Overview / How We Work
How We Work
Both sides of the table.
A113 sits between the companies that get built and the capital that backs them. We work for each, we are paid by each for the work we actually do, and we are open about it. Here is exactly how that works — and why it stays clean.
The Principle
Paid for work, not for the transaction.
The simplest way to understand our model: we earn fees for the advisory, intelligence, diligence, and operating work we deliver — not for a transaction closing.
A113 is an advisor and operator, not a broker. Because our compensation is decoupled from any financing event, our incentives stay pointed at one thing: doing the work well for whichever side we are serving. That is what lets us sit at both sides of the table without anyone wondering whose interest we really hold.
At the Table
One firm, two relationships, full visibility.
We make companies investable on one side and bring vetted opportunities and operating muscle to capital on the other. A113 is the connective tissue in the middle.
Defense & dual-use SMBs
Founders and owners building in defense, dual-use, and government contracting who want to grow, win awards, and reach the right outcome.
we make you investable
The advisor & operator at the table
GPs & LPs
Fund managers, acquirers, and co-investors who want differentiated, vetted defense-tech deal flow with an operating partner attached.
we bring you vetted deals
Each Side, In Plain Terms
What we do for you — and how we are paid for it.
We make you ready, then keep you growing.
What we do
- ◆Source deals, partnerships, and teaming arrangements
- ◆Build capture and BD strategy and pursue contract awards
- ◆Get you capital-ready — data room, financials, narrative
- ◆Integrate AI across day-to-day operations
How we are paid
- ◆A monthly advisory retainer
- ◆Project and milestone fees for defined deliverables
- ◆Advisory equity or warrants, so our upside tracks yours
What we never do
We do not charge you a finder's fee for introducing investors. We are your advisor, not a broker of your raise.
We bring the pipeline, the read, and the operator.
What we do
- ◆Originate proprietary defense-tech deal flow
- ◆Score targets with appropriations and market intelligence
- ◆Run defense-grade due diligence
- ◆Operate as a value-creation partner through the hold
How we are paid
- ◆A retained origination and intelligence agreement
- ◆Per-mandate diligence fees for the work performed
- ◆An operating-partner carry share, for the value we help create
What we never do
Our access and intelligence fees are for work, not contingent on any single deal closing. Alignment, not commission.
How It Stays Clean
Sitting on both sides only works with transparency.
These are commitments we make to every counterparty, so the model is understood the same way by everyone at the table.
Advisor and operator, not a broker
We provide advisory, intelligence, diligence, and operating services. We do not effect securities transactions, and we are compensated for the work, not the trade.
Fees for work, not for transactions
Retainers, project fees, diligence fees, advisory equity, and operating-partner carry. Every dollar is tied to something we deliver, not to capital changing hands.
Full disclosure on both-sides engagements
When we are engaged by both a company and a capital partner on the same opportunity, we tell both parties in writing. No one is surprised by how we are paid.
Independence we put in writing
Our diligence findings and recommendations are not influenced by which side pays more. The read you get is the read we believe.
Capital · Intelligence · Capture
Sit down with us — from either side.
Whether you are building a company or deploying capital, the conversation starts the same way.