The Fund Starter Academy – Learn to launch a fund

Learn how to start your fund in Europe 📈

  • Benefit from our Plus community of passionate investors.
  • Start your fund project easier with way more clarity.
  • Learn how to launch a fund step by step.
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Start with us! 😊

Please secure your seat by applying! 🤗

What will you discover at the Fund Starter Academy? 😃

The academy is tailored to your needs and helps you to learn how to launch a fund:

A small group 💫

Focus on your questions ❓

Exclusive online session 💻

Ambitious participants 💪🏻

High engagement 😃

Physical get-togethers 🍻

Your fund questions will be answered by 🗨️

These experts will guide you through the Fund Starter Academy:

Investment fund setup specialist 🏗️

Christian Meyer-Vahrenhorst is an independent partner for all aspects of a fund project. Whether you want to launch a new fund, have your current fund set up checked for market conformity, or are looking for a new fund company, he is an expert and partner in the objective search for the best solution.

Unlock your fund’s growth potential 🚀

Susanne Schönefuß accelerates fund growth with her proven 3-step strategy, designed to streamline client acquisition and boost fund volumes. With deep expertise in marketing and sales, she combines 25 years of industry experience with cutting-edge AI tools to create customized solutions that drive real results.

Your Fund Starter Academy sessions 🎓

The Fund Starter Academy will evolve around your questions:

Start
All participants & speakers

Agenda & questions ➡️

We will use the first session to introduce all participants to each other, walk through the agenda and collect the first questions all participants have.

Fund setup
Christian Meyer-Vahrenhorst
Christian Meyer-Vahrenhorst - Fund Starter Academy

How do different locations compare to each other?
Why is this location right for me?
How do different locations compare to each other?

Christian Meyer-Vahrenhorst

Costs & fees 💶

How should I think about costs and fees?
How much does the fund setup cost?
What is mandatory to run a fund?
What makes sense to invest into?

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Emerging Managers

How do I finance myself? ☕

How should I structure my fund fees?
What is the right way to earn money with the fund?
How should I think about my setup in relation to the fund?

Service providers
Christian Stampfer
Christian Stampfer - Fund Starter Academy

Fund service platform (KVG) 🪪

What does the fund service platform (KVG) provide to me?
Why do I need this important service provider?

Rene Assion
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Liability umbrella (Haftungsdach) 🪙

How does the liability umbrella help me?
What are does and don’t?
What is legally important to know for me?

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Custodian (Verwahrstelle) 🛡️

Why do I need a custodian?
What does this service provide do for me?

Customers
Susanne Schönefuß
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Winning customers💫

Who can I win a customer for my product?
How can I build a clear profile for my customers?
How will my early investors be different from later-stage investors?

Two professional allocators
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Customer expectation 😃

What do my customers want from me?
How can I reach them the right way?
How should I think about the sales structures for my product?

Closing
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The final questions ❓

We close the Fund Starter Academy with a session to work on all questions that might remain open.

These fund solutions experts support you 🗨️

These experts will guide you through the Fund Starter Academy:

Fund service provider (KVG) 🏦

Christian Stampfer adds a knowledge of fund solutions in Luxembourg and Germany to the academy. He is also an expert in mutual funds and in AIF structures. Christian is also happy to help with fund structuring.

Liability umbrella (Haftungsdach) ☂️

Rene Assion contributes knowledge about law and legal challenges for fund starters to the academy. He knows the German market especially well and is happy to help you with any question you might have.

How is the Fund Starter Academy different? 🌟

Our focus makes us different:

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Fund Starter Focus

The Fund Starter Academy has a clear focus on the needs of fund starters. Every element of the teaching is designed for you.

Your additional Plus community benefits ➕

The Fund Starter Academy is embedded in the Plus community. This gives you a ton of additional advantages:

Network online & offline 👋🏻

You can network offline and online by joining our meetings, conferences, and online events.

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Watch exclusive videos 📼

You get access to several video libraries with recordings of past events. These videos are community exclusive.

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Learn in our book club 📚

You can join our two monthly book club. Here, we discuss investing books – often with the authors.

Access expertise 💡

You get easily access expertise of our members and the know how of external guests.

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Meet members globally 🌍

You can tap into a truly global network and find members nearly everywhere you go.

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Join long-term thinkers 📈

In the community you will meet members with a long-term mindset. We invest for years.

What Plus members say about the community 🗨️

Here you can enjoy more voices from our investor community:

Highly value additive ➕

An essential building block for successful investing is questioning one’s own point of view. For this, the exchange with good people is essential. With the community, a network has emerged that covers precisely this aspect and thus delivers high added value.

The investing community I was looking for 😃

The community is the best I have joined so far. There is an open, honest exchange about companies, investment ideas and strategies. Ever since I started investing 15 years ago, I’ve been looking for a home to have high-level discussions. With Good Investing I found it!

Gives motivation and great ideas 💡

Exchanging ideas with other fundamentally oriented investors gives motivation and great suggestions. Good Investing brings together a lot of really good investors and is, therefore, a really good community for me.

What can you enjoy in a year Plus? 📅

This is what you could enjoy within one year:

All year
All year

Join idea meetings 🍻

You can join or run in-person idea meetings throughout the whole year. There, you can casually network with other members.

All year

Join bi-weekly online events 💻

We are hosting educative and fun bi-weekly online events for all our members globally. You can join them with one click.

All year

Join our blook club 📚

A special online format is our book club. You can discuss community-selected investing books here – sometimes even with the author!

Q1
January to March

Get help to start your fund 📈

You can join the Fund Starter Academy every year in Q1. Here you get help to start your fund by hand-picked experts.

January & February

Idea exchanges 💡

We are starting the year with a special format: Online idea exchanges run by our members to discuss interesting stocks.

Q2
March & April

Join our birthday month 🎉

In March, we are hosting our birthday month with special guests. In the past, Guy Spier, John Huber, Chris Mayer or Dennis Hong joined us.

April & May

Conference @ Berkshire Hathaway 🤠

The Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting and we are running a 150+ member conference in the AGM week. Join us in Omaha!

May

US Tour 🇺🇸

After the BRK AGM conference, you are invited to join several meetings in the US and meet other members during our US tour.

Q4
November

Networking at Eigenkapitalforum 🇩🇪

In November, we are organizing comunity events around the largest capital markets conference in Europe, the Eigenkapitalforum.

December

Join our Xmas party!🎄

You are kindly invited to join our Xmas party to close the year with a fun meeting 😊.

Secure a great deal for you today! 💶

You can join the academy and the Good Investing Plus community for this yearly membership fee:

Fund Starter Plus membership
Yearly
500
For fund starters
All Plus membership benefits and...
Support to build your fund
Fund Starter Academy access
Matching with peers who launched
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What happens after your application? 🚀

You will get community access in three easy steps:

1.

Are we a fit for you? 😊

We want to make sure that we are a fit for you. Therefore, we will review your application. Sometimes, we might ask for more information via e-mail.

2.

Onboard easily ☎️

You will be invited for an onboarding call to make your onboarding easy. There, we will answer all additional questions you have and walk you through Plus.

3.

Get value! 😃

You can start networking with other investors now. You will also receive helpful and fun guidance to easily support your community journey.

Apply to join the Fund Starter Academy 😊

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FAQ: The Fund Starter Academy FAQ ❓

Here you can find answers to frequently asked questions:

The Fund Starter Academy traditionally takes place in Q1. We will host all ten sessions from January to March via Zoom in weekly sessions with some breaks.

Every episode of the Fund Starter Academy will have between 6 and 10 participants. This small format allows us to put your questions into focus.

Sure! Physical networking get-together are planned during and after the course. So, you can meet your peers and experts in person.

Yes! We have a low frequency of events. The sessions of the Fund Starter Academy are planned to take place every week for 60 to max 120 minutes. Therefore, you should be easily able to participate in the Fund Starter Academy next to a busy day job.

Yes! We will record every session for you and share it in Good Investing Plus. So, you can always rewatch the full sessions.

We try to offer you a great ROI on your membership fee. The knowledge you can gain from the Fund Starter Academy should be alone worth several times your membership fee. Furthermore, your membership and the connections you can gain from it, should create a ton of value, too.

We also want to support you after you started your fund. Therefore, we invite you to the community from the start. With it, you can also easily participate in educative formats and meetings for fund managers. They will help you to scale up your business.

You can learn more on our Good Investing Plus community page.

Are you ready to join the Fund Starter Academy? 🤗

The academy is just one application away: