Balentic

Private markets fundraising has long relied on personal networks, email threads, and unstructured data in spreadsheets. Balentic, a Copenhagen-based fintech founded by private markets professionals, built Orca to address that friction directly. The platform connects General Partners, Limited Partners, and Placement Agents in a structured digital environment where GP fund data is uploaded in a uniform format, verified LPs discover and evaluate strategies, and both sides manage their workflows without reverting to legacy tools.

For a family office acting as an LP, Orca is free to use. The platform offers natural language search across 475-plus GP profiles, thematic filters aligned to structural trends such as energy transition and artificial intelligence, and a dynamic investment pipeline to track and manage fund opportunities. A co-investment module lets LPs receive notifications and connect directly with GPs on co-invest deals. For GPs, the Swordfish pipeline management tool provides drag-and-drop deal tracking and LP engagement analytics, positioning itself as an alternative to spreadsheets without the overhead of a traditional CRM.

Key capabilities available on the platform include:

• Natural language and thematic search across GP strategies
• LP engagement tracking and outreach prioritisation for GPs
• Co-investment opportunity sharing and screening
• Swordfish drag-and-drop fundraising pipeline for GPs
• News aggregation through News.Balentic.com

The platform has drawn users including Nordea, ATP, and at least one multi-family office that cited it as filling a gap no existing tool addressed. Pricing is not publicly disclosed for GP and Placement Agent access, which limits direct cost comparison. The platform is described as still under active development, and some features may not yet be fully available to all users. Buyers seeking a mature, feature-complete product should factor that into their evaluation timeline.