Advantages to Choosing Quantum
What makes Quantum an ideal partner? Quantum brings much more to the table than just capital. As a highly successful and experienced energy investor, we provide a customized combination of capital and support that allows our portfolio companies to do what they do best - build a successful business. In addition to financial strength, we offer top-flight energy entrepreneurs the advantages they need to successfully expand their existing companies or start, build, and exit a new company.
A true partnership. Quantum approaches our relationships with the management teams running our portfolio companies from the perspective that we are true partners joined in a spirit of cooperation and teamwork. We have a commitment and obligation to add value and work with each management team to assist them in building their businesses and substantially increasing their net worth. Our team’s extensive background in managing, building and financing energy companies, as well as our ability to understand the technical and operational aspects of the energy business, gives us the ability to provide critical insight and feedback with regard to the operational, technical, financial and strategic decision-making processes of our portfolio companies. Quantum is a value-added partner that understands the energy business and will share its in-house experience and expertise to help each portfolio company build real value.
Expertise and experience. Quantum's investment team has deep expertise in financial, technical, operational and executive-level disciplines, including finance, engineering, geology, geophysics, land, tax and law, as well as substantial experience as owners, operators, and successful management of private and public energy companies. Our track record shows that we have the relationships, creativity, industry experience and entrepreneurial mindset to help our portfolio companies get where they want to be – faster.
Financial prowess and creativity. Quantum's financial strength, reputation and relationships provide numerous competitive advantages to the management teams with which we partner in terms of access to capital, deal flow, and preferred terms on debt financings. When needed, we have the ability to act as an outsourced CFO to our portfolio companies and can assist in negotiating and structuring bank credit facilities, mezzanine loans and oil and gas commodity price hedges; identifying and executing exit strategies; and analyzing merger and acquisition opportunities.
Cycle-tested investors. Quantum's investment team consists of seasoned energy professionals with a long-term perspective that affords our portfolio companies the time and opportunity to generate and maximize value. We understand from experience that things don’t always go as initially planned and there may be "bumps in the road" along the way. We are fully committed to being energy investors for the long term and won’t change our commitment to the industry as commodity prices rise and fall.
Room to run. Quantum's selective investment approach focuses on proven entrepreneurs who have already managed successful energy companies. As an investment partner, we strive to provide the capital and support they need to manage their companies and to let them do what they do best – build a successful business.