InvestLinQ

For the growing number of people interested in allocating funds to or participating in private equity, it has been historically difficult to do - especially in the lower middle market. High net worth individuals and family offices find it difficult to identify the right investment opportunities that meet specific investment criteria, retail investors find access limited to compelling opportunities and, on the other side of the ledger, independent/fundless sponsors or search funds find it difficult to raise the needed equity and debt capital to quickly close a deal. The default mode of operation (i.e., raising a dedicated fund) carries with it a myriad of inefficiencies, not least of which is persistent fees on idle capital, but also has become a formidable barrier for many would-be sponsors given the increasing difficulty to raise a fund. InvestLinQ, founded in 2023, seeks to simplify the matchmaking process between independent sponsors and capital or resource providers o...

Historically investing in private equity has been reserved for the largest institutional investors. However,modern technology and digital networks are providing an opportunity for less traditional investors, including accredited retail investors, to gain access to this growing investment category. Platforms like InvestLinQ can help accredited individual investors and family offices make discrete private equity investments that meet their self-selected criteria on a deal-by-deal basis. In this way, firms like InvestLinQ are truly democratizing private equity .  Simplifying Access to Private Equity InvestLinQ is breaking down the significant barriers that restrict opportunities in equity. InvestLinQ brings together multiple facets of the deal making process from equity investment, lending, deal sponsors, operators, etc. onto one platform designed to facilitate deal-by-deal transactions. Bringing these groups together, with clear transaction-based objectives, provide...