Team

Jacques Kugler

Prior to founding Arcticon Capital in 2010, Jacques was the head of alternative investments research for Banque Safdie/Safdie Investment Services Inc. in New York, and a member of the investment committee. As acting portfolio manager for the flagship fund of hedge funds, he was charged with conducting due diligence, risk management, and capital allocation recommendations for their $320M in hedge fund investments. Before joining Banque Safdie in 2005, Jacques was vice president of research and portfolio management for Franco Asset Management in Miami, a fund of hedge funds, where he focused on analysis, relationship management, and capital allocation for various funds. Before relocating to the US in 1999, Jacques was a business manager for 3M in Venezuela.

Raised in Venezuela, Jacques benefits from a truly international perspective, speaking Spanish, English and Italian. Jacques holds a BS in mechanical engineering from Universidad Simon Bolivar in Caracas, and an MBA from Columbia University, as well as Series 7 and Series 63 FINRA registrations.

Becky Swanston

Prior to becoming a capital raiser in 2005, Becky worked for 14 years within the Mortgage and Asset Backed Securities Division at Lehman Brothers exclusively selling structured credit products to institutional accounts. Since 2005 Becky has raised capital for alternative asset funds specializing on credit, structured credit, and long short equity strategies among others, as well as private equity and real estate mandates. Most recently Becky was Director of Marketing for Connorex-Lucinda, LLC, a private REIT focused exclusively on Purchase-to-Rent residential real estate, an asset class recently embraced by institutional investors.

Becky was raised in the Midwest, and earned a B.S. from University of Minnesota. She currently resides in Dallas, TX, and has deep contacts in both the South and Northeastern US. She holds Series 7 and Series 63 FINRA registrations.

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Risk Disclosure

Hedge funds, private equity funds, real estate private equity funds, venture capital funds, (collectively Alternative Investments) are unregistered private investment partnerships, funds or pools that may invest and trade in many markets, strategies and instruments (including securities, non-securities and derivatives) and are NOT subject to the same regulatory requirements as mutual funds, including mutual fund requirements to provide certain periodic and standardized pricing and valuation information to investors.

There are substantial risks in investing in Alternative Investments. You should note carefully the following: Alternative Investments represent speculative investments and involve a high degree of risk. An investor could lose all or a substantial portion of his/her investment. Investors must have the financial ability, sophistication/experience and willingness to bear the risks of an investment in an Alternative Investment.