Private Markets: Global Access to Exclusive Opportunities

Written by Reza Rezaeian, Head Asia Pacific and Orr Levi, Head Placement Agent.

Leveraging its global markets, securitization, and paying-agent infrastructure, ISP Group occupies a differentiated position within the private markets ecosystem. Supported by deep structuring expertise, capital markets capabilities, and an extensive international network, ISP provides sophisticated investors with access to private investment opportunities that often sit beyond traditional distribution channels. Our approach is underpinned by a global investor network spanning family offices, institutional investors, multi-family offices, and professional ultra-high-net-worth investors.

As private markets continue to represent an increasingly important component of institutional and private wealth portfolios, investors are seeking opportunities that provide diversification, differentiated return drivers, and access to long-term growth themes that may not be available through public markets.

ISP focuses on sourcing highly attractive private market opportunities and connecting investors with carefully selected transactions across multiple alternative asset classes. Through its international reach and established relationships with sponsors, founders, venture capital firms, private equity managers, and institutional investors, the firm provides access to investment opportunities that are often difficult to source directly.
 
These opportunities may include:

• Direct co-investments
• Pre-IPO transactions
• Secondary market opportunities
• Venture capital investments
• Private equity transactions
• Private credit opportunities
• Real estate investments
• Bespoke private-market solutions tailored to specific investor objectives

By combining sourcing expertise with structuring capabilities, ISP seeks to bridge the gap between private market issuers and global pools of capital.

One of the most compelling areas within today's private markets landscape is the pre-IPO secondary market, where investors can acquire exposure to high-quality private companies through existing shareholders prior to a potential liquidity event or public listing.
 
As private companies remain private for longer and continue to achieve significant scale before entering public markets, investors are increasingly seeking access to these businesses before an IPO. Secondary transactions provide a flexible mechanism for founders, employees, early investors, venture capital funds, and other shareholders to realize partial liquidity, while offering new investors access to companies that would otherwise remain inaccessible.
 
Leveraging our global network of family offices, venture capital firms, private equity sponsors, institutional investors, founders, and strategic shareholders, ISP is uniquely positioned to source, facilitate, and  pre-IPO secondary opportunities across multiple sectors and geographies. Through direct access to company cap tables and shareholder networks, we help investors participate in transactions that sit outside conventional market channels.
 
Illustrative opportunities may include exposure to some of the world's most sought-after private companies, including ByteDance, SpaceX, Anthropic, OpenAI, Revolut, and Kalshi, enabling investors to gain access to transformational growth businesses before public market participation becomes possible.

By combining cross-border origination capabilities, deep investor relationships, and institutional-grade execution and structuring expertise, ISP provides clients with access to carefully curated pre-IPO opportunities that offer differentiated return potential, portfolio diversification, and exposure to some of the most innovative companies globally.

A key differentiator of ISP's private markets platform is its ability to connect investors, issuers, founders, sponsors, and shareholders across major financial centers globally.
 
Through offices, partnerships, and relationships spanning North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, ISP facilitates the origination, evaluation, structuring, and distribution of private-market opportunities on a truly international basis. This broad geographic footprint enables ISP to identify opportunities, source liquidity, and connect investors with transactions that may otherwise remain inaccessible.
 
North America
North America remains the epicenter of venture capital, innovation, and growth-stage investing. ISP's relationships across venture capital firms, founders, institutional investors, and private-market participants provide access to differentiated opportunities across technology, financial services, artificial intelligence, and other high-growth sectors.
 
Europe
With strong roots in Switzerland and an extensive European investor network, ISP maintains deep relationships with family offices, asset managers, institutional investors, private banks, and alternative investment firms. These relationships support both deal sourcing and capital formation activities across the region.
 
Middle East
The Middle East continues to emerge as a significant source of private capital and institutional investment demand. Through longstanding relationships with family offices, financial institutions, private investors, and regional market participants, ISP is well positioned to facilitate capital flows and originate private-market opportunities across the region.
 
Asia
Through its presence in Hong Kong and extensive relationships across Asia's investment ecosystem, ISP connects investors with opportunities across one of the world's most dynamic growth markets. The region continues to generate significant innovation, entrepreneurial activity, and private capital formation, creating a robust pipeline of investment opportunities.

If you are interested in finding out more about our offering, please visit our Private Markets page or contact Reza Rezaeian.