A New Way to Raise

A New Way to Raise

The Platform Founders Raise On

The Platform Founders Raise On

Fundraising Redefined

Fundraising Redefined

Most founders approach fundraising when capital is needed. By then, the real challenge is access. Relationships with family offices, venture funds, and private investors are built over years of trust and connection. For founders focused on scaling exceptional companies, cultivating such a network independently is rarely practical. Paires provides the access founders need.

A reimagined approach to private capital, sharpened by AI at every step. Human judgment remains at the center. Trusted relationships remain the foundation. And the right network is in place long before capital is required.

Our Thesis

Our Thesis

Every engagement begins with the founder, the company’s trajectory, and its capital objectives. Investor relationships are curated with purpose, built around the needs of each mandate rather than drawn from a generic list.

The Paires network is built deliberately. Every relationship has been established over time and added with care. It brings together family offices, venture funds, and private investors united by trust, discretion, and long-term alignment.

Fundraising is not a matter of reach alone. Success depends on thoughtful alignment between founder, investor, timing, and context.

Sector Agnostic.

Founder Specific.

Paires runs raises across the stages and sectors the network covers. The match is built around the company.

Semiconductors & Frontier Hardware

AI & Enterprise Software

Fintech & Capital Markets

Consumer & Connected Devices

Space & Defense

Family offices, sovereign capital, and defense-tier funds. Briefed for milestones measured in launches and contracts.

Health & Life Sciences

Logistics & Supply Chain

Energy

Consumer Packaged Goods

Sector Agnostic.

Founder Specific.

Paires runs raises across the stages and sectors the network covers. The match is built around the company.

Semiconductors & Frontier Hardware

AI & Enterprise Software

Fintech & Capital Markets

Consumer & Connected Devices

Space & Defense

Family offices, sovereign capital, and defense-tier funds. Briefed for milestones measured in launches and contracts.

Health & Life Sciences

Logistics & Supply Chain

Energy

Consumer Packaged Goods

Sector Agnostic.

Founder Specific.

Paires runs raises across the stages and sectors the network covers. The match is built around the company.

Semiconductors & Frontier Hardware

AI & Enterprise Software

Fintech & Capital Markets

Consumer & Connected Devices

Space & Defense

Family offices, sovereign capital, and defense-tier funds. Briefed for milestones measured in launches and contracts.

Health & Life Sciences

Logistics & Supply Chain

Energy

Consumer Packaged Goods

The Results Behind
The Practice.

The Results Behind
The Practice.

$2B+

$2B+

deal volume represented

deal volume represented

deal volume represented

deal volume represented

70%

70%

more efficient than a traditional fundraise

more efficient than a traditional fundraise

more efficient than a traditional fundraise

more efficient than a traditional fundraise

3500+

3500+

investor introductions made

investor introductions made

investor introductions made

investor introductions made

Our Vision

Our Vision

For decades, raising capital has run on one model. A handful of partners. Networks held in memory. Fees tied to the deal. It endured not because it was ideal, but because nothing better existed. The work that mattered: matching, context-building, follow-through. All of it capped by what a small team could do by hand.

That ceiling is gone. The network can now scale without losing the judgment that once defined it.

Paires is what raising capital becomes when judgment and scale are no longer separate constraints, but one system.

The People Behind Every Raise

The People Behind Every Raise

A senior team of operators and capital markets professionals, built around the founders we partner with.

A senior team of operators and capital markets professionals, built around the founders we partner with.

Julian Carter, Senior Advisor

Julian Carter

Senior Advisor

David Halfen, Managing Director

David Halfen

Managing Director

Andrew Gonski, Managing Director

Andrew Gonski

Managing Director

Yannis Moore, Associate

Yannis Moore

Associate

Charles Barrett, Vice President of Capital Markets

Charles Barrett

Vice President of Capital Markets

Austin Wallace, Senior Advisor

Austin Wallace

Senior Advisor

Jason Payne, Senior Associate

Jason Payne

Senior Associate

Kyle Foley, Managing Director

Kyle Foley

Managing Director

Julian Carter

Senior Advisor

Charles Barrett

Vice President of Capital Markets

David Halfen

Managing Director

Austin Wallace

Senior Advisor

Andrew Gonski

Managing Director

Jason Payne

Senior Associate

Yannis Moore

Associate

Kyle Foley

Managing Director

Julian Carter

Senior Advisor

Andrew Gonski

Managing Director

Charles Barrett

Vice President of Capital Markets

Jason Payne

Senior Associate

David Halfen

Managing Director

Yannis Moore

Associate

Austin Wallace

Senior Advisor

Kyle Foley

Managing Director

Julian Carter

Senior Advisor

Charles Barrett

Vice President of Capital Markets

David Halfen

Managing Director

Austin Wallace

Senior Advisor

Andrew Gonski

Managing Director

Jason Payne

Senior Associate

Yannis Moore

Associate

Kyle Foley

Managing Director

Built For The Discretion Your Business Requires

Built For The Discretion Your Business Requires

Paires operates within the standards of confidentiality expected in capital markets. Founder data, investor relationships, and mandate details remain strictly within the firm. Nothing is sold, shared, or disclosed beyond the scope of an active raise.

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Close Your Next Round With Paires

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Close Your Next Round With Paires