Now building @faesandco (and @f2finance). Previously co-founder @LendInvest (built through to IPO), Onate (Ireland). Ex-lawyer 🇦🇺 to 🇬🇧now 🇺🇸

Los Angeles, CA
Joined June 2010
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iPhone Duo as in they only had two to sell today
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Best way to sandbox an AI is to put it on a Delta flight – it will have no chance of accessing the Internet!
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My lord, three IPOs are worth more than… all IPOs in the last 45 years of tech 🤯
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Totally! The SPV market is scam central. Lots more headlines like this to come. wsj.com/finance/stocks/space…
I know of 3 such SPVs who are currently in litigation for not holding the underlying shares they claimed in SpaceX. Secret service involved. At sequel we have only invested direct on the cap table. I would never invest with our LPs in someone else’s vehicle unless it was with a GP who is directly on the cap table and I know where they live.
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Crazy story! Time to get back to the office?
North Korea is building a secret workforce inside the U.S. We investigate how stolen IDs, deepfakes and American accomplices help funnel millions to the regime. on.wsj.com/4x0ugya
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Christian Faes retweeted
Quote of the day from @DanielSLoeb1 on @NYCMayor via @nytimes
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a16z just deleted this from their YouTube account
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Christian Faes retweeted
“yeah bro i have an AP”
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This is just too good!
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Christian Faes retweeted
This just may be the GREATEST campaign video of all time. Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) is a GENIUS. He's taking out the trash.
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Christian Faes retweeted
BREAKING: a16z hires @nickshirleyy as newest Partner to diligence fraud in “high-growth” startups
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Christian Faes retweeted
F2 Finance’s lending guidelines focus on flexible bridge financing across a wide range of real estate assets. Key parameters include: • Loan size: Typically $300K to $3M (with flexibility on both ends) • Pricing: Roughly 9.9% – 13% depending on the deal • Leverage: Around 75% LTV, occasionally up to 80% • FICO: Flexible, starting around 550 The platform primarily focuses on short-term bridge loans (12 months or less) for stabilized assets, including purchase and refinance transactions. 🎙 Tune in to Rocky Butani’s interview with Christian Faes, CEO of F2 Finance (@ChristianFaes) to learn more about F2’s balance sheet lending model, bridge loan guidelines, land and commercial deal appetite, state-by-state strategy, and how they compete in a highly competitive private lending market: pllk.io/pod26 #PrivateLending #PrivateMoney #PrivateLenders #HardMoney #HardMoneyLoans #BridgeLoans #LenderLinkPodcast #F2Finance
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Christian Faes retweeted
The State of California has been run top to bottom by one party since 2011. Here are their results: 1) highest state income tax 2) highest rate of poverty 3) highest rate of unemployment 4) highest rate of homelessness 5) highest energy costs Hard to explain this away.
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Christian Faes retweeted
Nothing is quite as European as demanding that your emergency WW3 meeting must only occur during normal office hours.
Following the ongoing situation in Iran, I am convening a special Security College on Monday. For regional security and stability, it is of the utmost importance that there is no further escalation through Iran’s unjustified attacks on partners in the region.
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Christian Faes retweeted
Forbes 30 under 30 strikes again
BREAKING: Forbes 2025 30 Under 30 honoree Gokce Guven, who founded fintech startup Kalder, now faces up to 52 years in prison for an alleged $7 million fraud
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Christian Faes retweeted
LOAN IMAGE: Dante Craig DATE: 01/16/2026 MARKET: Miami ASSET TYPE: Single Family ~ SF: 4,000 LENDER: Dante Craig - F2 Finance LOAN AMOUNT: $3,120,000 LOAN TYPE: Bridge LOAN TERMS: 1 NOTE FROM LENDER: F2 Finance was able to provide a bridging loan within 5 days of receiving the inquiry on the deal. The borrower had been let down by another lender, and F2 were able to step in and get the deal done in time. F2 is a specialist bridging lender that is very active in CA, TX and FL (and lending in 16 states across the US); and is able to lend to all types of borrowers (including foreign nationals), and against all types of assets. #Miami #RealEstate #tradedmia #MIA #TradedPartner #SingleFamily #DanteCraig #F2Finance
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Christian Faes retweeted
LendInvest forms funding partnership with Castlelake mortgagestrategy.co.uk/news/…
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NOT A SINGLE HOUSE IN THE PALISADES HAS BEEN REBUILT.
The anniversary is Wednesday — not tomorrow — Katie. Oof. With $22.4 billion in insurance payouts and 2,617 permits approved by locals, multiple homes have been rebuilt. LA’s recovery is one of the fastest in modern history — and there is MUCH more we need to do!
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