What Bantam does

Bantam is a privately held, SEC-registered investment advisory firm (RIA) that provides discretionary active portfolio management to high-net-worth individuals and multi-family offices. Founded by Jack Duval — who began his career in 1994 at Merrill Lynch's original high-net-worth office in New York City — the firm operates with 1–10 employees from Staatsburg, New York. Bantam's stated differentiator is its willingness to shift portfolios entirely to cash, bonds, or stocks as market conditions require, in contrast to what it characterizes as the passive, buy-and-hold default that dominates the advisory industry. The firm manages long-only portfolios across primary liquid asset categories and has navigated three major macro regimes (dot-com collapse, 2008 financial crisis, post-COVID regime shift) under the same CIO.

Bantam offers three service tiers: a Multi-Family Office offering for clients with $10M+ in investable assets, spanning public and private markets, long-term financial planning, and family governance; a Stand-Alone Portfolio Management service for clients with $1M–$10M in liquid-asset exposure, with financial planning explicitly unbundled; and a separate NIL & Athlete Platform providing hourly consulting — and a forthcoming self-serve mobile app — to collegiate athletes navigating Name, Image, and Likeness income. Revenue is generated primarily through AUM-based advisory fees disclosed in the firm's ADV Part 2A and Form CRS, supplemented by hourly consulting fees on the NIL track. The firm does not operate a proprietary technology platform; client engagement runs through WhatsApp (daily updates), the Tarot FSO Substack (weekly research), Zoom and in-person meetings (quarterly reviews), and Box (document hosting).

Go-to-market is purely direct and consultative: every new engagement begins with an introductory call booked via the website. Demand generation is built on the founder's personal brand and content — the Tarot FSO Substack, a downloadable white paper titled "The Closing of the Financial Advisory Mind," and personal profiles on Instagram and LinkedIn — which function simultaneously as top-of-funnel marketing and as credentialing for the CIO's three-decade track record. Bantam is privately held with no disclosed institutional investors, funding rounds, or parent company.

Name

Bantam

Legal name

Bantam Inc.

Website

https://bant.am

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Bantam is a privately held, SEC-registered investment advisory firm founded by Jack Duval, offering active discretionary portfolio management to high-net-worth individuals ($1M–$10M) and multi-family offices ($10M+), plus a separate NIL athlete platform, with a risk-first philosophy that can shift fully to cash or bonds.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Investment Advisory Services

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Private Client/High-Net-Worth Advisory (FSAEAAAN)

akta.pro secondary industry

Advisory Portfolio Management (Non-Discretionary) (FSAAABAD)

Keywords

• Active portfolio management
• Investment advisory services
• Wealth management
• Multi-family office
• Financial planning

Headquarters

HQ city

Staatsburg

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Investment Advisory Fees (AUM-based): Bantam charges advisory fees on assets under management for portfolio management services. For stand-alone portfolio management, financial planning services are provided separately (fee unbundling). Fee structure details are disclosed in ADV Part 2A and Form CRS documents.
2. Hourly Consulting (NIL Athlete Platform): For collegiate athletes on the NIL platform, Bantam offers hourly consulting services separate from investment management.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Bantam is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm providing active portfolio management and wealth management services to high-net-worth individuals and multi-family offices. The firm manages long-only portfolios across public and private markets with the ability to shift entirely to cash, bonds, or stocks as market conditions require, emphasizing principal protection and active risk management. Services are tiered by client investable assets: Multi-Family Office ($10M+), Stand-Alone Portfolio Management ($1M–$10M), and a separate NIL & Athlete Platform offering hourly consulting and a forthcoming life skills app for collegiate athletes.

Product overview

Bantam is an investment advisory firm offering three distinct service tiers: Multi-Family Office ($10M+), Stand-Alone Portfolio Management ($1M–$10M), and a NIL & Athlete Platform for collegiate athletes. The core offering centers on active portfolio management with flexible asset allocation that can go 100% to cash, bonds, or stocks as market conditions require. Client communications are delivered through multiple channels including daily WhatsApp updates, weekly Tarot FSO Substack research, monthly investor letters, and quarterly portfolio reviews conducted in-person or via Zoom.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Tarot FSO: Weekly macro and geopolitical research published via Substack, written to both entertain and inform in plain English that non-experts can understand.

Products and services

• Multi-Family Office Comprehensive wealth management service for clients with $10M+ in investable assets, covering public and private markets, long-term strategic and financial planning, and family governance considerations. Targets multi-family offices and principals seeking integrated active management across asset classes.
• Stand-Alone Portfolio Management Active management of long-only portfolios across all primary liquid asset categories for clients with $1M–$10M in investable assets. Financial planning services are provided separately under a fee-unbundled structure.
• NIL & Athlete Platform Separate platform offering life skills education and financial guidance to collegiate athletes utilizing Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) opportunities, delivered via a forthcoming self-serve mobile app and hourly consulting.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Brown Brothers Harriman Wealth Management: BBH's Wealth Management business serves HNW families with active, discretionary portfolio management and trust services. Comparable to Bantam in the HNW active-management niche but operates as part of a 200-year-old private bank with significantly more resources.
• Bessemer Trust: Bessemer Trust is a large, long-established single-family-office-style wealth manager serving UHNW families with active portfolio management and integrated services. Overlaps directly with Bantam's MFO offering but operates at much greater scale and with a broader service menu.
• Capital Group Private Client Services: Capital Group's Private Client Services serves HNW individuals and families with active, multi-portfolio-manager investment management. Comparable to Bantam's active HNW offering but at vastly greater scale, with multi-decade PM teams and proprietary research infrastructure.
• Cerity Partners: Cerity Partners is a national wealth management and RIA platform serving HNW clients with active portfolio management, financial planning, and family office services. Comparable in offering breadth to Bantam's MFO track but operates as a multi-billion-AUM consolidator.
• Russell Investments Wealth Management: Russell Investments provides wealth management and advisory services to HNW clients and advisors globally. Comparable in target segment to Bantam's HNW tier, but as a large incumbent offering both direct advisory and outsourced-CIO services.

Direct peers

• GenTrust: GenTrust is a boutique RIA focused on active, conflict-free wealth management for HNW individuals and families. Comparable to Bantam's value proposition emphasizing genuine active management and principal protection, with a similar boutique-firm profile.
• Cresset Capital Management: Cresset is an independent, founder-influenced multi-family office serving HNW and UHNW clients with integrated wealth, investment, and family-office services. Directly comparable to Bantam's positioning and target segment, though with a larger team and broader national footprint.
• Pathstone: Pathstone is a multi-family office and wealth advisor serving HNW and UHNW families across public and private markets. Directly comparable to Bantam's $10M+ Multi-Family Office tier, with similar emphasis on integrated wealth planning, though at materially larger scale (250+ employees).
• Tweedy, Browne Company: Tweedy, Browne is a long-standing, value-oriented active investment manager serving both institutional and HNW clients with a research-driven, benchmark-aware approach. Comparable to Bantam's active-management philosophy and contrarian positioning, though specialized in global value equities.

Emerging players

• Sanctuary Wealth: Sanctuary Wealth is a fast-growing RIA platform partnering with boutique wealth advisors serving HNW clients. Comparable to Bantam in targeting entrepreneurial/founder-led advisors in the HNW segment, though it operates as a partnership platform rather than a single RIA.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bantam-inc
• Instagraminstagram.com/jackduval91

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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