W Capital Partners: FAQs

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FAQs

What is your approach?

We utilize our team and relationships to function as a value-added investor through board representation, strategic input and follow-on capital for selected companies. We will devote resources appropriately in partnership with the management team and other co-investors.

What is your investment strategy?

We are unique from other private equity firms in that we obtain our ownership positions by acquiring non-strategic investments from leading corporations and financial institutions. We are long-term investors and possess dedicated resources and financial and strategic support focused on long-term value creation for the entrepreneur and other shareholders.

Who should consider selling?

W Capital pursues transactions with a broad range of institutional investors such as:

General Partners managing funds that would benefit from near-term realizations and distributions to limited partners

Banks, investment banks, insurance companies, family offices, high net worth individuals, and other investment institutions reducing exposure to private equity and venture capital

Corporations rebalancing their exposure to strategic investment initiatives

Hedge Funds seeking accelerated returns for side pocket investments or redemptions.

Why sell?

We are familiar with nearly all of the issues involving an institution's decision to exit part or all of its private equity holdings. The benefits to considering a sale or a portfolio restructuring include:

Generate cash and income from highly illiquid assets
Return capital resources to core business objectives
Reduce internal managerial expenses and overhead associated with managing investments
Relinquish the burden of providing follow on capital for existing portfolio companies
Participate in future growth of the assets through alternative transaction structures
Reallocate assets into new areas as investment and liquidity objectives change
Pursue a new investment strategy based upon a recycling of capital resources.

How do you partner with portfolio companies?

W Capital has a team with the experience and relationships to proactively manage portfolio investments. With well over $2.0 billion of invested capital under management, W Capital provides portfolio companies and its co-investors the following:

Proactive, creative input and participation across the Firm’s portfolio companies
Access to follow-on growth capital for individual portfolio companies
Extensive technology and operating experience with private and public companies
Development and assessment of strategic opportunities for portfolio companies in the areas of financing strategies, business strategies and mergers & acquisitions
Access to our network of strategic relationships with portfolio companies, leading corporations and financial institutions

What is your expertise?

Our team has 90 years of experience at leading institutions including Banc of America, Canaan Partners, C.E. Unterberg Towbin, General Electric, Hewlett-Packard, Jefferies, J.P. Morgan, Lehman Brothers, MMC Capital, PaineWebber and Robertson Stephens. Our industry expertise in technology, business services, manufacturing, health care, and financial services allows us to work well with management teams in creating value for our portfolio companies.

As a result of our broad based portfolio of investments and the extensive experience of our principals, W Capital has relationships with many of the top-tier venture funds, private equity funds, Fortune 500, university research centers, investment banks and other financial institutions around the world.