Sweat equity investment firm

Capital that rolls up its sleeves

Fantastic is a hands-on investment firm with a twist: instead of writing checks, we invest sweat equity — embedding our team of seasoned builders and doers into your company to deliver the commercial results you need to build something generational.

Our capital comes with calluses. And we bring receipts.

Let's work together See how it works

How our model works

We invest by doing the work ourselves

Not by offering advice. Not by making introductions. We embed, execute, and earn equity when we deliver.

01 — Align

Clear scope, measurable outcomes

We agree on deliverables, milestones, and timelines upfront. No surprises.

02 — Deploy

Shoulder-to-shoulder with your team

We embed on-site, virtually, or both — for months or years, as long as the work demands.

03 — Earn

Equity vests as results land

Our incentives are yours. We only win when your company grows in value.


Boots on the ground, receipts in hand

Revenue & ARR

Closing your first enterprise customers and establishing a repeatable sales motion

Distribution partnerships

Sourcing, structuring, and closing your most critical integration and co-sell deals

Channels & resellers

Designing and activating your channel GTM program from scratch

New markets

Inorganic customer acquisition, international expansion, M&A

Commercial leadership

Hiring and onboarding your first sales, partnerships, and BD hires

Monetization strategy

Defining, operationalizing, and scaling your revenue model

Founder-friendly by design

Aligned incentives, no strings attached

We don't seek board seats or operational control. We work for you — and we only see a return when your company grows.

Equity earned on results, not promises No board seats Milestone-based deployments You control the scope Extends runway Accelerates time to commercial viability

Builders who've done it before

50+ years of combined experience scaling commercial capabilities from zero — across startups, hypergrowth companies, and platform shifts.

ML

Marc Leibowitz

Principal & Co-Founder

First business hire at StumbleUpon (scaled to $100M revenue). Early at Google, Dropbox, Adobe. Co-founded a venture-backed fintech. Wharton BS (summa), Stanford JD.

JM

Jonathan Manson

Principal & Co-Founder

Senior commercial and product counsel at Google across Search, Ads, Android, Cloud, and Chrome. Previously Wilson Sonsini. Harvard AB, UIUC PhD (Physics), Stanford JD.

Is Fantastic right for you?

Our sweet spot

Seed through Series B companies that have found product-market fit and are poised for breakout growth. We invest where our work will have material impact — and where we can earn a meaningful stake when we deliver results.

Sector-agnostic, with deep hands-on experience in enterprise, AI, SaaS, consumer, cloud, and healthtech. No pre-existing commercial team or infrastructure required — we'll build it with you.

Not sure if we're the right fit? We're happy to take a look under the hood at no obligation. If we think we can help, we'll say so. If not, we'll say that too.

workwithfantastic@gmail.com