Unlock your manager's potential with our differentiated advisory services
Alternative fractional investor relations and fundraising advice
Unlock your manager's potential with our differentiated advisory services
Chrysalis Capital Advisors
Comprehensive Investor Relations and Fundraising Solutions
Chrysalis Capital Advisors provides a full range of investor relations and fundraising services for asset managers, offering an alternative to building a large in-house IR team. Our experienced team supports GPs throughout the entire go-to-market process, from strategy development to execution.
About Chrysalis Capital Advisors
Our Story
Duncan and Klaus met when they worked for Arrow Global (AG) and were jointly responsible for anchoring all aspects of raising Arrow’s 2nd European Private Credit Fund in 2021/2022 with a final close of €2.75bn.
About Klaus and Duncan
Klaus Svendsen
Prior to joining Arrow Global, Klaus was European head of IR for Starwood Capital Group and worked on the 11thGlobal Opportunistic Fund which closed in 2021 at $10 bn. Before joining Starwood, Klaus spent 5 years at Alcentra – a leading European sub-investment grade manager, pioneering European Direct Lending alongside strategies in Structured Credit, Bank Loans, European Special Situations and HY bonds. During his time at Alcentra, the firm grew from an Aum of approx. €12bn to approx. €40bn (2014-2019) with Klaus leading the investor activities across EMEA ex-UK. Before joining Alcentra Klaus spent 12 years in investment banking, trading and structuring fixed incomed and derivatives for Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and RBS, all in London.
Duncan Browne
Prior to working on Arrow Global’s 2nd fund, Duncan anchored AG’s first fund in 2019, at the time a record breaking €1.75bn record braking first fund and the first milestone in the company’s journey to becoming the €9bn AUM manager it is today. Duncan’s career has spanned asset management and consultancy roles, as well as in-house corporate development, strategy and IR/fundraising positions across both capital and private markets. Prior to joining Arrow as Head of Investor Relations in 2017, Duncan held senior IR roles at both Saga PLC and Vodafone PLC. He started his career at the corporate and IR advisor firm H Advisors Maitland. Duncan has a strong track record of designing new strategies and building and maintaining investor relationships across both private and public markets along with a deep pool of institutional and private investor contacts the US, Europe and the Middle East.
Our Approach
Chrysalis aims to differentiate itself from existing private markets advisory and capital raising participants by providing a complete, outsourced fractional IR resource for Asset Managers. We work closely with a small number of high conviction strategies where we have confidence we can execute strongly for our clients.
Our Expertise
Klaus and Duncan have collectively raised in excess of €10 billion across a global institutional and private client bases for a wide selection of leading private markets managers. They have strong experience in leading teams, formulating new products and managing investor relations processes