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For emerging managers

Launch your first fund without the complexity

Setting up your first fund should not require hiring a separate lawyer, administrator, and technology vendor. Caproom gives emerging managers institutional infrastructure from day one.

The emerging manager challenge

First-time fund managers face a disproportionate administrative burden. Formation costs are high, operational complexity is daunting, and investor expectations are institutional.

High setup costs

Legal fees, admin fees, and technology licenses can consume 12–18 months of management fees before you even deploy capital.

Operational complexity

Managing capital calls, distributions, NAV calculations, and compliance reporting with spreadsheets and email does not scale.

Investor expectations

Institutional investors expect professional reporting, secure document access, and auditable compliance, regardless of your fund size.

How Caproom solves this

One partner for your entire fund lifecycle, from legal structuring to investor reporting.

All-in-one formation

Legal structuring, document drafting, notary coordination, and regulatory filings, all handled by one team with one term sheet.

Institutional platform

The same technology infrastructure used by established managers (investor portal, capital call automation, compliance screening) available from fund one.

Single Source of Truth

Define your fund terms once. Every document, calculation engine, and compliance check is automatically parameterised without spreadsheets and no re-entry.

Scalable pricing

Designed for emerging managers with pricing that grows with your AUM, not a fixed enterprise fee that does not match your fund size.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Caproom affordable for a first fund?

Pricing scales with fund size rather than headcount, so a first fund of EUR 10m to 50m pays a fraction of what a traditional administrator charges. Formation and operations are billed on the same basis, with no hourly billing and no hidden fees.

I have no operations team. Who runs the platform?

The workflows are built for a manager without a back office: capital calls, distributions, capital accounts and reporting run from guided screens with the calculations already wired to the term sheet. Where legal judgment is required, that work sits with us as fund formation counsel rather than with you.

Will LPs take my operations seriously?

That is precisely what the platform is for. A first-time manager arrives at operational due diligence with an audit trail, role-based access, isolated tenant data and seven-year retention already in place, instead of a spreadsheet and a shared inbox.

What happens when I raise Fund II?

Funds run side by side in the same environment, with cross-fund allocations, GP economics and carry tracked per vintage. Nothing needs to be migrated when the second fund arrives.

10bn+

AUM ADVISED ON BY THE FOUNDER SINCE 2017

9 yrs

Years of Dutch fund formation and corporate practice

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Compliant data processing

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  • GDPR-native
  • Third-party pentested
  • ISO 27001 / SOC 2 aligned
  • AFM / AIFMD-framework aligned

Get in Touch

Have questions about Caproom? We'd love to hear from you. Reach out directly or schedule a call.

Office

Jacob Bontiusplaats 9, 1018 LL Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Speak with the founder

You'll speak with Duco.

A 30-minute call with the founder, a former fund formation lawyer. No discovery deck, no qualification gate. Bring a draft term sheet or just your structuring questions.

Built by Duco Poppema, former Dutch fund formation and corporate lawyer, in practice from 2017 to 2026, recognised in Legal 500.

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