Vessel

What Vessel does

Vessel is an AI-native SaaS platform that serves venture capital and private equity fund managers (GPs) by unifying fundraising, investor relations, fund administration, onboarding, compliance, and portfolio reporting into a single connected data layer. The platform is built around six named products — LP Intelligence (an AI agent for automated LP discovery, prioritization, and meeting preparation), Investor Portal (a unified LP-facing portal), Interactive Dataroom (secure document sharing with audit trails), Co-invest (co-investment workflow management), KPI Reporting (portfolio monitoring with AI-driven metric extraction from board decks), and Digital Signing (subscription document workflows) — complemented by integrated modules for capital calls (ILPA-compliant), waterfall modeling, KYC/AML, and digital subscriptions. The platform is designed to replace the spreadsheet-and-patchwork workflows that characterize legacy fund operations, with reported outcomes including 70-80% IR admin reduction and 7-10 day client onboarding.

The company is headquartered in Montréal, Canada with a secondary office in Columbus, Ohio, where it operates a Venture Studio. Founded by industry insiders Thomas Terrats (CEO, previously at Inovia and Teralys Capital) and Thierry Ajaltouni (Co-Founder & Head of Operations, previously at Oliver Wyman and Teralys Capital), Vessel has raised approximately $11.8 million CAD in total capital — including a $10.3 million CAD seed round in June 2025 led by Afore Capital and Inovia Capital, plus a $1.5 million CAD growth capital facility from CIBC Innovation Banking in November 2025. Investors include Afore Capital, BY Venture Partners, FJ Labs, Four Cities Capital, Golden Ventures, Inovia Capital, and Telegraph Hill Capital (THCP). The company holds SOC 2 Type II certification as of 2026.

Vessel operates an enterprise SaaS subscription model with annual quote-based pricing, distributed through direct field sales to institutional fund managers. The customer base spans venture capital and private equity firms including Inovia Capital ($2.5B+ AUM, 7 funds managed on the platform), FJ Labs, Golden Ventures (7 funds), Intrepid, Permanent Capital, Global Ventures, Amplify Capital, Amiral Ventures, and others. Go-to-market is multi-channel: enterprise field sales with 'Book a demo' CTAs, an event-driven motion (SuperReturn, IPEM, PEI, iConnections), community-led adoption via an advisory board of industry veterans, and content marketing through buyer guides and webinars. The company is expanding geographically across North America and Europe with CIBC-backed growth capital and has extended into adjacent verticals via its Venture Studio.

Name

Vessel

Legal name

Vessel

Website

https://vessel.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Vessel is an AI-native SaaS platform that helps venture capital and private equity fund managers unify fundraising, investor relations, fund administration, onboarding, and portfolio reporting into a single workflow layer, serving GPs from emerging managers to institutional firms managing $2.5B+ AUM.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fund Management and Investor Relations Software

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940), Software Publishers (513210)

akta.pro primary industry

Alternatives & Multi-Asset Digital Wealth Platforms (PE/VC/Real Assets access) (FSAGAEAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Digital Wealth Platforms for Advisors (TAMP/Advisor Tech) (FSAGAEAH), Endowment / OCIO-Style Multi-Manager Platforms (FSANAGAG)

Keywords

• Fund management software
• Investor relations platform
• Venture capital operations
• Private equity software
• LP onboarding automation

Headquarters

HQ city

Montréal

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. SaaS Platform Subscription: Vessel operates as an AI-native SaaS platform providing fund management, investor relations, and LP engagement software to venture capital and private equity firms on a subscription basis.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Vessel sells an AI-native, vertically integrated SaaS platform for venture capital and private equity general partners that unifies fund administration, fund operations, LP onboarding and compliance, reporting and portfolio monitoring, investor relations, and fundraising workflows on a single connected data layer. Its six named products — LP Intelligence, Investor Portal, Interactive Dataroom, Co-invest, KPI Reporting, and Digital Signing — replace spreadsheet-based workflows with AI-driven automation for LP discovery, KYC/AML, capital calls, waterfall modeling, and KPI extraction from board decks. The platform is sold on an annual subscription basis via direct enterprise sales to institutional fund managers.

Product overview

Vessel is an AI-native, vertically integrated platform for venture capital and private equity firms that unifies fund administration, operations, onboarding, reporting, investor relations, and fundraising across a single connected data layer. The core platform consists of six named products: LP Intelligence (AI-powered LP discovery and briefs), Investor Portal (LP-facing portal for fund data and documents), Interactive Dataroom (secure document sharing), Co-invest (co-investment workflow management), KPI Reporting (portfolio monitoring with AI extraction), and Digital Signing (subscription document workflows). These are complemented by integrated modules for Fundraising & Subscriptions, Onboarding & Compliance, and Fund Administration & Operations. The platform is designed to eliminate spreadsheet chaos and enable GPs to run institutional-grade operations without proportional headcount increases.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• LP Intelligence: AI agent that replaces weeks of manual LP research and produces more qualified LP meetings
• Investor Portal
• Interactive Dataroom
• Co-invest
• KPI Reporting
• Digital Signing

Products and services

• LP Intelligence AI agent that automatically identifies, qualifies, and prioritizes LPs based on mandate data, historical commitments, and verified decision-makers, and generates AI-powered LP briefs before meetings. Built for VC and PE general partners running institutional fundraising.
• Investor Portal Unified LP-facing portal providing real-time visibility into fund data, capital accounts, commitments, documents, and portfolio performance across all vehicles with self-service access for limited partners.
• Interactive Dataroom Secure, branded document sharing platform with granular access controls and audit trails for due diligence and fundraising workflows.
• Co-invest Co-investment workflow management platform enabling wealth managers and GPs to execute co-investment opportunities with streamlined subscription, capital call processing, and consolidated reporting.
• KPI Reporting Portfolio KPI collection and monitoring platform with customizable templates by sector, stage, and fiscal year, real-time submission tracking, and AI-powered extraction of metrics from portfolio company updates and board decks.
• Digital Signing Digital subscription document workflow with structured processes that separate preparers from signatories, enabling compliant execution of investment documents.
• Fundraising & Subscriptions End-to-end fundraising workflow from data room access to digital subscription documents, with commitment tracking and real-time visibility into soft circles and commitments.
• Onboarding & Compliance Digital onboarding system that collects KYC/AML documentation, validates counterparty identity, handles accreditation checks, and maintains complete compliance records with audit trails.
• Fund Administration & Operations Fund operations automation covering ILPA-compliant capital calls with payment tracking and reconciliation, cash and in-kind distributions with dynamic partner allocation rules, waterfall modeling, and pro forma DPI/IRR calculations with full per-partner auditability.

Quantifiable outcome

• 70-80% reduction in investor-relations admin time
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability7 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• NOALflagshipTechnology or IntegrationNOAL, an AI-native platform for multifamily real estate investors, launched from Vessel's Venture Studio in Columbus, Ohio. NOAL uses Vessel's platform to enable AI-powered deal evaluation and underwriting for commercial real estate investors.
• B&Y Venture Partners (LAIN)coreTechnology or IntegrationLebanese Angel Investor Network (LAIN) introduced its first cohort of four curated startup opportunities through the Vessel platform. B&Y Venture Partners uses Vessel for investor onboarding, fundraising workflows, and LP management.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• Juniper Square: Leading investor relations and fund accounting platform for VCs, PE, and real estate GPs — directly overlaps with Vessel's IR, fundraising, and LP portal modules and is the most-cited incumbent in Vessel's own comparison guides.
• Carta: Cap table, fund administration, and investor relations platform serving VC and PE funds globally. Vessel explicitly positions against Carta in fundraising, LP reporting, and fund operations, with overlapping enterprise customer profile.
• Allvue Systems: Enterprise fund administration and investor relations software for private equity, venture capital, and credit — competes directly with Vessel's fund admin, waterfall modeling, and LP reporting modules for mid-market and large GPs.
• Dynamo Software (Intapp): Cloud software for alternative investment firms covering CRM, investor portal, deal management, and reporting — overlaps with Vessel's investor relations, fundraising workflows, and data room functionality, now under Intapp's broader professional services platform.

Emerging players

• Affinity: Relationship intelligence CRM purpose-built for VC and PE deal teams; competes with Vessel at the CRM/LP relationship layer and is increasingly expanding into fundraising workflows.
• Ledgy: Equity management and cap table platform extending into investor relations and fund workflows for VC-backed companies and emerging managers — partial overlap with Vessel's digital subscription and onboarding stack.
• iConnections: Platform connecting LPs and GPs via data rooms, fundraising tools, and industry events (Global Alts) — overlaps with Vessel's data room and LP discovery features and shares the same event-driven GTM playbook.
• Canopy: Data aggregation and reporting platform for alternative investment managers — competes in KPI collection, portfolio monitoring, and the AI-extraction-from-portfolio-updates use case Vessel addresses.

Broad incumbents

• Preqin: Large incumbent in private markets data, benchmarking, and LP/GP intelligence — competes with Vessel's LP Intelligence agent at the LP discovery and mandate-fit layer from a data-provider perspective.
• PitchBook: Comprehensive private markets data, research, and workflow platform from Morningstar — adjacent competitor on LP/GP intelligence and increasingly expanding into workflow tools that intersect Vessel's TAM.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors7 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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