Making private markets computable
In private markets, many important decisions rely on intuition. We believe “gut feel” is often just unstructured information.
We turn private-company signals, everything from financials and decks to websites, news and alternative metrics into clean, connected data.
Our Story
Born in a Fund
Not just backed by funds. Born in one.
2013
Vy Capital
Alexander Tamas, an investor behind Airbnb, Facebook, and Twitter; started Vy Capital. Appalled at the lack of data-driven tools for investors, he decided to build his own.
Enter 2 nerds
Alexander reached out to Anurag and Rohit, a couple of crackpot engineers who got hooked on the problem. The trio built the first iteration of Synaptic, a platform to track sentiments across company earnings calls.
2014
2016
Synaptic is born
As more use cases evolved beyond transcripts (hiring velocity, product reviews, web traction), Anurag and Rohit spun out of Vy Capital, to create a comprehensive solution for all private investors.
Early adopters
Backed by Ribbit, Felicis, and Vy Capital, Synaptic grew by co-building with early adopters. Building with customers has become a defining ethos for Synaptic.
2017
2021
Trusted by the best
Over the following years, Synaptic became the platform of choice for storied VC and PE firms. Select customers include Index Ventures, Tiger Global, Kleiner Perkins, Greenoaks, Northzone and GIC.
Scale up
Synaptic raised a $20M Series B led by Valor Equity Partners based on strong growth and strategic importance in the private markets. The team grew past 100 by year-end.
2022
2024
New Horizon - PortfolioIQ
One problem we kept hearing over and over from customers was how hard it was to manage their portfolio data. We built PortfolioIQ for this and are already working with the likes of Pinegrove, Greenoaks, Sequoia Heritage, to name a few.
Backed by the best
We’re proud to earn the trust of leading investors, as both backers and customers
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