Scarab Funds

11/29/2018

Our Portfolio Manager, , is responsible for the public equity invests in our Scarab All Cap Global Fund and he's achieved some pretty impressive returns for our investors. In fact, as a private trader he hasn't had a losing month in 25 years!

A BA and MBA graduate, he grew up in Boston but currently divides his time between San Francisco and Nashville. Whilst working for BNP Paribas he was responsible for the development of a computer based active trading system for the merger-arbitrage space.

Happily married for many years, he has two grown children and three grandchildren, which this avid golfer considers to be life's great Mulligan!

11/27/2018

Cheetah Experience , a hugely successful program founded and led by the remarkable Riana van Nieuwenhuizen, is 100% funded by donations and has hosted over 1000 volunteers from 33 countries, since 2011.

Their model of having volunteers pay to come and work is closely aligned to the social entrepreneurship model that Scarab Funds actively supports. So many conservation organisations are stuck in the grant funding paradigm, hampering their efforts to affect the change that is so needed.

We love this program and encourage you to share this far and wide so that many more volunteers might get involved and help save the !

Read more about the plight of the cheetah and how you can get involved here: http://bit.ly/2ArbkNQ

11/22/2018

We express our gratitude and thankfulness for the positive support that good friends and family provide. Happy Thanksgiving 2018!

11/21/2018

Makes you think!?

11/21/2018

Makes you think!?

11/15/2018

It is fair to say, that subprime styled VC has been responsible for the death of many innovative start-ups. Not every business model can scale revenue and market share beyond a standard business profile (8% - 12% steady EBITDA). This does not make them bad business models.

Greed and fear kill a lot of impactful business potential globally. Throwing staff at a business problem, does not produce meteoric results. It creates productivity issues and chaos.

RedPepper Mergers and Scarab Funds always aim to stand between hardnose VC money and investees, to permit the investee to focus on real impact and realistic growth. We want aspirational but realistic targets (with more acceptable risk curves) which we know we will achieve, not the pressure of the self-deception that brought the RealtyShare's investor / investee partnership unstuck.

RealtyShare's business failed because it was bloated on overhead, headcount and operational expense. It did NOT fail as a platform proposition – founded in 2013, the business raised more than $870 million for more than 1,160 real estate projects. This averages $800K+ per offering which supports the conservative nature of 's financial projections, needing no more than 11 staff.

http://bit.ly/2TfOAsQ

Real estate crowdfunding company RealtyShares is set to lay off the vast majority of its staff and faces an uncertain future following a failed attemp

11/14/2018

Getting a busy team together for a pic is more of a challenge than you'd think but at last here we are!

11/12/2018

With our heart filled with gratitude, we thank all the brave women and men who sacrificed so much in order for us to have a better life and country to call home. We salute you! Happy Veterans Day.

11/08/2018

The of investment is big news at the moment and for is a perfect example of this trend. We love the work that Eve Picker and SmallChange are doing in this space and if you're looking for a simple way to make an impact, this is for you!
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11/06/2018

On a day in the US where the are fully underway, and while our brand remains politically agnostic, we encourage everyone to vote as your heart and mind see fit : Your and your children’s future is in your hands and comes from – your capital, your actions, your energy. Make the future an active reality, not just a passive complaint!

is not a billboard slogan or a war mantra – it is a system of governance that requires each and every person to think through their with care and meaningful design. Where will your Purpose take your life?