About this episode
Why are private markets still managed in spreadsheets when hundreds of billions of dollars are at stake?
In this episode, I sit down with Ryan Eisenman, Co-Founder and CEO of Arch, a platform supporting more than 550 clients and over $405 billion in alternative assets. Arch is building an operating system for private markets that helps investors manage the operational complexity of alternatives across private equity, venture, hedge funds, credit, and more, bringing modern infrastructure to a part of the financial system that has historically relied on manual processes and fragmented data.
Highlights:
What breaks when an LP scales from 10 to 50 fund commitments
Why most private markets data is trapped in PDFs across 800+ portals
The hidden operational chaos inside family offices and RIAs
How poor liquidity visibility impacts re-up decisions
Why venture fundraising has fallen dramatically since 2022 peaks
The shift of capital from institutions to the wealth channel
Growth in independent sponsor and deal-by-deal allocations
Why private market data feeds often don’t match source documents
The rise of secondaries and tightening discount spreads
Why borrowing against private assets remains inefficient
How Arch uses AI to extract key terms from 100-page LPAs
Lessons Ryan learned building a venture-backed fintech company
Guest Bio:
Ryan Eisenman is the Co-Founder and CEO of Arch, a fintech platform that automates data aggregation, reporting, and analytics for alternative investments. Arch serves global banks, RIAs, family offices, and institutional allocators, helping them manage complex private market portfolios more efficiently.
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