Hedgeco Investments (HCI) was formed in 2006 to help seed and raise capital for emerging hedge fund managers.

HCI's investment philosophy and its experience is key to its competitive edge. The hedge fund seeding space is an area fast garnering interest from investors, but it is still considered relatively risky territory for most investors. A telling statistic is from a Deutsche Bank Alternative Investment Survey that revealed that whilst 75% of investors surveyed were willing to invest in a fund from day one, only 25% were willing to seed hedge funds. In a post depression era, this number has shrunk even lower. By contrast, HCI is an early mover in the seeding space with an open mind towards seeding managers without the impediment of institutional rules. In fact, HCI has invested in managers so early in their development that they had no fund infrastructure. The rationale is quite simple; most institutions want to participate in seed investing of funds but are bogged down by artificial rules that do not always make sense especially in the evaluation of a start-up fund. HCI can and will bypass those rules in its search for talent.

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