Two major trends in investing
Two major trends have significantly shaped the past ten years of investing in the United States. The first is the rise of retail investors. As individual investors have clamored for direct access to investment opportunities, app-based investing platforms have proliferated. The second is the incredible performance of private equity and venture capital. Over the last 25 years, private equity has outperformed public market benchmarks by 50% per year.1 Despite these two massive trends, the best private equity and venture capital funds remain unavailable to most investors.
Why access to private equity and venture capital is restricted
Top private equity and venture capital funds have assets under management in the tens of billions of dollars. These funds, however, have extremely high minimum investment requirements, often $10 million or more. This means they can have fewer investors in their funds and while this helps keep their operations simple, it excludes all but the wealthiest individuals and institutions from investing. The fact is, unless you are extraordinarily wealthy, this historically stable and successful asset class is generally unavailable.
It's time for OneFund
This is where OneFund comes in. As a founding team, we have worked in private equity, hedge funds, and tech, and have seen first-hand the amazing performance and impact of private equity and venture capital. However, when we tried to invest ourselves, it was not possible. We realized this needed to change and OneFund was born. We are building a platform that democratizes finance by giving YOU, everyday investors, access to some of the BEST private equity and venture capital funds.
In the coming months we will launch our beta platform giving private equity and venture capital investment opportunities from top-tier PE & VC funds to our members.
We can’t wait to go on this journey with you all and continue democratizing finance.