Private Capital · New York

Built to outlast the people who built it.

A boutique private-capital partner for founders and families with real complexity. Institutional rigor, one relationship, and a partner who actually picks up the phone.

$0.0B

Assets under advisement

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Families & founders served

0 yrs

Average partner experience

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The approach

We were built for the families most firms are too large to actually serve.

01

Fiduciary, always

We sit on your side of the table. No products, no commissions, no hidden incentives.

02

After-tax is the only return

Every decision is measured by what you keep, not what a benchmark prints.

03

Access, not gatekeeping

Institutional private markets and specialists, opened to a small number of families.

What we do

One team, the whole picture.

Private Wealth Management

By relationship

Bespoke, tax-aware portfolios engineered for after-tax, multi-generational return.

Family Office Services

By relationship

One team over your entities, advisors, reporting, and the next generation.

M&A & Liquidity Advisory

By engagement

Pre-transaction planning and post-liquidity stewardship for founders and owners.

Private Markets Access

Qualified investors

Institutional-grade private equity, private credit, and real assets.

The partners

Big enough to trust. Small enough to reach the people who run it.

EA

Eleanor Ashcroft

Founding Partner, CIO

Former head of a $9B endowment portfolio.

JV

Julian Vane

Founding Partner, M&A

20+ years advising founders through liquidity.

PR

Priya Raman

Partner, Family Office

Built governance for four generational families.

They ran the entire process around my liquidity event like a bank a tenth their ego and twice their care.
Founder, Private Holding Co.
Ashcroft & Vane coordinate our family office end to end. The governance work alone was worth it.
Third-generation family
Institutional rigor with a partner who actually picks up the phone. That combination is rare.
Managing Partner, PE Fund

A quiet, private conversation is the first step.

No pitch, no pressure. We will tell you honestly whether we are the right fit.

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