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Ronald Bauer
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Ronald (Ron) Bauer is a Canadian-British investor and entrepreneur with a background in private equity, oil and gas, and venture capital.
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He has been involved in founding and managing several companies, including Turkana Energy, which later became part of Africa Oil, and Black Sheep Ventures Ltd., a private equity firm co-founded with Atari founder Nolan Bushnell. He has been a principal and founding investor in public companies including 180 Life Sciences, Pasithea Therapeutics, Stran & Co., Carmell Therapeutics, Trio Petroleum, Genflow Biosciences, Hemogenyx Pharmaceuticals, Nevada Lithium, and Cognetivity Neurosciences.
Bauer currently manages Theseus Capital Ltd, a family office investment company.
In 2022, Bauer was accused of "the most complex microcap stock fraud" ever.[1][2]
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Early life and education
Bauer was born in 1975.[3] He holds dual Canadian and British citizenship.[4]
Bauer earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Cambridge.[5]
Career
In 2009, Bauer co-founded Turkana Energy, which merged with Africa Oil (TSX: AOI) in July 2009.[6] The company reached a peak valuation of over $3 billion CAD, attracting more than $1 billion CAD in equity investment after Tullow Oil’s successful drilling of Turkana’s Block 10BB oil concession. The project later received over $2 billion CAD in investment and is currently operated by Total, Tullow Oil, and Africa Oil.[7]
With Atari founder Nolan Bushnell, Bauer co-founded Black Sheep Ventures Ltd, a private equity firm that operated from 2016 to 2022.[8]
Bauer is the founder and managing partner of Theseus Capital Ltd, a family office investment company.[9][10] Bauer works with Victor Lombard's company Solvent, which works to improve financial literacy and opportunities for justice-impacted individuals.[11]
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Legal challenges
In March 2005, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed charges against Bauer, accusing him of issuing false and misleading press releases to inflate the stock price of The Bauer Partnership Inc. Without admitting or denying the allegations, Bauer consented to a judgment.[12]
In April 2022, Bauer was charged in a global “pump-and-dump” stock manipulation scheme.[13] The scheme involved inflating the stock prices of multiple U.S.-based companies and then selling off large positions at the inflated prices[14] by orchestrating "match trades" and generating artificial market interest. In May 2025, Bauer was sentenced to 20 months in federal prison and 24 months of supervised release for his role in the scheme.[15]
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