Direct participation in pre-IPO and late-stage transactions, arranged for a small number of family offices, funds and institutions. No marketplace. No circulation. A line — run clean, from capital to cap table.
Most of what we do will never appear on this website. That is rather the point.
A fitting that guides a working line, keeping it true and free of friction under load. The name is deliberate: we exist to run a clean line between serious capital and the cap table itself.
Every engagement resolves to a named company and a position on its capitalisation table. The route differs; the destination does not.
Secondary blocks acquired from existing holders under executed purchase agreements — entered on the cap table as shareholder of record. No forwards, no synthetics.
Begin a conversation →Late-stage rounds and co-investment alongside existing institutional holders — negotiated bilaterally, sized from USD 10 million, documented cleanly.
Begin a conversation →Four commitments, held on every transaction, on both sides of the table.
Access is sourced through standing relationships with founders, sponsors and existing cap table holders — never through aggregated platforms or syndicate chains. If we can't reach the other side of the table directly, we pass.
Every introduction concerns a specific, identifiable company and position. No blind pools, no indications of interest, no speculative allocations — a courtesy to sellers as much as to buyers.
Terms, participants and process details are shared only with parties introduced directly. Nothing we work on sits on a public deal list, and nothing is forwarded without consent.
Per-transaction terms, agreed before work begins. No annual management fees, no carried interest, no trailing economics hidden in the structure. When the transaction closes, our involvement ends.
Fairlead concentrates on one stage and three markets, rather than covering private markets broadly.
The private market rewards those who arrive early, quietly, and through the right door. We hold the door.
We only work where we can pick up the phone and reach the other side of the table directly.
Growth and technology franchises approaching liquidity, sourced through East and West Coast relationships built over multiple cycles.
Riyadh, Abu Dhabi and Dubai — standing relationships with family groups and institutions in the region's fast-maturing private market.
Singapore and Hong Kong as vantage points, with selective situations across India and Southeast Asia where governance and the path to liquidity are clear.
We work with investors who already allocate to private markets and want an additional, well-sourced line into specific situations.
Single- and multi-family offices seeking direct exposure alongside, or instead of, fund commitments — with full visibility on what they hold.
Growth, crossover and secondaries funds looking to complete or extend positions ahead of a liquidity event, without signalling to the market.
Allocators with an established private markets programme seeking selective, non-competitive access to individual situations.
Fairlead does not accept unsolicited capital and does not manage discretionary funds.
Every engagement begins with a conversation.
Most relationships begin with a reference from an existing counterparty. A direct approach is welcome when it is specific.
We agree what you are — and are not — looking for: stage, geography, structure, size. Specificity is a courtesy to both sides of the table.
When a situation matches the mandate, we make a direct introduction to a named opportunity — to the cap table itself wherever the structure allows.
Tell us briefly who you are and what you are looking to allocate to.
We respond to qualified inquiries only — and in confidence.
Fairlead works a small number of relationships at any time. If the mandate is specific — a stage, a geography, a company — say so. Specificity is how conversations here begin.