PrePublic Equity Partners Spins Out of Top 20 US VC Firm to Democratize Access to Late Stage Venture Secondaries

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MANCHESTER, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 6, 2026--

PrePublic Equity Partners (PEP) announced its spinout from Alumni Ventures (Top 20 US VC Firm, TIME Magazine '25, CB Insights '24) to democratize access to late-stage venture secondaries. PEP’s mission is to help accredited investors regain exposure to innovative, high-growth companies that now remain private for much longer. PEP combines a massive network and institutional discipline with an AI-native research program for speed, structure, and transparency in private-market underwriting and portfolio construction.

PEP’s Fund I/1Q was oversubscribed with 100+ limited partners, reflecting growing investor demand for systematic access to late-stage private opportunities. Leveraging a network of 5,000+ venture firms and 800,000+ investment-network members, PEP sources and diligences opportunities across category-leading technology and infrastructure companies approaching public scale.

“Public indices, especially those covering small and mid-cap companies, have lost their historical innovation exposure and ability to drive alpha as companies stay private longer. Our mission is to bridge that gap with discipline and at scale,” said Graham Chynoweth, CEO of Prepublic Equity Partners. “We built PEP to professionalize access to venture secondaries with the same focus on investor alignment, transparency, and disciplined execution that guided the growth of Alumni Ventures. With Fund I/1Q closed, we’re excited to begin deploying capital and open access to our Fund II waiting list at www.pep.fund.”

PEP’s AI-first research leverages an orchestrated multi-agent, multi-model, human-in-the-loop workflow to synthesize proprietary insights, market signals, company fundamentals, and liquidity dynamics. This AI native approach enables faster screening, tighter underwriting cycles, increased conviction, and consistent documentation for compliance and oversight.

“PEP is launching at exactly the right time,” said Mike Collins, Chair of PEP’s Board of Directors and CEO of Alumni Ventures. “Investors want a clear, data-driven path back to innovation. By pairing a deep relationship network with an AI-powered research engine, PEP is architected to meet that need while raising the bar on process quality and speed.”

About Prepublic Equity Partners

PrePublic Equity Partners, an independently operated spinout of Alumni Ventures, is democratizing access to late-stage venture secondaries. Powered by an AI-first research program and a broad investor network, PEP helps accredited investors reconnect with the innovation and growth that increasingly reside in private markets. More available at www.pep.fund.

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