Caplight

Caplight is a private markets intelligence and transaction platform serving institutional investors who need comprehensive data and liquidity access for venture-backed private companies. The platform aggregates $4 trillion in funding round data, $300 billion in proprietary secondary market transactional data, and $5 billion in daily live transaction flow across 60,000+ private companies and 40,000+ venture investors. Its flagship MarketPrice product provides real-time secondary pricing derived from live bids, asks, and closed trades on the platform, offering transparency into pre-IPO valuations that has historically been opaque. The platform serves 700+ institutional market participants — including asset managers, family offices, and hedge funds — who collectively manage over $52 trillion in assets. Customers access Caplight via web platform, API, and MCP server. Caplight was founded in 2021 by Javier Avalos (CEO) and Justin Moore (CTO) and is headquartered in San Francisco. The company raised a $16 million Series A in June 2026 led by BlackRock and Fin Capital, with strategic participation from UBS Investment Bank, LEAP Global Partners, and continued backing from DB1 Ventures (Deutsche Börse Group), Better Tomorrow Ventures, Clocktower Ventures, and Dash Fund. The Series A brings total funding to approximately $26 million. BlackRock joined as a strategic investor to support collaboration with its Aladdin and Preqin ecosystems.