AQUATY Partners with Cash & Carry to Back the Next Generation of Consumer Brands
AQUATY Partners with Cash & Carry to Back the Next Generation of Consumer Brands
AQUATY has partnered with Cash & Carry to simplify investments in startups focusing on consumer brands and technology. Cash & Carry, founded in Berlin in 2024, is a 70-member pan-European syndicate supporting ambitious founders shaping the future of consumer brands. This collaboration aims to make it easier for investors to support startups by reducing legal and regulatory hurdles.
Using blockchain technology, AQUATY’s platform fully digitizes the investment process. Its Multi-SPV (Special Purpose Vehicle) framework allows Cash & Carry to manage multiple investments under a single SPV. This eliminates the need to set up separate entities for each investment, saving time, cutting costs, and reducing administrative burdens.
It also enables investments to be divided into individual securities, which remain tradable. By lowering financial barriers to entry, this approach helps investors diversify their portfolios and spread risk through smaller investment sizes.
Cash & Carry previously worked with another provider but decided to switch to AQUATY for its competitive pricing and better oversight. Unlike other platforms, AQUATY’s Multi-SPV structure allows Cash & Carry to manage specific assets separately and safeguard the parent company from financial risks. The platform streamlines the entire investment process, from evaluating opportunities to settling transactions, while also helping syndicates and angel investors manage deal flow, track investments, and share updates effortlessly.
Jakob Fricke, Founder and Managing Director of Cash & Carry, said: “By handling all necessary paperwork and compliance requirements digitally, AQUATY allows us to focus on what we do best: identifying and supporting innovative startups while connecting them with investors. Their platform ensures secure co-investments for our investors while giving visionary startups the resources they need to thrive. We are very happy to have made the switch.”
AQUATY aims to create a "NASDAQ Moment" for private markets by making investments more accessible and efficient. Alexander Grimm, Managing Director of AQUATY, explained: “We see a future where every asset is digital. Where every asset manager will be able to transform investment ideas into tradable securities, empowering anyone, anywhere, to invest and grow. Our platform makes private market investments bankable – whether it’s private equity, venture capital, real estate, or art.”
About AQUATY
AQUATY is a digital platform that makes private market investments bankable. It offers a “Securitization as a Service” ecosystem that helps users to easily create, distribute, and offer securities to investors. The platform supports all private market asset classes such as venture capital, private equity, real estate, and debt. AQUATY's end-to-end solutions and services support a diverse set of investment structures like direct investments, funds or derivatives and ensure that transactions are compliant and secure. The company is based in Münster, Germany, and backed by investors like Berthold von Freyberg and Mirko Novakovic.
About Cash & Carry
Based in Berlin, Cash & Carry is a 70-member pan-European syndicate dedicated to supporting ambitious founders shaping the future of consumer brands. By combining capital and expertise, Cash & Carry identifies promising startups and researches trends driving innovation in the consumer space.
