategic partner

The full life of an asset: sourcing and acquisition, development, structuring the financing, management and disposition.

We work to see that each deal is assembled with the right components and the right people: capital, strategic partners and operating expertise, brought together before the terms are signed rather than after something breaks.

Through our network you also reach competitive providers across financial services, operations, legal and the other specialties a transaction pulls in. Aligning that expertise with the opportunity is, in our view, what separates a good asset from a good return.

Bring us the deal you are stuck on.

Send the outline. If we are the wrong partner for it we will say so, and we will usually tell you who is right.

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