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Fern Creek Ventures is a boutique capital advisory and private placement firm built for the private markets. We advise and raise capital for funds and founders while giving qualified investors access to vetted, high-conviction opportunities. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco / Silicon Valley.
Fern Creek Ventures LLC is an affiliate of Siena Global Securities, LLC, a FINRA registered broker dealer.
The best opportunities aren't found.
They're built.
Through relationships, pattern recognition, and the discipline to move quickly without cutting corners: that's how the best deals in private markets get done.
Fern Creek Ventures works both sides of the table. We advise and raise capital for fund managers and founders, and we bring qualified investors access to high-conviction opportunities across AI infrastructure and AI-native B2B, venture and growth, private equity / AI transition, private credit, and direct real estate.
Our edge is a combination few advisors can replicate: a practitioner's command of how AI is reshaping enterprise operations and vendor relationships, and a disciplined eye for which companies are solving problems the market will pay to fix at scale, versus those simply riding a cycle.
We also practice what we advise. AI is embedded throughout our research, diligence, and execution, delivering a depth and speed that raises the bar on every engagement.
Based in San Francisco and Silicon Valley, Fern Creek operates where AI is being built and funded. That proximity directly shapes the quality of our deal flow, our thinking, and the relationships we bring to every transaction.
One firm. Both sides of the table.
Institutional capital formation for sub-$250M funds and mandates, paired with the narrative and positioning that sharpen a raise.
- Capital formation and LP placement for sub-$250M strategies
- Narrative, positioning, and LP-ready materials built to win institutional conviction
- Alignment of your strategy with the right investor base
- Long-term, multi-fund relationship development
- Professional, focused, highly personal investor relations
Direct advisory for private-company leaders raising follow-on and growth capital.
- Advisory on capital access for follow-on and growth rounds
- Narrative and market positioning that resonates with institutional capital
- A practitioner's read on where your company sits in the AI landscape, and the problems the market will pay to solve
- The discipline and speed to move a process without cutting corners
Direct access to vetted opportunities, with no layers in between.
- Direct access to high-quality, rigorously screened opportunities
- No feeder funds, no fund-of-funds, no investor fees beyond fund-level fees
- Independent due diligence on every opportunity presented
- Trusted guidance grounded in decades of private-markets experience
Where we are focused right now.
AI Infrastructure, AI-Native B2B and AI Transition Direct
Sub-$250M venture and growth mandates in AI infrastructure and B2B software: founders solving real enterprise problems at scale, not riding a cycle. AI Transition opportunities in private equity.
Venture & Growth
Selective venture and growth-stage mandates where the thesis, the team, and the timing align.
Private Credit
Direct lending and credit opportunities for private companies navigating the AI transition. Selective, high-conviction mandates only.
Direct Real Estate
Direct real estate placements for qualified investors seeking exposure outside traditional fund structures through niche GPs with decades of expertise and success in their respective focus sectors.
We don't just advise on AI. We run on it.
AI is embedded across our research, diligence, and execution: accelerating market mapping, pressure-testing theses, and surfacing the signal that separates durable businesses from cyclical ones. The result is institutional-grade depth at boutique speed, and it raises the bar on every engagement.
Built on trust, not volume.
Fern Creek was built to fill a gap in the market: a consultative, deeply focused approach to raising capital for sub-$250M private placements.
Through a global network of fund clients and limited partners, the firm typically takes on only one to two fund placements per year, so every mandate receives the full weight of our attention, relationships, and reputation.
Mark Moorberg
Mark founded Fern Creek Ventures in 2012, bringing more than three decades of capital-markets experience to a focused, relationship-driven advisory practice. He built his foundation at Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers, and Drexel Burnham, developing the discipline and judgment that define the firm today. He holds a BA from Vanderbilt University.
Today, Mark works exclusively with a small number of fund managers, founders, and qualified investors, bringing a practitioner's eye, deep relationships, and AI-sharpened tools to every engagement.
Let's talk.
Founders seeking capital. Funds seeking capital and the right investor base. Investors seeking quality deal flow.
Fern Creek Ventures LLC is an affiliate of Siena Global Securities, LLC, a FINRA registered broker dealer.