Monark Markets secures $8.1M as F-Prime backs API push

What to Know:

• Monark Markets raised $8.1M in a strategic round led by F-Prime Capital.
• B2B platform standardizes connectivity linking brokerages and wealth platforms to private markets.

Monark Markets raised $8.1 million in a strategic round led by F-Prime Capital to accelerate its API-first infrastructure connecting brokerage firms and wealth platforms to private markets, as reported by Finsmes. The report places the raise at $8.1 million and notes the firm’s role linking intermediaries to alternative investments.

A review of available coverage indicates the company positions itself as core infrastructure for retail access to private-market products via a business-to-business model. Framed this way, the raise aligns with scaling standardized connectivity rather than a direct-to-consumer strategy.

What Monark’s API-first private-markets infrastructure does for brokerages

Monark’s API-first model lets brokerages embed alternative assets inside existing accounts through a single integration that handles compliance and documentation, and partners can go live in about three weeks, according to Upstarts. The same coverage highlights a combined customer reach exceeding 50 million retail investors, underscoring distribution through incumbent platforms rather than standalone apps.

Investors in the round characterize the platform as digital rails that can help asset managers reach new retail channels while advisors adapt to evolving regulations. “Asset managers are seeking new retail investors to grow AUM, and financial advisors and a changing regulatory environment are guiding to higher allocations to alternatives. Ben, Paul, and the team at Monark are building the digital rails that will make this expansion possible at scale,” said David Jegen, Managing Partner of F-Prime’s Technology Fund.

How this funding could expand retail access to private markets

If deployed through brokerage integrations, the funding could reduce operational frictions, such as fragmented subscriptions and manual documentation, by centralizing workflows inside investor accounts. This approach may help align distribution, compliance, and servicing for alternatives within familiar brokerage experiences.

Company leadership has argued that retail portfolio allocations to private markets could trend toward 15%–20% over the next decade, according to PR Newswire. That view suggests infrastructure investments today may support broader advisor-led exposure as products, suitability processes, and disclosures mature.

Actual outcomes will depend on intermediary adoption, product readiness across asset types, and supervisory controls. Results are likely to vary by platform, investor eligibility, and the pace of regulatory and operational standardization.