Asset management is about raising capital and deploying it wisely to generate returns, which in turn, enables raising more capital. Everything ‘in the middle’ is a colossal bureaucratic headache that eats into time, focus, and performance. To solve this headache, fundcraft provides a single, integrated product that acts like a pill for operational pain.
For the first time, fund managers can hand over the complexity of fund administration to a digital fund operations provider that centralises and automates every process, at a fixed, transparent and predictable cost — with no surprises.
The ‘bit in the middle’ — fund administration — is almost exclusively delivered by a fragmented market of service providers, relying on human-heavy processes stitched together with a ragbag array of disconnected and closed pieces of software. There is no shortage of software, but it remains tied to flawed human-centric revenue models. As a result, it fails to serve as the cohesive glue needed to create a real single source of truth for asset management.
These systems are slow, opaque, and prone to errors, leaving managers in the dark about critical matters. The difficulty in syncing data between different sources with existing software solutions and providers is a constant, anxiety-inducing problem. I have experienced this first-hand having been responsible for fund administration at Europe’s most well-known venture builder — lying awake at night, waiting for responses from service teams, and unable to check the status of urgent tasks myself.
fundcraft is built to be a trusted partner to fund managers, ensuring they can sleep at night while knowing their fund administrator has done the job in an efficient, transparent and compliant manner.
Unified digital fund operations: A single source of truth
At fundcraft, we have flipped the existing model on its head. By placing technology at the core, we deliver digital fund operations through an integrated product offering that combines a platform, delivery experts, licences, and orchestration of ecosystem operators to enable seamless fund administration.
Our team of delivery experts handles the heavy lifting for fund managers. Divided into eight specialised units — fund marketing and distribution; portfolio management; risk and valuation; compliance; transfer agency; corporate secretary; financial reporting and accounting; and payment — they ensure that every operational detail is executed with precision and efficiency, all through the fundcraft platform.
Offering an open, collaborative, and transparent operating system, the fundcraft digital platform centralises back office processes, data, and interactions, into a single source of truth. On this unified platform, all our delivery experts and all stakeholders in the ecosystem collaborate seamlessly. No more silos. No more guesswork. Just real-time oversight and control.
Take Limited Partners (LPs) as an example. As LPs increasingly demand transparency, speed, data quality, and control, fund managers face a growing need for precision and efficiency across the entire fund lifecycle — from fundraising and onboarding to daily operations, data management, and reporting. At fundcraft, we have developed a comprehensive module that provides branded portals tailored for LPs.
These portals include all documentation linked to the fund’s data room, a fully digital subscription process — from LP account creation to legal acceptance into the fund — and seamless access to essential fund documents for investment valuations, updates, notices, and reports from fund managers.
Automating the headache out of fund operations
Automation is at the heart of fundcraft’s platform. Routine tasks like investor reporting, capital calls, and accounting are handled faster and with fewer errors.
For example, fundcraft can produce a 900-page investor report in 20 minutes — a task that would take weeks with traditional providers — demonstrating the efficiency, speed and reliable quality achievable with digital fund operations.
This automation does not just save time, it reduces operational complexity, lowers overheads, eliminates bottlenecks, and allows fund managers to scale operations without drowning in admin.
Solving the ‘bit in the middle,’ which is a headache for asset managers, helps improve fund performance by removing friction (meaning cost and risk), and increasing focus and clarity. This increases overall performance by reducing the opportunity costs created by processes that impinge on General Partners’ (GPs) core business activity.
Asset servicing is already a bigger headache in Europe than elsewhere, due to a larger regulatory burden that is continuing to grow from this larger base. In this regulatory maze, compliance can not be an add-on — it needs to be baked into the process. As a CSSF-licensed AIFM and central administrator, we deeply understand it.
The fundcraft platform automates AML/KYC workflows, monitors risk in real-time, and provides audit-ready reporting, all within a unified system. No more juggling spreadsheets or chasing down compliance officers.
Migration that will not keep you awake
Anyone familiar with the asset management industry will confirm that all GPs are dissatisfied by the services delivered by their fund administrators, but few switch because of the perceived risks in doing so.
But the tides are changing. In a market where fund managers often struggle with cumbersome and inefficient fund admin processes — relying on manual tasks, back-and-forth emails, and Excel sheets — fundcraft brings a proven solution to established firms looking to launch new funds or migrate existing ones on a digital platform.
Switching fund administrators might sound risky, but it does not have to be.
At fundcraft, we are extremely focused on bulletproof migration and onboarding, complemented by simple, transparent pricing which aligns business model incentives between us and our clients.
We have perfected the migration process to make it seamless and de-risked. We can demonstrably migrate an existing fund (or tens, even hundreds of funds) including all data and documentation, reports, accounts, and payment approval flows.
Smooth transitions are ensured while operations are also checked from a legal, regulatory, and corporate housekeeping standpoint. For new funds, onboarding is just as smooth.
Traditional fund administration services often have unpredictable and high fees that are not aligned with the value they provide. In most cases, they are based on ‘time spent’, in a similar approach to lawyers or accountants.
We have moved away from this input-driven pricing to a value-based model, aligning our pricing with a fund’s lifecycle, offering transparent, fixed fees that scale with the fund’s growth.
Our tiered fixed fee is calculated based on the greater of called capital from investors or deployed capital by the fund, scaling down to 10 basis points at the highest tier, with a minimum annual fee per fund, invoiced monthly.
The deployment period typically changes with the fund’s strategy, but the key point is that our fees also decrease in line with the divestment period, following the lifecycle of the fund and aligning the interests of all parties involved. No hidden costs. No surprises. Just straightforward, predictable value.
Fixing the middle to boost the top and bottom lines
The ‘bit in the middle’ is not just a nuisance, it is a drain on performance. Friction in fund operations — whether from delays, errors, or inefficiencies — costs managers time, money, and focus. We eliminate this friction. By centralising and automating operations, we free managers to focus on what really matters: raising capital, deploying it wisely, and generating returns.
Our approach delivers measurable results: a 66 per cent reduction in LP onboarding time to a new fund and up to 50 per cent headcount efficiency gains by eliminating manual, repetitive tasks.
Our robust migration and onboarding process, transparent and simple pricing, and fast time-to-RoI create a compelling case for any asset manager to become a fundcraft customer to be able to focus solely on raising and deploying capital.
Whether you are managing venture capital, private equity, or funds of funds, fundcraft is the partner that makes the middle invisible, so you can focus on the top and bottom lines.
The end result?
Better performance, happier investors, and a lot fewer sleepless nights.
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