A torii gate signifies a boundary between ordinary and significant.
Welcome to Torii Gate Ventures!
TGV was founded in 2017 by Russ Richards, in order to allow him to assist a broad range of clients with their most critical projects.
TGV At A Glance
Vision & Goal
Vision & Goal
Vision & Goal
The continual pursuit of providing unadulterated advice, with the client's long-term best interests in mind every step of the way.
Russ' primary interest lies in working on meaningful and often difficult projects. His goal is to find innovative ways to guide clients through their own torii gates...taking projects from the mundane to a place of unique results.
Expertise
Vision & Goal
Vision & Goal
Russ brings 20+ years of consulting, operating, investment banking, turnaround, venture capital, private equity, and family office experience.
His involvement with over 50 companies has spanned the healthcare, insurance, technology, business services, financial services, mineral exploration, engineering, and manufacturing sectors in North America, Europe, and Africa.
Approach
Vision & Goal
Approach
Russ doesn't see work as work, each day is a great mixture of chances to fix problems, discover potential solutions, and seize opportunities.
Thinking 24/7 on potential client solutions are like a fun puzzle. He loves people, and as much as anything just likes helping folks out. His clients all get to know his distinct belly laugh, it unfortunately comes with his infectious attitude.
Areas of Focus
Executive Leadership
Russ serves as a C-suite executive, often during an intense start-up, merger, or turnaround phase of a company's life cycle, working to stabilize a situation such that another executive can then be brought in to manage the operations going forward.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Russ advises on sell-side processes as well as buy-side due diligence efforts - licensed through a registered Broker Dealer in New York, Leonis Partners. Leonis supplies deal team support as needed depending on the size and complexities of the transaction.
Turnaround Advisory
After consulting on a go-forward strategy, Russ will also assist in recruiting a team to drive the execution, and capital, if required, to bridge the entity to safety.
Capital Raises
Debt or equity, seed through buy-out; also licensed through Leonis Partners. Leonis supplies analytical support as needed depending on the size and complexities of the raise.
Fairness & Valuation Opinions
Provided through Leonis Partners. Leonis supplies analytical support as needed.
Non-profit Management & Governance
Experience advising from the outside, as well as overhauling from the inside. Russ has been on ten non-profit boards, and advised leaders of another five.
Family Office
Russ spent over a decade working with three wonderful families, and has structural advice as well as contacts to bring to bear.
Problem Situations
A pre-arbitration service, Russ has extensive experience bring parties to the table to get a solution worked out before arbitrators and/or lawyers start racking up large fees.
Executive Coaching/Search
Russ currently coaches three CEOs on a weekly basis, and has informally placed ~15 candidates over the years.
Referral Services
Russ utilizes his network to provide warm C-suite introductions to top client prospects.
Free Advice
Russ loves getting to know new engaging leaders and brainstorming potential solves, often with an unsweet tea nearby.
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