Delio secures £6.2m Series A investment led by Octopus Ventures to expand private markets infrastructure
The investment was led by Octopus Ventures with backing from Maven Capital Partners to build out digital private markets infrastructure.
Delio provides white-label technology that enables financial institutions to manage and share private market investment opportunities. Its digital platforms connect capital raisers, banks, and wealth managers globally.
Delio has secured £6.2m in Series A funding led by Octopus Ventures, with participation from early-backer Maven Capital Partners. The capital will be used to enhance the company's international operations and build out a non-conflicted private markets infrastructure. This latest injection brings Delio's total equity funding to £11.4m.
The firm provides white-label technology for financial institutions like Barclays and UBS to manage unlisted investment opportunities. With private markets experiencing increased demand from both institutional and individual investors, the company aims to connect capital raisers and financial entities on a global scale.
From the founder
"With investor demand at an all-time high, there is a lot of noise around how institutions overcome the traditional barriers to private markets. We’ve taken a different approach, creating white-labelled technology that acts as the digital building blocks on which firms can scale their propositions. The growth funding from Octopus Ventures validates this approach and strengthens our plan of stimulating greater connectivity between financial institutions, capital raisers and investors."
Gareth Lewis
Chief Executive and Co-Founder at Delio
Investor perspective
"Financial institutions involved in private markets face complex challenges around deal distribution, regulatory governance and overall client experience when recommending private investments to clients. Delio’s market leading private company technology solution is already serving some of the world’s largest global wealth managers, private and investment banks, with this funding round allowing Delio to continue to enhance its suite of private market infrastructure solutions, as well as scaling into new geographies. Furthermore, there is strong alignment between Delio and Octopus in making private company investing more available for all investors and we look forward to supporting the team on this journey"
Edward Keelan
Partner, Octopus Ventures
Use of funds
- 01Expand into international markets
- 02Build out infrastructure
