Agecroft Partners is a global, award winning alternative investment consulting and marketing firm
$1-2 billion
raised annually
37,500
newsletter subscribers
13 years
selected 3PM of the year by HedgeWeek and/or HFM
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Agecroft Partners Competitive Advantages
Quality of Hedge Fund and Private Equity Managers
Agecroft Partners is highly selective of the hedge funds and private equity managers we represent. We utilize an institutional due diligence process to narrow the broad universe of managers down to the select few we ultimately represent. It is Agecroft’s objective to partner with the highest quality fund managers possible that have clearly defined investment processes and risk controls, solid pedigrees of investment team, and strong historical performance. Ultimately, the reputation of a third party marketing firm is based on the quality of the managers it represents.
Industry Reputation
The industry reputation of a consulting and marketing firm has a direct impact on an investor’s perception of the alternative investment organizations they represent. Agecroft’s brand in the marketplace enhances the credibility of managers they represent and significantly improves access to institutional investors at senior decision-making levels.
Agecroft Partners has been selected as the Third Party Marketing Firm of the Year thirteen years in a row by Hedgeweek and/or HFM. Agecroft strives to be a thought leader in the alternative investment industry and frequently writes white papers relative to investment and industry trends they have identified by leveraging the knowledge they gain through the thousands of investors they are in contact with on a regular basis. The white papers tend to be broadly covered by the industry media and have been published or written about over 1,500 times in industry articles and approximately 100 times by business television and radio, including being a regular guest on Bloomberg, and CNBC. Finally, Agecroft’s Alternative Investment Industry Newsletter, established in 2021, has over 37,500 subscribers.
Gaining The Edge
An affiliated company of Agecroft Partners, Gaining the Edge, is dedicated to globally enhancing the alternative investment knowledge of institutional investors and raising money for non-profit organizations. Gaining the Edge’s annual New York Alternative Investment Conference sold out all 6 of its events, with over 2,000 registrations. The Gaining the Edge – Alternative Investment Educational Webinar series has hosted 41 episodes with over 7,000 registrations. Finally, Gaining the Edge’s 6 Cap Intros events have had over 3,000 industry professionals participate.
Quality of Sales Team
Our partners have met with a majority of the largest global pension funds, endowments, foundations and institutional consulting firms during their careers. A significant number of these investors have been clients. Over the past 15+ years, we’ve built one of the industry’s most robust proprietary databases of 30,000 industry investor contacts and maintain active communication with approximately 2,000 investors each month around the world.
Our partners’ goal is to have in depth product knowledge of the funds we represent and to be able to articulate their investment processes as well as our managers. The senior professionals at the firm average over 25 years of industry experience. All of our partners have worked for multi-billion dollar alternative investment firms before joining Agecroft.
Founder's Experience
Don Steinbrugge is the Founder and CEO of Agecroft Partners, a global hedge fund consulting and marketing firm. Hedgeweek and/or HFM have selected Agecroft Partners 13 years in a row as the Hedge Fund Marketing Firm of the Year. He has spoken at over 100 Alternative Investment conferences, been quoted in hundreds of articles relative to the hedge fund industry, has done over 100 interviews on business television and radio and has over 37,500 subscribers to his Hedge Fund Industry Insights Newsletter.
Don is also the Founder of Gaining the Edge that runs the Hedge Fund Educational Webinar Series, Hedge Fund Leadership Conference and Alternative Investment Cap Intro Events. Over 8,500 alternative investment professionals have participated. Most profits from these events have been donated to charities that benefit at risk children, which have total over $3 million donated since 2013.
Before Agecroft, Don was a founding principal of Andor Capital Management where he was a member of the firm’s Operating Committee. When he left Andor, the firm ranked as the 2nd largest hedge fund firm in the world. Before Andor, Don was Head of Institutional Sales for Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (now part of Blackrock). At that time, MLIM ranked as one of the largest investment managers in the world. Previously, Don was Head of Institutional Sales and on the executive committee for NationsBank Investment Management (now Bank of America).
Don is a member of the Board of Directors of the Virginia Home for Boys and Girls Foundation. In addition, he is a former Board of Directors member of the University of Richmond’s Robins School of Business, The Science Museum of Virginia Endowment Fund, The Richmond Ballet (The State Ballet of Virginia), Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, Help for Children (Hedge Funds Care), Child Savers Foundation, The Hedge Fund Association and the Richmond Sports Backers. He also served over a decade on the Investment Committee for The City of Richmond Retirement System.
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