What FAR Capital does

FARcapital, LLC is a privately held financial services firm headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, operating as the administration subsidiary of Optcapital, which was founded in 1998 by Rick Ehrhart (a tax and compensation attorney) and Bob Avinger, PhD. The firm designs, implements, and administers the FAR® Program (patent pending) — a tax-deferred incentive compensation and deferral solution targeted at institutional clients including hedge fund managers, private equity fund managers, public corporations, healthcare providers, insurance companies, and law firms. The program is structured to increase management company capital, enhance investor returns, and improve management company sustainability. Services are delivered alongside the proprietary Optlink® web-based administration system, which automates daily valuation, accounting of share and FAR® values, grants, vesting, redemptions, exercises, conversions, and Back-to-Back Manager Plan benefit payments, and provides 24/7 account access to managers, investors, and participants.

The firm's business model is enterprise managed services, with quote-based pricing on multi-year contracts targeting institutional buyers; revenue is not publicly disclosed. New business development is led by President Thom Young (joined 2006) through direct enterprise sales and relationship-based channels, supported by a five-person leadership team including Chairman & CEO Rick Ehrhart, COO Chris Carlascio (joined 2016), CFO Jonathan Thornton (joined 2018), and CIO Sumeet Jain (joined 2010). The firm is explicitly independent — not owned by or influenced by insurance companies, investment firms, or trade organizations — which positions it to provide unbiased recommendations. No external funding rounds, institutional investors, or material partnerships are disclosed.

The firm's product surface extends beyond the core FAR® Program to include three named modules — FAR® ESG, FAR® Mechanics, and FAR® Accounting — along with the Back-to-Back Manager Plan. Service is delivered through a 'high tech/high touch' model that pairs the Optlink® self-service platform with a Client Services Group during business hours, and integrates with external fund administrators and auditors.

Name

FAR Capital

Legal name

FARcapital, LLC

Website

https://farcapital.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

FARcapital administers the patent-pending FAR® Program, a tax-deferred incentive compensation solution for institutional clients including hedge funds, private equity funds, public corporations, healthcare providers, insurance companies, and law firms via its proprietary Optlink® platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Executive Compensation Administration

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (52394)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital/Hybrid Robo-Wealth & Retirement Advisory (FSAEABAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Hybrid Robo-Advisory Platforms (Advisor + Automation) (FSAGAEAB)

Keywords

• Executive compensation services
• Incentive compensation programs
• Fund administration
• Alternative investment services
• Compensation management solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Kuala Lumpur

HQ country

Malaysia

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. FAR® Administration Services: Comprehensive design, implementation and administration services for fund managers including daily valuation, accounting, recordkeeping, and compliance management. Services integrate with fund administrators and auditors.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

FARcapital designs, implements, and administers the FAR® Program, a patent-pending incentive compensation and deferral program for hedge fund and private equity managers that increases management company capital and investor returns while improving sustainability. Services include daily valuation, accounting, vesting, redemption, and exercise tracking, with the proprietary Optlink® web-based system automating administration and providing 24/7 client access integrated with fund administrators and auditors.

Product overview

FAR Capital offers a unified platform consisting of the proprietary Optlink® web-based administration system and the FAR® Program (patent pending), which includes ESG, Mechanics, and Accounting modules. The FAR® Program is designed to increase management company capital and investor returns while improving management company sustainability. Optlink® automates FAR® administration and recordkeeping, including daily valuation, vesting, redemptions, and participant account management. The company also offers Back-to-Back Manager Plan benefit payments. Services are delivered through a "high tech/high touch" model with 24/7 online access and client services support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• FAR® Program A patent-pending incentive compensation and deferral program designed to increase management company capital and investor returns while improving management company sustainability, targeted at hedge fund and private equity fund managers.
• Optlink® Proprietary web-based administration and recordkeeping system that automates FAR® administration, including daily valuation, accounting of share values, issuances, grants, vesting, redemptions, and participant account management, with online access for managers, investors, and participants.
• FAR® Administration Services Comprehensive design, implementation, and administration services for fund managers integrating Optlink® administration with fund administrators and auditors, covering daily valuation, accounting, vesting, redemptions, exercises, conversions, and Back-to-Back Manager Plan benefit payments.

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Aon (Radford): Aon's Radford division provides compensation benchmarking and design for technology and life-sciences firms. Comparable to FAR Capital on the incentive compensation consulting side, although Radford focuses on equity and broad-based pay rather than fund-manager carry structures.
• Citco Fund Services: Large third-party fund administrator serving hedge funds, PE, and other structures. Comparable as both a downstream integration partner and indirect competitor to FAR Capital — fund administrators often provide adjacent compensation accounting for managers.
• Willis Towers Watson: Global advisory firm with substantial executive compensation and benefits practice. Comparable to FAR Capital in advising on incentive compensation design for institutional clients, but operates at vastly larger scale.
• Mercer (Executive Compensation / Rewards): Global consulting firm with a large executive compensation and benefits practice. Comparable to FAR Capital because it advises institutional clients on incentive and deferred compensation design, though it operates at vastly broader scale and across many industries.
• SS&C (GlobeOp / ALPS): Large fund administration and financial technology provider. Comparable to FAR Capital on the recordkeeping/administration side for fund vehicles; could be either an integration partner or a large-vendor competitive threat as it expands into compensation-adjacent functionality.

Emerging players

• Carta: Cap-table and equity management platform expanding into compensation and fund administration. Comparable to FAR Capital because it builds proprietary technology for compensation and ownership recordkeeping, overlapping with FAR's Optlink® system in administration functionality.
• Certent (Equity Management Inc.): Provider of equity plan management and accounting software used by public and private companies. Comparable to FAR Capital as an enabling technology platform for incentive compensation administration, though it addresses a broader cap-table and equity-grant use case rather than fund-manager carry.

Direct peers

• Meridian Compensation Partners: Independent compensation consulting firm focused on executive and incentive pay for large financial-services organizations. Comparable to FAR Capital in serving institutional clients with sophisticated incentive/deferral structures; competes in the same niche.
• Pearl Meyer & Partners: Independent executive compensation consulting firm serving financial services and other industries. Directly comparable because, like FAR, it designs and advises on incentive compensation programs for investment management and corporate clients.
• Compensation Advisory Partners: Boutique executive compensation consultancy with deep financial-services practice. Directly comparable to FAR Capital because both serve investment management clients on incentive compensation, deferred comp, and tax-driven plan design.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/farcapital

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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