Do you lack relationships for funding and compounding growth?
Capital•Fine Art•
Commodities•Energy•Real Estate
Commodities•Energy•Real Estate
Strategic connections driving extraordinary results.
We create the connections that ignite your trajectory. Distinct Group roots itself in your culture and advocates across its network.
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“I’m at the intersection of mission and success, making connections for your win. The approach is multi-layered, but it’s not rocket science. It’s decades of relationships and market knowledge brought to bear on your opportunity or challenge. I’m about impact… personally and professionally.”
David Taylor
Have you hit a ceiling or roadblock to advancing your mission?
Are you attempting next-stage growth with last-stage strategy?
Do you know how to effectively present your investment opportunity?
Distinct Group is the connection that will change your trajectory.
Core Principles
The Four Pillars
01
Influence
Strategic relationships are paramount to results and returns. Our influence is your equity.
We value the synergy of connection as the foundational element of success — to achieve purpose, meet mission and attain any goal or outcome. We hold high-level associations with a broad spectrum of people across the globe, and we work behind the scenes, keeping your desired result in the forefront.
02
Access
We platform you into the right market spheres. The ability to target and connect is our superpower.
We open doors to the relationships you need and expose you to off-market opportunities that match your investment and mission profile. Knowing which person or organization will create your solution matters — whether the need is business, personal or philanthropic.
03
Advisement
Expertise, old-fashioned common sense and clear communication are required to propel your efforts forward.
Artificial intelligence, a volatile world economy and both cultural and geopolitical forces are in constant motion. We recognize these complexities and apply the appropriate knowledge and experienced wisdom for an informed approach to meeting your needs.
04
Assets
We advise family offices, investors, developers, collectors and funds on real estate, commodities, power, fine art and other alternative investments.
We source target acquisitions and hold access to off-market opportunities. We advise on due diligence and capital structure and take a concierge approach to client needs — creating success for all.
Selected work
Recent Engagements
Sell a $70M fine art collection.
Supply a gig of power to a data-center client.
Identify a buyer for a 2,500 unit multi-family portfolio.
Make sponsor introductions for a major family-office event.
Advise and make key introductions for an $800M infrastructure project.
Identify a manufacturing facility and investor for a $16M company.
Identify the final investor for a critical-minerals production facility.
Identify distressed business acquisitions between $1–10M for an operator.
Identify and broker hospitality and multi-family land development opportunities.
Identify an international family office attorney with multi-jurisdictional experience for a family office relocation.
Bring together buyers and sellers for successful gold transactions.
One call • any need
Services
01
Capital & Critical Introductions
- Family offices
- Aligned investors
- Private funds
- Industry connections
The right people in the right room should be the right people in your room. We create access. Distinct Group brings you into its extensive network of capital and relationships and makes warm introductions to aligned and interested parties.
02
Strategic Advising
- Business development
- Marketplace positioning
- Deal prep and negotiation
- Internal structuring
- Optimizing profitability
Set your trajectory for future success by drilling down on the things that matter. Prep your team to grow, raise capital and lead effectively. Healthy business is relational — not transactional. We lead your team to navigate with authenticity, and we teach them to be intentional in everything.
03
Kitchen Sink Issues
- Problem resolution
- Decision making
- Vision casting
- Team building
- Personnel decisions
The challenges you don’t see will take you out. It’s the simple difference between success and failure. Distinct Group takes a common-sense approach. Create the culture you want. Don’t ignore the problems. Address the gaps and holes. Set the stage for your desired outcome.
Owner • Connector
David Taylor
Distinct Group is David Taylor and the wider circle of experts, operators and specialists he brings to every engagement. David and his colleagues are a broad network working on your behalf.
Some wisdom only comes with years, so David is thankful to be in the game but not new to it. Decades of relationships and service started with two music degrees and a season in marketing, television and live theatrical production. He launched his first company in his 30’s with a successful exit before 40.
Two decades as a real estate broker, working alongside developers and investors, taught him more about negotiations than anything else in life. Those years were the beginnings of capital relationships that span family offices, UHNW individuals and funds.
He is uniquely gifted to reach and access people and resources in any scenario. He is intentional about lifting people up and conveying value to all as he creates the elements for success.
His desire in life and business is to have impact and change lives. On the personal passion side, he has focused on human trafficking, special needs, adoption and medically frail children.
Family is of utmost importance. He and his wife have three young-adult children, and their life values are faith, family, friends, fitness and finance.