Stu's Perspective

A Faith-Led Venture Fund Built on Stewardship and Long-Term Trust

Pete and I do not manage capital as an abstract exercise. We manage it as men under authority: accountable first to God, then to our partners, then to the work itself. Our faith is not a marketing layer. It is the constraint system. It shapes:

  • How slowly we say yes
  • How firmly we say no
  • How we treat partners when things are hard
  • How we respond to success without hubris
  • How we endure seasons that require perseverance instead of acceleration

We believe perseverance is sacred (rarely glamorous, nor efficient, but deeply formative.) Many of the most meaningful outcomes in our lives and careers have not been engineered; they have been endured faithfully.

We do not confuse momentum with calling.

What We Are Building

Third Salt Venture Fund is an operator-led, asset-backed, values-aligned investment vehicle focused on:
  • Enduring consumer brands
  • Hard, cash-flowing real assets
  • Select venture and special situations where character and stewardship are evident

But that description is incomplete without what sits beneath the surface.

We are building a fund where:

  • Relationship outranks transaction
  • Character precedes capability
  • Alignment matters more than access
  • Trust compounds longer than IRR charts
  • Capital is patient because people are known
We believe the best partnerships, like the best marriages, the best companies, the best callings, are forged below the surface, where motivations, convictions, and longings are visible and named.

An Invitation, Not a Pitch

Third Salt Venture Fund is intentionally for the few.

We are cultivating a small table, not assembling a broad distribution list.

If you are drawn to:

  • Faith-informed stewardship without theatrics
  • Operators who have carried responsibility through multiple cycles
  • Businesses built by operators on the ground, not far from the work
  • Capital that serves people, places, and permanence

Then this may be worth a conversation.

Because if all good things start locally, between two people, then the right partnerships always begin the same way: with attention, with trust, and with the humility to be led.

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