Aqua
Aqua is an investment platform that enables financial advisors to allocate client funds into alternative assets without the need for extensive operational management. This solution simplifies the investment process, allowing advisors to diversify portfolios efficiently while minimizing administrative burdens.
- Enterprise Software
- Financial Technology
- Software Only
Funding
Raised to date
$3.9MRaised 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.
across 2 rounds
+2$3.8M · Seed
Announced Nov 2021
Disclosed cumulative: $3.9M
Founders
Product
Problem
Financial advisors often lack efficient tools to allocate client capital into alternative assets like private equity, venture capital, and real estate. The operational complexities and high minimum investment thresholds associated with these assets create barriers to diversification for many portfolios. This limited access prevents advisors from fully leveraging the potential for strong risk-adjusted returns and diversification benefits offered by alternative investments.
Solution
Aqua provides a platform designed to streamline the process of investing in alternative assets for financial advisors. The platform offers access to a curated selection of top-performing private funds, including private equity, private credit, real estate, and venture capital, with lowered minimums to facilitate broader portfolio diversification. Aqua handles the operational aspects of alternative investments, from initial subscription through the investment lifecycle, including due diligence, reporting, and tax document management. By automating these processes, Aqua enables advisors to efficiently allocate capital to alternative assets, enhance portfolio diversification, and improve risk-adjusted returns for their clients.
Target Audience
Aqua primarily targets registered investment advisors (RIAs) and wealth managers seeking to diversify client portfolios with alternative assets and fund managers looking to raise capital from wealth management channels.
Features
- Access to curated, top-quartile alternative investment funds across private equity, venture capital, private credit, and real estate.
- Lowered minimum investment thresholds to enable diversification for a wider range of client portfolios.
- End-to-end digital platform managing all operational aspects of alternative investing, including KYC/AML compliance, SPV creation, and subscription document management.
- Simplified reporting on investment performance, capital calls, and distributions.
- Integration with wealth management platforms via white-labeling or co-branding options.
- Feeder fund creation to aggregate smaller investments from wealth management channels.
- Due diligence on fund managers, assessing track record, strategy, team, and marketability.