AC Group
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Delivering advisory guidance for venture capitalists and venture funds.
At The AC Group, we serve venture capital firms, their investors and the entrepreneurs they partner with. We help our clients navigate the challenges of liquidity, restricted stock, tax issues and other transactional complexities.
Venture capital services
Our experience at all levels of the advisory stack informs our differentiated relationship with our clients. We understand the responsibilities that venture capital firms feel towards their investors and their employees, and we partner with fund administrators, accountants, auditors and trading teams to help enhance returns while streamlining firm operations.
- Strategic transactional advice
- Restricted stock sales
- Block trading
- Building liquidity strategies in diverse capital market environments
- Custody and clearing
- Banking and lending for management companies
Specialized subject matter advisors for families in a niche industry.
Private client services
We address the wealth management needs of venture capitalists, their families and the founders they work with—not just across their fund's lifecycle, but for their own individualized goals.
We believe that, just like building the next legendary company, your personal wealth should always start with a solid foundation.
- Bespoke private wealth management
- Cash flow planning
- Classic and specialty lending
- Tax-aware strategies
- Estate planning
- Complementary investing
In our practice, we feel that proper planning starts well before liquidity events. We guide our clients through the entire trajectory of their business interests, whether it's their next big carry award or a long-awaited exit.
- Liquidity tactics
- Gifting techniques and philanthropic giving
- Carried interest strategies
- Stock options
- Specialty VC services, custody & clearing
We seek to drive outperformance not only in portfolio construction, but through thoughtful approaches to titling, debt strategy and tax planning. We look at all the factors of wealth creation, wealth preservation and wealth transfer. Through meaningful partnership with your tax advisor and estate planner, we make sure every dollar of investment income is optimized and tailored to not just provide for you and your family now, but for future generations.
- Legacy preservation
- Family planning
- Titling
- Risk management
- Long-term investment selection
- Next generation education
Meet Our Team
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Insights
‘Volatility and seasonality aren’t destiny’: Why September is historically the worst month for stocks
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August 25, 2026Small businesses are adopting AI faster, especially newer firms. If usage shifts from experimentation to integration, it could reshape productivity and competition, with implications for investors beyond Big Tech.Read Now
Insight 8: Work together to build a better world
August 25, 2026Beyond business acumen, instilling a philanthropic spirit and strong sense of mission can be key to inspiring and integrating the next generation into the family business.Read Now
Gold as a safe haven for investors – and how it can work in a diversified portfolio
August 24, 2026Gold can be a safe haven and still rise alongside stocks. Here’s what drives gold, how it can diversify a portfolio and why our strategists still like it for the rest of 2026.Read Now
The Great Wealth Transfer: Estate planning, gifting and tax strategies for ’givers’
August 24, 2026Learn the pros and cons of lifetime giving, trusts and wills, and setting clear expectations for heirs when passing down wealth to the next generation.Read Now
From Tokyo to London to Washington, debt is in the doghouse
August 21, 2026Global bond yields are climbing as the era of exceptionally low long-term rates becomes harder to justify.Read Now
Endowment management: spending policies, asset allocation and smoothing
August 21, 2026Nonprofits and private foundations face the dual responsibility of addressing immediate community needs while ensuring sustainable support for the future.Read Now‘Volatility and seasonality aren’t destiny’: Why September is historically the worst month for stocks
August 26, 2026September is known on Wall Street as the worst month for stocks. Learn what the “September effect” is, why it happens, and how to prepare your portfolio for volatility.Read NowInsight 5: Continually evolve and renew the ownership portfolio
August 26, 2026Building resilience by expecting, preparing for and welcoming change is important for the longevity of generative families.Read NowWhat Fed rate hikes and cuts mean for your brokerage account
August 25, 2026Fed rate hikes and cuts can affect what you earn on cash, how bonds move and how stocks are valued. Here’s what changes inside your brokerage account.Read NowHow AI adoption by small businesses could reshape the economy – and what that means for investors
August 25, 2026Small businesses are adopting AI faster, especially newer firms. If usage shifts from experimentation to integration, it could reshape productivity and competition, with implications for investors beyond Big Tech.Read NowInsight 8: Work together to build a better world
August 25, 2026Beyond business acumen, instilling a philanthropic spirit and strong sense of mission can be key to inspiring and integrating the next generation into the family business.Read NowGold as a safe haven for investors – and how it can work in a diversified portfolio
August 24, 2026Gold can be a safe haven and still rise alongside stocks. Here’s what drives gold, how it can diversify a portfolio and why our strategists still like it for the rest of 2026.Read NowThe Great Wealth Transfer: Estate planning, gifting and tax strategies for ’givers’
August 24, 2026Learn the pros and cons of lifetime giving, trusts and wills, and setting clear expectations for heirs when passing down wealth to the next generation.Read NowFrom Tokyo to London to Washington, debt is in the doghouse
August 21, 2026Global bond yields are climbing as the era of exceptionally low long-term rates becomes harder to justify.Read NowEndowment management: spending policies, asset allocation and smoothing
August 21, 2026Nonprofits and private foundations face the dual responsibility of addressing immediate community needs while ensuring sustainable support for the future.Read Now