Net gain: Amid crisis, boutique investment firm lands an ace

The COVID-19 crisis hasn’t stopped Fifth Avenue Family Office from executing its strategy. That includes hiring a savvy — yet untested — college athlete to run a new angel fund.

Sophia Blanno, an entrepreneur and former NCAA Division I tennis player, has joined Fifth Avenue Family Office in Naples as an administrator of the firm's Tamiami Angel Funds. Courtesy photo.
Sophia Blanno, an entrepreneur and former NCAA Division I tennis player, has joined Fifth Avenue Family Office in Naples as an administrator of the firm's Tamiami Angel Funds. Courtesy photo.
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Fifth Avenue Family Office, a Naples-based boutique investment firm, picked quite a time — a worldwide pandemic — to start a new angel investment fund. Adding to the unique challenge: It hired a fresh-out-of-college, 20-something to run it. 

 

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