Private Markets, Angel and Secondary Investing, Sacra

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Private Markets, Angel and Secondary Investing

Bringing transparency to private markets so investors, founders, and employees can build on conviction. Sacra delivers deeply researched insights on the private companies shaping tomorrow's markets. By surfacing the data, context, and operator perspective that are missing from private markets today, we help secondary buyers and sellers price equity accurately and unlock liquidity for the people building these businesses.

Private Capital Markets

<ul><li>Clerk raised a $30 million Series B in January 2024 led by CRV with strategic participation from Stripe.</li><li>Clerk provides React components that developers can drop into web and mobile applications to handle user authentication and management.</li><li>Clerk's expansion into authorization and billing represents a significant TAM expansion beyond pure authentication.</li></ul>

Clerk raised a $30 million Series B in January 2024 led by CRV with strategic participation from Stripe.Clerk provides React components that developers can drop into web and mobile applications to handle user authentication and management.Clerk's expansion into authorization and billing represents a significant TAM expansion beyond pure authentication.

<ul><li>Kredete closed a $22M Series A in September 2025 led by AfricInvest.</li><li>Kredete plans to enter Canada, the UK, and EU markets in 2025-26, adding approximately 3M addressable African immigrants to its current US base.</li><li>Planned products include rent reporting, goal-based loans, and auto loans that leverage the same credit bureau relationships and payment data.</li></ul>

Kredete closed a $22M Series A in September 2025 led by AfricInvest.Kredete plans to enter Canada, the UK, and EU markets in 2025-26, adding approximately 3M addressable African immigrants to its current US base.Planned products include rent reporting, goal-based loans, and auto loans that leverage the same credit bureau relationships and payment data.

<ul><li>Slope raised $65M in equity and debt funding in July 2024, led by J.P. Morgan Payments.</li><li>Slope operates as an API-first order-to-cash automation platform that integrates directly into B2B marketplaces, ERPs, and checkout flows.</li><li>SlopeAI, introduced in July 2024, provides access to the company&#39;s LLM stack, including SlopeGPT and TransFormer models.</li></ul>

Slope raised $65M in equity and debt funding in July 2024, led by J.P. Morgan Payments.Slope operates as an API-first order-to-cash automation platform that integrates directly into B2B marketplaces, ERPs, and checkout flows.SlopeAI, introduced in July 2024, provides access to the company&#39;s LLM stack, including SlopeGPT and TransFormer models.

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Analyse Asia with Bernard Leong

Podcast dissecting business, technology & media

Analyse Asia

The premiere weekly podcast dissecting the pulse of business, technology & media in Asia. Hear our host interviewing leading journalists, senior executives, respectable authors & thinkers, entrepreneurs & thought leaders to discuss the most important issues that move and shake the business landscape in the Asia Pacific. The show is originally created and hosted by Bernard Leong.

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<ul><li>Paul Harappin, Chief Revenue Officer for Asia Pacific and Japan at Stripe, discusses his career journey from IBM to startups and leading major tech companies before joining Stripe</li><li>Harappin emphasizes the importance of people in his career journey and how surrounding himself with high-quality individuals has been key to his success</li><li>Harappin shares how he joined Stripe through a serendipitous encounter with a friend and former colleague, ultimately leading him to take on the role of CRO for Asia-Pacific and Japan</li></ul><p><em>This content is sourced through publicly available sources and has been machine generated. Information displayed is for general informational purposes only.</em></p>

Paul Harappin, Chief Revenue Officer for Asia Pacific and Japan at Stripe, discusses his career journey from IBM to startups and leading major tech companies before joining StripeHarappin emphasizes the importance of people in his career journey and how surrounding himself with high-quality individuals has been key to his successHarappin shares how he joined Stripe through a serendipitous encounter with a friend and former colleague, ultimately leading him to take on the role of CRO for Asia-Pacific and JapanThis content is sourced through publicly available sources and has been machine generated. Information displayed is for general informational purposes only.

Transforming Asia's Financial Infrastructure: Stripe's AI and Stablecoin Strategy with Paul Harapin

<ul><li>When Robinhood (founded 2012) popularized zero-commission stock trading funded by payment-for-order-flow (PFOF), it pushed Schwab, Fidelity, and TD Ameritrade to give up their lucrative $5-10 per-trade stock commissions—today, private alternative assets like pre-IPO stocks, private equity funds & real estate give brokerages a new source of high-margin, 2-3% commission revenue.</li><li>Alternative asset infrastructure companies for pre-IPO (Monark, Zanbato), private credit (iCapital), and crypto (Alpaca) are selling 1) into brokerage-as-a-service providers like ViewTrade as white-labeled APIs, and 2) as product features directly integrated into consumer-facing brokerages & wealth management apps like SoFi and eToro.</li><li>With $14 trillion in new AUM potentially unlocked by Trump's August 2025 executive order paving the way for 401(k) plans to include crypto & other private assets, Schwab, SoFi, and Robinhood are preparing to bundle up pre-IPO stock and other alternative assets onto their platforms to maximize wallet share.</li></ul>

When Robinhood (founded 2012) popularized zero-commission stock trading funded by payment-for-order-flow (PFOF), it pushed Schwab, Fidelity, and TD Ameritrade to give up their lucrative $5-10 per-trade stock commissions—today, private alternative assets like pre-IPO stocks, private equity funds & real estate give brokerages a new source of high-margin, 2-3% commission revenue.Alternative asset infrastructure companies for pre-IPO (Monark, Zanbato), private credit (iCapital), and crypto (Alpaca) are selling 1) into brokerage-as-a-service providers like ViewTrade as white-labeled APIs, and 2) as product features directly integrated into consumer-facing brokerages & wealth management apps like SoFi and eToro.With $14 trillion in new AUM potentially unlocked by Trump's August 2025 executive order paving the way for 401(k) plans to include crypto & other private assets, Schwab, SoFi, and Robinhood are preparing to bundle up pre-IPO stock and other alternative assets onto their platforms to maximize wallet share.

Ben Haber, CEO Of Monark, On Building The DTCC For The Private Markets

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Stripe, Inc. provides payment software services and solutions. The Company designs and produces software to process online credit and debit card payments. Stripe serves customers worldwide.

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Primer: Clerk - 24 Sep 2025

Authentication and user management platform providing React components for sign-up, sign-in, and profile management

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Primer: Kredete - 22 Sep 2025

Financial technology platform enabling African immigrants to build credit through stablecoin-powered payments and remittances

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Primer: Slope - 15 Sep 2025

B2B payments platform leveraging AI for order-to-cash automation, risk assessment, and embedded financing

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Transforming Asia's Financial Infrastructure: Stripe's AI and Stablecoin Strategy with Paul Harapin

Analyzing how the Internet economy is driving innovation in Asia, Paul Harappin, CRO at Stripe, shares insights on his career journey from...

Analyse Asia with Bernard Leong

Ben Haber, CEO Of Monark, On Building The DTCC For The Private Markets

What is Monark in short? What was the founding insight and how did you get inspired to start it...

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