WT 360: All about AE Industrial’s place in the market's private capital action
Kirk Konert, managing partner at AE Industrial Partners, joined the firm in 2014. AE Industrial photo
By
Ross Wilkers
Kirk Konert, managing partner at AE Industrial Partners, describes his firm’s approach of aligning investment decisions with government priorities and tells the story of how two portfolio companies hit the public markets.
We have taken a deeper dive into the government market’s private investment landscape in recent weeks by hearing the viewpoints of a banker and then a venture capital specialist.
Kirk Konert, managing partner at AE Industrial Partners, joins for this episode to continue the conversation by weighing in on private capital trends across the market and explaining what goes into aligning business decisions with the government priorities.
AE Industrial is also at the heart of the investment action, which in recent months has included initial public offerings of two portfolio companies. Konert takes our Ross Wilkers through that process and the reasoning behind listing Firefly Aerospace and York Space Systems on the public markets.
Konert also breaks down key differences between private equity and venture capital, then provides advice for business leaders on how to go about their search for investment partners. Knowing what you want going in is the starting point.
