1oak Investments

M&A advisory to the gaming, entertainment and hospitality industry, VC for its technology.

What we do

1oak Investments (former member of Alternative Trading Partners) is a boutique M&A and VC advisory firm catering to the gaming and entertainment industry. Strategically headquartered in Las Vegas, 1oak Investments leverages a network of global investors and operators with local footprint in the gambling and entertainment capital of the world.

M&A and VC advisory

Whether it is considering a merger/acquisition/divestiture or raising capital, 1oak Investments understands the unique challenges inherent in the operation of a successful gaming and entertainement company. We leverage a network of gaming and entertainment operators, institutional investors and high net worth individuals with a focus on gaming and entertainemnt industry transactions to ensure you find the right strategic partner for your deal.

Navigating an Evolving Gaming Industry

Many aspects of the gaming industry are evolving along the same lines as modern financial markets with a push towards automated execution, mobile client facing application, continuous live betting, and data driven decision making. In this environment it is more important than ever to form strategic partnerships that keep your company at the front of the technology race. Our partners' combined experience as financial market innovators and gaming industry experts will equip you with the guidance you need when evaluating your company's strategic options.

Production Shows

Las Vegas is arguably the most competitive market in the world when it comes to shows and entertainment. With over 120 shows and concerts in town, running a successful production takes a team of local experts with knowledge of the specificities inherent to the Las Vegas market. With an extensive network of experienced directors, creators, producers, performers and relationships with all the major venues in the city, 1oak Investments will help you navigate through the pre and post-productions process necessary to successfuly launch and operate your show.

Aligned Incentives

Whether it is raising capital for an online gambling platform or funding a new production show on the Las Vegas Strip, we want to make sure our client’s incentives are aligned with ours. 1oak Investments typically invests alongside our client on most deals we advise on. We choose opportunities we think are worth our time and money so your investment becomes our investment.

Thomas Brunet

Before founding 1oak Investments, Thomas was a senior member of the Foreign Exchange (FX) Structuring group at BNP Paribas in London. He priced and traded complex financial structures, providing cutting edge FX hedging solutions to large corporations and innovative FX investment strategies for institutional clients and hedge funds. Before joining the FX Structuring group, Thomas spent 5 years designing systematic trading strategies in the Quantitative Strategy Group at Deutsche Bank in New York. In this role he managed more than $1 billion of capital using statistical arbitrage models in the equity, FX, fixed income and commodity spaces. Bringing years of expertise from both the trading side and the investment management side of the financial markets, Thomas also has a Masters in Financial Engineering from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley and a Masters in Electrical Engineering from CPE Lyon, France.

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Pinnacle Sports

Alternative Trading Partners advised on the sale of a controlling interest in Pinnacle Sports.



Metric Gaming

Alternative Trading Partners closes round of financing for Metric Gaming.



Inferno, the Fire Spectacular!

1oak Investments co-produces Inferno, a pyro and magic show performing at the Paris hotel in Las Vegas and featuring Merlin award recipient "illusionist of the decade" Joe Labero.



Dawn

1oak Investments invests $250k of seed capital into Dawn, a booking and ordering app catering to the hospitality and entertainment industry.

  • Dawn



MyIceBreak

1oak Investments invests seed capital into MyIceBreak.com, a mobile icebreaker web app for meetups and corporate events.

  • MyIcebreak



Appointment Trader

1oak Investments invests seed capital and joins the board of AppointmentTrader.com, the first marketplace for appointments & reservations.

  • Appointment Trader

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