Republic, the largest securities crowdfunding platform in the world, has partnered with Hamilton Lane (Nasdaq: HLNE) to bring digital assets to retail investors.
Hamilton Lane is a large private-markets investment firm with more than $947 billion in assets under management and supervision. The firm has been a leader in embracing digital securities.
Republic is active in the US and Europe with an emerging presence in Asia. Republic is one of the largest investment crowdfunding providers in the UK. In the US, it is engaged in the sale of securities under the full stack of securities exemptions. Republic is a leader in the digital asset sector from an investment perspective.
Republic claims over $3 billion has been originated via investment platforms, funds, and firms within Republic companies.
Republic believes that tokenization presents a method for bringing traditional and non-digital assets online while making them more globally accessible, secure, and liquid through blockchain technology.
According to a statement by the firms, the two partners will bring “institutional-quality private market investments to individual retail investors in the US.”
The first offerings are anticipated early this year with claims of low minimum investments and heightened liquidity thus providing an exit opportunity for investors.
Victor Jung, Head of Digital Assets at Hamilton Lane, said the benefits of private markets are real. He said there are more than 140,000 private firms compared to the 19,000 public firms that have over $100 million in annual revenue.
“…we believe that investors shouldn’t be required to have a high income or millions in net worth to access these assets. Republic’s leading digital solution and expertise in serving this market will enable us to offer retail investors the opportunity to tap into Hamilton Lane’s longstanding private markets expertise, scale and platform.”
Hamilton Lane says that in 19 of the last 20 years, the majority of private market funds have outperformed their public market equivalents.
Republic’s CEO and co-founder, Ken Nguyen, expressed excitement about applying the company’s “market-leading digital infrastructure to this initiative.”
The exact structure of the funds was not revealed.
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