FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
About Vibe Advisors
Vibe Advisors is an independent hedge fund placement and advisory boutique. We help early-stage managers raise their first £50 to £200 million from institutional investors, and we advise on positioning, structure and operations during the critical years between seed and institutional scale.
Claudia Quintela founded Vibe Advisors. She spent 14 years on FX trading floors at Bank of America, Credit Suisse and UBS before moving to capital introduction. She is a CFA Charterholder with an MSc Finance from LSE and has 25+ years in financial services.
Yes. Vibe Advisors Limited is an Appointed Representative of Privium Fund Management (UK) Limited, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
Traditional placement agents focus on managers with £500M+ in AUM and rely on scale and mailing lists. We work with fewer managers, earlier in their lifecycle, and every introduction is hand-selected. We take on a handful of managers a year because our reputation depends on every manager we put in front of an allocator.
Working With Us
Managers in the £50M to £200M raise stage. We occasionally work with sub-£50M managers on advisory mandates, but the placement work is focused on funds that have audited track records and institutional-ready infrastructure.
Liquid strategies primarily, AI macro, systematic, quantitative, multi-strategy. We are selective on long/short equity. We do not work with illiquid credit, private equity, or venture strategies.
Every manager goes through due diligence before we take them on. We look at track record quality, risk discipline, operational infrastructure, team stability and fit with our allocator network. If there is no allocator fit, we will say so upfront rather than waste your time.
On a reverse solicitation basis only. Our FCA permissions do not automatically cover proactive US outreach. We can discuss your setup and whether our model works for you.
Retainer plus success fee for capital raising mandates. Project-based pricing for advisory work, scoped per phase. We do not take equity and we do not work on pure contingency.
Usually yes, either jurisdiction-specific or allocator-specific exclusivity for the duration of the mandate. Terms are negotiable and scoped to fit your existing relationships.
Process & Timeline
Audited or verified track record, pitch deck, DDQ, tearsheet, fund legal structure confirmed, auditor and administrator appointed. If you are pre-launch and still building this, the advisory engagement is the right starting point.
Expect 6 to 18 months from first introduction to funded allocation. Institutional allocators have multi-stage due diligence processes and committee cycles. Anyone promising faster is selling you something that will not happen.
No. Any firm that guarantees capital is either misleading you or operating outside regulatory lines. We commit to introductions, feedback, and iteration on positioning.
A 90-minute strategy session reviewing your materials, positioning, target allocator universe, and go-to-market plan. You walk away with a written summary and a prioritised action list. Useful for managers who want expert eyes before deciding on a full engagement.
Allocators & Content
UK and European family offices, fund of hedge funds, institutional wealth managers, and select Middle East and Asia allocators. Specific names are confidential. We can speak to allocator type and ticket size ranges once we are engaged.
A fortnightly Substack written by Cl√°udia covering hedge fund capital raising, allocator behaviour, and what actually moves the needle for early-stage managers. Read by allocators, managers, and people working in the emerging manager ecosystem. Free to subscribe.
Yes with attribution. Link back to vibe-advisors.com/blog/ and credit Claudia Quintela. If you want to syndicate or feature an article in full, email us first.
Fill out the form on the Work With Us page. It is a short screening questionnaire so we can route your enquiry correctly. Every submission is read by Claudia personally and responses go out within two business days.