Creative + Innovative Capital Solutions

We structure & place capital.

Capital raising, deal structuring, and exit advisory for investors, founders, and real estate sponsors. Seed-stage rounds through growth equity and middle-market M&A.

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The firm

Investments and advisory across the full transaction spectrum.

Galaxy Venture Capital serves investors, founders, and real estate sponsors. At our core we are entrepreneurs, investors, and advisors, and we take a hands-on approach to everything we put our name on.

From seed-stage rounds through growth equity and middle-market M&A, we cover the full range: conventional debt and equity placements executed cleanly, and the creative, structured work that needs more invention. Same standard of care either way.

Our clients run from high-growth startups and family-owned enterprises to established operators, family offices, and high-profile individuals. The work is discreet, the relationships are long, and the introductions are earned.

Debt & equityBoth sides of the stack

Sector agnosticStructure over category

Est. 2015Laguna Beach · Santa Barbara · Austin · Boston

Capabilities

The capital stack, mapped.

Straightforward or structured, senior to sell-side. Most advisors are fluent in one layer and improvise the rest.

Senior debt

Construction, bridge, acquisition, and permanent financing. Bank, debt fund, agency, and government-backed sources.

Illustrative model

Shape a stack against a project cost.

Every figure below is yours to set. Nothing is pre-filled, nothing is saved, and nothing leaves your browser.

Total project cost $

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Senior debt % %

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Mezzanine % %

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Preferred equity % %

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Sponsor equity % %

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Senior debtMezzaninePreferred equitySponsor equity

—Blended cost of capital

—Annual debt service

—Unallocated

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Enter a project cost, then set each layer's share and assumed rate.

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Where we work

Capital is the discipline. The sector is the context.

Real estate

Multifamily, industrial, and mixed-use. Development, acquisition, and recapitalization.

Hospitality

Hotel and resort financing, repositioning, and adaptive reuse of underperforming assets.

Industrial & infrastructure

Domestic manufacturing, reshoring, energy, and logistics, including federally supported programs.

Consumer brands

Founder- and talent-led businesses in food, beverage, beauty, apparel, and lifestyle.

Media & entertainment

Streaming, content finance, and creator platforms, with rights and waterfalls accounted for.

Technology & digital assets

Enterprise software, marketplaces, and digital asset infrastructure in regulated jurisdictions.

How we work

Our approach

Assessment

We run a full assessment of the business before the raise: earnings quality, entity structure, working capital, tax exposure, and operating performance.

Structuring

Senior through common, and the terms in between, structured toward the outcome you want: growth capital, partial liquidity, an outright sale, or a handoff to the next generation.

Preparation

Model, memorandum, positioning, and full data room management, prepared to the standard an institutional diligence process expects.

Placement

To market through our broker-dealer: institutional investors, family offices, credit funds, and strategic buyers. We qualify interest, then run diligence and negotiation to close.

Team

Who you actually work with.

Adam Lewis

Managing PartnerLinkedIn

Adam founded Galaxy and leads its advisory and placement work. He spent his early career in audit and transaction services for Fortune 500 clients including BMW, Mitsubishi, Credit Suisse, and Jefferies, then moved to Switzerland to run global partnerships for a Swiss asset management firm, where he oversaw the OTC trading desk and built one of the first licensed digital asset platforms in the Isle of Man.

Capital raising and placement across real estate, industrial, consumer, and media
Project finance for capital-intensive domestic manufacturing
Sell-side and exit advisory for founder-led and family-owned businesses
Former California CPA; member, AICPA and CalCPA

Michael Sun

Project Manager & Deal AnalystLinkedIn

Michael runs financial analysis and diligence, building the models and underwriting that support each engagement. He was previously in risk management and compliance at UBS in the Cayman Islands.

Valuation, underwriting, and portfolio modeling
FINRA Series 65; enrolled in the CFA Program
M.S., Tufts University; B.S., Emory University

Banking partner

Andrew McBride

Energy, infrastructure & special situations

Founder and Managing Partner of Covitus Capital. Previously Managing Director of investment banking at Young America Capital, a director in turnaround and restructuring at Mackinac Partners, and a private equity analyst at Apollo Global Management. Began his career as a marine and subsea engineer with Transocean and Seadrill, and served eleven years as a Lieutenant in the US Navy Reserve. MBA, Boston University Questrom.

Independent advisory board

An independent group that advises the partners on specific matters. They hold no authority over the firm.

Andrew S. Kane, OBE, Ph.D.

Banking & family office

Former CEO and Managing Director of HSBC Private Bank Southern California, and former Managing Partner at Arthur Andersen. Former COO and CEO of the Simms/Mann family office. Advisory board member, LSE North America. Awarded the OBE for services to business and philanthropy.

Jonathan Matthews

Capital markets

Former Partner at Brevan Howard, where he managed a $500 million macro portfolio over an eleven-year tenure. Previously Managing Director at Citibank London, heading European derivatives trading.

Jim Davidson, CPA, CFF, CFE

Transactions & diligence

Managing Director and Partner at Avant Advisory Group. Focused on M&A, quality of earnings, forensic investigation, and distressed situations, from emerging companies to billion-dollar enterprises.

Rowland Handson

Brand & go-to-market

Former VP of Corporate Communications at Microsoft, where he coined the Windows name, and former VP of Worldwide Marketing at Neutrogena. CEO of The HMC Company. Board member and trustee, Microsoft Alumni Network.

Shaun Reid

Agriculture & development

Founder and operator of multiple international companies across agriculture and specialized plant science. President of CANNA Australasia. Three decades of cultivation technology, regulatory, and international expansion experience.

Contact

Tell us what you are trying to finance.

A short call is usually enough to know whether we are useful to you. If we are not the right fit, we will say so and point you somewhere better.

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303 Broadway Street · Laguna Beach, CA 92651