Alternatives

Pre-IPO Diligence & Verified Access

Chain-of-title verification, structure diligence and issuer-authorised access to late-stage private names.

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Overview

The pre-IPO secondary market has a trust problem: multi-layer SPVs where investors cannot see what they own, stacked fees that consume half the upside, forward contracts regulators may treat as unlawful swaps, issuers voiding unauthorised transfers — and criminal cases where the shares never existed. Matchpoint provides verified access: chain-of-title diligence to the cap table, single-layer structures with transparent economics, and transfer paths that respect the issuer’s rules so your position survives the IPO.

As part of our Alternatives practice, Matchpoint Partners has originated and led $2+ billion of transactions across four continents — and every alternatives mandate is led by a partner, from first call to close.

How Matchpoint helps

Our role on pre-IPO diligence & verified access mandates

  • Chain-of-title and counterparty verification
  • Single-layer SPV structures with transparent fees
  • Issuer-authorised transfer paths — no void risk
  • Pricing diligence against stale marks and markups
Track record

Select transactions

Representative alternatives mandates led by Matchpoint partners.

Pre-IPO · Basket
Multi-name

Chain-of-title verification across a late-stage secondary basket.

Verification · Global
SPV · Review
Single-asset

Structure and fee diligence on a layered SPV offer.

Structure Diligence · GCC
Forward · Review
Contract

Enforceability review of a forward purchase agreement.

Contract Diligence · US
Counterparty · DD
Broker

Registration and provenance checks on a selling intermediary.

Counterparty DD · Global
Innovation & insight

Our proprietary research

Original, data-driven research from our team, relevant to this area.

Questions, answered

Pre-IPO Diligence & Verified Access — frequently asked questions

We verify the chain from the cap table through every intermediate holder before capital moves — the step most burned investors skipped.

Leading late-stage issuers enforce their transfer restrictions strictly; unauthorised sales can be declared void, which is why access must run through authorised paths.

It covers US pre-IPO secondaries, curated deal access for private equity funds and family offices, PE/VC fund placement, and AI data-centre investments — for qualified investors.

Pre-IPO secondaries, GP- and LP-led secondaries, co-investments, PE/VC fund placement and SPVs, plus thematic exposure to AI data centres, digital infrastructure and the energy transition.

Access is for qualified investors — primarily PE funds, family offices and institutions — subject to eligibility, suitability and counterparty terms.

Matchpoint works primarily on a success fee, with a modest retainer to cover execution. Fees are agreed in writing up front and scaled to the size and complexity of the transaction — with no hidden costs.

Most mandates reach a first term sheet within 30 days, depending on diligence readiness and structure; closing follows once terms are agreed.

A short, confidential scoping call and NDA; we structure the requirement and prepare materials, then run a competitive process across our 5,000+ investor and lender relationships, and negotiate to close — with a partner leading at every step.

Matchpoint Partners is based in the UAE and runs cross-border mandates across the UAE, KSA, India and the UK, with active deal activity in wider Europe, Singapore and the United States.

Matchpoint has originated and led $2+ billion of transactions, with equity tickets typically USD 5m–300m, debt USD 10m–500m+, real estate finance USD 20m–500m+, and fund placements for funds of USD 50m–1bn+.

Use the enquiry form, email ck.adya@matchpoint-partners.com, or call/WhatsApp +971 52 345 1119. Every mandate is led by a partner from the very first conversation.

Yes. Matchpoint runs discreet, confidential processes and discloses client identities only under a signed non-disclosure agreement (NDA).

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