Flexible
Opportunistic
Willing to invest
in complex situations
Quail Bend was founded in 2010 by Steve Durbin, Jr. to pursue small cap private equity investing. We raise capital on a deal-by-deal basis, which allows us to be opportunistic with our investment selection and gives us significantly improved structuring flexibility relative to a typical private equity firm. We are industry agnostic, willing to invest in complex situations, and take a proactive role in assisting management teams.
Current Portfolio
Electric Metals (TSXV: EML.V) is a mineral development company founded to support the electrification of energy and to capitalize on the widespread use of renewable energy. The company's flagship asset is a manganese deposit in Minnesota, which contains North America's highest-grade manganese resource. Manganese is a key metal in the EV / energy storage revolution due to its prominent role in lithium-ion battery formulations and was added to the U.S.'s Critical Elements List in 2018. The U.S. currently imports 100% of manganese, so deposits such as this represent enormous potential value given the dearth of supply of high purity manganese and the tremendous projected demand.
5E Advanced Materials, Inc. (Nasdaq:FEAM) is positioned to become a vertically integrated global leader in BORON+ advanced materials with a focus on enabling decarbonization. BORON+ products target critical, high value applications within electric transportation, clean energy, food and domestic security. 5E’s advanced materials business is underpinned by its low cost, light environmental touch boron resource in Southern California, which is designated Critical Infrastructure by the U.S. government and serves as the largest known new conventional boron deposit globally. 5E’s resource quality, domestic supply source, and downstream processing capabilities provide a competitive advantage given customer product specifications, scarcity of resource, and reliance on unstable, international supply. www.5eadvancedmaterials.com
Blackjack Silver Corp. is a private company with a 100% interest in 1,335 hectares of mineral concessions, held under a 50-year lease, overlying high-grade polymetallic veins which formed the basis of Anaconda Copper Mining’s silver zinc lead mining operations in Butte, Montana. Included in those deposits is one of the largest, high grade silver deposits in the world. www.blackjacksilver.com
JEX Technologies is a patented and proprietary set of of hardware, software, chemistry, and implementation procedures designed to help gold and copper heaps operate more effectively, safely, and efficiently. The high pressure injection helps drain trapped fluids improving the stability of the piles, penetrating dry zones, and improving metal recovery resulting in improvement of cash flow during operations and a reduction of time and cost during reclamation. www.jextechnologies.com
BRYT is a blockchain based international money remittance platform focused on the Middle East and other inefficient and fragmented markets globally. The Company seeks to differentiate itself through its founders' strong relationships, the ability for customers to hold multi-currency balances, a debit card linked to a digital wallet, and the use of a patent-patenting blockchain to ledger all transactions. www.bryt.cash
SaveDaily provides advice driven investment services to the mass market, worldwide, that are otherwise made available only to the high-net worth. Utilizing a proprietary sub-accounting technology, SaveDaily’s all-electronic model delivers the lowest cost mutual fund investing solution in the industry. www.savedaily.com
N8 Medical is an emerging biotechnology company focused on anti-infective medical devices and pharmaceuticals. The Company’s core technology is a patented class of synthetic compounds, known as ceragenins, that mimic key components of the human innate immune system. www.n8medical.com
Steve Durbin, Founding Partner
Prior to founding Quail Bend, Mr. Durbin acted as Senior Managing Director and Head of Investment Banking at The Watley Group, a boutique financial services firm that provides a variety of financial, operating and advisory services for companies in or near Chapter 11. Prior to the Watley Group, Mr. Durbin was a Principal at Red Mountain Capital Partners, a small cap activist hedge fund. Prior to Red Mountain, Mr. Durbin was an Associate at Oak Hill Capital Partners where he focused on the business and financial services sectors. Prior to Oak Hill, Mr. Durbin was an investment banker at JP Morgan where he focused on financial sponsor clients. Mr. Durbin is currently a director of SaveDaily Corp and ISLV Partners. He graduated from Harvard with an A.B. in Economics.
