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FundraisingShahan Sarkissian
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Shahan Sarkissian, Founding Partner at Tamar Capital, Co-founder at Tioopo Capital. He joined the family business which is in construction for about 5 years and then established Tamar Capital with his siblings, a single family office whose mission is to diversify the family’s primary exposure. From there they diversified more toward Real Estate, Private Equity, and Venture Capital where they adopted a hands-on approach to work closely with the founders with who we invest with.

Tamar Capital now has offices in London and San Francisco. Shahan’s most recent venture is Tioopo Capital- a multi-family backed Private Equity firm that invests in SMEs in western Europe and the UK. Shahan is also a Motorsport enthusiast, he also launched the Sports Marketing Group, a Sports marketing company based in London that has now built a strong reputation among various Formula 1 and Motorsports promoters. More recently, along with his brother, they founded esc.live, the first global e-scooter racing series.

 

IN THIS EPISODE, Shahan TALKs ABOUT:

  • 2:25: Shahan tells us about Tioopo Capital

  • 3:16: He shares about his background and experience and how he moved from engineering to finance.

  • 4:12: Shahan shares his journey that let him to create Tioopo Capital

  • 5:12: Shahan shares how Tioopo Capital does deal sourcing

  • 8:13: Shahan shares about his fundraising process, how he structures it and some strategies

  • 11:31: Shahan shares what he believes are the most interesting and challenging parts of fundraising

  • 14:22: Shahan gives advice he would wanted to have before he started fundraising

  • 15:45: How he structures his outreach strategy

  • 16:55: Shahan shares about Tamar Real State, their strategy and structure.

  • 18:47: He compares the fundraising process for Tioopo, Tamar Real State and ESC

  • 21:02: He shares his take on the importance of having a strong supporting material vs the way you present yourself

  • 22:54: Resources or tools he has been using that he would recommend.

  • 23:56: Shahan shares how he choose his investors depending on the stage and the type of business.

  • 25:41: Shahan shares his perspective on the impact of current economic context on fundraising.

  • 27:40: Shahan shares how is his relationship with his current investors

  • 28:54: He shares his secret on how to balance wearing so many hats.

  • 30:34: Key Rapid Fire questions.

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