Our portfolio company, Lime, has achieved significant milestones in 2024. With record trips, sustained double‐digit bookings growth, and a fleet that’s expanded to over 270,000 vehicles across 20+ new cities, Lime is setting new standards in urban mobility. Lime’s journey is defined by deliberate, step-by-step progress—reflecting a genuine grasp of the challenges and opportunities of urban life. Their focus on sustainable improvements and measured growth not only boosts their current performance but also lays a solid foundation for their anticipated public debut. #UrbanMobility #Sustainability #EQUIAM #IPO https://lnkd.in/g6MQtfxe
EQUIAM
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
San Francisco, California 1,818 followers
Diversified. Systematic. Private. EQUIAM believes there is a better way to invest in private markets.
About us
EQUIAM is a non-traditional, systematic private investment firm. We use deeply researched, proprietary, data-driven algorithms to make our investment decisions. Our firm focuses on finding great firms and capturing the high returns associated with these bets, but we are equally invested in bringing world-class portfolio engineering practices to the private markets, mitigating risk and increasing long-term performance. This focus, along with our proven execution capability, allows us to offer our investors diversified portfolios of private firms designed to outperform in even the most challenging environments. Traditional, network-driven, venture/growth investing is ripe for disruption, as increased competition and the need to write larger checks have degraded value-ad. We believe there is space for a new breed of non-traditional capital providers. These players are bringing the same level of rigorous, quantitative analysis that revolutionized the public markets to an otherwise opaque and clubby investment space. Our current data access, combined with the development of more liquid private capital markets allows EQUIAM to be a key disruptor in this space. The EQUIAM team is uniquely equipped to deploy our strategy. We have over 40 years of experience launching and operating investment firms, developing robust quantitative strategies, and executing hundreds of millions of dollars in primary and secondary transactions. EQUIAM's first fund currently grades out in the top 1% of VC funds launched in the 2019 vintage year with a 1.75x DPI (per Cambridge Associates). Our core mission is to deliver outsized returns by modernizing the way people invest in the companies that are modernizing the world.
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- Industry
- Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2018
- Specialties
- Venture Capital, Private Direct Secondaries, Private Equity, Systematic, Data-Driven, and Quantitative
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San Francisco, California 94104, US
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Triller has jumped over 100 spots on Apple's App Store as the January 19th TikTok ban approaches. Part of this surge appears linked to their launch of savemytiktoks.com. This service lets creators transfer their TikTok content libraries to Triller. The timing addresses a clear market need as creators urgently seek alternatives. Under new CEO Sean Kim (former TikTok executive), Triller is positioning itself well in the rapidly shifting digital content landscape. Press Release: https://lnkd.in/g5BFPuAb #CreatorEconomy #DigitalMedia #TechTrends
Save My TikToks
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2025 IPO Outlook: Renaissance Capital's latest report projects 155-195 IPOs raising $40-55B this year, signaling continued recovery in the exit environment. Notable names in our portfolio among their highlighted candidates: • Databricks - Enterprise AI/data platform • CoreWeave - AI infrastructure • Chime - Digital banking at scale Renaissance's key indicators: • Stabilizing rate environment • Strong tech IPO aftermarket performance • Enhanced focus on unit economics • Deep bench of AI-enabled businesses Our view: Expect measured activity in H1 as companies and bankers gauge market reception, with potential for accelerated volume in H2 if early offerings demonstrate sustained aftermarket performance. Full analysis in the attached report from Renaissance Capital's IPO Intelligence team. #IPO2025 #VentureExits #PreIPO #TechIPOs #LateStageVC #DeepTech #EQUIAM
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Chime has submitted its confidential filing for IPO. The fascinating part isn't the filing - it's the price discovery puzzle ahead: • 𝗣𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: $25B • 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: $9.5B • 𝗜𝗣𝗢 𝗧𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁: TBD – current publicly traded Neobank comps suggest a multiple between 5x - 7x trailing revenue. Chime is expected to generate $1.9B in revenue in 2024, so a valuation between $9.5B - $13.3B would be unsurprising, and the secondary market seems to agree. However, the thin float of new IPOs and the clear public interest in new entrants (see ServiceTitan), could result in Chime trading at levels far above the proposed range. As interest rates stabilize and markets recalibrate, Chime's public debut (and the resulting success or failure) will likely serve as a critical reference point for other late-stage, pre-IPO firms considering a 2025/2026 public offering. #PrivateMarkets #FinTech #IPO https://lnkd.in/gKZGd6Um
$25 billion valuation Chime takes another step toward an IPO | TechCrunch
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Having operated in the private secondary markets for 7+ years, I'm fascinated by how quickly the narrative has shifted. What was once viewed with skepticism is now becoming a critical lifeline for the venture ecosystem. The evolution has been remarkable: In the late 2010s, extended private company lifespans drove initial secondary market growth (in names like Uber, Airbnb, etc). Then came the 2021 IPO/SPAC wave providing temporary relief. But today's environment is different - with a 3-year IPO drought and many private valuations down 50-70%, secondaries aren't just an alternative exit - they're often the only viable path to liquidity. At EQUIAM, we're seeing firsthand how secondary transactions are becoming an essential tool for both early employees and investors in VC-backed companies. Bloomberg's latest reporting confirms what we've long observed: the stigma is evaporating as secondaries mature into a legitimate exit strategy.
VCs Look to Secondary Share Sales as The New Exit While M&A Falters
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Great story in Forbes today about Pipe's expansion into the UK. We're looking forward to seeing their impact on the SMB community, and what’s coming next! https://lnkd.in/gXg6BDCf
How GoCardless And Pipe Want To Change Financing For UK SMEs
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Looking forward to discussing how AI is changing the investment management landscape and trends evolving in the US private markets. Register now and use my code FKR3559SPKI to save 10% >> https://bit.ly/3yZ2I2W #SRME SuperReturn
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EQUIAM partner, Arin Nazarian, sat down with PitchBook to discuss the ways we leverage their massive data-footprint to guide our investment decision-making process.