Acuity Partners

What Acuity Partners does

Acuity Partners is a privately held boutique alternative investment firm headquartered at 295 Madison Avenue in New York City. Founded by Bob Spiegel and Scott Kurland, both former Wall Street advisors with more than 30 years of experience, the firm provides accredited high-net-worth investors and wealthy families with access to proprietary deal flow across three core strategies: multifamily real estate, venture capital, and pre-IPO opportunities. Revenue is generated primarily through investment management fees on multi-year commitments, distributed via a direct, relationship-based sales motion supplemented by an investor portal.

The firm's multifamily real estate arm acquires value-add apartment properties through joint ventures with operating partners including DXE Properties, JSR Development, Electra Capital, and Avid Realty, with broker and lending relationships through Berkadia and Greystone. Disclosed transactions include Vinings Apartments in Atlanta ($16.0M, 106 units, December 2020), Jasmine Place in Savannah (October 2021), The Pearl at Midtown in Dallas ($21.4M, 213 units, October 2021), and Haddon Hall in Charleston, SC ($16.1M, 112 units, April 2023); the firm cites an aggregate portfolio of over 2,000 units valued at over $200 million. The venture capital and pre-IPO offerings leverage the founders' decades of industry relationships to provide allocations to companies such as Rubrik, Palantir, Airbnb, Stripe, Uber, Impossible Foods, Epic Games, Tive, Nylas, and Epirus.

Acuity Partners is structured as an LLC and remains founder-led with a small team of 1–10 professionals, operating without disclosed institutional backing, parent company, or external funding of scale beyond two small rounds totaling approximately $7.85M raised in 2021 and 2022. The firm has announced that it is now available to investors worldwide, expanding its addressable base of accredited investors beyond the United States.

Name

Acuity Partners

Legal name

Acuity Partners LLC

Website

https://acuitypartnersnyc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Acuity Partners is a New York-based boutique alternative investment firm that provides accredited high-net-worth investors and wealthy families with access to proprietary multifamily real estate, venture capital, and pre-IPO opportunities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Alternative Investment Management

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940), Investment Banking and Securities Intermediation (523150), Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities (523)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282), Real Estate Dealers (For Their Own Account) (6532), Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531)

akta.pro primary industry

Real Estate Investment Advisory (Acquisitions/Dispositions, Capital Allocation) (BPAJANAA)

Keywords

• Alternative investments
• Private equity access
• Venture capital investing
• Pre-IPO opportunities
• Multifamily real estate

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Investment Management Fees: Fees charged for managing alternative investments across multifamily real estate, venture capital, and pre-IPO opportunities for high-net-worth investors

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Acuity Partners is a boutique alternative investment firm that provides accredited high-net-worth investors and wealthy families with access to proprietary deal flow across three core strategies: multifamily real estate (value-add apartment acquisitions), venture capital (early-stage private companies), and pre-IPO (shares in high-growth private companies prior to public offerings). The firm sources, acquires, and manages these alternative assets on behalf of its investor base.

Product overview

Acuity Partners is a boutique alternative investment firm offering proprietary deal flow across three core investment strategies: Multifamily Real Estate (acquiring value-add apartment properties for passive income and tax benefits), Venture Capital (investing in early-stage companies with growth potential), and Pre-IPO (access to shares in high-growth private companies before public offerings). The firm focuses on high-net-worth investors seeking to diversify away from traditional equities and bonds through alternative assets.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Multifamily Real Estate Acquisition and management of multifamily apartment properties executed under a value-add business plan, providing accredited investors with passive income, significant tax advantages through real estate depreciation, and meaningful capital appreciation.
• Venture Capital Early-stage venture capital investment opportunities offering accredited investors exposure to young companies with exponential growth potential in emerging markets, targeting higher returns than traditional investments.
• Pre-IPO Platform providing accredited investors access to shares in high-growth private companies prior to their public offerings, leveraging the firm's industry relationships to deliver proprietary investment opportunities with significant return potential.

Quantifiable outcome

• Investments in over 2,000 units valued at over $200 million

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• JSR DevelopmentcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 December 2020Boutique real estate investment and development firm founded by Joshua Gelb, engaged in acquisition, development, management and disposition of multifamily and luxury single-family properties. Second venture partner with DXE and Acuity Partners on Vinings Apartments acquisition.
• DXE PropertiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerValue-oriented boutique real estate investment firm founded by Josh Eitingon and Donato Settanni. DXE Properties partners with Acuity Partners on multifamily acquisitions, using a data-driven approach combining research with extensive market knowledge. Multiple joint ventures on properties including Vinings Apartments (Atlanta) and Jasmine Place (Savannah).
• BerkadiasupportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCommercial real estate brokerage firm that brokered transactions for Acuity Partners. Matt White of Berkadia brokered the Vinings Apartments deal.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• CAZ Investments: Houston-based boutique alternative investment manager serving HNW individuals and family offices across real estate, private equity, venture capital, and energy strategies. Closely comparable to Acuity Partners in boutique positioning, multi-asset alt platform, and HNW client focus.
• EquityZen: Online marketplace providing accredited investors access to pre-IPO shares in late-stage private companies. Directly comparable to Acuity Partners' Pre-IPO vertical, with similar target customers (accredited investors seeking exposure to high-growth private companies).
• CrowdStreet: Online commercial real estate investing platform offering accredited investors direct access to individual property deals. Directly comparable to Acuity Partners' Multifamily Real Estate strategy in target customer (accredited investors) and product (deal-by-deal commercial real estate exposure).
• EquityMultiple: Real estate investment platform offering accredited investors access to commercial real estate deals with active management and curated deal flow. Comparable to Acuity Partners' value-add multifamily approach in accredited focus and direct-deal real estate access.
• OurCrowd: Online venture capital investment platform giving accredited investors access to curated early-stage startup deals globally. Directly comparable to Acuity Partners' Venture Capital vertical for accredited investors seeking early-stage exposure.
• RealtyMogul: Online real estate investment platform offering accredited investors access to individual commercial real estate deals and REITs. Comparable to Acuity Partners' multifamily real estate offering in accredited investor targeting and curated deal flow.
• Cadre: Technology-enabled commercial real estate investment platform providing accredited investors curated access to individual deals. Comparable to Acuity Partners' multifamily real estate strategy in technology-enabled deal curation for accredited investors.

Broad incumbents

• Forge Global: Largest institutional pre-IPO secondary marketplace providing liquidity in shares of private technology companies. Comparable function to Acuity's Pre-IPO strategy but at materially greater scale and with a more institutional orientation.
• Fundrise: Large online real estate investment platform offering diversified eREITs and individual projects to retail and accredited investors. Comparable multifamily/commercial real estate focus to Acuity Partners but operates at materially greater scale and a broader investor base.
• Blackstone Alternative Asset Management: World's largest alternative asset manager with comparable multi-strategy alt verticals (real estate, private equity, secondaries) but at vastly greater scale and a more institutional client base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/acuitypartnersnyc
• Xx.com/acuitypartners
• Facebookfacebook.com/AcuityPartnersNYC

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments1 record

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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