Cohaesus, is the Latin concept of "cohesion" or "bond" that brings people, societies, needs, and ideas together. We believe this "cohaesus" is the sum which culminates into harmonious solutions.
Ethics, Integrity, Equality and Civility are the cornerstones in which we operate our company. From the institutions we partner with to the individuals we touch daily.
Cohaesus Capital Group, Inc. is a boutique private equity and financial firm located in Portland Oregon. The firms two managing directors have over 30 years of combined experience in Corporate, Commercial, Institutional and International Banking.
Our philosophy centers around the principle of stewardship: we believe in leaving a company and our investors in better condition than when we arrived. This means treating our business partners fairly, doing what we said we'd do, being conservative with leverage, and emphasizing long-term value creation over short-term gains.
Our mission is to produce superior returns for investors by utilizing our combined experience and knowledge. We work to identify key trends and opportunities that emerge in local markets in the Pacific Northwest. Cohaesus Capital Group is headquartered in Portland, Oregon. Along with clients domestically; we serve and have served foreign clients in Japan and China; as well as emerging markets in Southeast Asia.
We identify business opportunities in the Pacific Northwest, which provide cash flow and real estate value appreciation. We take a conservative approach in our investments and provide a platform of checks and balances in place for our institutional investors.
Cross border transactions, varying liquidity requirements, management structures, differences in local banking practices and regulation can make acquiring capital a highly complex activity. Through our platform, strategically raising capital to purchase or grow can make it seem virtually effortless.
Cohaesus Consulting Group, Inc. specializes in capital raising campaigns and advisory services for small to middle market companies and commercial real estate. We have a combined 30 years of experience in underwriting, structuring and financing commercial and corporate transactions ranging in size from $1,000,000. - $150,000,000.
We underwrite requests, and act as a lead intermediary for capital derived from commercial banks, life companies, pension and private funds, respectively.
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We currently manage two funds - Cohaesus Group Fund A, LP (est. 2012) & Cohaesus Group Fund B, LP (est. 2013). Cohaesus Group of Funds, and their Holding Companies specialize in distressed real estate acquisition and new development in the Pacific Northwest.
Our Niche (if we have one), is working with institutional investors located in the Asia - Pacific and making investments in the United States. It is our goal to continue bridging the gap of growth opportunities in both regions of the world.
We specialize in East-West investments: Because of our deep knowledge of both territories, our team has extensive experience in bridging a connection in various market segments such as real estate, marketing, manufacturing and hospitality. As such, we can open up a whole new world of commercial opportunities to our investees, who would not ordinarily have the time, resource or knowledge to explore Asia or the United States.
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Derek J. Raab
Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer
Derek Raab has over 15 years of experience in Commercial, Corporate and Institutional Banking. Throughout this time Mr. Raab has had the opportunity to provide portfolio management and leadership in structuring, underwriting, and managing a broad array of middle market credit facilities to a wide range of industries.
ransaction types have included private shareholder buyouts, corporate mergers and acquisitions, Employee Stock Ownership Plans, expansion capital and a varied array of institutional quality commercial real estate transactions.
In addition to the aforementioned Mr. Raab has also helped to facilitate custom debt instruments designed to increase capital for corporation’s short and long term liquidity shortfalls. Historical transaction sizes have been between $1,000,000 - $150,000,000.
Derek, began his commercial banking career with US Bancorp and has held Vice President positions at several other large regional banks. He has been invited to speak on behalf of various nonprofit organizations specializing in emerging companies within the state of Oregon. Mr. Raab has also worked with city, state and federal programs that specialize in providing information and financing for small upstart and high growth companies. Mr. Raab was born and raised in the Portland, Oregon area and is personally involved in several non profit organizations.
Anthony N. Ton
Managing Director, Chief Investment Officer
Anthony Ton has over 15 years of banking experience. He worked at Riverview Community Bank as its Vice President in Commercial Lending, before co-founded Cohaesus Captial Group, Inc. Mr. Ton was previously the Commercial Lending Manager for a local community bank, and has held various branch management, sales, and small business banking positions with a national bank.
Throughout this time Mr. Ton has had the opportunity to provide portfolio management and leadership in structuring, underwriting, and managing a broad array of middle market credit facilities to a wide range of industries. In addition, Mr. Ton has over 10 years experience in construction lending and spec lending. Mr. Ton has extensive business connections in China, Japan, and Vietnam. A frequent international traveler!
Mr. Ton has a Master of International Management degree from Portland State University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Finance from Washington State University.
By examinating environmental and Social Governance implications of our investments, enables us to be good stewards of the capital committed to us by our investors. When we consider these implications, it is just one of many features we take in the process of investing. We believe this process is also part of being a good corporate citizen when building, managing and acquiring projects with integrity. Moreover, we believe that being a good corporate citizen is a good business practice and will create long-term value for our investors and business partners.
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