Capital, measured.
as·tro·labe — the instrument with which navigators measured the stars for a thousand years; the oldest reliable way to know exactly where you stand, and to find the zenith.
We structure protected capital for real assets — and buy businesses that already make money.
THE PRACTICE
Three things, done properly
Protected Capital Structures
Insured offerings. Convertible and note structures in which raise proceeds are placed into segregated U.S. Treasuries held for investors, and investor protection is delivered as an actual insurance policy — a named insured, a real claims process — issued through the group's Bermuda insurance platform.
Acquisitions & Advisory
Buy-side M&A for industrial roll-ups: owner-operated businesses that already produce income and own their real estate. Entry at sensible multiples, seller participation, asset-based finance — improvement, not speculation.
Insurance-Backed Risk
The group's own insurance vehicle underwrites what its projects actually need — construction wrap, performance, decommissioning assurance — so every transaction builds the insurer: premium, surplus, track record.
THE DOCTRINE
How we think about other people's money
Most of finance sells upside and hopes about the downside. We engineer the downside first.
COLLATERAL FIRST
Investor protection is anchored in U.S. Treasuries — the collateral every institution on earth recognizes instantly.
THE POLICY IS THE PRODUCT
Protection is never a promise in a paragraph. It is an insurance policy with an insured, a premium, and a claims process. The affiliated insurer is young and disclosed as such — openly, every time.
BUY INCOME, THEN IMPROVE IT
The acquisition program targets businesses already making money — where operational improvement reduces risk instead of adding it.
INSURED MEANS INSURED
These are insured offerings — coverage in writing: a policy, an insured, a premium, a claims process. Not vague promises of protection. Insurance.
INDEPENDENCE
The firm is owned by its licensed principals and serves its clients at arm's length — market-rate engagements, no cross-holdings, no captive relationships.
CAREERS
We are hiring licensed professionals
The firm is assembling its founding team now. Registrations activate upon regulatory approval; commitments are signed today.
UNITED STATES
Registered Representatives & Principals
Series 7 · 79 · 24 · 63. Investment bankers and supervisory principals for the U.S. broker-dealer.
BERMUDA
Officers & Compliance
Investment-business and insurance-vehicle officers for the group's Bermuda companies.
INTERNATIONAL
Country Representatives
Licensed professionals in the UK, UAE, Singapore, Japan, and other institutional markets — professional and institutional channels only.
CONTACT
Correspondence
ASTROLABE CAPITAL MARKETS
A merchant banking group in formation · Bermuda & United States
Astrolabe Capital Markets is a group in formation. No entity within the group is currently a registered broker-dealer or licensed insurer; securities activities will be conducted only through appropriately registered or licensed entities upon regulatory approval, and until then no offer or solicitation of securities is made by this site or by any member of the group. Nothing on this page is investment, legal, or tax advice. "Insured" refers to coverage under written insurance policies as issued, subject to their terms and the claims-paying ability of the issuing insurer.
A Merchant Banking Group