Stride

For investors

Coverage of a market, not a list of companies.

We turn investment theses into qualified opportunities and genuine conversations.Across North America and Europe.

Led by former investment professionals. Powered by technology built in house.

What sets us apart, one

We have sat where you sit.

We have worked as principal investors, not only as advisers.

We have written the investment case, negotiated the terms, and have lived the outcome.

What sets us apart, two

Stride

We build our own agentic systems.

Built and maintained by our engineering team.It provides comprehensive market coverage,and a proper understanding of each business,so every touchpoint is deliberate and informed.Every decision sits with our partners.

  1. 01 · Specialized Agents

    Distilled with our domain expertise

    Our agents are built to replicate our partners’ knowledge and expertise at scale.It reasons with the depth and rigor beyond any generic agentic system.

  2. 02 · Comprehensive Analytics

    Meticulous market mapping

    Our agents bring together public and industry sources across multiple data providers.It draws a detailed map of each sector, and understands which businesses are relevant to a specific mandate, with an investor’s lens.

  3. 03 · Partner review

    Our partners scrutinize every finding

    Our partners review every output and drive every decision.Each conversation is initiated deliberately, and every handover is curated to your unique mandate.

StrideBuilt in house

What sets us apart, three

Transatlantic, without the handover.

San Francisco

Caleb Hill

North American capital · European targets

European capital · North American targets

London

Joon Bang

A North American fund with a European platform that needs add-ons,or a European sponsor building a position in the United States.

One partner on each side. Both on every mandate.

How we are appointed

We meet you wherever the thinking is.

  • Market mapping

    A complete structured picture of a sector before you commit to a thesis.Who exists, who owns them, how they earn their money and where the depth actually sits.

Retained
A defined term, so the work is continuous rather than occasional.
Exclusive
One client within the agreed scope.
Narrow by design
We tighten the brief before we begin.
Few at a time
Both partners work on every mandate, from both sides of the Atlantic.

Questions investors ask

From primary sources rather than a purchased database. Company filings and registers, trade bodies, licensing and certification records, supplier and distributor networks, trade press. Our own systems read across all of it, which is how owner run businesses that never appear in a database come into view. You see the whole universe, including what we set aside and why.

Either. A good number of firms come to us with a sector in mind and not much else, and the first piece of work is turning that into something specific enough to search against: where the depth sits, which sub sectors will support a platform, and what the criteria should be. If that work says the thesis does not hold, you will hear it from us early.

A written brief agreed before anything begins. A call with a partner every week. A shortlist that develops in front of you rather than landing as a finished document, with a written profile of every company before you meet its owner.

We tailor the approach to each mandate, with introductions handled by Stride or, where appropriate, conducted directly on your behalf.Everything is agreed in advance and handled thoughtfully, because your reputation in the market matters more than any single conversation.

Nothing, unless you tell us otherwise. While your mandate is live we do not run a competing search in your space,and anything we find inside your brief comes to you. If something sits well outside it, we will ask you before doing anything at all with it.

A small number. Both partners work on every one, which is the point of using us, and it puts a hard ceiling on capacity.If we are full we will say so and give you a realistic date.

Tell us what you are looking for.

A short conversation is usually enough for both of us to know whether there is something here. If we are not the right firm for your mandate, we will say so.

Discuss a mandate