🚧 InvestoEdge’s Upcoming Unlisted Shares & LAS Tools: Work-In-Progress Preview

Summary: We’re excited to share an exclusive preview of InvestoEdge’s next-generation Unlisted Shares marketplace and Loan-Against-Securities (LAS) financing tools—currently under active development. This post outlines our planned key features, development roadmap, and how we’re leveraging agile practices to build robust, secure, and user-friendly tools tailored to the needs of private-equity and SME investors.

Why We’re Building These Tools

India’s unlisted-share market has grown over 12% year-on-year, but investors still face opacity and manual processes ¹. Our mission is to deliver a digital marketplace that streamlines deal discovery, AI-powered valuation, and secure LAS financing to bridge this gap ².

By integrating the tools in one platform—rather than piecing together multiple vendors—we aim to reduce average time-to-trade by 60% and lower operational costs by 30% for our users ³.

Key Features in Development

1. Curated Deal Discovery

– **Smart Filters:** Sector, stage, ticket size, lock-in period. ⁴
– **AI Recommendations:** Personalized suggestions based on your portfolio and risk profile. ⁵

2. Dynamic AI-Fair-Value Engine

– Real-time peer-multiple and DCF analytics. ⁶
– Custom illiquidity discount learning from grey-market trades. ⁷

3. Integrated LAS Financing Module

– **Instant Quotes:** LTV and rate calculations in under 2 minutes. ⁸
– **Automated Collateral Pledge:** Digital lien marking in your demat. ⁹

4. Secure Escrow & Settlement Workflow

– **Escrow Integration:** Funds held until share transfer confirmation. ¹⁰
– **API-First Architecture:** Enables future integrations with custodian banks and brokerages. ¹¹

Our Agile Roadmap

We’re following a four-phase agile process to deliver an MVP by Q4 2025, then iterate based on user feedback and market changes ¹²:

1. Discovery & Design (Q2 2025): User research, UX/UI prototypes, technical architecture. ¹³
2. MVP Development (Q3 2025): Core marketplace, AI valuation engine, basic LAS quotes. ¹⁴
3. Beta Testing (Q4 2025): Invite-only release, feedback loops, bug fixes. ¹⁵
4. Public Launch (Q1 2026): Full feature set, marketing rollout, enterprise integrations.

How You Can Help

We welcome early adopters to join our beta program—your feedback will directly shape features and prioritization. Sign up at investoedge.com/contact.

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References

1. EY – Private Equity & VC Trendbook 2025
2. PwC – Next-Gen Investing Trends
3. McKinsey – Digital Investing The Next Frontier
4. HBR – How to Build Thematic Investing Strategies
5. Deloitte – Machine Learning for Valuations
6. CFI – Comparable Company Analysis
7. HBR – How to Value Illiquid Assets
8. TaxGuru – LAS Interest Deductibility
9. Bajaj Finserv – Loan Against Securities Overview
10. ET Wealth – LAS Disbursal Timelines
11. Fowler – Microservices & API-First Architecture
12. Scrum.org – What is Scrum?
13. Nielsen Norman Group – User Research Methods
14. Atlassian – Agile Software Development
15. Usability.gov – User Testing