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Investment Deals

Investment in Food Hall Operating Business
Bluestem Market is a vibrant new food hall concept designed to fuel local culinary talent while redefining the dining experience. Featuring 8 vendor spaces, it provides an accessible launchpad for food artisans to showcase their craft—without the…
Investment Size: $5 - 9.9M
Multifamily Real Estate Development Opportunity
LCI Development Partners, the affiliated real estate investment and Development arm of AWC, is currently sourcing $18.9 million in limited partner capital for a 138 unit multifamily development in Downers Grove, IL.
Sector: Real Estate
Investment Size: $10 - 19.9M
300-Unit Multifamily Acquisition - Phoenix, AZ
Brixton Capital has been awarded the acquisition of the Alta Warehouse apartment complex in Phoenix, AZ for $82 million / 273K per door / $290 PSF.  Alta Warehouse is a 300-unit, 4-story, elevator-served apartment community in the…
Sector: Real Estate
Investment Size: $30 - 39.9M
Multifamily Real Estate Investment Opportunity - (Denver MSA)
We are acquiring a first-class apartment community in Lakewood, Colorado, called the Windsor (the "Property") directly from the seller in an off-market transaction. The purchase price is $125 million ($320 PSF), representing a 5.67% cap…
Sector: Real Estate
Investment Size: $1 - 4.9M
Multifamily Real Estate Investment Opportunity - Lake Mary (Orlando MSA), FL
LCI Development Partners is seeking a $9MM limited partner equity investment to construct a 70-unit boutique luxury multifamily project within walking distance to local grocers, restaurants, and other area amenities. The project is located in the…
Sector: Real Estate
Investment Size: $5 - 9.9M
Upcoming SpaceX Tender Offer Direct from Company
Please see below SpaceX opportunity for Family Office Exchange members.  SpaceX will be running a Tender Offer at year end, which occurs every 6 months for employees. The shares are classified as common.  There is no difference…
Investment Size: $50M+
AgNovos Bioscience - A Regenerative Technology Company, Pioneering Novel Treatments for Bone Disease
We are raising up to $60mm of funding at a $300mm pre-money valuation in a Series B Preferred Stock.  The goal for the company to have an IPO in late 2026.  The family has invested over $200mm into this company and will be investing in the…
Investment Size: $50M+
Regenerative Medicine Biologic Platform Technology
Our family office has invested in a company that has created a unique and highly innovative patented technology based on biologically active materials manufactured from allogenic human blood plasma. These Plasma-based Bioactive Materials (PBMs)…
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FinTech Company
The Company was founded by a group of senior executives from global alternative asset managers and technology firms. The founders’ collective experience totals more than 100 years in senior roles at leading financial services and technology…
Sector: Technology
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Privacy Control Company for Large Corporations and Consumers
The Company was spun off as a new entity in June of 2019 after years of product development by a predecessor company and has created a patent pending global scalable solution for big corporations and consumers alike in response to recent laws passed…
Sector: Technology
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Pharmacogenetics Testing Company Focused on Pain Management
The company is the first and only company focused on using genetics for pain management, providing clients with useful insights about compatibility for pain and related treatment. The company looks specifically at 116 variants on 55 genes to make a…
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Hospitality Investments - Austin, Texas and San Francisco, California
My company is developing two new hotels in 2019 both with major flags. The first being in Austin, Texas on Congress Street near the Capital and the second in downtown San Francisco between the Moscone Center and the new Salesforce Tower. The two…
Sector: Real Estate
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CALAMAR LIFESTYLE SENIOR HOUSING FUND, LLC
Investment objective: Provide investors with equity ownership in a portfolio of senior residential properties.  Senior housing has been, and is expected to continue to be, one of America’s fastest growing and most stable real property market…
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Light weighting steel alloy for the transportation industry
The Company is an advanced materials company specializing in the design and commercialization of patented steels with exceptional mechanical properties derived from their nano-scale microstructure. The Company’s primary focus is proprietary alloys…
Sector: Technology
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Disruptive event-based machine vision technology
The Company addresses the problem of machine vision in the context of automotive, industrial automation, robotics and AR/VR. The solution it developed is based on a paradigm change: instead of processing a scene frame by frame (like…
Sector: Technology
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Sale of Texas QSR Properties - NNN Investment Opportunity
Opportunity to purchase three, new development, quick service restaurant (QSR) properties.   This is an NNN investment with new 20-year leases on all properties. The sites are located in Texas and are operated by a top performing,…
Sector: Real Estate
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Ulta Short Term Transactional Real Estate Funding
High-level Summary: In December, we closed on acquiring 45% of a company called Marquee Funding that does ultra short-term financing for single family and commercial real estate to wholesalers for immediate flips. Generally, Marquee …
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