Aqua vs Confido
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Alternative investment operations platform digitizing subscription and transfer workflows for Blackstone, Apollo, and Blue Owl; $2.6M YC-backed targeting $5B in transactions for 2025.
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Aqua is a New York-based fintech platform providing operating system infrastructure for alternative investments — enabling asset managers, registered investment advisors (RIAs), broker-dealers, and financial advisors to process private equity, hedge fund, real estate, and other alternative asset subscriptions, transfers, and reporting through a unified digital workflow that replaces paper-heavy manual processes. Founded in 2021 and backed by Y Combinator with $2.6 million raised, Aqua serves major asset managers including Blackstone, Apollo Global Management, JLL, and Blue Owl Capital with 34 employees and $1.4 million in 2024 revenue.
AI CPG finance platform processing $1B+ in trade deductions for OLIPOP, Dr. Squatch, and Momofuku; $20M from Footwork and YC automating CPG cash application and trade promotion management.
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Confido is a New York-based AI-powered financial operations platform for consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands — automating the cash application, trade deductions management, trade promotion optimization, and sales forecasting workflows that consume enormous finance team bandwidth at fast-growing CPG companies. Founded in 2022 by Harvard and MIT alumni and backed by Y Combinator with $20 million across seed and Series A rounds led by Footwork, Confido has processed over $1 billion in deductions and serves hundreds of brands including OLIPOP, Dr. Squatch, and Momofuku.
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