Finistere Partners | Mission
Finistere Partners is a venture capital and fund management firm with a unique international focus. We recognize that innovation is as likely to occur in Sydney as it is San Diego; as likely in London as Los Angeles. Yet the traditional venture capital fund has found it difficult to look outside its region.
Our model is to develop internationally competitive technologies and migrating them into the world's largest markets. Our vision is unique, but the problems we address are universal. Our investment model seeks to bring together the best fit of technology, people and capital to maximize the value of an innovation, wherever it is found.
Finistere welcomes interest from professional investors and entrepreneurs, seeking superior returns in our industries of focus.
Asset Class
The venture capital asset class, a subset of the private equity asset class, is a well established alternative investment instrument that provides higher returns with more diversified risk not easily obtained through conventional investments in publicly traded assets (stock and bond markets). Venture capital focuses on investing in dealflow at the seed, startup and expansion stage with a greater emphasis on entrepreneurial undertakings and less on mature businesses offering further diversification to investor’s who may already have investments in private equity assets.
Investment Model
The fund seeks to bring together a combination of industry and management experience, partnership opportunities, capital, access to complementary technology (e.g. to create “freedom to operate” or FTO), deal making expertise, and ultimately relationships which are all necessary for a young company to generate a successful liquidity event. The General Partner’s extensive networks in New Zealand, the U.S. and other large offshore markets further add value by serving as a technology pipeline capable of migrating these technologies into larger global markets while providing localized management expertise and experience capable of achieving a successful exit.