Catalyst Fund Advisors Inc. Raising Capital for Alternative Investment Firms

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1 Catalyst Fund Advisors Inc. Member FINRA, SIPC Catalyst Fund Advisors Inc. Company Overview Securities and offered Represented by Creatis Capital LLC, Investment member SIPC & FINRA Firms Company Overview Raising Capital for Alternative Investment Firms

2 DISCLAIMER THIS PRESENTATION IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE GENERAL INFORMATION. WE DO NOT PROVIDE INVESTMENT COUNSEL OR ADVICE ON ANY PRODUCTS. INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THIS PRESENTATION ARE NOT AN OFFER TO SELL OR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY ANY INTEREST IN ANY INVESTMENT VEHICLES. AN OFFER CAN ONLY BE MADE BY THE OFFERING DOCUMENTS OF EACH INVESTMENT VEHICLE AND ONLY BY SUCH THE MANAGER OR SPONSOR OF SUCH INVESTMENT VEHICLE, AND OFFERS SHALL ONLY BE AVAILABLE TO INDIVIDUALS WHO MEET THE INVESTOR SUITABILITY AND SOPHISTICATION REQUIREMENTS OF EACH INVESTMENT FUND. ANY PRIVATE PLACEMENT UNITS OFFERED HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, NOR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE U.S. OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE UNITS HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES COMMISSION OR ANY OTHER REGULATORY AUTHORITY. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS UNLAWFUL. ANY UNITS OFFERED ARE SPECULATIVE AND INVOLVE A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK. NO INVESTMENT IN THE UNITS SHOULD BE MADE BY ANY PERSON NOT FINANCIALLY ABLE TO LOSE THE ENTIRE AMOUNT OF ITS INVESTMENTS. ANY SECURITIES ARE OFFERED THROUGH CREATIS CAPITAL, LLC., A FINRA AND SIPC REGISTERED BROKER/DEALER. 2

3 FIRM OVERVIEW Private Placement Marketer, identifying and distributing the highest quality alternative investment firms to institutional investors Investment Advisor to institutional investors, seeking to fulfill their investment search mandates Offering Cap Intro Events through our sister company Catalyst Financial Partners Strength in family offices, endowments and consultants in Northeast US Focus on tactical assignments in private equity, real estate and hedge funds Since 2012 the firm has raised over $220m in 10+ closings 3

4 THE OPPORTUNITY Access to Investors is Limited Premium access to investors is relationship driven Knowledge about investors investment preferences is case specific and varies over time Availability of Investment Firms and Opportunities is Fragmented Branding, marketing and distribution efforts are critical to a firm s growth It is key to be able to identify, research, and select the best investment firms and opportunities Investors want to invest directly, but seek search & identify advise Rather than giving an intermediary capital, investors announce search mandates and invest directly Reverse Inquiry mandates are prevalent Regulatory Landscape Calls for Institutional Grade Advisors Increased financial regulation calls for advisors that address and satisfy local regulatory needs 4

5 INVESTORS Special focus on single/multi-family offices as well as endowments and consultants Mainly covering North East and US based investors All investors are institutional 5

6 SELECT FUND CLIENTS SCOUT VENTURES 6

7 OFFICAL TRADE MISSIONS Canada-Israel October 2015 Conference on Venture Capital and Private Equity Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada Israel June 2016 Summit on Private Equity and Hedge Funds Government of Israel Economic Mission to North America 7

8 CAP INTRO EVENTS Award winning and industry recognized cap intro events for private funds Over 2,000 individuals have attended one of Catalyst Financial Partners events Produced over 60 events in New York City, Singapore and San Francisco Average ratio managers to investors 1:2.5 Private meetings Presentations 8

9 RESEARCH Publishing a multi-asset class institutional investor trends report annually since 2013 Publishing white papers on industry best practices Managing the online Catalyst Capital Network to qualify and profile investors Giving out the Catalyst Cap Intro Award to successful fund managers 9

10 BIOGRAPHIES Mr. Berg is an experienced alternative investment professional with 13 years of finance, investments, and institutional sales experience from London and New York. Before founding Catalyst Fund Advisors, he had several roles with hedge funds and allocators, including being an Associate Director at New Amsterdam Capital, a EUR 3bn credit investment firm in London, being an Institutional Sales Director at T&T Capital Management, a New York City based volatility arbitrage fund, and being an Investment Advisor at LIB Ltd, a London based family office, arranging investments in high growth private companies. Carl Berg CEO Catalyst Fund Advisors He started out his career at the investment bank Jefferies Putnam Lovell in their Financial Institutions M&A department and worked earlier also at Sachs Bloomberg, a conference producer organizing large finance events across Europe. He was a Sergeant in the Royal Swedish Navy. In addition, Mr Berg also runs Catalyst Financial Partners, a specialist investor event business. He speaks conversational German and is a native of Sweden, and holds a BSc in Economics and an MSc in International Political Economy from the London School of Economics. He is a Registered Representative (Series 7, 63) with Creatis Capital LLC., a FINRA & SIPC registered broker/dealer. 10

11 Catalyst Fund Advisors Inc. Securities offered by Creatis Capital LLC, member SIPC & FINRA 1185 Avenue of the Americas, 3 rd Fl. New York, NY T: cberg@catalystfundadvisors.com