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361Firm Digest 12/9/24

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Dear 361 Community, here are highlights for the Digest for the week of 12/9/24:

TUE: 10:30am Prep Call for Florida 1/25-27 Conference; 11am Briefing “Trump 2.0” (register)

WED: 10:30 Meetups to mobilize events in 2025 (register)

LAST WEEK: Briefing on “US-China Scenarios” (video, pod), Dec. 3 Conference - see Full Playlist

361Firm hosts its 8th Florida Conference in Naples (Jan. 25-26) again at the AC 5th Avenue and Miami (Jan. 26-27) at Greenberg Traurig’s HQ (333 SE 2nd Ave) which accommodates 125. Per the Program Deck and agenda, both cities include panels on investing by global regions, assets, industries, and philanthropy, plus Breakouts and TED-like talks. We host a "Prep Call" Tue. Dec. 10 (sign up). Register: 361firm.com/fl25.

SO WE CAN PLAN BEST, REGISTER TODAY (DEC. 9) WITH A 50% DISCOUNT (use code 36150FL25).

LP "QP" Allocators can join complimentary if approved on submitting or updating our Diagnostic.

NAPLES (AC 5th Ave.): Jan. 25: 9am Pickleball, 1pm Conference; Jan. 26: 9am panels, 12pm P-ball Mixer

MIAMI (Greenberg Traurig, 333 SE 2nd Ave.): Jan. 26: 7pm reception; Jan. 27: 9am Allocators, 1pm Conf.

FYI, we will add more hotel blocks soon. See highlight videos of the 2022, 2023, and 2024 FL conferences.

12/3 NY CONFERENCE PLAYLIST

12/3 BRIEFING: SLEEPWALKING INTO CONFLICT

ACCESS.

Qualified Purchasers, approved on updating or submitting your Diagnostic, can access our External Pipeline, with links to decks and to schedule meetings. Meanwhile, everyone can see the No Name Pipeline Excerpt.

Our pipeline looks rather different today than it did a few years ago. We approach from both the buy-side (forming funds or SPVs into funds/companies) and the sell-side where we have 40+ active mandates with funds and companies (some are between vintages or rounds). QPs who have completed our Diagnostic can access the

PRIVATE CREDIT.  Today, the majority of capital raised or deployed is still in private credit - largely via funds and we are adding more credit funds (litigation finance, specialty niche areas like law firm receivables, space), as well as direct credit deals such as a $35M GP buyout (Project Stone below). When our growth VC clients closed rounds recently, they too welcomed some private credit to accelerate growth ahead of their next rounds (e.g., Project Charger, Project Payback, and Space Perspectives, which just received a $15M commitment from Richard Branson).

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE  is, of course, "du jour," and AI funds keep trucking, and we have special direct access to Perplexity and OpenAI. 

DEFENSE - DUAL USE - SEMICONDUCTORS. With wars afoot, the defense, dual-use, and semiconductor space keeps growing - e.g., a UK drone producer, three specialist funds, and a credit fund with a lot of exposure to cyber.

ENERGY / INDUSTRIALS. We have both a contrarian O&G Secondaries fund (with first close on ~$150M), an energy transition fund, a tire/rubber recycling company, copper mines, LFP battery manufacturing in Europe, and again a credit angle with a focus on natural resources. 

HEALTHCARE. We have a pre-IPO company in breath diagnostics, an AI personalized care company, a caregiver App), and Blueprint for Kids, an app program for K-12 schools focused on mental health and EQ

PUBLIC MARKETS. As for hedge funds, we have a high conviction US equities manager, one focused on Eurasian Recovery ex-Russia, and the former head of AI-ML at Aberdeen scaling AUM with a fintech angle as well to license to wealth managers.

REAL ESTATE. We have a last-mile logistics REIT (aims for 6% annual net yield and 18-22% net IRR over 5 years), a pre-IPO company focused on wellness, and again credit angle via another fund.

If any of the deals or areas above are of interest, reach out to Mark Sanor at msanor@361firm.com.

ONBOARD.

You can onboard deals via 361firm.com/onb. Some aspects can be added to the No Name Pipeline Excerpt. Mandated clients are added to our Deal Database Shared with 4K+ Allocators. Allocators can access deal decks by attesting to QP status via our Diagnostic.

Dec. 17: Tuesday Briefing & Lunch in New York - https://361firm.com/subs

Jan. 21: 250th Tuesday Briefing, with global/local meetups, register at www.361firm.com/250

Jan. 24-27: 8th Naples & Miami Conferences, 361firm.com/fl25

Jan. 24-26: Naples Conference, 361firm.com/fl25

Jan. 26: Miami Reception

Jan. 27*: Miami Hybrid Allocator Lunch before Miami Conference

Jan. 27*: Miami Conference at Greenberg Traurig - www.361firm.com/fl25

April 28-29: Riyadh “World With Purpose” Summit 2 - register interest at 361firm.com/gcc25.

April 30-May 1: Abu Dhabi and Dubai 361 Roundtables and events - register interest at 361firm.com/gcc25.

*for QPs approved via our Diagnostic. **if interested in joining, email Mark at msanor@361firm.com

361Firm will soon host its 2025 GCC Tour. We are excited to have support at the ministerial level, and as that took time, we will be moving our dates back to April 28-29 for the World With Purpose” Summit 2 in Riyadh and April 30-May 1 for 361 Roundtables in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and a Desert Trek.

Meanwhile, you can see the current World with Purpose Overview Deck and register interest at 361firm.com/gcc25, and join our “GCC Tour Prep Call” on Thursdays at 10 AM ET

Since 2019, Stephen R. Burke of ARS has given opening briefings around the world, and via Zoom on Tuesdays at 11 AM since April 2020. See the Briefing Playlist on our 361 Channel. On Jan. 21, 2025, 361Firm will host our 250th Tuesday Briefing in a row. At the 200th mark, we hosted "watch party" gatherings in over 30 cities. This time we aim for 50+ locations and 250+ participants. We seek your help to co-organize (or participate in) simple informal "watch party" gatherings.

Jan. 21 Agenda (all times ET):

10:30: Participant 5-second 4-point Intros (1) name, (2) firm, and (3) city of birth and current residence

11:00: 361Firm shares the 250th "Tribute Collage" Videos*

11:15: Briefing 250 with Q&A

12:00: Receptions in some locations (e.g. lunch in NYC at ARS, 529 5th Avenue)

Watch Parties will be soon listed, and include already Houston, NY, SF, LA, Naples, Cincinnati, and Boston - more to come with your help. If you are interested in hosting in your city/town or neighborhood, please let us know via the form at www.361firm.com/250, so we can add to our venue list, and invite others nearby.