Private capital · Dallas, Texas
Owned.
Built.
Run well.
We own, build and run businesses and real assets through eight platform companies, and hold every one of them to one standard.
The firm
Dark Ice Capital is a private capital firm headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Our companies span hospitality, real estate, natural resources and energy, credit and insurance, consumer services, media, asset management and infrastructure. Each keeps its own name and brand. All of them report the same core numbers, reviewed the same week, every month.
The register
Eight companies. One standard.
Dark Ice Capital owns each company outright. Each keeps its own name, brand and fund program.
See all eightHow we own
Capital, and then the work.
Owning a business is the start. Running it well is the job.
Our approachOwn
We own each company outright and run it for the long term.
Build
Every investment has a written plan and a 100-day plan before capital goes in.
Run
One operating standard, one reporting cadence and one set of controls.
Report
The same numbers to our investment committee every month, with nothing smoothed.
Our companies
What our companies build.
How we invest
Five steps, in writing.
The same process for every acquisition.
Read the full processScreen
Every opportunity is checked for fit and routed under the allocation policy.
Indicate
If it fits, a non-binding indication, early.
Letter of intent
With a diligence budget agreed in advance.
Diligence
Quality of earnings, management, financing, legal, tax, regulatory and environmental review.
Approve
Investment committee approval, with a written value creation plan and 100-day plan.
Leadership
Our leadership. One standard.
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Alexandra Pohl
Leads Dark Ice Capital and its eight platform companies, and chairs its investment committee.
Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer
William Pohl III
Runs operations and the integration of each company, and is Co-Chair of the investment committee.
Chief of Staff
Suebina Wong
Runs the rhythm of the Investment Committee and governance councils, and keeps eight companies reporting into one operating cadence.
Head of Investor Relations
McCory King
Represents the firm to limited partners, family offices and institutional allocators, and manages due diligence and ongoing reporting.
Head of Research
Joe Tobin
Leads research and supports the firm’s investment work.
Office Manager
Julia Tripline
Runs the office and front desk, and supports Alexandra Pohl and William Pohl III day to day.
Dark Ice Capital is a new firm with no track record as a firm. Its funds are in formation; none is offered.
Next step
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