We invest for the next decade, not the next quarter.

1971 Capital is a proprietary investment firm pursuing thematic opportunities across asset classes and life cycles.

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01How we invest

Proprietary. Cross-Asset. Full Cycle.

Proprietary

We invest our own capital. No outside mandates.

Cross-Asset

We start with a theme we have conviction in, then invest in the asset classes that express it best.

Full Cycle

We invest across life cycles, from pre-seed ventures to liquid public markets.

02Research

Our latest thinking.

03Media

In conversation.

Podcasts, interviews, and press.

04Leadership
Brian Russ
Brian Russ
Founder & Chief Investment Officer

As Founder and Chief Investment Officer of 1971 Capital, Brian leads the firm's investment strategy, deal sourcing, and underwriting. He was previously Managing Director and Market Executive at BMO, the eighth-largest bank in North America, where he built and led the bank's Colorado market, managing more than $1.0 billion in committed capital. Before that, he traded the Leonidas Macro Fund at Typhon Capital Management, an unconstrained global macro hedge fund.

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