About Ursa Capital Ventures

With 20+ years of experience across real estate development, commercial lending, and business consulting, Andrew founded Ursa Capital Ventures to bring institutional-grade financial analysis to entrepreneurs and growing businesses throughout BC and Canada.

Andrew's career spans roles as Senior Underwriting Analyst at a major trust company (CMHC-insured multi-family lending), VP Finance for a real estate development firm (structuring $60MM+ in development financings), and senior positions at commercial mortgage services and financial advisory firms. He has personally supported over $100MM in financing solutions across commercial real estate, hospitality, and multi-family development.

Before entering finance, Andrew was a successful entrepreneur in the hospitality industry, founding and operating restaurants, bars, and food service concepts over 11 years. This hands-on experience in business operations, cash flow management, and execution risk informs every financial model and business plan he builds today.

Ursa Capital Ventures is grounded in an entrepreneurial track record that spans founding and operating restaurant and hospitality concepts, franchised food service, hotels and private commercial finance firms, providing a practical owner’s perspective on cash flow, margins, and execution risk. This hands‑on background in hospitality and operating businesses informs realistic assumptions in models and business plans, making them more credible to capital providers. 

In real estate, the firm brings experience across multi‑family, hospitality, adventure attractions, and land acquisition, supporting clients from early site feasibility through permits, construction, stabilization, and potential exit. In banking and credit, prior roles in commercial underwriting and advisory mean models and packages are built to “speak lender,” improving the probability, speed, and quality of financing outcomes 

Clients engage Ursa Capital Ventures to:

• Build lender‑grade financial models and feasibility reports for new developments or repositionings.​​
• Design and originate optimal capital stacks, including senior debt, mezzanine, and equity, and prepare supporting materials for banks and investors.​​
• Use AI‑driven scenario analysis to compare project options, refine business plans, and quantify risk/return trade‑offs before committing capital.​​

The result is a partner that blends institutional‑level finance, entrepreneurial judgment, and next‑generation AI tooling to give clients clarity, confidence, and conviction in their most important capital decisions.
 

"We are all welcome to our own Opinions, but we are not welcome to our own Data." 

Ursa Capital Ventures delivers objective, conservative analysis grounded in 20+ years of institutional lending and underwriting discipline—not optimistic sales projections. Every model, assumption, and recommendation reflects real-world lending standards and market realities, earning credibility with banks, investors, and stakeholders through consistent, predictable performance.​

Advanced AI technology accelerates analysis without sacrificing rigor: clients receive multiple AI-modeled scenarios—not a single forecast—enabling deeper insight into downside risk, value drivers, and probability-weighted outcomes. This combination of deep finance expertise, entrepreneurial judgment, and technological precision produces conviction: the confidence that comes from thorough, honest analysis built to withstand scrutiny and perform as promised.