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

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. 

But innovation and bucking trends is what the firm’s Tamiami Angel Funds are all about. Collectively, the first three funds have attracted some $15.2 million from 131 investors. The fourth fund, which will be overseen by the newbie, Sofia Blanno, 23, aims to land 45 investors.