Biography
Mike and his Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Scott Brooks founded Conduit Private Partners to provide “The Right Way To Alternatives” for managers and allocators to enter a new product, market or geography or to improve operational efficiency for their current approach.
Mr. Raso has over 30 years career experience working with institutional and private wealth investors to gain exposure to traditional, alternative and private market investment strategies.
Mike has extensive experience with UHNW channel (family offices & RIAs) institutional, intermediary, relationship management and consultants for Alternatives & Private Markets (Private Equity, VC, Private Credit, Hedge Funds, Real Estate, Real Assets). He has a track record as a top performing, cross functional collaboration across Investment Specialist, Client Portfolio Manager and Business Development roles.
As Co-Founder of Conduit, he partners to break barriers, problem solve and challenge the status quo to access private investments. We use a co-fiduciary mindset, alongside RIA, MFO, Bank Trust, Private Fund and OCIO firms to implement tech enabled solutions or a custom setup. Leading Conduit applies his business acumen developed through strategy, business development and relationship management roles.
Prior to Conduit, Mike was a Director at WP Global Partners. HIs primary focus was on growing the existing WP products and developing new private market offerings. The WP Global private market investment vehicles leverage a hybrid strategy of primary fund commitments, proactive direct investments, and selective secondary investments.
Before joining WP Global, Mr. Raso was a Senior Investment Specialist for Private Markets and Hedge Funds at Aberdeen Standard Investments. Mr. Raso has also worked at large asset managers such as OppenheimerFunds and AllianceBernstein and at small boutique investment firms, including starting his own firm, Alternative Investing Solutions. These roles have included product and firm strategy, business development and relationship management. Mr. Raso has individually raised over $6 billion for investment strategies and transactions as well as led or participated in team business development efforts.
Mr. Raso holds a B.S. in Economics/Finance from University of Scranton and an MBA in International Finance with a concentration in Public Relations from Fordham University. Mr. Raso is also a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst and holds certificates from Family Firm Institute in Family Wealth Advising and Family Business Advising.
Mike lives in Larchmont, NY with his wife Wendy and has two children.