Basso Capital Management

Basso Capital Management

Basso Capital Management began in 1994 when Dwight Nelson and Howard Fischer converted their multi-strategy hedge fund into a multi-family office. The original convertible-arbitrage and alternative-strategy book supplied the core capital that still anchors the platform. The firm allocates across hedge funds, private equity, private credit, real estate and direct co-investments or SPVs. Positions span growth-stage, late-stage, pre-IPO and startup opportunities. Confirmed geographies include North America, Europe and Asia. Sector exposure centers on PropTech and the circular economy. The allocation process favors distressed and turnaround situations alongside conventional private-market commitments. Team size and office count remain undisclosed. The firm operates from Stamford, Connecticut and maintains the same risk and operations infrastructure built during its hedge-fund years. No philanthropic vehicles or club memberships appear in public records. No operational events from the last 24 months have been identified. The structural feature that sets the firm apart is the direct transfer of a former hedge-fund platform into a multi-family office. Families receive the same middle- and back-office capabilities once reserved for external limited partners, without the requirement to launch new commingled vehicles.