Artivest, a state-of-the-art technology platform that connects leading private equity and hedge funds with a wider audience of suitable investors, today announced a $15 million round of financing led by prominent global investment firm KKR, with existing investors RRE Ventures, Peter Thiel, Nyca Partners, Anthemis Group and FinTech Collective participating as well. Artivest will use the funding to accelerate the growth of its technology, infrastructure and sales teams and the implementation of its product roadmap.
‘It is a great honor and a meaningful endorsement to KKR, one of our first partners. ”
‘Artivest combines leading technology with feeder fund operating tools that will further open the door for financial advisors and high net worth investors looking to commit capital to a wide range of top private equity funds. Most private equity firms are very interested in accessing this capital, but do not have the technical or operational capacity to do so today. We look forward to partnering with Artivest as they expand their business,” said Ed Brandman, Chief Information Officer of KKR, who will join the Board of Directors of Artivest.
Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York City, Artivest provides access to a selection of privately offered alternative investment funds at a lower investment minimum. To date, Artivest has offered the largest private equity and venture capital funds and will soon be offering hedge funds.
‘The process of investing in private placements – previously inefficient for all concerned – has not changed in any meaningful way for decades. A number of trends have come together, including the increasing focus of alternative funds on individual investors and the growing appetite of investors for all kinds of alternatives. At this crucial moment, we are bringing a much-needed digital upgrade to private investment,” said Artivest CEO and Founder James Waldinger. ‘It is a great honor and a meaningful endorsement to KKR, one of our first partners. ”
High net value investors-a crucial and complicated customer base.
Qualified investors, including those served by the rapidly growing independent consulting community, are fueling a new wave of demand for alternative strategies and are, in fact, the fastest growing segment of assets allocated to alternative funds. With equity markets regularly testing new highs and publicly available fixed income investments providing unsatisfactory returns, clients and their advisors are actively seeking alternative solutions for wealth compounding over long periods of time. Top private equity and hedge funds, which have historically raised capital exclusively from institutions and those capable of carrying out institutional checks, are forced by this investor base but are challenged by the implications of sourcing, onboarding and serving a much more fragmented clientele.
Artivest provides a multi-pronged solution for linking these two electoral districts on a scale Key features for qualified investors include more accessible investment minimums, online access to intuitive fund metric displays, and electronic completion of all legal documents. Funds use Artivest technology to manage investor relations and customer operations on a scale Both user types benefit from best-in-class security and encryption protection.
On the Artivest
Artivest is offering a digital platform for private investment managers and investors. We connect a wider audience of suitable investors with investment opportunities in top-quality private equity and hedge funds that are typically available only at minimum institutional investment sizes. Our technological, financial and operational expertise provides a seamless experience for individual investors and a scalable access point for financial consultants and fund managers. In the end, our mission is to bring private investment management into the digital age Artivest is a registered broker dealer of the FINRA Please visit www for more information. Activest Oh, co Follow Artivest to Facebook: facebook Com/artivest & Twitter: @artivest
About James Waldinger, Founder and Chief Executive Officer
James has drawn on his background in investing and online marketing to found Artivest. He identified a compelling opportunity to provide a wider audience with intuitive access to the best money managers had to offer, and let the best money managers focus on what they do best. Previously, he served on the investment team of Clarium Capital Management, the global macro hedge fund, where he also ran an emerging market-focused investment portfolio. He has worked with a variety of Internet start-ups, investment, advisory and operational roles, including as an analyst on Peter Thiel’s initial Facebook investment. James earned his BA in History from Yale, and he holds a JD and an MBA from Stanford.
On the KKR
KKR is a leading global investment firm that manages investment across multiple asset classes, including private equity, energy, infrastructure, real estate, credit and hedge funds. KKR aims to generate attractive investment returns by following a patient and disciplined investment approach, employing world-class people, and driving asset-level growth and value creation. KKR invests its own capital alongside the capital of its partners and offers opportunities to others through its capital markets. References to KKR investments may include the activities of its sponsored funds. For further information on KKR & Co L’s P: P (NYSE:KKR), please visit the KKR website at www. The kklr Com and Twitter @KKR_Co
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