Entrepreneurial capital for enduring fiduciary businesses.

Network Effects Capital combines operating experience, disciplined investment judgment, and a technology orientation to pursue opportunities in trust and fiduciary services.

Experience

A track record built across cycles and industries.

Technology

Building and scaling platform businesses, from early product decisions through institutional growth - technology investments, including our own companies, have averaged over 50% IRR and a 7.3x MOIC.

IP Licensing

Structuring and negotiating licensing arrangements that translate intellectual property into durable value.

Commercial Real Estate

Direct ownership and LP investment in selected GP deal sponsors, with an emphasis on disciplined underwriting and patient capital: a 20% average net IRR and 1.77x MOIC across 23 exits.

Private Investing

Direct, principal investments alongside operating partners, with hands-on involvement beyond capital alone.

Current Focus

Building the technology foundation for trust and fiduciary services.

We are focused on acquiring, establishing, and developing technology platforms that serve trust companies, fiduciaries, and wealth-services businesses. Our approach draws on operating experience across technology, licensing, real estate, and private investing to identify and support businesses positioned for long-term relevance in this industry.

Network Effects Capital is an investment firm. It is not a trust company, a regulated fiduciary, or an investment adviser, and does not offer advisory or retail investment services.

Approach

Principles that guide how we work.

Discretion

We work quietly, with counterparties who value confidentiality and directness over public positioning.

Long-Term Orientation

Our capital is patient. We evaluate opportunities against decade-long horizons, not quarterly outcomes.

Operating Partnership

We engage as operators, not passive allocators, bringing direct experience to every relationship.

Leadership

Founder & Managing Principal, JD/MBA

John Funk leads Network Effects Capital. He is an entrepreneur, investor, and strategic advisor with operating and investment experience spanning technology, intellectual property licensing, commercial real estate, and private capital.

John has served on corporate boards and is a Techstars All-Star Mentor. He holds a B.A. in Economics and Political Science, an M.B.A. with a finance concentration from the Kellogg School of Management, and a J.D. focused on corporate law from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law.

At Network Effects Capital, John is now applying this operating, transaction, and governance experience to the development and long-term ownership of fiduciary-services and trust-technology platforms.

Read John’s full background on LinkedIn.

Network Effects Capital

Network Effects Capital is an entrepreneur-led investment firm. It is not currently a trust company, a regulated fiduciary, or an investment adviser. Nothing on this site constitutes an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any security, and no such offer will be made except in compliance with applicable law. Discussions with prospective partners and counterparties are confidential and non-binding.