SoFi, a member-centric, one-stop shop for digital financial services that helps members borrow, save, spend, invest and protect their money, announced access to three new private market funds through a relationship with Templum, which operates Templum One, a purpose-built platform for seamlessly accessing and transacting in private alternatives: The Cosmos Fund (with sole exposure to SpaceX) along with two additional private equity funds, Pomona Investment Fund and StepStone Private Markets Fund.
In a recent survey of 5,000 retail investors, SoFi found more than 87 percent of investors have an interest in investing in privately held companies. And when asked to review a list of the top 10 most valuable privately held companies, Open AI, SpaceX and Epic Games ranked as the top three, validating an increasing interest across a broad investor audience.
“Historically, the retail investor community has had few opportunities to invest in privately held companies, but we fi