Niklas James Email & Phone Number

Saint Petersburg, FL, US

Independent sponsors and searchers, we invest equity and draw on our extensive network and experience to get your deal done. Typical equity investment check size is $350,000 with Fund 1. Click the link to hear our announcement episode explaining Minds Capital on Acquiring Minds:

Dallas, US

Siddis Group was founded in 2015 as a vehicle to acquire small- and medium-sized businesses. I initially raised a traditional search fund, but later decided to proceed a self-funded searcher. On the second deal, we evolved into an independent sponsor. Track record of closing 3 platforms and 7 add-on acquisitions. Operational experience includes running.

Plano, Texas, US

As an independent sponsor, Niklas acquired Service Star and has been hands-on and operations-focused in overseeing its growth via organic investments and M&A. Service Star Inc. is a multi-brand home services contractor in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Service Star provides residential and light commercial services (HVAC, plumbing, electric) to builders.

The Light Park provides sparkling drive-through Christmas light shows for families and other holiday enthusiasts.In addition to opening more parks for growth, diversifying TLP’s seasonality with new concepts and revenue lines will be the biggest catalyst for EV growth. Let me know if you have any ideas!Finally, if you live in Texas, buy tickets today and.

We acquire and manage luxury vacation rental properties in Texas and Oklahoma.

Workbench Capital is an investment group actively investing in self-funded search deals. We've partnered with some of the best operators to buy 20 amazing businesses over the past two years, and are investing in a new business every 1-2 months. We love great operators buying profitable, consistently growing companies.

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Houston, Texas, US

• Promoted to Manager after ten months, and managed teams doing strategicand operational projects, including a major turnaround and technology due diligences, for oil & gas clients.
• Led central team in charge of initiating and governing project activities, measuring turnaround’s operational and financial impact, and providing change management and communication for Schlumberger’s CEO-initiated.
• Devised commercialization strategy for Schlumberger’s new re-fracturing services.
• Established and managed $20 million innovation program to fund new technologies at unconventional producer.
• Directed technology evaluation with CTO at leading independent operator in North America, assessing 10-year impact of nascent technologies for use in Canada’s oil sands or offshore plug & abandonment operations.
• Led initiative which enabled North American oil service business to reduce offshore field costs by 3%.

London, GB

Summer internship in venture capital. DN Capital has $500 million AUM in Europe and North America, and its most notable investments include Shazam, Apsmart, Endeca, and Datanomic.

Chicago, IL, US

I interned at Groupon just before business school. My responsibilities included managing the outbound sales team, monitoring daily revenue trends, optimizing marketing (i.e. daily emails and subject lines), evaluating weekly sales performance, hiring/terminating salespeople, crafting medium-term strategy, and more.

Boston, MA, US

• Performed market, financial, and operational analyses. Developed recommendations and presented results to client’s senior management. Conducted extensive research drawing on interviews, online databases, and internal.
• Worked on 6-month project with oil & gas super-major. Created and implemented new sourcing strategy by mapping North Sea supply-side market landscape and evaluating bids, ultimately saving the client $100m per year.
• Assessed acquisition candidate (Scandinavian metal and material supplier) for major industrial client in Korea. Constructed comprehensive valuation and risk analysis, and managed relations with target’s leadership team.
• Completed 11 due diligences within oil & gas, wind, energy service, and other sectors for Nordic PE firms.

Oil service company, owned by Schlumberger

Winter internship

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Msc, Finance And Economics

Bsc, Economics And Business Administration

Bsc, Finance