To the left are links to Topics previously covered as well as articles on raising capital and venture investing. These are my own opinions and ideas and do not necessarily reflect the views of my partners or my fund, Arctaris Income Fund, LP.
Yes, we all know the venture economy has changed. The trouble is that young companies are holding onto the expectation that capital will be found if they look hard enough. Well, that’s the first shift in thinking that has to be acknowledged if they’re going to find capital: things have changed and the venture economy has moved and left no forwarding address. We have to remap the course to raising capital. Venture funds are repairing their portfolio and tending to their wounded. Angel investors are looking but remain very cautious, still waiting for their public stock investments to recover. Yet there is capital to be found, for at a price. So it’s time to look at the capital market differently, for starters, through the eyes of the investors. Understand them, and you’ll begin to find a path to funding.
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About Arctaris Capital Partners
Arctaris provides loans to mid and later stage, private and publicly held technology companies seeking $1-7 million, or upwards of $50M through syndication. We focus is on the use of royalty financing which has a number of desirable features . (see the Article listed to the left: A New Corporate Finance Solution).
Our offices are in Waltham, MA, at Bay Colony Corporate Center, 1000 Winter Street North. We manage two funds, The Arctaris Income Fund, and Arctaris Co-Investment, LP. For additional information, contact us at 617-535-9928 or at info@arctaris dot com.
Andy has been been a venture investor since 1990 and has funded more than 35 companies. Prior to founding Arctaris he was a founding partner at Brook Venture Partners and before that he did transatlantic investment banking at Downer & Company (Boston and Paris) where he first became interested in venture investing. His most intellectually stimulating job was with Arthur D. Little, and his corporate experience came as president of a research division of Equifax, Inc. His entrepreneurial instincts were honed with a publishing venture he launched and sold 12 years later to a division of Thompson.
He graduated from Clarkson University (B.S.) and Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth (MBA). He regularly writes and speaks on venture financing.
