Bienville Capital Management
New York-based investment firm founded in 2008, backing private companies and funds from seed through IPO, with public markets strategies and advisory services.
Bienville Capital Management is an investment firm founded in 2008 and based in New York City. Describing itself as idea-centric, it runs asset management and advisory services across public and private markets, on the premise that strong investment decisions follow from questioning assumptions, searching broadly and developing original ideas.
The firm's private markets activity spans seed through growth stages. Bienville invests in entrepreneurs directly and in venture capital and private equity funds, partnering and co-investing from seed stage through IPO. Alongside this, it incubates vertical SaaS companies through a partnership with Fractal Software, and runs an Informatic strategy supporting specialist managers focused on emerging technology companies. Technical areas of interest include vertical SaaS software and emerging technology investing.
In public markets, Bienville manages global, opportunistic strategies for institutional and family-office clients, including the allocation of capital to specialist investors. It also advises selected entrepreneurs and family offices, drawing on a network of specialists across sectors, geographies and markets.
Approximately 20 per cent of assets under management is internal capital invested alongside clients. The firm operates from New York City with activity reaching across sectors and geographies globally.