The Cynosure Group
Cynosure Partners

We invest in founder-led businesses to accelerate growth and help create lasting value.

Cynosure Capital Management

We serve as an outsourced chief investment officer on behalf of foundations, endowments, and others.

Cynosure Wealth Advisors

We help families, entrepreneurs, and senior executives navigate the challenges that come with substantial wealth.

Cynosure Strategies

We seek uncorrelated absolute returns in our quantitative hedge fund, within Cynosure Strategies.

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Our Approach

Helping good people do great things.

Your company. Your vision. And with flexible capital, we’ll help you to succeed. The best companies are built from strong partnerships—that’s our foundational belief.
Our Partnerships

Collaborative solutions aligned with your vision.

We’re proud of our track record, listening to our partners, sharing ideas, and working side-by-side to help them succeed.

Meet Our Partners
A Founder Story

Fresh Consulting

Fresh Consulting's Jeff Dance

Fresh Consulting is a homemade company—literally—as founder and CEO Jeff Dance started it in his mother’s basement. His goal was to create a consulting firm that capitalized upon shifting paradigms of workplace collaboration and connectivity to align new technologies with people. Over time, this has allowed Fresh to be at the forefront of technology shifts through their award-winning work with other 400 clients, from startups to Fortune 100 companies

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What Founders Say
Chris Kerckhoff
Chris KerckhoffCEO of Plancorp
“ We have a fantastic working relationship with Cynosure. Cynosure holds two board seats on our board and always acts thoughtfully and professionally. The relationship truly feels like a partnership. ”
Martin Emmett
Martin EmmettPresident & CEO of Dirty Dogs
“ I’m happy about how collaborative every conversation is. ”
Jeff Dance
Jeff DanceFounder & CEO of Fresh Consulting
“ Cynosure is authentic, smart, supportive, and strategic. ”
Casey Adams
Casey AdamsPresident of Visible Supply Chain
“ With Cynosure, trust and respect are very high. ”
Marc Cole
Marc ColeCEO of SG Credit Partners
“ Cynosure took the time to understand our vision and needs prior to their investment, but, more importantly, they’ve continued to do so post-investment. ”
Our Locations

We are based in Salt Lake City and New York, and will work with you wherever your business takes you.

Salt Lake City
Salt Lake CitySee Location
New York City
New York CitySee Location
Our History

Building on over 150 years of tradition.

At the root of our approach is David Eccles’ investment philosophy. After coming to America in 1863 aboard the ship Cynosure, David became one of the most successful entrepreneurs and investors in U.S. history over the next several decades.
  1. Arrington, L. J. (1975). David Eccles: Pioneer Western Industrialist. Logan, Utah: Utah State University.
  2. Flake, C.J. (1909). Sketches of the Inter-Mountain States 1847 1909 Utah Idaho Nevada. Salt Lake City, Utah: Salt Lake Tribune.
  3. Arrington, L. J., (1975). David Eccles. In Utah History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from uen.org.
Salt Lake City
Artist rendering of historic Salt Lake City.
Our History

An enduring philosophy of partnership.

David Eccles’ investment approach was to partner with founders and management-owners. His sons, George and Marriner, continued this philosophy resulting in some of the biggest landmark transactions of the era.
First Security Building
Our first offices, located at the iconic First Security building.
Our History

Continuing the legacy today.

Today, we carry on the Eccles tradition of collaborative investing—not only on behalf of our foundational clients, but of many other like-minded individuals, institutions, and multi-generational families as well.
First Security Building
Modern-day Salt Lake City.
Our News

What’s Currently Happening

Press Release

The Cynosure Group Promotes Bracken Seaberg to Vice President

April 1st 2024
SALT LAKE CITY, NEW YORK – April 1, 2024 – The Cynosure Group (“Cynosure”), an independent alternatives asset manager and…
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Press Release

RegTech Innovator GSS Secures $47 Million in Series A2 Funding Round

March 25th 2024
-GSS has raised over $47m /£37m in a Series A2 Funding Round -John Fogarty joins the GSS board as the company attracts…
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In The News

Platform Receives ACG Utah's 2023 Deal of the Year

March 6th 2024
Platform Accounting Group is thrilled to announce it was selected as the Utah’s Association for Corporate Growth’s 2023 Private…
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Your company. Your vision. Let us help you get there.

Cynosure
Salt Lake City
(801) 521-3100
111 S. Main Street, Suite 2350
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
New York City
(801) 521-3100
888 7th Ave, Suite 2306
New York, NY 10106
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