Sean Drake

Provides securities brokerage services

Provides natural language generation software technologies and services

Endeavor Capital Management invests in the environmental technologies, energy, utilities, communications, software and business processes outsourcing sectors. They also invest in special situations where manufacturing or service businesses take advantage of technology to alter a company's operating economics and competitive strength. Endeavor prefers to invest in expansion stage opportunities but they may selectively invest in promising early-stage situations. They generally provide a company's first institutional financing. Endeavor does not require that their portfolio companies be profitable at the time of the initial investment, but potential portfolio companies must have paying customers and a near term plan for attaining cash positive operations. Endeavor prefers to originate or co-lead buyout transactions which typically have a transaction size of up to $50 million. Endeavor also seeks to acquire portfolios of expansion stage companies from individual, corporate or other private equity investors. Average investments range from $500,000 to $5 million. The firm has invested in excess of $10 million over the life of an investment and with support from limited partners and co-investors, they have invested over $20 million. Portfolio companies should have talented management, high growth potential, significant barriers to entry, attractive operating economics and alternative exit strategies.

Functions as a College/University

Functions as a College/University

Stony Lonesome Group invests in companies located in the United States. The firm focuses across a broad range of sectors and industries. It participates in equity, debt and short-term credit financing for early to late stage capital requirements with an investment size ranging from USD 0.25 to 1 million and also makes co-investments in larger deals ranging from USD 1 to 10 million. The firm also acts as a lead investor.

Pathfinder Solutions Group LLC is a consulting firm that supports early-stage, venture-backed companies by delivering a “mentor capital” value proposition. The private company is based in Tampa, FL. The firm provides solutions across sectors such as cyber and smart technologies, data analytics, medical and healthcare, and grant funding. Pathfinder acts as a value added reseller for advanced technology companies, partnering with Arria NLG to develop natural language generation capabilities for Department of Defense and government agencies, focusing on cyber threat and military intelligence data fusion. The company collaborates with firms offering secure big data analytics, data-centric security, edge analytics, IT hardware, and cloud solutions. In the medical and healthcare domain, Pathfinder assists clients with FDA approval processes and connects them with vendors for clinical supply chain management and compliance. The firm also helps secure non-dilutive capital through Department of Defense SBIR grants, tailoring dual-use technologies to meet government requirements. The company was founded by Sean Drake.