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A Conduit Group Platform

Apertis

Your access to private markets

From Latin aperire — to open

CHF 1.4T
Swiss investor network
USD 900M+
Capital raised by founding team
25+
Years buy & sell-side experience
Best in class
GP selection philosophy
Apertis
aperire — to open
Independent
Open architecture
Buy-side first
No advisory
What is Apertis

Where closed
doors open.

Conduit Group · Private Markets
Open architecture · Buy-side first

Apertis is Conduit Group's proprietary gateway to the world of private markets. Designed exclusively for institutional and professional investors, the platform aggregates handpicked private equity, private debt, real assets, and infrastructure strategies into a single, seamlessly navigable environment.

Private markets have historically rewarded those with the right relationships and the right intelligence. Apertis was built to ensure those advantages are yours — with full transparency, rigorous due diligence, and curated access to the deals that define tomorrow's portfolios.

Why Apertis exists
Access Reserved for the Few

The best GPs have historically required USD 5–25M minimum commitments and existing institutional relationships. Most professional allocators — family offices, EAMs, smaller pension funds — were structurally excluded from top-quartile opportunities.

Apertis: Access from USD 100,000 per lot via bankable certificate — no GP relationship required.
Opaque, Layered Fee Structures

Management fees, performance fees, placement fees, fund-of-funds layers — cumulative costs are rarely disclosed in full. Over a 10-year fund life, undisclosed fee drag can consume a significant portion of gross returns before they reach the investor.

Apertis: Full fee transparency disclosed in each deal pack. One structuring layer. No hidden cost embedding.
Illiquidity Without Infrastructure

Private market investments are illiquid by nature, but they need not be administratively burdensome. Most investors lack the custodian infrastructure, ISIN access, and reporting tools to hold and monitor private assets efficiently alongside their liquid portfolio.

Apertis: Luxembourg certificates clearable via SIX, Euroclear, Clearstream. Fully bankable, ISIN-bearing, transferable.
Due Diligence at Institutional Standard

Sourcing and vetting private market managers demands specialist expertise, time, and network access that most allocators do not have in-house. The result is missed opportunities or under-reviewed commitments.

Apertis: Committee-approved deal packs with standardised DD, track record analysis, and operational review delivered to the buy-side.

Where structuring meets distribution.

Open architecture · Buy-side first
Switzerland pilot · Global ambition

No advisory · No recommendation

Apertis is Conduit Group's independent private markets platform, built exclusively for the buy-side. It brings together curated GP opportunities, clean execution paths, and open architecture — without a house-product agenda.

The platform serves Multi-Family Offices, independent wealth managers, pension funds, and foundations that are already moving on private assets and want practical, compliant access — without the operational burden of sourcing, structuring, and monitoring alone.

Apertis does not provide investment advice or personal recommendations. Each investor conducts their own due diligence. Our role is to surface the best managers, package them rigorously, and ensure the execution pathway is clean, compliant, and bankable.

Our conviction

"Where structuring meets distribution — for the most demanding allocators in the world."

Our manager selection

Best in class.
Every time.

Apertis does not aggregate fund databases. We actively source, pre-screen, and package a curated set of managers — subjecting each one to a structured, multi-dimensional review before they appear on the platform. Investors retain full responsibility for their final allocation decisions.

Network Sourcing

Opportunities sourced through our established buy-side network and GP relationships built over 25+ years of institutional experience.

Proprietary
Qualitative Review

Team integrity, strategy coherence, track record consistency, and alignment of interests assessed by our Oversight Committee before any further step.

Committee-led
Quantitative DD

Private market-specific metrics: DPI, TVPI, Net IRR by vintage year. Valuation methodology review. Fee structure analysis. Benchmark comparison across comparable strategies.

DPI · TVPI · Net IRR
Deal Pack & Onboarding

Approved managers receive a standardised deal pack and are onboarded onto the platform with full documentation. Investors access all materials to make their own decision.

Investor's own DD
Governance

The Oversight
Committee

To ensure consistent quality and independence, Apertis operates an Oversight Committee responsible for reviewing and approving each manager before they are made available on the platform.

The Committee applies a structured methodology combining qualitative judgement on team and strategy with rigorous due diligence: realized returns (DPI), total value creation (TVPI), net IRR by vintage, valuation methodology consistency, and fee structure transparency.

This governance layer exists to protect the buy-side. It does not replace investor due diligence — it raises the baseline quality of what is presented.

Qualitative Checks

Team background, experience, strategy coherence, track record review, GP reputation and reference checks.

Private Market Metrics

DPI, TVPI, Net IRR by vintage year, J-curve trajectory, valuation methodology review, fee structure analysis.

Operational Review

Governance structure, service provider quality (AIFM, depositary, administrator, auditor), compliance framework and regulatory standing.

Committee Approval

Final sign-off required before any manager appears on platform. Ongoing monitoring for all listed strategies.

Platform capabilities

Built for institutional-grade allocation

Apertis brings together everything a sophisticated buy-side investor needs — from sourcing and due diligence to execution and reporting — in one compliant, secure environment backed by Conduit Group's institutional expertise.

Curated Deal Flow

Pre-screened, committee-approved managers only. No noise. Conviction-led curation across private equity, credit, real assets, and infrastructure.

Standardised Deal Packs

Each opportunity includes a structured documentation package: teaser, IM, DD summary, track record (DPI, TVPI, Net IRR) and operational review — enabling your own due diligence.

Digital Commitment

From discovery to subscription in a fully digital, legally compliant workflow. Simplified documentation, faster closing, zero friction for the investor.

Bankable Certificates

Illiquid private market investments converted into ISIN-bearing Luxembourg certificates — clearable via SIX, Clearstream, Euroclear. From USD 10k per lot.

Multi-Asset Coverage

Private equity, private credit, real assets, infrastructure, venture capital. The full private markets spectrum, structured for professional allocators.

Institutional Access

Direct access to managers and co-investment opportunities historically reserved for the largest allocators in the world.

Luxembourg structuring

Where structuring becomes distribution.

Apertis leverages Luxembourg's regulatory ecosystem to convert illiquid private market investments into easily clearable, bankable securities — dramatically lowering barriers for professional allocators.

Fund Structures
RAIFs & Luxembourg Vehicles

We support GPs in selecting and coordinating Luxembourg fund structures — RAIFs (standalone or hosted compartments), SPVs — and orchestrate service providers including AIFM, depositary, administrator, legal counsel, and auditor.

Securitisation
ISIN-Bearing Certificates

Private market investments converted into ISIN-bearing, off-balance-sheet, transferable Luxembourg certificates. Clearable via SIX, Clearstream, Euroclear, and Bloomberg. From USD 10k per lot of USD 100k. No client re-onboarding required.

Target market — Switzerland pilot

The path to a CHF 1.4 trillion network of Swiss investors.

CHF 370bn
Swiss Pensions & Foundations

#150 pension funds managing CHF 500M–5bn. #47 foundations managing on average CHF 376M. Moving on private assets, seeking compliant access.

CHF 460bn
Swiss Wealth Managers

#460 FINMA-regulated entities managing CHF 250M–5bn. MFOs and EAMs already moving on private assets — our primary pilot target.

CHF 558bn
Tier 2–3 & Cantonal Banks

Approx. #60 Swiss banks managing CHF 1bn–100bn. Increasingly seeking differentiated private markets exposure for their clients.

Total addressable Swiss market
CHF 1.4 trillion
How it works

From discovery to committed capital — seamlessly.

01
Apply & Onboard

Submit your investor profile. Our team verifies professional investor status and completes KYC/AML onboarding digitally, in full compliance with FinSA and MAS requirements.

02
Explore the Pipeline

Browse committee-approved strategies filtered by asset class, geography, risk profile, and structure. Each strategy comes with a full documentation pack.

03
Conduct Your Own DD

Apertis provides the materials. You decide. Access data rooms, manager track records, quantitative analysis, and operational reviews to inform your independent decision.

04
Commit Digitally

Subscribe via a fully digital, legally compliant workflow. Receive your ISIN-bearing certificate through your existing custodian. No re-onboarding required.

Academy

Private markets.
Understood.

Education for finance professionals navigating private markets for the first time — or going deeper.

Most finance professionals — however sophisticated — have limited formal exposure to private markets. Apertis Academy bridges that gap with concise, practitioner-grade content on fundamentals, portfolio construction, risk frameworks, and fund mechanics. No jargon. No filler. Built for allocators, not academics.

Private Equity Essentials
What is Private Equity? A practitioner's starting point.

From fund formation to final distribution — the full lifecycle explained for finance professionals entering alternatives.

8 min read · Beginner
Fundamentals
Private Equity Essentials
DPI, TVPI, Net IRR: the metrics that actually matter.

Private markets speak a different language from public equity. DPI tells you what has been returned in cash. TVPI captures total value. Here is how to read them together.

10 min read · Intermediate
Metrics
Benefits & Risks
Why private equity has outperformed public markets — and when it hasn't.

The illiquidity premium, active value creation, and manager selection: the three pillars of the PE return case — and where it can go wrong.

12 min read · Intermediate
Performance
Portfolio Construction
How much private markets? Building the right allocation.

From 5% to 40%: how institutional allocators approach sizing, liquidity planning, vintage diversification, and pacing commitments over time.

9 min read · Intermediate
Allocation
Portfolio Construction
Vintage diversification: why timing matters less than you think.

Spreading commitments across multiple vintages is the most reliable way to smooth returns and reduce binary risk. The data challenges the market-timing instinct.

7 min read · Intermediate
Risk
Benefits & Risks
The J-curve, cash flow modelling, and managing illiquidity.

Capital calls, distributions, and the shape of the J-curve: fundamental mechanics for private markets portfolio management.

8 min read · Intermediate
Liquidity
Capital Allocators — Ted Seides
Ashby Monk on Institutional Innovation and the Future of Allocators

Stanford's Ashby Monk on how leading institutional investors are rethinking private markets programs — from manager selection to co-investment and direct investing.

capitalallocators.com · ~60 min
Dry Powder — PitchBook
The State of Private Equity: Vintage Year Performance & the Return of Exits

PitchBook analysts break down the latest data on PE fund performance, exit activity, and what a recovering M&A market means for distributions and future commitments.

pitchbook.com · ~45 min
20VC — Harry Stebbings
Inside the Top Quartile: How the Best Venture Funds Actually Work

World-leading VC investors in candid conversation on portfolio construction, founder selection, and the mechanics of generating venture-scale returns.

thetwentyminutevc.com · ~50 min
Invest Like the Best — Patrick O'Shaughnessy
The Long Game: Building a Private Markets Portfolio That Compounds

Long-duration capital allocation conversations with the world's top PE, VC, and credit managers.

joincolossus.com · ~60 min
The Ben & Marc Show — a16z
Why Every Fund Manager Needs to Understand AI — and Vice Versa

Andreessen Horowitz co-founders on the intersection of technology, venture capital, and private markets in a world reshaped by artificial intelligence.

a16z.com/podcasts · ~55 min
This Week in Startups — Jason Calacanis
The Startup Ecosystem in 2025: What Allocators Are Missing

Seed rounds to late-stage dynamics, AI infrastructure investment, and where the next decade of venture returns will come from.

thisweekinstartups.com · ~60 min
Private Equity

PE funds invest in private companies through buyout, growth equity, or venture strategies. They acquire controlling or minority stakes, improve operations, and realise value via trade sales, secondary buyouts, or IPOs — typically over a 5–10 year horizon. Returns are driven by revenue growth, margin improvement, and multiple expansion.

Buyout · Growth · Venture
Private Credit

Private credit funds provide loans directly to companies, bypassing public bond markets. Senior secured direct lending targets the middle market, offering floating-rate income with priority claim on assets. Yields typically range 8–12% p.a. No mark-to-market volatility.

Direct Lending · Senior Secured · Floating Rate
Real Assets

Real assets encompass physical assets with intrinsic value: real estate, timberland, agriculture, natural resources. They provide inflation protection through contractual rent escalation or commodity price linkage, durable income streams, and low correlation to public equity.

Real Estate · Natural Resources · Inflation Hedge
Infrastructure

Infrastructure funds invest in essential assets: transport networks, energy grids, utilities, digital infrastructure. Revenues are often contracted or regulated, providing predictable, long-duration cash flows highly resilient to economic cycles.

Transport · Energy · Digital · Long Duration
Venture Capital

Venture capital targets early-stage, high-growth companies with potential for transformative scale. Returns are highly skewed: a small number of winners drive the vast majority of fund returns. Access to top-tier VC funds is limited and relationship-dependent.

Early Stage · Growth · Digital Assets
Secondaries

Secondary strategies acquire existing LP interests or continuation vehicles in private market funds, typically at a discount to NAV. They provide earlier liquidity, reduced J-curve, and diversified vintage exposure relative to primary commitments.

LP Secondaries · Continuation Vehicles · Discount to NAV
Invitation-only · Professional investors

Request
Access

Apertis is currently in a closed pilot phase for qualified institutional and professional investors. Contact our team to join the buy-side pilot circle.

Once your access request is approved, you will receive your login credentials by email.

Regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore · Conduit Group · FinSA (Switzerland)