Platforms have upended entire industries, birthed new business models and now, are poised to streamline the fundraising process. Are these new channels all that they promise to be and how can fund managers connect with the right investors?

Last time on DiffuseTap, we asked Michael Cavanaugh, Managing Partner at broker dealer Regiment Alpha, and Nelson Chu, Founder of fundraising platform Percent, about the pros, cons, and misconceptions of raising capital via a platform, how to leverage a platform’s data to match investors and allocators, and why even the best investor match requires manual legwork to turn a lead into a signed check.

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A weekly virtual events series for GPs and LPs in alternative assets from across the globe where networking (you’ll bump into at least a dozen high-caliber fund managers) meets insights (you’ll DiffuseTap into brand-new investment ideas).

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