Private equity's adoption of blockchain technology is accelerating as the asset class increasingly sees it as a pathway to access the trillions of dollars in investable capital held by the wealthy around the globe.
Market leaders Hamilton Lane Inc., KKR & Co. Inc. and Partners Group Holding AG have recently entered into blockchain partnerships with technology companies, setting the stage for what could be the democratization of private markets.
Blockchain is a financial infrastructure or a "digital ledger" that allows for, among other things, the tokenization of funds. Tokenization involves dividing a fund stake into digitalized fractions, which facilitates smaller investments that are easier to trade.
The technology broadens the investor base for private equity, which is now mostly limited to institutional investors and high- and ultra-high-net-worth individuals who can afford investment minimums that often start at millions of dollars.
Outside that limited circle of private...
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