51 North Capital is a Partner-owned, regionally-focused placement agent and fundraising advisor to GPs.
We focus solely on institutional investors in German-speaking Europe (the DACH region), where we have long-standing, trusted relationships.
We understand our LPs' goals and preferences and proactively seek to partner with GPs whose products we believe will be attractive in our market.
While our investor coverage is purposefully regional, our GP clients are global and diverse.
We have deep experience across alternative asset classes, with a particular focus on:
We believe capital raising can be done differently and founded our firm to pursue a more strategic approach
We focus our activities where we have a genuine edge and unparalleled network, our home market, the DACH region
We benefit from combined GP-advisory and investment experience, which we bring to bear on every mandate
We are 100% Partner-owned and seek genuine alignment with clients, tailoring our engagements for true partnership
Christian von Massenbach
Managing Partner
Christian is a Managing Partner at 51 North Capital. He was formerly a Managing Director in Evercore's private placement group, responsible for DACH & Middle East coverage.
Christian has raised ~€3bn of new capital for private equity, infrastructure and private debt funds across North America, Europe and Asia.
In total, Christian brings 21 years of experience from roles at Evercore, Lehman Brothers, BNP Paribas & Société Générale.
Fabian Pötter
Managing Partner
Fabian is a Managing Partner at 51 North Capital. He was formerly a Managing Director and Co-Head of Infrastructure at Golding, where he played a leading role in raising €4.5bn of infrastructure AuM.
Fabian was a Voting Member on Golding’s global IC (reviewing private equity, infrastructure and private debt investments) and a member of approximately 20 LP advisory boards.
In total, Fabian brings 18 years of experience from roles at Golding, RePower Systems, Bank Vontobel & UniCredit Group.
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51 North Capital GmbH provides its services in investment brokerage and investment advice as tied agent exclusively for the account and under the liability of AHP Capital Management GmbH, Weißfrauenstraße 12 - 16, 60311 Frankfurt am Main.
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51 North Capital GmbH acts as a tied agent in the context of investment brokerage of financial instruments pursuant to Section 2 clause 2 no. 3 of the German Securities Institutions Act (Wertpapierinstitutsgesetz, "WpIG") exclusively for the account and under the liability of the securities institution AHP Capital Management GmbH, Weißfrauenstraße 12 to 16, 60311 Frankfurt am Main, Germany pursuant to Section 3 clause 2 WpIG.