Caplight provides a platform offering private market data, price discovery tools, and a secondary marketplace for venture capital transactions. Institutional investors utilize the platform for sourcing, diligence, and executing trades with vetted counterparties. The service delivers real-time pricing models and comprehensive databases for private companies and investors to navigate the secondary market.
Funding
$3M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Product
Problem
The private markets lack standardized data and efficient price discovery mechanisms, leading to opacity and reduced confidence for participants trading pre-IPO assets. This environment hinders informed decision-making and slows down transaction cycles for institutional investors, shareholders, and brokers.
Solution
Caplight provides a data and trading platform designed to enhance transparency and efficiency in the pre-IPO asset class. The platform offers real-time pricing data, historical transaction records, and integrated CRM tools to streamline deal execution. By aggregating primary round details and secondary market activity, Caplight enables sophisticated investors to monitor their private market portfolios and gain deeper insights into market dynamics. This facilitates more confident trading and faster deal closures within the venture-backed ecosystem.
Target Audience
The platform serves institutional investors, shareholders, and brokers actively participating in the trading of pre-IPO and venture-backed assets.
Features
- Caplight MarketPrice™: Proprietary pricing engine utilizing secondary market data, funding round details, and order flow to generate daily price estimates for private companies.
- Live Market: Connects institutional buyers and sellers with real-time bid and offer indications for pre-IPO securities.
- Transaction History: Access to over three years of closed secondary transaction data, providing historical trading context.
- Funding Rounds Data: Comprehensive records of primary investment rounds, including deal terms and filings.
- Investor Profiles: Database of private company investors, detailing their investment history and pricing.
- CRM Tooling: Integrated customer relationship management features to manage investor pipelines and facilitate deal progression.
- Portfolio Monitoring: Tools for investors to track the valuation of their private market holdings based on current market activity.
- Market Notifications: Configurable alerts for price movements and observed trades in selected private issuers or sectors.
- Sector and Market Insights: Analysis of market trends, including top movers and performance data for late-stage private companies.
- U.S. Patent No. 12,243,130 for its pricing methodology.