Long-Term Wealth.
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Engineering Alpha Through Intelligent Systems — a quantitative and fundamental hybrid approach to generating uncorrelated, risk-adjusted returns across market cycles.
Invested in Your Growth
Elevate Capital empowers the industry's most ambitious talent with the autonomy to execute at the highest level — and the infrastructure to sustain long-term success.
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Our leaders built their careers in risk-taking seats. Every firm decision — structure, resources, strategy — is grounded in the perspective of those who have delivered results.
Learn MoreEngineered Alpha
Our edge is clear: a fusion of finance, science, and engineering talent, delivering bold investments in places others overlook.
Learn More"Our edge is clear: a fusion of finance, science, and engineering talent, delivering bold investments in places others overlook."
Strategy Overview
Elevate Capital deploys a disciplined two-pillar approach: a long market strategy anchored in fundamental research, and a quantitative hedge strategy powered by proprietary algorithms and AI infrastructure.
Explore StrategiesLong Market
Equity & ETF
Strategic long positions in high-conviction global equities and thematic ETFs.
Infrastructure & Crypto
Exposure to hard assets and the primary institutional gateway to digital assets.
Fundamental Research
Guided by our proprietary PSIF framework for rigorous asset selection.
Hedge (Algo)
Alcazar 5 & Risk Parity
Flagship algorithms designed to exploit interest rate and volatility shifts.
Machine Learning
AI-driven forecasting and pattern analysis for uncorrelated returns.
Dynamic Hedging
Variable allocation to mitigate market stress and capture alpha in all conditions.
Performance Snapshot: Alcazar 5
| Metric | Elevate Capital | S&P 500 |
|---|---|---|
| Cumulative Return | 772.9% | 81.5% |
| Annualized Return | 114.6% | 0.99% |
| Sharpe Ratio | 1.65 | 1.38 |
| Max Drawdown | -41.0% | -18.8% |
| Calmer Ratio | 2.79 | 1.25 |
Past performance is not indicative of future results. For illustrative purposes only.
Leadership
Derek Hébert
Chief Executive Officer
Derek Hébert is a seasoned financial services executive with nearly two decades of experience across insurance, wealth management, and capital markets. As the co-founder of Upstream Life Insurance Co., he led the firm's remarkable growth from $6M to over $350M in assets. Under his leadership, the company was recognized as the #3 fastest-growing company in the U.S. and #1 in the insurance sector in 2021. In 2025, Derek successfully sold his stake in Upstream to establish Elevate Capital Management.
Richard Dedu
Chief Investment Officer
Richard Dedu is a former BlackRock investor with extensive experience managing approximately $350 billion in ETF Assets Under Management across multiple asset classes. He uniquely combines deep engineering expertise with financial acumen to lead Elevate's quantitative and investment strategies. As the architect of the firm's flagship algorithms Alcazar 5 and Risk Parity, Richard focuses on exploiting interest rate and volatility shifts to generate uncorrelated, risk-adjusted returns.
Augie Sylk
President
Augie Sylk is a fourth-generation entrepreneur with generational expertise across capital markets. With a track record spanning multiple asset classes and a family legacy of bold investment and leadership, Augie brings a rare combination of financial acumen, track record, and experience. Through Elevate, he is committed to a focus on quality, sustainability, and long-term value creation.
"Augie Sylk founded this firm as a place where talent and ambition meet opportunity. This vision is built with the backbone and ethos that 'How we do anything, is how we do everything.' We carry that vision forward by empowering our people with the resources and autonomy to turn great ideas into reality."
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