Acuitas Investments

Acuitas Investments, LLC is an investment management firm specializing in identifying unique investment opportunities within inefficient global small and microcap markets. The firm employs a multi-manager approach across its strategies, which include U.S. Microcap, Small Cap, International Small Cap, and Emerging Markets Small Cap equities. Their investment philosophy is rooted in the belief that certain markets are inherently less efficient, offering skilled investment managers the opportunity to generate best-in-class returns.

Founded in 2011 by Christopher D. Tessin and Dennis Jensen, Acuitas Investments was established on the core principles of exceptional research, a commitment to investment excellence, and superior client service. The firm's partners are invested alongside their clients, ensuring alignment of interests. They emphasize the importance of dedicated resources for identifying and monitoring early life-cycle, high-conviction investment managers, particularly in less efficient market segments.

While Acuitas Investments primarily focuses on managing multi-manager funds, their portfolio holdings, as disclosed in SEC filings, have included public equities such as RADCOM Ltd., Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure, Inc., Marchex, Inc., Silicom Ltd., and Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited. The firm's research approach is fundamentally based, forward-looking, and supplemented by quantitative analysis, with a focus on robust idea generation and deep qualitative research into investment teams.

The leadership team includes founders Christopher D. Tessin, who serves as Managing Partner and Lead Portfolio Manager, and Dennis Jensen, who is a Partner and the Director of Research. Both have extensive backgrounds in asset management and investment research, including significant tenures at Russell Investments. Other key team members include Doug Porter, Senior Research Analyst and Portfolio Manager for international and emerging markets small cap portfolios, Lisa Thenell, Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Operating Officer, and Matt Nieman, Portfolio Manager for U.S. Microcap portfolios and Senior Research Analyst.