Umer Farooq is an experienced investments professional. Having acted as an independent broker in the past, he has closed many successful capital raising rounds for businesses. Professionally, his career has focused in Private Equity, Private Debt, and Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A). Asides just being able to put a financial model together and raise money, Umer has also done quite a bit of business development/sales work as an independent broker. Umer has also worked with Private Debt providers in assisting with sourcing new lending opportunities to act upon.
Recently, he worked with Fusion Homes, a Residential Real Estate Developer and focused on due diligence for new land acquisitions and developing pro-forma financial models. Umer was also involved in analyzing M&A opportunities at Fusion Homes.
Prior to Fusion Homes, Umer spent some time at Fengate Real Asset Investments, a Private Equity fund focused on Real Estate, Infrastructure, and Renewable Power. There he worked on putting together financial models for new prospective deals and pitch-decks for the review of the investment committee. Umer has also worked with specialized lenders in the past and has access to a wide-variety of financing options.