Tagged: private markets

FlowwMarkets Secures FCA Authorization for Delivering Private Market Ecosystem

Floww Markets Limited has recently received Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) authorization, which allows the launch of an innovative private market investment service that aims “to be the world’s first global private market ecosystem.” FlowwMarkets can “allow companies to raise capital more easily and cost-effectively, transforming… Read More

Fundraising Report: Regulation, Denominator Effect to Impact Fund Managers’ Abilities to Grow Asset Base

When the Tide Goes Out, could have long-term implications for private markets, according to a recent update from Pitchbook. A report from Pitchbook notes that asset growth from fund performance and future fundraising are the two most important variables in their estimates, and they are… Read More

Fidelity Investments Acquires Shoobx, Furthering Commitment to Equity Plan Capabilities for Private Firms

Fidelity Investments announced it is furthering its commitment to the private market with the acquisition of Shoobx, a provider of automated equity management operations and financing software “for private companies at all growth stages, up to and including an initial public offering (IPO). Financial terms… Read More

CEPRES to Address Challenges for LPs, GPs in Private Equity Fundraising

CEPRES, which claims to be the leader in private market data and investment technology,  announced new solutions to better handle today’s challenges in private market fundraising for both limited partners (LPs) and general partners (GPs). CEPRES Fund Screener, part of the CEPRES Due Diligence suite,… Read More

Euroclear to Acquire London based Goji, a Private Funds Fintech

Euroclear is pleased to announce its acquisition of Goji, a London-based provider of digital access and technology-enabled solutions to private markets, subject to regulatory approvals. Private market assets are currently “valued at $9.8 trillion and are expected to grow to $14.4 trillion by 2025.” This… Read More

Deal Activity, Deal Value on Carta Platform Declined Every Quarter of 2022

Both deal activity and deal value on the Carta platform have “declined in every quarter of 2022, falling back to pre-pandemic levels.” That’s a sharp reversal from last year, “when startup investment was propelled to new heights.” This year, deal volume in Q3 “was down… Read More

Assure, satschel to Enhance Financial Systems Infrastructure

Assure, the platform for Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs), and satschel, a comprehensive compliance company that aims to modernize financial systems using Web3 technologies, announced a bilateral partnership to enhance “the financial infrastructure of private markets.” Traditionally, private markets “are opaque, illiquid, and behave differently from… Read More

Percent’s Corporate Loans to Provide Access to Venture Debt for Early-Stage VC-Backed Startups

Percent, the platform powering the “future” of private markets, recently announced the launch of Corporate Loans, which offers VC-backed startups “a fast and seamless way to tap minimally-dilutive venture debt financing options – amid a slowing pace in growth-stage VC equity rounds.” Via its proprietary… Read More

Majority of Private Market Funds Pivoted to Handle Challenges from COVID-19 Crisis: Research Report

Hilary Wiek, CFA, CAIA Lead Analyst, Fund Strategies & Sustainable Investing, notes that when Pitchbook last reported their benchmark returns, performance “was through June 2021.” The research report also mentioned that vaccines “were available, masks were coming off, and many office workers had resumed their… Read More

Marcus New: CEO at Pre-IPO Marketplace InvestX Reveals Why Many Private Companies Are Avoiding Going Public

We recently caught up with Marcus New, CEO and Founder of pre-IPO marketplace InvestX. InvestX delivers access, liquidity, and innovation to the private equity asset class via investments in late-stage private equity on a  trading platform, InvestX GEM. InvestX aims to empower broker-dealers and advisors… Read More

Private Securities Marketplace Forge Global Trades on NYSE Following SPAC Deal

Forge Global begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) today under the ticker FRGE. The public listing is following the completion of a SPAC deal with Motive Capital Corp. Financial Technology Partners and FTP Securities (FT Partners) served as financial advisors to Forge… Read More

Private Markets Enabler Delio Raises $8.3 Million to Go Global

Delio, a company that connects investors with alternative assets such as private equity, debt, and property, has raised $8.3 million to accelerate its growth. The funding was led by Octopus Ventures as well as early investors Maven Capital Partners, bringing Delio’s total equity funding to… Read More

Digital Assets: ADDX Makes Private Markets Available to More Investors, and They’re Just Getting Started

ADDX, a Singapore-based firm, is making private market investing available to many wealthy investors who were previously excluded from the opportunity. There is strong demand for the service, Oi-Yee Choo ADDX chief commercial officer said. Choo brings two decades of capital raising and mergers and… Read More

Crypto Assets Will Help Private Capital Markets in Becoming the Standard, Says Jay Biancamano, Managing Director at State Street

Jay Biancamano, the managing director and digital currency lead at giant custodian bank State Street, has argued that crypto assets will assist the private capital market in becoming the global standard for trading within the next 10 years. During a recent episode of The Block’s… Read More

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