Private markets are becoming a battleground for geopolitics, as governments and investors shift focus to assets that promise independence, security, and technological leadership. That’s a key message of this engaging DLD Future Hub conversation between Daniel Schmidt (CEPRES) and financial expert Jan Kupfer.
CEPRES has created the world’s largest private markets data network, now tracking 180,000 deals globally, Schmidt explains. “If you’re looking to the world of assets available”, he says, “there is just a small portion really traded on exchanges, publicly traded. We have about 200 million companies which are not traded and 60,000 which are traded on the exchanges.”
Many investors and governments are now looking to globalization and deeply connected supply chains as a weakness, Schmidt says. “What they all think about is to reduce that dependency on others and get more independent.” This leads to a notable increase in assets that are not publicly traded. “The geopolitical tension forces nations, sovereigns, governments to invest into private markets”, Schmidt says.
“I think what you possess is super precious data”, Kupfer notes. “As a banker, I could only dream of this.”
Watch the video to find out more about this transformation of the investment landscape and how CEPRES’ AI capabilities change the way sovereign wealth funds and governments identify strategic investments.
