Aqua

Alternative investment platform for wealth advisors

Aqua builds software that lets the wealth management channel invest in alternative assets. Its platform serves independent broker-dealers and registered investment advisors, giving them one system for finding and transacting in alternative investments. Aqua expected to process around $5 billion in new transactions in 2025. Its customers include some of the largest advisory firms and broker-dealers in the U.S., and it works with asset managers including Blackstone, Apollo, JLL and Blue Owl.