Welcome to Astir Capital Advisors

Highly Experienced Team in Capital Raising for Alternative Investments

About Us

Astir Capital is an Alternative Investments fund raising company. We raise capital for all Alternative Investment Businesses.

Since 2009 Astir Capital has successfully fulfilled mandates in venture capital, hedge funds direct deals and SPV’s. Astir undertakes advisory work for our managers alongside the asset raising.

Importantly Astir partners invest alongside our clients in all the mandates we undertake. Astir Capital works closely with strategic partners in fundraising with different client and geographic reach.

How We Can Help You

Hedge Fund Capital Raising

We represent a dynamic group of managers from start-ups to industry veterans. We consult on all aspects of the capital raising process.

Private Placements Investment

Astir has exclusive mandates to place stakes in private companies across sectors and geographies.

Corporate Business Development

Our involvement in this area has been mainly in foreign exchange related businesses and platforms.

Venture Capital

We work with some of the most recognized names in VC, We have managed relationships in some of the most sought after VC mandates.

Meet the Team

Richard Crosby has over 40 years financial markets experience. He started his banking career at Merrill Lynch, working for Chase Manhattan and Swiss Bank Corporation (now UBS) he held many varied positions, including Regional head of FX for Asia at SBC, to his final job in Banking as Global Head of FX at Nations Bank (now Bank America). In 1996 Mr Crosby moved into hedge fund and hedge fund of funds involved at MD level in multi billion dollar businesses, including the German based GFTA and the Connecticut USA based Weston Capital, opening their Tokyo and London offices in both businesses. Richard founded Astir Capital in 2009 which has since raised in excess of one billion dollars in various alternative strategies and direct deals. Astir’s business has increasingly concentrated on VC, with an emphasis on fin tech.

Richard Crosby

Christina has worked for 24 years in large US financial institutions. She began her career at Citibank London in corporate banking for multinational and industrial clients and moved on to Chase JPMorgan in Hong Kong and London where she held roles in corporate banking and then in private wealth. She then joined Goldman Sachs’ Private Wealth Management where she mainly covered Greek and Shipping clients for the entire spectrum of investments products and services. Christina holds Bachelor degrees in Political Sciences and in Law (Athens University) and an MSc in Shipping & Finance (CASS Business School).

Christina Costaridi Crosby

Rick Dykstra worked in the foreign exchange markets for 20 years. He trained at SBC O’Connor and then became global head of investor sales at Nationsbank before seven years at Goldman Sachs and three years at Deutsche Bank. In 2007 Rick joined Weston Capital to market seeded managers to a varied client base. He has a BA in economics from Cambridge University. Rick joined Astir at its inception in 2009 and has helped raise assets for various hedge fund and VC projects.

Rick Dykstra