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November 18, 202538 min

Steering Harbor Capital’s $70B Multi-Manager Platform | Kristof Gleich

Kristof Gleich is the President and CIO of Harbor Capital Advisors, a $70B multi-manager platform headquartered in Chicago that partners exclusively with external fund managers to build and distribute actively managed strategies – a model the firm has operated since 1986.Gleich joined Harbor in 2018 after nearly two decades at Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan, where he ran a 60-person global manager research team overseeing $500B in assets. His focus has been bringing the firm's active management expertise from mutual funds into ETFs – translating what he describes as "potential energy into kinetic energy."Since 2021, Harbor has launched 30+ active ETFs and grown ETF AUM from zero to $5B, anchored by long-standing partnerships like Jennison Associates (52-year relationship) alongside emerging managers like BlueCove (systematic fixed income out of London) and Quantix (commodities, founded by a former Goldman partner). The commodities ETF, HGER, surpassed $1B by rethinking index construction from first principles – building inflation sensitivity, backwardation capture, and debasement hedging into the methodology rather than tracking legacy benchmarks like BCOM.Gleich is bullish on gold and commodities as structural portfolio holdings, arguing that record global debt, fiscal deficits in expanding economies, deglobalization, and central bank reserve diversification make the standard 60/40 allocation obsolete – advocating 10–20% alternatives exposure with commodities playing a central role. 2024 marked an inflection year with $4B in net inflows, and Gleich sees Harbor approaching the "superscaling" phase while emphasizing the cultural imperative to keep disrupting before competitors do it for you.Learn more about Kristof and Harbor Capital below:linkedin.com/in/kristof-gleich/harborcapital.com

November 18, 202527 min

Managing $17B as Co-CIO at RockCreek | Alifia Doriwala

Alifia Doriwala is the Co-Chief Investment Officer at The Rock Creek Group, a $17B+ outsourced CIO platform in Washington, DC that serves as the full investment team for endowments, foundations, pensions, and family offices without internal portfolio management capabilities.Doriwala joined Rock Creek when it was a 15-person, $2B multi-asset shop and helped build the OCIO business from inception roughly 15 years ago – a practice that now houses the majority of the firm's capital. She previously worked in investment banking at Merrill Lynch and equity arbitrage at Wolverine Trading.Rock Creek constructs bespoke total-portfolio allocations for each client, calibrating alternatives exposure around spending objectives, drawdown tolerance, and organizational mission. Up to 10% of private equity exposure goes to co-investments and directs, selected thematically to align with client mandates – education foundations get education-adjacent deal flow, healthcare organizations get life sciences exposure. Commitment pacing is treated as "more art than science," with annual budgets flexed around distribution assumptions and opportunity quality rather than rigid targets.Current deployment priorities span biotech venture (including oncology-specific funds), fintech focused on financial inclusion, AI infrastructure and applications, and middle-market buyout where AI tools drive efficiency across traditional industries. The firm runs longstanding emerging manager programs – including a 15+ year partnership with Connecticut's pension system – and has co-authored research with IFC on gender balance in private equity. Underpinning the platform is a proprietary technology stack built from day one, now on its tenth major iteration, housing 25 years of investment data.Learn more about Alifia and Rock Creek below:linkedin.com/in/alifia-doriwalatherockcreekgroup.com

November 5, 202532 min

Inside Fairview Capital's $10B Emerging Manager Ecosystem | Alan Mattamana

Alan Mattamana is the Managing Partner at Fairview Capital Partners, a $10B fund-of-funds founded in 1994 as one of the largest minority-owned investment firms in the US. After Princeton engineering, McKinsey, and Polaris Venture Partners, he joined Fairview in 2009 and ascended to Managing Partner in 2024, leading the firm's co-investment program.Fairview commits to 15-25 managers per vehicle using equal-weighted portfolios (~60% venture, ~40% growth/buyout), staged across 3-5 year tranches for vintage diversification. The firm's proprietary database tracks 600+ diverse and emerging managers, combining quantitative benchmarking with exhaustive reference checks. Mattamana allocates 10-20% to late-stage co-investments (Series B+) through GP advisory board relationships, concentrating capital in de-risked winners at reduced fee drag.As anchor LP for first- and second-time funds, Fairview backs 300+ funds representing 10,000+ companies. Strategic partnerships include New York Life's 2024 minority stake, Steve Ballmer's $400M commitment for Black fund managers, and the Ford/Visa Foundations Emerging Managers Fund. Connecticut's Constitution Fund series delivered 30% IRR in top vintages, with fees compressed from 0.8% to 0.65% as the program scaled.Learn more about Alan and Fairview below:linkedin.com/in/alanmattamana/Fairview Capital

October 12, 202543 min

Engineering Asia's Andreessen Moment | Youngrok Kim

Youngrok Kim is the Founding Partner of GREE LP Fund, a $170M bicultural fund-of-funds split between US and Japan vehicles, built on a contrarian timing thesis: Asia-Pacific's venture markets are at their 2010 moment, when cloud/mobile minted Andreessen Horowitz and Initialized Capital, and AI's platform shift will produce the next generation of iconic regional franchises.Structured as separate mandates rather than commingled capital, GREE LP commits to 20+ managers per fund at the sub-$50M threshold where collaborative check sizes eliminate brand competition. Portfolio spans established platforms (NFX, Future Ventures) and first-time GPs selected for strategy-fit over pedigree: former GitLab CMO doing DevTools seed, ex-Palantir operators with 150-person deal sourcing networks.Nine of ten deployed funds exceed median TVPI despite <3-year vintages. The platform allocates 10-15% to late-stage co-investments and LP secondaries as liquidity architecture, targeting first distributions within five years to smooth cash flow curves before primary exits mature.Learn more about Youngrok and GREE LP below:linkedin.com/in/youngrok-kim/GREE LP Fund

October 12, 202558 min

Building Europe’s first Micro-VC FoF | Ertan Can

Ertan Can is the founder and managing partner of Multiple Capital, a pan-European micro-VC fund-of-funds targeting seed-stage emerging managers. Launched inside a family office in 2012 and spun out in 2018, Multiple mapped Europe's emerging manager ecosystem early, backing solo GPs across deep tech, AI, fintech, and defense. The fund has committed to 30+ micro-VCs with indirect exposure to 1,000+ startups, delivering top-decile performance with outliers like UiPath.Multiple's edge combines rigorous manager selection at sub-institutional fund sizes with European valuation arbitrage and US-scale exit paths. Operating from Luxembourg for institutional readiness, the fund maintains disciplined €1M check sizes and targets managers with demonstrable unfair advantages and concentrated portfolio construction.Learn more about Ertan and Multiple Capital below:linkedin.com/in/ertancan/multiple.capital/