Principals
The principals.
Every engagement is run directly by the firm's founders — the people who built the model, run the research, and sign the report.
James Ingle
Founding Partner
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
James leads the research behind the firm: the allocator universe, the program criteria, and the validation model at its core. He built the screen the firm runs and maintains it directly.
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Owen Strayer
Founding Partner
Boston College
Owen leads engagements from first inquiry through delivery. He scopes each mandate, confirms fit, and is responsible for the report each client receives.
LinkedInWhy founder-led matters.
At larger capital-introduction firms, an engagement is assigned to whoever has capacity. At STING there is no handoff. The founders run every engagement themselves: the scoping call, the model run, the curation, and the delivery.
That constraint caps how many engagements the firm takes on at once. It also means the people accountable for your shortlist are the people who built the system that produced it.
How we operate
The standards behind the name.
Principal attention
Every engagement is scoped, run, and delivered by a founding partner.
Limited capacity
We take on a small number of engagements at a time.
Confidentiality
Your strategy and raise are never shared, shopped, or reused.
Stated rationale
Every match in your report carries the reasoning for why it qualifies.
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Work directly with the principals.
Tell us about your fund and your target. A founding partner will reply personally.
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