Gridline is a technology company.
Gridline has raised $9.0M across 1 funding round.
Gridline has raised $9.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Gridline has raised $9.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Gridline's investors include Base10 (Base10 Partners), Craft Ventures, Fika Ventures, Fuel Capital, High Alpha, Hyde Park Venture Partners, Mosley Ventures, Signal Peak Ventures, Social Starts, Susa Ventures, Two Sigma Ventures, Aaron Stone.
Gridline is an alternative investment platform operating in the financial services sector, providing technology-driven access to private market assets like venture capital, private equity, private credit, and real assets for advisors, home offices, and fund managers.[2][5] It enables users to launch custom funds, manage portfolios, and streamline operations with features like automated reporting, compliance, and AI-driven insights, serving institutional investors and wealth managers while positioning itself as a "turnkey alternatives management platform" with public-market standards for private markets.[2][5] This differentiates it from telematics-focused entities sharing the name, focusing instead on democratizing high-quality alternative investments previously limited to institutions.[2][4][5]
Gridline, the alternative investment platform, was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with Logan Henderson as founder and CEO.[2][4] It launched amid a push to revolutionize private market access for non-institutional investors, akin to Vanguard's index investing innovation, starting with venture capital, private equity, and private credit before expanding into real assets like farmland and timberland.[2][4][5] A pivotal moment was its official launch announced via Business Wire, emphasizing an "alternative asset marketplace" for individual investors and wealth managers, which quickly grew to support $4B AUM RIAs and firms like Avidian Wealth Solutions.[4][5]
(Note: Separate from this is Gridline, Inc., a telematics and fleet management adviser founded in 2012 by Justin Moyer and Scott Tenney, focused on Geotab integration for transportation analytics.[1][3][6])
Gridline rides the democratization of alternative investments trend, where technology platforms lower barriers to private assets amid rising demand from wealth managers and non-institutional investors seeking yields beyond public markets.[2][4][5] Timing aligns with economic uncertainty favoring real assets like farmland and timberland for returns and cash flow, positioning Gridline as a one-stop private market solution.[2] It influences the ecosystem by enabling faster fund launches and branded experiences, helping advisors differentiate, recruit, and deepen client ties in a fragmented $10T+ alternatives space.[5]
Gridline is poised to expand its real assets vertical and AI automation, potentially capturing more RIA and home office market share as private markets grow to challenge public equivalents.[2][5] Trends like regulatory easing for alts access and AI-driven portfolio tools will accelerate its scale, evolving it from marketplace to indispensable infrastructure for visionary firms. This builds on its launch promise, transforming elite private investing into an efficient, accessible standard.
Gridline has raised $9.0M across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $9.0M Venture Round in March 2022.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 2022 | $9.0M Venture Round | Base10 (Base10 Partners), Craft Ventures, Fika Ventures, Fuel Capital, High Alpha, Hyde Park Venture Partners, Mosley Ventures, Signal Peak Ventures, Social Starts, Susa Ventures, Two Sigma Ventures, Aaron Stone, Ade Olonoh, Allen Gannett, Arteen Arabshahi, Dan Wright, Jamie Sutton, Jeremy Cai, Jon Hallett, Jon Runyan, Kyle Porter, Leah Busque, Peter Kazanjy, Ryan Carlson, Sacha Labourey, Tom Monahan |