Hybrid Advisors and Faithstone Capital Announce Joint Venture
Hybrid Advisors LLC and Faithstone Capital Partners LLC executed a binding proposal on March 7, 2026, to establish Hybrid Faith Stone, a joint venture aimed at scaling the Hybrid Advisors platform into a $3 billion Fund of Funds within the next 18 months, according to PR Newswire. The agreement forms a 50/50 partnership where Faithstone, through its wholly-owned licensed broker dealer Faithstone Securities LLC, contributes merchant banking infrastructure, M&A execution capability, and institutional capital markets distribution, while Hybrid Advisors provides its fund of funds investment platform services.
Partnership Structure and Roles
Under the joint venture, Faithstone Securities will act as the exclusive broker-dealer of record, placement agent, and debt and equity syndicate lead for all securities activities. Granger Whitelaw, Executive Chairman of Faithstone Capital Partners, commented that the partnership will use collective capabilities to build a world-class platform delivering innovative products to investors while advancing Faithstone’s faith-based mission. The Founder and Chairman of Hybrid Advisors stated that the collaboration with Faithstone Capital is a step toward creating a differentiated capital markets platform that generates returns and builds a permanent financial legacy by combining institutional finance with broader mission-driven goals.
About the Companies Involved
Faithstone Capital Partners is a global boutique advisory firm with a FINRA-regulated licensed broker dealer subsidiary, Faithstone Securities LLC, specializing in strategic advisory services, creative financing solutions across sectors like healthcare and technology, and expertise in debt negotiations, restructurings, M&A, and balance sheet optimization, according to PR Newswire. Its team has over 100 years of collective experience on more than $80 billion of global transactions. Hybrid Advisors manages a Fund of Funds that provides investors access to opportunistic strategies in areas such as private credit, debt, equity, venture, and celebrity-backed funds, led by Dion Pouncil and Dan Fleyshman.
Leadership and Backgrounds
Dion Pouncil, a former independent league professional baseball player turned financial engineer, holds a FINRA Series 3 and specializes in structured finance and relative value arbitrage focused on debt and commodities; he has assisted over 30,000 people through his 501(c)(3) charity, Hybrid Foundation. Dan Fleyshman, as the youngest founder of a publicly traded company at age 23, built Elevator Studio into a major social media influencer agency that deployed over $60 million with influencers. As widely known in finance, joint ventures like this one often combine complementary expertise to expand market reach, though specifics depend on execution.
