Initiative Equity Partners

Overview

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.