Tagged: private markets

Luma Financial Technologies and Yieldstreet to Expand RIA Access to Private Market Alternatives

Luma Financial Technologies, an independent multi-issuer structured products and annuities platform, has expanded its partnership with Yieldstreet, a private market investment platform, to bring Yieldstreet’s diverse offerings to Luma’s customer base. In doing so, Luma is broadening Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs) access “to alternative investment… Read More

Tokenization: Terazo, Tokeny to Enable Regulated Tokenized Real Estate Assets in India

Terazo, a private market investment platform in India, has joined forces with Tokeny, the leading tokenization platform, “to spearhead the first regulated tokenized real estate asset in India under the regulatory sandbox framework established by the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA).” Tokeny is a… Read More

Investment Firm Eurazeo and iCapital to Streamline Access to Private Markets Opportunities for Wealth Managers

Eurazeo, a global investment company with a diversified portfolio of €35 billion in assets under management, and iCapital, the global fintech platform driving access to alternative investments for the wealth management industry, have announced a partnership to increase Wealth Managers’ access to Eurazeo’s broad range… Read More

Admina Fund Services Selects LemonEdge as Comprehensive Accounting Solution

LemonEdge – the platform for managing private markets fund and portfolio accounting on an API/low-code platform – are pleased to announce that Admina Fund Services has chosen it as their accounting solution. Admina Fund Services is a specialist administration service “for closed ended funds seeking… Read More

Dot Investing, which Aims to Tap into Investments for Investors with Limited Access to Private Markets, Secures Funding via Crowdcube

Dot Investing, which aims to tap into investments for the £75.2tn pool of capital with limited access to fast-evolving private markets, has raised 99% (£744,625.44) of its £750,000 fundraising target (at the time of writing) from 87 investors via its crowdfunding campaign, carried out via Crowdcube,… Read More

Netcapital Reports Revenue Growth of 55% YoY to $8.5M

Netcapital Inc. (Nasdaq: NCPL, NCPLW), a digital private capital markets ecosystem, has announced financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2023 ended April 30, 2023. Netcapital operates a FINRA-regulated funding portal that may issue securities under Reg CF. Martin Kay, CEO of Netcapital… Read More

Across All Funding Stages, Q2 2023 Valuations Came in Above Those of Q1: Carta State of Private Markets Report

Every quarter, Carta releases information on the startup ecosystem in their State of Private Markets report. It can take a few weeks for rounds to be recorded on their platform, so they produce a full analysis after they get the final numbers. However, Carta publishes… Read More

EquityZen Again Predicts Improving IPO Market Towards End of Year

EquityZen is out with another note reiterating its expectation that the initial public offering (IPO) market will pick up toward the end of the year. Currently, IPOs during Q1 of 2023 were pretty tame, with just 33 IPOs on US exchanges. According to EY, the… Read More

Investment Platform Yieldstreet, Equity Trust to Expand IRA Access to Private Markets

Yieldstreet, the private market investing platform, and Equity Trust, which claims to be one of the largest self-directed IRA custodians in the U.S., announced a strategic partnership that will make it easier “to add alternative investments to retirement accounts.” Starting now, Equity Trust’s clients “can… Read More

Private Markets Report: Venture Capital Raised by Startups Plunged 80% from Q1 ’22 to Q1 ’23

The transformation of the venture capital industry over the past year has been “stark,” according to a recent update shared by Carta. Carta writes in a blog post that the total venture capital “raised by startups plunged 80% from Q1 2022 to Q1 2023.” Venture… Read More

Carta Shares Update on State of Private Markets for Q1 2023

Every quarter, Carta releases information on the startup ecosystem in their comprehensive State of Private Markets report. It can take a few weeks for rounds to be recorded on their platform, so they share a full analysis after they get the final numbers, Carta notes… Read More

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

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