Data room
22 March 2023
Crestbridge secures Luxembourg depositary licence
The licence will add to the firm’s Luxembourg fund administration licence
22 March 2023
GoldenSource launches investment book of record
The additional functionality was created in partnership with MAIA Technology
21 March 2023
The real retail deal?
We speak to Michel Degosciu, managing director and co-founder of LPX AG, to understand the index he has created, which enables everyday individuals to invest in private markets
14 March 2023
Onwards and upwards
We spoke to John Stake, managing director at Hamilton Lane, to discuss the latest findings and predictions in the firm’s 2023 Market Overview
10 March 2023
Eurazeo partners with Moonfare
Eurazeo aims to use Moonfare’s digital platform to expand fund distribution to wealth managers across Europe
10 March 2023
Golding hires COO
Firm expands senior management team to include Dorothea Sztopko in new COO role
9 March 2023
Bulk of UHNW investors unfamiliar with digital platforms
According to a new survey, few UHNWIs are using digital platforms to access PE
2 March 2023
GoldenSource appoints head of product
Swati Tyagi joins from financial intelligence platform Sentieo
2 March 2023
5 minutes with… Steven Petersen, co-founder of Stavtar Solutions
The Drawdown gets to grips with the ‘universe of software solutions’ Stavtar offers to complex businesses
27 February 2023
Rise of the robot lawyer
Robin AI secures $10.5m and partners with Anthropic to develop legal chatbot capabilities
20 February 2023
VC cap table complexity
For late-stage venture investors, creating and maintaining cap tables to ascertain a true understanding of what the fund ownership is, is a major challenge
17 February 2023
Key ESG partners with EDCI
Software provider launches API integration with benchmark initiative
15 February 2023
Juniper Square secures $133m
Partnership services provider aims to build upon its investor portal
1 February 2023
Hamilton Lane tokenises another fund
The firm has partnered once again with Securitize to offer another tokenised fund
27 January 2023
Citco partners with Fenergo
Citco to integrate Fenergo’s client lifecycle management platform
26 January 2023
Valutico closes first financing round
The valuations platform has secured investment from outside investors, including PUSH Ventures, aws Gründerfonds and Erste Group
19 January 2023
Venn enhances portfolio analytics platform
The platform’s interpolation functionality uses a public market proxy to deliver an approximated daily return stream for the private market
19 January 2023
Talos partners with Formidium
The partnership combines fund administration services with digital asset trading strategies
24 November 2022
In conversation: Stake house
Highlights from a recent roundtable discussing the evolution of GP stake sales and what value they can bring to private equity firms
17 November 2022
Go with the flow
Key takeaways from The Drawdown's most recent breakfast briefing event, which discussed the complexities and challenges of information flows from portfolio companies through to investors
7 November 2022
Ontra acquires Captain
Acquisition will see Ontra build on its digital fund lifecycle management solution
12 October 2022
Chronograph secures series X funding
New funding round for private markets technology company led by Summit Partners
6 October 2022
Singulier launches Holis
New data analytics platform to support decision making and portfolio management
6 October 2022
Hamilton Lane to offer tokenization
Partnership with Securitize will digitally expand investor access to its funds via new tokenized feeder funds
3 October 2022
Beyond data
Data has been on private equity's mind for a few years now; is it starting to yield the results it promised?
28 September 2022
Aztec launches streamlined onboarding solution
Aztec Verify automates the due diligence process while ensuring regulatory compliance
8 September 2022
Broadridge’s PE platform open for US funds
Private Market Hub is powered by distributed ledger technology
8 September 2022
Profile: Kenta Shima, J-STAR
The head of operations & IR discusses the Japanese private equity market, challenges within his role, J-STAR’s tech stack and setting up the firm’s latest fund
19 August 2022
TDA 2022 Legal: Fund Formation winner: Travers Smith
Sam Kay, funds partner at Travers Smith describes what's enabled the firm to have such a deep understanding of the market
15 August 2022
TDA 2022 Technology: Investor Relations winner: PEARonline
The team describe their strong foundation with GPs and LPs, which has enabled them to work on a new version of the platform as well as expands its sales and marketing resources
10 August 2022
Data analytics should be top priority for service providers
EY believes off the shelf solutions will no longer work to achieve GPs’ data requirements
9 August 2022
TDA 2022 Advisory/Consultancy: Fundraising winner: Asante Capital Group
The placement agent's team explains how they support each and every project to ensure their clients are successful
8 August 2022
73 Strings partners with LemonEdge
The partnership aims to facilitate the flow of data between portfolio monitoring and accounting modules
28 July 2022
Depending on data
Key takeaways from The Drawdown’s most recent breakfast briefing event, which discussed how private equity professionals are defining their data strategies
14 July 2022
Profile: Bonnie Kraus, Crane Venture Partners
The COO discusses her career path to Crane, what PE could learn from VC as well as what’s in store for the firm in Q1 2023
23 June 2022
ESG Book raises $35m series B
The new funding, led by Energy Impact Partners, will advance ESG Book’s next-generation technology
22 June 2022
LP appetite for PE suffers sharp decline
The Rede Liquidity Index score has decreased from 70 in 2021 to 55 for H1 2022 signalling a sharp fall in LP investor appetite.
12 May 2022
Profile: Susan Wilkins, Actis
The COO discusses her pathway from Actis portfolio company to the GP, taking over management of Abraaj funds and her role as a member of the inclusion & diversity committee
29 April 2022
5 minutes with… +SUBSCRIBE
+SUBSCRIBE’s Rafay Farooqui talks us through the platform’s onboarding and subscription document processing capabilities
26 April 2022
Intapp and KPMG AG announce strategic alliance
Partnership aims to accelerate digital transformation for professional services and capital markets firms
7 April 2022
Techwork 2022: Hind el Gaidi, Astorg
“Our ultimate aim is to capture the full value chain. From fundraising right the way through to exits, we want to ensure we have best of breed systems in place that will help us to ensure every part of the process is going well.”
1 April 2022
Real-time data reporting remains a source of friction between LPs and GPs
KKR's Catherine Cutts: "The demand for more granular data versus the ability for GPs to produce that is a source of friction in LP-GP relations"
30 March 2022
GP tech adoption looms large on LP investment decisions
The majority of LPs' investment decisions are influenced by GPs’ level of technology adoption, according to a recent survey by Brackedale consulting and AssetMetrix
28 March 2022
Let’s talk about the data
Tim Friedman, founder of PE Stack, discusses all things data, including the adoption of alternative data sources and how to create a data plan
28 February 2022
Profile: Richard Drover, Apis Partners
The CFO discusses his responsibilities outside the finance function, his 100-day plan of action to improve and enhance Apis' processes as well as the challenges of joining a new firm
14 February 2022
Operational Lens: Pantheon Secondary Opportunities Fund (PSOF)
With a total AUM of $52.3bn, Pantheon is a machine when it comes to fundraising. We take a look at the $624m PSOF, to discover how the pros get the job done.
27 January 2022
Your data: Time to take the steering wheel
Private capital firms cannot let off-the-shelf software solutions control data strategy, writes Ingolv Urnes of psKINETIC
24 January 2022
Profile: Bart Elema, Waterland Private Equity
The partner, CFO & risk officer discusses how his role and responsibilities have evolved over nearly two decades, why Waterland domiciles its funds in the Netherlands, as well as securing the firm's first ESG equity bridge facility
10 January 2022
Operational forecast for 2022
We take a look at Alpha FMC’s predictions for PE operations this year, as well as individual forecasts for CFOs, COOs, CTOs, CDOs and heads of compliance
4 January 2022
DiligenceVault adds ESG, D&I questionnaires
New questionnaires from The Asset Owner Diversity Charter and The ESG Data Convergence Project are now available
3 January 2022
Diligend secures additional investment
Fresh capital will see the due diligence platform expand its fund manager offering
13 December 2021
Vistra launches investor servicing portal
The new portal is powered by tech firm Eleven and enables alternatives fund managers and administrators to create engaged client communities, automate workflows and grow at scale
13 December 2021
Citco launches digital capital management platform
The single dashboard platform aims to enable PE funds to manage their capital events securely, in real time
9 December 2021
LISTEN: Talking tech transformation
Hear the insights and expert views of five PE and VC finance and tech professionals on key tech trends
1 November 2021
Data is king (even when it comes to fund domiciles)
Common standards would enable decent data governance, which would do away with skills and talent challenges the fund administration market is suffering from
28 September 2021
5 minutes with… Michel Geolier, Betterfront Technologies
“We enable GPs to lead with their story, to present their track record to prospective LPs, which then gives them the chance to look through the data to understand what sets this GP apart from its competition.”
24 September 2021
The Drawdown Awards 2021: Winners announced
Congratulations to the winners of our recent 2021 Drawdown Awards
15 September 2021
Synechron partners with Accelex
Partnership aims to accelerate unstructured data extraction and management