Highworth Research Ltd

There are three major difficulties in understanding the size of the family offices market globally. The first is estimating the numbers of single family offices with any degree of accuracy. (Multi-family office numbers are easier to assess). The second is gathering sufficient evidence of their asset allocation and its investment value. The third is the identification of addressable AuM, being capital which is available for investment by third party managers, and separating that in value from the AuM from direct investment, usually through real estate, PE, & VC, practiced by many single family offices. There are no precise answers to these questions although the recently released report "The Future of Family Offices" from Highworth Research, part of With Intelligence, does produce convincing estimates of the global family office market size, based on the statistics which can be derived from the Highworth Global Family Offices Database, the largest and longest -established online database of its kind. Currently the discoverable family office global market size is estimated by Highworth Research at $5.32trn, about 10% of the global size of the pension fund market. It is expected to more than double in value by 2026.

We are pleased to announce the acquisition of Highworth Research Ltd, home to the largest global database of single family offices, a unique asset that will significantly enhance our services. The acquisition of Highworth Research perfectly complements our mission at With Intelligence: to provide you with the essential people and data intelligence for seamless fundraising, asset allocation, and fund servicing. Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eA23mt3V #singlefamilyoffice #familyoffice #acquisition

We are pleased to announce the acquisition of Highworth Research Ltd, home to the largest global database of single family offices, a unique asset that will significantly enhance our services. The acquisition of Highworth Research perfectly complements our mission at With Intelligence: to provide you with the essential people and data intelligence for seamless fundraising, asset allocation, and fund servicing. Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eA23mt3V #singlefamilyoffice #familyoffice #acquisition

The Highworth Family Offices Database continues to grow strongly, reflecting the rapid expansion of the family offices market globally. The Highworth Database now includes detailed profiles of over 1,000 single family offices in the USA, and nearly 1,600 single family offices in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia Pacific. Of these totals, almost 700 single family offices globally have assets under management greater than $1bn, marking them as a potent force in investment management.

On January 5th the FT reported that fundraising by US venture capital firms in 2023 sunk to a 6 year low. But the gloom can be overdone. One aspect of the problem facing early stage growth companies is that many are conditioned primarily to solicit funding from venture capital companies and not look at the wider market for raising risk capital. Within the wider market single family offices form an important fundraising source. The journey to family office funding is worth making for many young companies with promising growth prospects. There are good reasons for this, including: -       There is wide availability of VC funding from single family offices, and currently it is not significantly retreating in the face of economic headwinds -       Family offices are not themselves dependent on external funding, their capital is typically evergreen -       Family office VC funding generally represents patient capital, a willingness to invest for the longer term -       Many single family office Principals like to invest in business sectors which they themselves know well and often where they have made their own fortunes. So the quality of management support for the start-up may be strong in terms of recommended business models, market entry processes, growth strategies, useful contacts, and errors to avoid. -       Venture capital investment is the 4th the most popular asset classes to which family offices allocate their capital, after equities, real estate, and private equity. A professional solution for fund-raising from family offices is to use the Highworth Single Family Office Database.  This well-established online Database provides detailed profiles including contacts at over 2,500 single family offices globally and identifies which ones invest in venture capital either directly or through third party funds or both. What’s more, the Database shows the business sectors in which each family office in each of over 70 countries prefers to make its VC investments. The Highworth Database shows that 61% of single family offices globally, or 1,546 out of 2,516 currently on the Database, invest in venture capital. That’s 2% more than when Highworth last analyzed family offices for their VC allocation only 8 months ago. In a period in which the economic headwinds have been so strong, these numbers certainly don’t show a retreat from VC funding. However the opportunities for fundraising from single family offices vary depending on the region. The chances of an early stage company raising capital from a single family office in North America are far higher than in Europe: the Highworth Family Offices Database shows that 48% of family offices on the Database invest in VC compared with 76% in N. America.

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Highworth Research has now achieved over 2,500 detailed profiles of single family offices on the Highworth Family Offices Database globally, including over 15,000 named contacts, most of them with emails. This strengthens Highworth's leading position as the premier gateway to the global single family office community for asset managers, private banks, and investment banks.