5 Capital

What 5 Capital does

5Capital (legal entity: 5 Capital Funds Placement LLC) is a privately held, Chicago-headquartered placement agent and capital advisory firm serving alternative investment fund managers globally. The firm provides primary fundraising, secondaries advisory, capital markets advisory, fund mandate matching, PE fund finance, pre-IPO secondaries, and GP/LP advisory services across strategies spanning private equity (buyouts, growth, venture capital), private debt, real estate, infrastructure, and natural resources. Securities are offered through a regulatory partnership with FINRA/SIPC-member March Capital Corporation. Fund mandates typically range between $200 million and $1 billion in size, with the firm selectively working with established and emerging fund managers across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia.

The firm operates a boutique-plus-international model, combining focused attention and flexibility with a globally distributed team covering approximately 11 cities including Chicago, Miami, New York, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Tampa Bay, Atlanta, Munich, Tel Aviv, Taipei, and Sydney. Senior leadership has prior experience as limited partners, general partners, and consultants, and the team has collectively raised and invested several billion dollars across private equity and alternative assets. The firm receives over 150 inbound fund requests per quarter and is highly selective in mandate acceptance.

5Capital's revenue model is transaction-fee based: success fees typically equal one year of management fees on capital raised (ranging from 1.5% to 2.5% depending on strategy), sometimes supplemented by modest retainers. Fees may be paid over one to four years, and the firm may take a portion of fees as an LP investment to align interests with the fund. Customer segments are institutional, comprising fund managers (GPs) seeking capital and institutional investors (LPs) including endowments, foundations, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, family offices, RIAs, and private banks.

Name

5 Capital

Legal name

5 Capital Funds Placement LLC

Website

https://5-capital.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

5Capital is a Chicago-based global placement agent and capital advisory firm that helps private equity, private debt, real estate, and infrastructure fund managers raise capital from institutional investors across the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Australia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Private Equity Placement & Capital Advisory

NAICS

Investment Banking and Securities Intermediation (523150)

SIC

Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies (6211)

akta.pro primary industry

Capital Raising Advisory (Debt/Equity/Private Capital) (BPAHADAG)

Keywords

• Private equity placement
• Capital advisory services
• Fund placement agent
• Alternative investment fundraising
• Institutional capital raising

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Placement Agent Fees - Success Fees: Success fees are usually equal to one year of management fees on the money raised and range from 1.5% to 2.5%, depending upon the underlying fund strategy. Fund of funds, credit funds and infrastructure funds may end up charging lower management fees than a traditional buyout or growth private equity or a venture capital fund.
2. Placement Agent Fees - Retainers: Retainers are negotiated between fund managers and placement agents. 5Capital has been flexible with retainers - charging no retainers to established top quartile managers for follow-on vehicles or top-offs, to charging small retainers on traditional fundraising mandates.
3. LP Investment: 5Capital may contribute a part of its success fees as an investment in the fund (taking an LP interest), which aligns interests with the fund and helps emerging managers with cash outlay pressure.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

5Capital is a global placement agent and capital advisory firm that helps private equity, venture capital, infrastructure, real estate, and private debt fund managers (GPs) raise capital from institutional investors (LPs). Its core offerings include primary fundraising, secondary transaction advisory, capital markets advisory, GP/LP advisory, PE fund finance, and pre-IPO secondaries advisory. The firm pairs boutique-style attention and flexibility with an international distribution team located across the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Australia.

Product overview

5Capital operates as a global placement agent and capital advisory firm offering a comprehensive suite of services for raising capital across private equity, venture capital, private debt, real estate, infrastructure, and other alternative investment strategies. The firm's core offerings include primary fundraisings, secondary transactions, capital markets advisory, fund mandates matching, PE fund finance, pre-IPO secondaries, GP advisory, and LP advisory services. Additionally, the firm offers internship programs for MBA and undergraduate students interested in private equity careers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Primary Fundraising

Named customers9 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• March Capital CorporationcoreOthersSecurities offered through March Capital Corporation. Member FINRA/SIPC. This is a regulatory licensing partnership enabling 5Capital to offer securities in the placement agent business.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Evercore Private Funds Group: Evercore's Private Funds Group is a leading global placement agent for alternative investment funds. As a bulge-bracket advisory firm, it competes with 5Capital for larger mandates and emerging manager relationships with a much larger platform.
• Greenhill & Co. Capital Solutions: Greenhill & Co.'s Capital Solutions group provides private fund placement services to PE, credit, real estate, and infrastructure managers. It is a broad incumbent competing across the same fund strategies as 5Capital with greater global reach.
• Park Hill (Blackstone): Park Hill is the private fund placement and advisory arm of Blackstone, one of the largest placement agent platforms globally. It serves as a broad incumbent competitor with much greater scale, balance sheet, and brand recognition than 5Capital, particularly for large fund mandates.
• Lazard Asset Solutions: Lazard provides private fund placement and advisory services through its Asset Solutions group. It competes with 5Capital for institutional fundraising mandates with a much larger global footprint and bulge-bracket client base.

Direct peers

• Atlantic-Pacific Capital: Atlantic-Pacific Capital is a global placement agent and advisory firm specializing in raising capital for alternative investment funds. It is a direct competitor with similar fund size focus, multi-strategy coverage, and global distribution footprint.
• Capstone Partners: Capstone Partners is a global placement agent and advisor for private equity, private credit, infrastructure, and real estate funds. It directly competes with 5Capital across fund sizes, strategies, and institutional client segments.
• Probitas Partners: Probitas Partners is a global placement agent and advisor for private fund managers, with a focus on alternative investments. It is a direct peer in primary fund placement and secondaries advisory with overlapping institutional LP relationships.
• Eaton Partners: Eaton Partners is a placement agent and fund advisory firm focused on private equity, private credit, real assets, and hedge funds, raising capital globally. It is one of the most direct competitors to 5Capital in the $200M-$1B fund mandate space with similar boutique positioning.
• Campbell Lutyens: Campbell Lutyens is a leading independent advisor specializing in private capital fundraising, secondary advisory, and GP-led solutions. It is a direct peer competing in similar fund strategies (PE, infrastructure, real estate) and institutional client segments.
• MVision Private Equity Advisors: MVision is a global private equity placement agent and advisor, raising capital for PE, VC, infrastructure, real estate, and credit funds. It directly competes with 5Capital for institutional investor mandates worldwide with a comparable boutique-plus-global model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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