CALADAN
CAPITAL
Private Equity and Venture Capital Investments
Caladan Capital continues to hold a portfolio of legacy investments from Insight Equity, as well as new investments from Caladan Capital. Those investments include, but are not limited to:
Venture Capital:
Caladan Oceanic: A marine technology company focused on developing and deploying systems for ultra-deep water exploration.
Colossal Biosciences: An innovative company leading the efforts to “de-extinct” species such as the Woolly Mammoth and Dodo Bird through the use of novel genetic and other synthetic biology tools.
Caladan Therapeutics: A firm dedicated to discovering genetic-based cures for incurable diseases that avoid immune responses by maintaining a latent presence in the human nervous system.
AstroForge: A space technology firm that seeks to extract valuable minerals in space at a lower cost and smaller carbon footprint than the current terrestrial mining methods. Yes, asteroid mining. Next reconnaissance and technology-demonstration spacecraft launch scheduled for late 2025 or early 2026.
Sceye: Ultra-long endurance, stratospheric airships and technology to provide high-bandwidth relay and staring reconnaissance for telecommunications, environmental and other applications. Bridges the gap between cell phone towers, high-endurance aircraft, and low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellations with far lower operating costs and higher payload capability.
Ghostfire: Developer of bio-luminescent plants for private and commercial aesthetic use, as well as advancing gene-editing technology to advance genetic botany tools and products. A spin-off from Colossal Biosciences.
Form Bio: An advanced technology life sciences firm building a comprehensive suite of tools to enable accelerated cell and gene therapy development and computational biology at scale. A spin-off from Colossal Biosciences.
Industrial Private Equity:
Precision Holdings / Midstate Machine: Precision metal machining primarily for military and commercial jet engine products as well as turbine-power generation equipment.
Endurance Lift Solutions: A Texas-based firm that supplies advanced technologies and services for lifting oil and gas products to maximize well productivity and environmental sustainability.
Virtex: A contract manufacturer of electronic components or finished goods for the defense, aerospace, and specialty industrial customers across eight locations in the US and Mexico.
CSAT Industries: The largest provider of contract warranty repair services for Apple laptop products as well as for Dell, Lenovo, HP, and certain medical products.
LDX Solutions: An industrial pollution control designer, manufacturer, and systems integrator across a variety of industries including paper, pulp, wood pellet, steel, manufacturing, and other industries.
Emerald Transformers: Commercial and residential electrical power transformer decommissioning, repair, and sales.
Panolam Surface Systems: A manufacturer and distributor of a variety of commercial surface systems primarily used for high-durability retail or commercial settings.
Eddy Foods: Packages primarily beef and pork products for a variety of retail clients across the United States, based in southern Texas.
Easy Way Products: Builder and distributor of high-end outdoor furniture cushions primarily for Restoration Hardware with the majority of production occurring in Mexico.
Clearly Clean: Manufacturers premium, highly recyclable PET food trays for mass-market and specialty retailers as an alternative to conventional Styrofoam.
Endurance Lift Solutions: A Texas-based firm that supplies advanced technologies and services for lifting oil and gas products to maximize well productivity and environmental sustainability.
Special Situations:
Caladan Capital Trading: Provides highly liquid capital for short-term trading opportunities in the worldwide capital markets.