Red Arts Capital?
Looking at Chicago for MMPE and came across a fund called red arts... Looks heavy in the logistics space with a handful of deep industrials/manufacturing. Founded by two FlloydBots with no prior direct PE investing experience. Anyone work with them or alongside them before mind sharing a little bit more on them? would be appreciated
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UPDATE: got waves of DM from ppl citing this firm as full of arrogant, mediocre and poor experience individuals. Can confirm this by the team backgrounds if you notice the founders both have zero investment experience and all the investment team comprises of mba booth kids with zero to 1 year max of direct PE experience.... Overall wildcard fund and another firm I WOULD NOT want to work with, invest in, or work at.
Based on the most helpful WSO content, there isn't specific information about Red Arts Capital in the provided dataset. However, if you're looking at middle-market private equity (MMPE) in Chicago, focusing on funds with a strong logistics and industrials/manufacturing emphasis could be a solid niche. It's worth noting that firms founded by individuals without prior direct PE investing experience might still succeed if they bring operational expertise, strong networks, or a unique investment thesis to the table.
If you're seriously considering them, it might be helpful to: 1. Research their portfolio companies to understand their investment strategy and track record. 2. Look into the backgrounds of the founders to assess their operational or industry expertise. 3. Network with professionals in the Chicago MMPE space to gather insights about their reputation and deal flow.
If you need more detailed insights, you might want to explore WSO threads or reach out to members who specialize in logistics-focused funds.
Sources: Overview of Infrastructure Private Equity, BlackRock Raising a $10-$20bn direct PE investment fund, “Long Term Private Capital”, Starting a Private Equity Fund/Firm, Anyone know about Maranon Capital?, How do people narrow down PE funds they want to recruit for?
FloydBots?
He edited it, but originally wrote something pretty fucked up that I’m not going to repeat. Zoomers can be weird as shit.
I figured it was some racist bullshit. OP, fuck off and get fucked.
yall being soft
Why this site is basically garbage now. Threads have gone down hill in quality. Patrick and other mods just let blatantly racist posts and comments go.
Spoke to them when they were looking about a year ago. You nailed their focus areas. Wasn't a fit based on my background and what I'm looking for but they came off as intelligent and pleasant.
First few deals were over 5x MOIC. Really smart guys investing in a tough sector.
That's pretty cool, is the exit info public? Want to cross check since someone DM'd me they had one decent exit and rest of portfolio is full of duds.
Overstating valuations to garner LP interest. Can't confirm but just what they told me
"Overstating valuations to garner LP interest"
Are you familiar with private equity at all?
Was leading a process they bid on, got to speak and meet with several of them . Overall came across as mediocre, slightly arrogant and overcompensating for their lack of experience in the industry. Can definitely tell that senior leadership isn’t the most experienced and if you look into their investment staff they too have odd backgrounds (mostly mbas, non direct PE experience, just odd wildcard backgrounds if you ask me)
Apparently juniors hate working there and can’t wait to leave. High attrition rates and stuff to back it up. This is from a source who worked / interned there so must mean something..
Another firm I know I wouldn’t want to work at
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