Case Study: Chicago Equity Advisors Secures First Institutional Investor Allocation with Preqin

Chicago Equity Advisors Secured its First Institutional Investor Allocation

Chicago Equity Advisors (CEA), an emerging hedge fund manager, launched CEA Fund I in 2016 with no prior track record, a small network of individual investors, and limited tools to support fundraising, reporting, and investor relations. To address these challenges, CEA turned to Preqin Pro and Preqin Insights to help identify potential institutional investors, compare its fund against competitors, and strengthen its fundraising strategy.

With Preqin, CEA gained access to a global network of institutional hedge fund allocators, detailed investor profiles, benchmarking data, and investor-mapping tools to target the right prospects and support presentations. As a result, Chicago Equity Advisors secured its first institutional investor, a New York-based fund of funds, and grew AUM by 60%, while also improving its infrastructure and reducing compliance constraints.

Chicago Equity Advisors

Mark Landwer

Operations Manager & Portfolio Strategist