Private Equity Fast Pitch Omar Jaffrey - Palistar Capital
Apr 2, 2026
Omar Jaffrey, founder and managing partner of Palistar Capital with decades in TMT investing, tells stories from building digital infrastructure platforms. He discusses investing in towers, fiber, data centers and spectrum. He explains off-balance capital solutions, origination through partnerships instead of auctions, hands-on asset management, and typical hold periods and return targets.
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Prefer Long Term Leases Over Retail Broadband
- Target digital infrastructure segments with long-term leases and investment-grade counterparties rather than retail broadband with customer churn.
- Palastar prefers dark fiber and wireless assets with hard offtakes to avoid operating customer risk.
Scaling By Aggregating Small Wireless Assets
- Palastar aggregated small wireless assets and became a major acquirer and builder of towers in North America.
- Omar traces fund evolution from nearly all wireless in fund one to a plan for 50/50 wireless and broadband/data centers in fund three.
Originate Deals By Solving Partner Problems
- Originate deals by building trusted bilateral partnerships and crafting solutions instead of competing in heated auctions.
- Omar says Palastar originates ~80% of deals through ideation with carriers and being a solutions-oriented partner.