Mentor Capital, Inc.

Mentor Capital, Inc. is a public energy company headquartered in Plano, Texas, specializing in investments within traditional energy sectors such as oil and gas, coal, uranium, and related operations. The company targets entities with established cash flows, particularly those generating royalty payments. Mentor Capital employs a flexible investment approach, utilizing a mix of cash, retained royalty payments, common stock, debt, and other securities to assist founders, owners, or divesting companies in achieving their financial objectives. While Mentor may take significant positions in its portfolio companies, it prefers to leave operating control in the hands of existing management, allowing them to continue leading and growing their businesses with the added benefits of operating within a public environment.

As a long-established operating company, Mentor Capital occasionally invests excess cash in other energy securities or commodities. The company plans to return a portion of its potential gains from the energy sector to shareholders through dividends or stock repurchases. Mentor Capital's investment strategy focuses on larger pre-IPO-related acquisitions and funding, taking significant positions in participating companies while leaving operating control with founders and owners. This approach enables founders to retain leadership and growth capabilities, benefiting from the funding, acquisition currency, and advantages of operating within a public environment. Investors may also find liquidity by exchanging all or part of their ownership for Mentor shares.

Originally formed in Silicon Valley in 1985 with $1,000 by the current CEO, Chet Billingsley, Mentor Capital completed numerous early private acquisitions and went public in 1996. The company aims to provide pre-IPO companies with the benefits of a public market, including easier funding, liquidity, a pathway for investor exit, and the availability of acquisition currency. Leaders in the classic energy sectors seeking these public market advantages are encouraged to contact Mentor Capital to explore how they might capture these benefits by working through the company.