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Blackwells was founded in 2016 by Jason Aintabi, its Chief Investment Officer. Through its public and private market investments, Blackwells has established its success by focusing on the guiding principles of: deep fundamental analysis, best practices corporate governance, sector expertise and innovation. We have a passion for investing in new-age industries like Space, Digital Infrastructure and Clean Tech which we pursue while leveraging the ballast that our traditional economy investments in real estate, private equity and credit provide.
RECENT NEWS
NEW YORK, May 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Blackwells Capital LLC (“Blackwells”), a shareholder of Braemar Hotels & Resorts Inc. (“Braemar” or the “Company”) (NYSE: BHR), today commented on the recent disclosure that the Company has announced a shareholder value creation plan and entered into a definitive agreement to sell the iconic Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines.
Jason Aintabi, Chief Investment Officer of Blackwells, said:
“The Board of Braemar suddenly claims to have a plan to create shareholder value, after having presided over one of the worst destructions of value of an American REIT in history. Meanwhile, Monty Bennett, his father Archibald, and Braemar’s advisor, Ashford LLC have been paid hundreds of millions of dollars under their Advisory Agreement. Time and again, this Board has proven that they are either incapable or unwilling to act in the best interests of its true owners, the shareholders.
NEW YORK, May 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Blackwells Capital LLC and Blackwells Onshore I LLC (together, “Blackwells”) collectively own 1,000 shares of Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. (“Ashford” or the “Company”) (NYSE: AHT) and have filed a definitive proxy statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) in connection with its campaign urging stockholders to vote “AGAINST” the election of Monty J. Bennett, Amish Gupta, J. Robison Hays, III, Kamal Jafarnia, David W. Johnson, Frederick J. Kleisner, Sheri L. Pantermuehl, Davinder “Sonny” Sra and Alan L. Tallis to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) at the Company’s 2024 annual meeting of stockholders (the “2024 Annual Meeting”), which is scheduled to be held on May 14, 2024.
NEW YORK, May 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Blackwells Capital LLC (“Blackwells”), a shareholder of Braemar Hotels & Resorts Inc. (“Braemar” or the “Company”) (NYSE: BHR) in connection with its nomination of four highly qualified candidates—Jennifer M. Hill, Betsy L. McCoy, Steven J. Pully and Michael Cricenti (collectively, the “Blackwells Nominees”)—for election to the board of directors of Braemar (the “Board”) at the Company’s 2024 annual meeting of shareholders (the “2024 Annual Meeting”) to be held on July 30, 2024, released a letter to its fellow Braemar shareholders.
ICEYE, the microsatellite manufacturer and catastrophe monitoring company, announced definitive agreement signed for an oversubscribed $93 million growth funding round.
The financing will further accelerate investment in the world’s largest constellation of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites and expand the company’s portfolio of innovative data and subscription products.
The round builds on the success of the Series D round in February 2022, bringing the total amount raised to $438 million.
Finnish sovereign wealth fund, Solidium Oy, leads the round, with participation from Move Capital Fund I (a pan-European growth equity fund that supports B2B tech companies); Blackwells Capital (the alternative investment manager); fintech entrepreneur Christo Georgiev, and existing investors.
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NEW YORK, April 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Blackwells Capital LLC (“Blackwells”), a shareholder of Braemar Hotels & Resorts Inc. (“Braemar” or the “Company”) (NYSE: BHR) has filed a definitive proxy statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) in connection with its nomination of four highly qualified candidates—Jennifer M. Hill, Betsy L. McCoy, Steven J. Pully and Michael Cricenti (collectively, the “Blackwells Nominees”)—for election to the board of directors of Braemar (the “Board”) at the Company’s 2024 annual meeting of shareholders (the “2024 Annual Meeting”) to be held on May 15, 2024.