Phat Balls Inc.
Investing in What Comes Next
Phat Balls Inc. invests across strategic assets, maritime and aerospace mobility, and technologies with the potential to create lasting value.
- Capital & Strategic Holdings
- Maritime
- Aerospace & Aviation
- Technology & Emerging Systems
The Group
Capital Behind Ambitious Ideas
PBI identifies and supports high-potential opportunities across established and emerging industries, through strategic capital, long-term partnerships and executive conviction.
The group operates as an investor, strategic partner and holding company. It does not need to build every system it believes in, and it does not need to explain every position it takes.
Privately held. Globally curious. Selectively disciplined.
- Investment verticals
- Four
- Strategic initiatives
- Two
- Executive positions
- Six
Investment Focus
Where the group deploys capital
Four verticals, each with a distinct operating character and a shared requirement: the opportunity must be strategically compelling before capital is committed.
Capital & Strategic Holdings
Long-duration ownership, structured partnerships and the balance-sheet discipline that supports everything else the group does.
View vertical→Maritime
Vessels, marine mobility, port-adjacent infrastructure and the nautical technology that makes all of it operationally interesting.
View vertical→Aerospace & Aviation
Private aviation, aerospace systems, airborne logistics and the mobility layer that compresses distance for people and freight.
View vertical→Technology & Emerging Systems
Robotics, automation, advanced machinery, digital infrastructure, new materials, gaming technology and systems that resist easy categorisation.
View vertical→Strategic Initiatives
Held on a longer horizon
Two programmes sit outside the verticals. They are sponsored at executive level, reviewed by the Executive Committee, and disclosed sparingly.
Orb Technology
A long-horizon strategic field with potential relevance across sensing, infrastructure, mobility, communications and systems integration.
Orb TechnologyThe AI
An established internal capability supporting analysis, forecasting, decision support, governance and selected operational processes.
The AINews & Milestones
Selected developments
Corporate developments, executive milestones and the occasional personal one.
PBI formalises Maritime as a standalone investment vertical
The Executive Committee has approved the establishment of Maritime as a distinct vertical, consolidating vessel interests, marine infrastructure and nautical technology under a single mandate.
Read→Internal use framework for The AI revised following review
The framework governing scope, escalation and review for The AI has been updated. The revision was initiated following a request received from The AI.
Read→PBI congratulates an executive on their marriage
The Executive Committee extends its warmest congratulations to the executive and their partner on their marriage, celebrated with family and close friends.
Read→Corporate Timeline
Selected moments
A short view of how the group reached its current form. The full record is maintained on the About page.
8 November 2016
Phat Balls Inc. established
The group’s shared Discord infrastructure is established, marking the inception of Phat Balls Inc. and the beginning of its persistent digital operations. Four of the six future executives already shared longstanding ties from school, while the wider Executive Committee developed through subsequent cross-border engagement. Formal governance, assigned responsibilities and commercial intent were not yet present.
14 December 2022
Executive Committee constituted
Six executive positions are formally assigned across strategy, finance, operations, technology, business development and company culture in preparation for PBI’s first year-end function. The governance structure establishes the CEO, CFO, COO, CTO, CBDO and CHRO roles that remain in place today.
30 December 2023
The AI adopted by PBI
The AI is formally adopted during the 2023 year-end function as an internal capability supporting analysis, communications and selected governance processes. Its remit subsequently expands through repeated use, with oversight developing in parallel.
5 January 2025
2024 year-end function formalises the Three Pillars
Owing to conflicting family and holiday schedules, PBI’s 2024 year-end function is held on 5 January 2025 in an online-hybrid format. During the proceedings, Money, Boats and Planes are formally recognised as the Three Pillars of PBI, providing a durable framework for future strategic discussion and cultural alignment.
16 – 21 December 2025
First in-person executive offsite held in Albania
The full Executive Committee convenes in person for the first time across Tirana and Korçë, Albania. The offsite includes formal business dinners, a Secret Santa exchange, a pub crawl, a visit to the Korçë brewery, a visit to Bunk’Art 2 and the annual year-end conference.
Leadership
The Executive Committee
Six positions with written responsibilities, a shared mandate and a documented tolerance for conviction.
CEO
Devan Sequeira
Chief Executive Officer
Netherlands
CFO
Jason Knowles
Chief Financial Officer
United Kingdom
COO
Rui Gomez Da Silva
Chief Operating Officer
Netherlands
CTO
Dylan Trollope
Chief Technology Officer
United Kingdom
CBDO
Jack Pellen-Pickersgill
Chief Business Development Officer
United Kingdom
CHRO
Brandon Bews
Chief Human Resources Officer
Netherlands
Opportunity rarely arrives fully formed.
PBI maintains a broad mandate and a long-term view of strategically compelling opportunities.