QUÆSTUS HISTORY

QUÆSTUS was established in 1989 by CEO Richard Weening, Chairman Charles Wright, and a small group of long-time associates. The concept of the firm was to leverage the group's operating experience to develop start-up and early-stage companies.

QUÆSTUS was established in 1989 by CEO Richard Weening, Chairman Charles Wright and a small group of long-time associates. The concept of the firm was to leverage the group's operating experience to develop start-up and early-stage companies.

The original aim was to find and fund start-up opportunities in the traditional media such a publishing and broadcasting and emerging breed of companies who were starting harness the computer and telecommunications technology deliver information and entertainment in new ways that would lead the transition into the Information Age and the Internet.

The product offered was the firm's own capital plus experience-based advice in raising capital, developing businesses, buying and selling companies, and forging joint ventures and strategic relationships.

QUÆSTUS has consistently operated as a boutique venture manager with organizing funds focused on a single company or sector. QUÆSTUS managed funds have invested over $50.0 million as equity in start-up and early stage companies always investing its own capital along side capital provided by institutional investors. While the firm is mainly experienced in private equity, QUÆSTUS has also worked with two of its portfolio companies and their broker dealers in the raising over $1.0 billion in public equity, public debt and bank debt.