Many hedge fund managers open their business with one or two seed capital investors, this funding could come through a formal seed capital program with an established institution such as a bank or seeding platform, a fund of fund or private source that likes to stay off most people’s radar screen. Many of you already know of the Hedge Fund Group (HFG) and the connected hedge fund forum at HedgeFundMessageBoard.com. Last week I had someone post a list of hedge fund seed capital sources that I wanted to re-post here for everyone’s benefit.

• Asset Alliance http://www.assetalliance.com/
• BRI Partners http://www.bripartners.com/
• Capital Z Investment Partners http://www.capitalz.com/
• Fairfield Greenwich Group http://www.fggus.com/
• Focus Investment Group http://www.focusinvestmentgroup.com/
• Fortune Asset Management http://www.fortune.co.uk/
• FRM Capital Advisors http://www.frmcapitaladvisors.com/
• FrontPoint Partners http://www.fppartners.com/
• Hardt Group Advisors http://www.hardtgroup.com/
• HedgeCo Investments http://www.hedgecoinvestments.com/
• JPMorgan Incubator Strategies http://www.jpmorgan.com/
• Larch Lane Advisors http://www.2100capital.com/
• M.D. Sass-Macquarie http://www.mdsass.com/
• Man Global Strategies http://www.maninvestments.com/
• Protégé Partners http://www.protegepartners.com/
• RMF Hedge Fund Strategies http://www.rmf.ch/
• SkyBridge Capital http://www.skybridgecapital.com/
• Weston Capital Management http://www.westoncapital.com/
• Blackstone - http://www.blackstone.com/maam/fund_hedge/team.html