3 ways family offices use SPVs and when each one works best
Family offices don’t use SPVs for every investment in the same way. The right structure depends on what you’re investing in, who’s participating, and whether you’re organising one deal or building a repeatable strategy. A single co-investment may call for a dedicated vehicle. A private credit strategy has different cash flow and distribution requirements. And […]
Arcanys built startups for 16 years. Now it’s building its next fund.
Before Arcanys became an investor, it spent years on the other side of the table: building. Longtime friends Alan Debonneville and Frederic Joye founded Arcanys in 2010 after establishing a technology operation in Cebu, Philippines. What began as an internal development team soon attracted interest from entrepreneurs in their network who needed engineering talent of […]
Contributing to the SaaSpocalypse?
The next generation of digital platforms will not simply provide better tools for managing work. More of the work will happen in the background. Our latest updates to Auptimate are another step in that direction. For years, SaaS has followed a familiar model: give users better tools, then leave them to operate the process. Better […]
The $900M Robot is a sign of what’s coming
XPENG’s record robotics round points to a bigger shift: AI’s next chapter is moving into the physical world, and the capital requirements are getting bigger. For much of the AI boom, the product lived behind a screen. Chatbots, copilots, generative models and enterprise software captured most of the attention and investment. The next chapter increasingly […]
Debt investment in the USA: what cross-border investors need to know
US private debt gives investors access to a wide range of lending opportunities, from venture debt and private credit to structured loans. For a Singapore-domiciled investor, the opportunity isn’t just about the yield. The structure around the investment matters too, and it’s easy to underestimate how much work sits behind a straightforward return. Before capital […]
SPV administration platforms for family offices in Singapore: 2026 comparison
Family offices are running more deals across more borders. For a Singapore family office or syndicate lead running several deals a year, SPV administration gets harder once investors and transactions span multiple jurisdictions. A single-asset SPV backing a Series A in Jakarta might have LPs in Singapore, Dubai and London on the same cap table.In […]
Fastest bank account opening within 48 hours for SPVs
For a syndicate lead, the bank account can become an unexpected bottleneck between choosing an investment and being ready to take subscriptions. In some SPV workflows, an account can be ready within 48 hours, with the right setup allowing certain transactions to move even faster. But that isn’t a universal timeline. Banking review, the structure […]
How to audit your cap table before your next funding round
A funding round can move quickly once investors are aligned. Your cap table needs to be ready before the deal reaches that stage. Small discrepancies in shareholder records, option pools, convertible instruments or ownership percentages can create bigger problems during diligence. The spreadsheet is rarely the real issue. What matters is whether the numbers accurately […]
Using SAFE for investors in Europe
A SAFE can make an early-stage investment easier to structure when investors want exposure now and the company expects a future equity financing. For a syndicate lead bringing together investors across Europe, though, the SAFE itself is only one part of the transaction. The bigger question is how you hold the investment, manage multiple investors, […]
Why co-investments are growing and how fund managers and family offices are using them
For years, co-investments sat on the sidelines of private markets. They were valuable, but largely viewed as an additional opportunity offered by fund managers to their largest or most strategic LPs. That is changing. Co-investment value reached $198.19 billion in the first half of 2026 alone, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. That is already […]