There are a lot of family office conferences every
year. I believe that these type of
conferences will continue to grow as people want to get in touch with these “family
offices.” Campden research recently
came out and said that there had been an increase in family offices from last
year alone. Along with the rise in
family offices, so will be the capital that they will have to invest. So are these conferences helpful in meeting
these family offices? That depends. The reality is family offices want to go to
conferences to ………….well meet other family offices. That is the main reason. Do they want deal flow? Yes, but to what real extent? That is the question. The fewer sponsors that are present, the more
family offices that will come. I don’t
ever see that changing.
Today I had the opportunity to attend the Wilson Single Family Office in NYC (which was a great conference). Throughout the day I would take the time to meet others that had attended, and when I approached one of the attendees I asked where he was from and the reason for him attending. His response was that he was there looking into the Family Office space as a possible section of the market to raise capital from. It was then that I started to explain to him the nature of Family Office Conferences and what you will find in the Family Office space. Is the Family Office space a place to raise capital for your venture, project or opportunity? Yes, however Family Offices do not move quickly and heavily rely on relationships. They want to know you are here to stay and not just a "one and done participant" so when they see you for the second or third time it makes an impression. DJ Van Keuren on the Panel of Real Estate Investing at the ...
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