Astra Capital Management
4 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement May 6, 2021 by Mark Johnson · said 24 times in 1 episodes since 2021 · across every show →
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May 6, 2021
Johnson: First-time PE managers should focus on deals to attract aligned LPs
“The way I think about it and the advice I give others who are beginning that journey is you want to focus on the deal making. Focus on the type of deals that you think you and your firm are suited to do. That will attract the types of investors that are lookin…”
May 6, 2021
Johnson: Complementary partners, not capital or ideas, bottleneck new PE firms
“The number one limiting reagent in starting a new private equity firm. It isn't capital. It isn't investment ideas. It's other skilled investors that are complimentary to you that are great people that you can work closely with.”
May 6, 2021
Johnson: Emerging private equity firms must resist the pressure to chase volume
“It sometimes seems when you start a business that is a private equity firm and your product is deal making, the impetus is to say, well, let's go do some deals because that's the product we need to go produce. But the inherent tension that everyone needs to un…”
May 6, 2021 positive
Johnson: Astra prefers utilizing co-investments over raising larger funds for $100M deals
“We bring a lot of co-invest into our deals today because what we're really trying to do is perfect the art of doing the types of deals that we do. And regardless of the size of our fund at a given time, what we want to do are a handful every year of great deal…”