Garde Capital

Garde Capital

Garde Capital was founded in 2009 in Seattle, placing it squarely in the cohort of RIAs that emerged after the financial crisis as breakaway advisors sought fiduciary independence. From a single office, the firm serves individuals, families, trusts, charitable organizations, and retirement plans, positioning itself as a generalist wealth manager rather than a specialized institutional or multi-family office platform. The firm's strategy is grounded in traditional wealth advisory — investment management alongside financial planning. Asset allocation, manager selection, and portfolio construction form the core offering, with no public emphasis on direct private investments, venture co-investments, or proprietary deal flow. The geographic focus remains centered on Seattle and the broader Pacific Northwest, a region shaped by long-tenured technology and aerospace wealth. No named portfolio companies or specific private-market commitments are publicly disclosed. Garde Capital operates without a publicly visible institutional scale. No AUM, professional headcount, or cumulative deployment figures are published, and the firm maintains no LinkedIn presence. The firm's registered investment advisor structure suggests a regulatory posture under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, with fiduciary obligations typical of the RIA channel. No adjacent philanthropic foundation, real-asset arm, or operating business has been identified. No dated operational event from the last 24 months is verifiable through public record. The firm's structural differentiator is its model — an independent RIA born in Seattle's post-2009 breakaway era, serving local wealth without the national platform footprint of aggregators like Creative Planning or the private-investment tilt of a Silicon Valley family office. For allocators, the investment posture is conservative by design: a fiduciary fee-based advisor operating without disclosed institutional capital, buyout capabilities, or proprietary investment vehicles.