Are you having difficulty getting the attention of Capital Firms?

The problem

In the United States there is a shortage of capital, especially targeting early-stage companies. Although angel investors' activity and state-based support for start-up companies have been accelerating, demand for capital is increasing faster than supply. At the same time, several of the early-stage venture firms that historically served this region are no longer making new investments. Others have shifted to later-stage (i.e. already profitable or generating significant revenue) companies. All of these trends have made it hard for entrepreneurs to continue the momentum started with the help of their friends and family.

Ahlborg Acquisitions

We formed Ahlborg Acquisitions in early 2011 to help serve this gap. We are micro funders ($200,000 or less) that invest in early-stage companies and private equity. While Ahlborg Acquisitions may be new, we are leveraging the investment experience and business-building skills and resources developed over the past five decades by our principals — Tom Ahlborg, Bill Ahlborg, and Steve McBride.

We share a common view of the benefits of a “hands-on” approach to capital investing — benefits both to our partner companies and ourselves. This vision drives everything we do — from the number of investments we'll make (a select group of no more than ten), to the geography we cover (places we can drive to in 2-3 hours), to the industries we'll invest in (only things we know).

We strive to

• Do what we do best — just like we stress to our entrepreneur partners, we focus on what we know best: companies in industries where we have investing experience.
• Be responsive — keeping communications with you as to where we are in our process, our decision, and next steps.
• Add value as a hands-on partner in growing your business — we're experienced early-stage investors who can contribute meaningfully to the success of your business in areas such as board management, financial planning, and strategy.
• Stay out of your way while you run your company — We will seek to add value where we can. We only back entrepreneurial teams we believe can build their businesses, and don't invest with the intention of replacing the team.

We won't do

• Sit on dozens of company boards, and ask you to remind us at every board meeting what your company does — we are going to invest in a select group of no more than ten companies, so our three managing directors will have time to properly engage and learn about your business.
• Make you run a gauntlet through an inexperienced associate — our managing directors will be engaged with you from our first in-person meeting, and in many cases from the first phone call (plus, we don't have any associates).