Initiative Equity Partners

Initiative Equity Partners

Initiative Equity Partners launched in 2018, established by Cristhian Andrews, who serves as CEO and Chief Investment Officer. The firm operates from New York with a board-level relationship through Vice-Chairman Oscar Felipe. Its formation reflects a broad charter rather than a narrow sector focus, spanning liquid equity markets and illiquid private negotiations. The firm's deployment bridges three distinct asset categories. In private credit and distressed situations, the Distressed Promissory Notes & Mortgages Portfolio acquires residential paper across the United States — a strategy that generates yield through discounted note purchases and workout resolutions. On the real estate equity side, the New Luxury Fund targets residential properties in Miami, Florida. A separate intellectual property vertical manages a Film Intellectual Property Portfolio based in New York. A named portfolio relationship exists with ArtIn Energy, a renewable energy company where business partner Jhon Cohen is CEO — signaling an energy-transition commitment alongside the real asset and credit exposures. The management structure shows a tight-knit operating team. Cristhian Andrews anchors investment decisions, while Oscar Felipe provides board-level oversight. An additional media-adjacent affiliation exists through Chris Larsen, host of the Next Level Income show, identified as a business associate. The firm has not publicly disclosed total assets under management or aggregate deployment figures. What distinguishes the firm structurally is its operation as a proprietary investment company rather than a traditional fund manager raising third-party blind-pool capital. The hybrid strategy — mixing publicly traded stock positions, privately negotiated distressed notes, direct real estate development, and entertainment IP — functions more like a permanent capital vehicle than a typical drawdown fund. This architecture allows the firm to hold assets across liquidity profiles without the redemption constraints of an open-ended fund or the deployment deadlines of a closed-end structure.