J&S Capital
The Family-Office Style Investment Firm
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J&S Capital is a public markets-focused partnership that invests the capital of the co-founders (John Davenport & Shaun Sharabi), our close family & friends, and a select group of limited partners.
We say we have a “family office” view towards wealth creation, meaning we focus exclusively on maximizing long-term returns.
We tend to be conservative when the market is hot and more aggressive when the market is not.
We are interested in partnering with those who share the same views.
J&S Capital is a public markets-focused investment partnership built on the alignment of interests between its co-founders, John Davenport and Shaun Sharabi, and a select group of like-minded partners. We take an event-driven approach to investing, with a core objective of maximizing long-term capital appreciation.
Our strategy is dynamic—remaining cautious when markets are overheated and becoming more aggressive when opportunities are abundant. We believe that long-term success requires patience, discipline, and a willingness to act decisively when conditions are in our favor.
At J&S Capital, we are not simply looking for investors—we seek true partners who share our philosophy and commitment to strategic, high-conviction investing.
The Founders
John Davenport
After earning his degree from Columbia University, John Davenport joined the Leo Fund, an emerging credit hedge fund strategy within the Royal Bank of Canada. His early dedication to understanding the nuances of the credit markets led to a rapid rise in responsibility—within six months, he was entrusted with managing a $150 million discretionary portfolio within the firm’s $1 billion fund.
Driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and a long-term vision for independent investing, he transitioned to a private credit firm while developing a proprietary trading strategy. In April 2020, he successfully left institutional finance to trade full-time, growing an initial capital base of $50,000 into $3.5 million over 2.5 years. He simultaneously developed an event-driven investment strategy that nearly doubled the S&P 500’s return over the same period.
As his track record attracted outside interest, he launched an investment partnership in 2022, bringing together a select group of investors. After years of refining his strategy, John launched J&S Capital with his co-founder, Shaun Sharabi.
Shaun Sharabi
In June 2017, just a month after graduating from college, Shaun Sharabi moved across the country to Northern California to take on a commission-only role selling residential solar door-to-door. While traditional career paths felt uninspiring, the high-stakes, sink-or-swim nature of direct sales was an opportunity to develop resilience, strategic thinking, and executional discipline.
After two years firsthand experience in the solar industry, he founded his own solar company in July 2019. Under his leadership, the company rapidly scaled to over 500 employees and generated $149 million in revenue by 2022. As the business navigated hypergrowth, followed by economic and regulatory shifts, Shaun spearheaded a major restructuring—optimizing operations, refining the executive team, and transitioning to a more asset-light model. By June 2024, after successfully positioning the company for long-term profitability, he stepped back from his role as President while remaining a shareholder and board member.
Shaun partnered with John after months of discussions, aligning on vision, strategy, and long-term goals. While their professional backgrounds differ, they share a fundamental belief in disciplined capital allocation, operational excellence, and investor alignment. His deep experience across the full business cycle—from early-stage growth to large-scale restructuring—brings a unique perspective to both the investment process and the firm’s relationships with its LPs.
At J&S Capital, Shaun leverages his operational expertise and entrepreneurial background to identify opportunities, manage risk, and help investors navigate an evolving market landscape.
The Founders
John Davenport
I’ve always had an entrepreneurial drive and a desire to work independently. After graduating from Columbia University, I joined the Leo Fund, an upstart credit hedge fund strategy inside the Royal Bank of Canada. I spent every free moment I had, in and out of work, learning the intricacies of the credit market and the fundamentals of business analysis, hoping to graduate from grunt work to investing. Within six months, I was to prove to my boss that he could trust a 23 year old to manage his own $150m discretionary book (of the fund’s ~$1bn total).
I then went on to work at a private credit shop, but spent most of my time figuring out how to invest my own capital full time. I developed a proprietary market making strategy that ultimately enabled me to leave my job in April 2020. I began trading my first bonus of approximately $50,000 and turned that into $3.5m over roughly 2.5 years. Simultaneously, I began investing the profits using a deep value strategy that roughly doubled the S&P 500’s annual return. In 2022, some people took notice and asked me to invest their capital alongside my own, and I launched my initial investment partnership with twenty individual investors. After two years, I’ve narrowed in on what works for myself and for my investors, found the right partner, and am ready to open the doors to additional investors.
Shaun Sharabi
In June 2017 a month after I graduated college I moved cross country to Northern California to sell residential solar door-to-door in a commission only role. All the other opportunities sounded boring and seemed to be what everyone else was doing. From the outside looking in, I realized spending 8-10 hrs per day walking around residential neighborhoods, through all seasons of the year, knocking on doors didn’t sound enticing to most people. However, the commission only, sink or swim mentality fired me up. Those 2 years are what sparked me to start my own solar business in July 2019, scale to 500+ employees and 149M in revenue by 2022. After navigating hyper growth, followed by a large restructuring process in response to economic and regulatory changes (including downsizing employee base, executive transitions, and shifting to a more asset-light business model), I was able to take a step back from my role as President in June 2024. The business is still profitable to this day, where I remain a shareholder and on the board.
I partnered with John after spending months getting to understand his vision, what he was looking for in a partner, and finding that although we’ve had very different careers, our intentions were extremely aligned. We agreed our diverse backgrounds would allow us to bring a blend of business and investing experience to this partnership, putting us in a better position to deliver strong results. I’ve seen every part of the business cycle and bring that knowledge to our investing process, and to the relationships with our LPs.
