Catalyst Cap Intro events are investor driven and transactional events that host alpha-oriented investment managers and institutional grade investors that are introduced to each other with a view to become investment partners.
This Catalyst Cap Intro Event focuses on the Alternative Investing Funds space, kicking off 2021 with re-newed ideas, anticipation and momentum. The event hosts strategies across the spectrum, focusing on liquid or semi-liquid assets. Strategies covered include: L/S equity & Long-only, Credit & Fixed income, Merger Arb, Event driven, Quant & Options, Currencies, Macro & CTAs, International/Global markets, Distressed & Deep-value, Commodities & Energy, and more. Managers typically offer their products through investment funds, but also SMAs or advisory features.
This event is virtual, where managers give online presentations, followed by virtual private meetings. The event concludes with a virtual networking reception. Participants are given access to the proprietary online Catalyst Event Portal, which assists in managing and optimizing their event.
The introductions are arranged prior the events, in an investor driven fashion based on the merits of each investment manager and the requests made by the investors. There are no service providers, only managers and investors.
Investors are pre-screened and pre-qualified prior the events, by completing a COIN questionnaire. Investors constitute predominantly single and multi-family offices, investor intermediaries, and end-investors, located in the US but also internationally.
This event production builds on Catalyst’s history and successful track record in putting together industry-recognized and effective capital raising events.
Note: this is scheduled to be a virtual event, however it may be converted into a live, on-site event if health guidelines and other circumstances allow it. Please see our event terms for more information.
To highlight exceptional managers, we are also giving out a 'Catalyst Cap Intro Award' to the best manager at the event as based on the investors' feed-back. This award will be official and listed on Catalyst's website.
We seek fund managers that are successful, small to mid-sized (about $30m-$1bn), and with a strong product offering. In particular, we look at a manager's:
Each investor will undergo a multi-step qualification process in order to be granted admission to our events. Specifically, we ask investors to join the Catalyst Online Investor Network (COIN), whereby they share their investor profile, investing preferences, AUM, size of allocations made, and if there are any allocation restrictions (incl. size criteria of managers). The investors to a specific event are announced about two weeks beforehand to the registered managers.
The general agenda for this Virtual Catalyst Cap Intro Event is:
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Participants
About two weeks before each specific event, managers will be sent the names of the short listed investors. Please also see our brochure for names of past participants.
While the range of allocation sizes by investors can be large (a range between $1-$25m is common), the majority of investors has an average initial allocation size between $5-$10m.
HNW individuals allocations are smallest at below $1m, and pension funds largest at $20m. Others investors (seeders, growth capital) indicate making large initial allocations as that is part of their business models with typically lower fees attached.
Investors are predominantly based in the North East US corridor (roughly Boston down to Washington), with 63% of the investors being based there.
22% of the investors come from the rest of the US, with 15% being international, mainly Asian and European based family offices and investor consultants.
At our cap intro events the largest share of investor representation is single and multi-family offices, constituting about 43% of the investors.
Investor consultants represent 14% and HNWs about 8%
Fund-of funds, RIAs and Wealth Advisors (and other multi-managers such as 40 Act funds) represent 24%.
Pension funds and insurance companies together represent 5%, with endowments at 6%.
The average AUM of an allocator is $2.5bn, with pension funds being the largest with $6.0bn in average AUM (in Alternatives).
In general, most investors’ average AUM ranges between $1-3bn. HNW individuals don’t usually disclose their assets so this is not available.
Event fee: $2,990
