Pando Capital

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The largest value creation opportunity in this generation is not funding AI itself but applying it to transform the traditional economy.

CAPITAL IS A COMMODITY • EXECUTION IS THE EDGE

Our Origin Story

Pando Capital is a next-generation investment platform inspired by nature's most enduring system, the Pando Aspen Grove.

Like Pando, where thousands of individual trees are connected by a single living root system, we believe in the power of intelligent connection, strategic coordination, and collective strength across the financial ecosystem.

Mission

To acquire control positions in resilient businesses, implement AI-first transformations, and grow them through long-term partnership and operator-led execution.

We don't fix broke businesses - We retool good ones

Executive Summary

The Landscape

AI is reshaping private capital. A new hybrid competitor has emerged, acquiring operating businesses and rebuilding them with Intelligence, combining the best of PE, consulting and venture to create value.

Our Position

Pando stands at the intersection nobody owns operator-grade execution, AI-native engineering, and aligned equity, deployed into profitable mid-market businesses and stalled growth ventures that are too small for mega-PE, too complex for consultants, and too hands-on for VCs. That gap is large. The competition for it is thin.

C-Suite

Operator DNA

AI-Native

Engineering Talent

Equity

Aligned Incentives

Our Target: $100–200M Investment Partnership

Pando Team

Founding Pando Capital Partners

Managing Partners: Experienced C-Suite Executives; Pioneering AI Builders; Innovative PE/VC Professionals

John Vigouroux

Managing Partner, CEO

Decades of hands-on leadership as an 8-time CEO in Public/Private software and cybersecurity industry & leadership roles at firms such as Adobe, Cisco and GE. In addition, he's been a Founder, Advisor, Venture Capitalist, Board Director and College Lecturer. As a successful change-agent CEO, he became the go-to executive to VCs and Private Equity to help turnaround companies for the likes of Sequoia, Benchmark, Bessemer, Cisco Ventures, Microsoft Ventures and others.

Brad Lownsbury

Managing Partner

Founder and CEO of a tech-forward infrastructure engineering firm, SVP & regional head for one of the world's largest EPC and DataCenter engineering companies with $15B in revenues. Has led billions of dollars in complex infrastructure projects worldwide with P&L responsibility and created innovative workflows and team mechanics to grow firm. Leads AI implementation group.

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Advisor, Technology

Confidential: Fortune 10 AI leader in Agentic AI

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Managing Partner, Finance

Career award-winning investor in both private and public equities and venture capital. Found and led research and investment groups overseeing more than $20bil. Experience as Partner at one of the largest venture banking PE firms, global investment bank, private fund manager, VC accelerator, as well as being principal lead on numerous investments and exits as a Partner at various VC funds.

The Technical Engineering Core: Leading Systems Thinkers & Enterprise AI Architects

Man Chan

Principal, AI & Engineering

AI Engineering leader that builds and scales high impact machine learning systems for leading data-driven companies including Netflix, Yahoo!, BlueKai (Oracle) and Apttus. Renowned for building and mentoring high-performing data science and engineering teams that turn complex ideas into scalable, revenue-driving AI platforms. Owns 5 Patents in machine-learning and business applications.

Isabelle Chai

Principal, AI & Engineering

A machine-learning expert whose experience spans data science, product strategy, and enterprise analytics. With skills as an expert data scientist, business Founder and cross-functional consulting, she has performed transformational AI projects for Cisco, Informatica, IBM and PwC. Recently built an AI Learning Platform in use at various Silicon Valley school systems.

Stanley Poon

Principal, AI & Engineering

An AI innovator with expertise in AI solutions, large scale ML, data engineering, and generative AI innovation. Serial entrepreneur building AI/ML companies including an ML platform with GenAI serving 2,000+ broadband providers. Built successful high-impact solutions for Uber, Lyft, Spotify, Phillip and worked at Dell and Cisco. His strong engineering background and strategic vision allows him to design and deploy scalable AI-enabled systems that solve complex business problems.

The Operational & Advisor Team

Tom Giles

Strategic Advisor

Accomplished executive specializing in clean energy, technology commercialization, and strategic business development, most recently serving as President of Dalrada Energy. He has led global marketing and sales initiatives and supported companies such as IBM, GE, Accenture, T-Mobile and DST with business planning, capital raising and strategic partnerships. While at IBM, he was a founding member of the IBM Watson launch team.

Winston Choe

Venture Partner

Venture builder, corporate-development, and cross-border innovation leader with 25+ years helping startups and global technology companies scale across the U.S. and Asia. His career spans leadership roles at LG NOVA, HERE, Intel, HP, with deep expertise in AI, mobility, healthtech, cleantech. Currently at Benhamou Global Ventures and EAIGG (Ethical AI Governance Group), he drives expansion into new regions, and acceleration of enterprise AI adoption. At LG Nova, he launched 3 new ventures, invested in 5 startups, and worked with strategic-partners to catalyze economic growth. As founder of Tech Growth Ventures, and founding mentor at PlugandPlayTechCenter, he worked with startups on cross-border growth from seed to exit.

Monty Mars

Strategic Advisor

Accomplished corporate development & strategic transactions executive with 30+ years of experience in medical devices, biotech and high tech. Negotiated & executed over $1.3B in transactions, led acquisitions, divestitures, partnerships and venture investments at Edwards Lifesciences. Earlier held senior roles in biotech and high technology companies. Began career as an attorney at Latham & Watkins. Holds a JD from USC and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business.

Michael Sharon

Counsel

Corporate and business law attorney with nearly four decades of legal experience, past Attorney at Ropes & Gray LLP, where he advised on complex business, corporate, and transactional matters. Lead internal counsel for diversified NYSE corporation, acted as lead on numerous acquisitions, dispositions, financing arrangements, and providing broad general corporate advice and litigation management. He holds a J.D. from Stanford University.

Fred Koskinen

Project Manager

International business development professional who's driven global expansion for cutting-edge AI firms, leading business development, AI transformation, and investor relations across global markets.

Investment Process

Pioneering the "AI-Buyout" — capturing the AI opportunity at disciplined PE valuations, not venture multiples.

The Market: Acquire

Resilient Businesses, Untapped AI Potential

We target traditional small & mid-market companies with labor intensity, durable revenue and defensible market position — but limited exposure to modern AI and digital operations.

The Edge: Transform

Systematic AI Modernization

Rebuild using purpose-built agentic infrastructure, automating majority of workflow processes directly as the owner-operator to unlock operating leverage and create structural growth capabilities.

The Return: Compound

PE Valuations, AI-Scale Returns

Entry at 4–7× EBITDA. Exit at 8–12× on enhanced revenues and margins. Rapid operational value creation — not financial engineering — drives the multiple expansion. Repeatable bolt-on's accelerate scale.

Buy right, build smart, scale fast. By making every new dollar of EBITDA cheaper to produce, we turn operational alpha into permanent Enterprise Value.

Pando’s Process

Our Process Creates an Information Asymmetry to Help De-Risk Investment

ENTRY POINTFrom the Top

Boards · VCs · Owner/Executives

300+ CIO network, Fortune 200, top-tier PE/VCs — they have the incentive to move quickly and that is where Pando Capital has an extensive network, built-up over decades.

1–6 mo

Transform Potential

Data Architecture & Discovery
AI Readiness Diagnostics
Execution Scoring, Risk Mapping
High-ROI Workflow
Measurable EBITDA Gains

6–12 mo

Investment Decision

Verified EBITDA Lift
Proven Mgmt. Execution
Board Relationships
Cultural Relationships
Structure that Works

12–48 mo

Value Acceleration

Operator Support
Pando Platform Access
Further Transform Waves
M&A, Buy & Build

48–72 mo

Exit Optimization

Proven AI-First Model
Premium to Strategic Buyers
Strategic Relationships
Higher EBITDA & Multiple

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