Fundscouter enters the U.S. private markets through a significant platform growth initiative. The private markets landscape is experiencing a seismic shift as European platform Fundscouter — a comparison and research platform for private market funds — announces its ambitious expansion into the United States market. The company plans to launch its updated platform during October 2025 to enable investors to explore and compare private market investments between North America and Europe.
Fundscouter currently provides European investors with a large list of funds private equity and credit strategies through Partners Group Global Value and Eurazeo Private Value Europe 3 and Hamilton Lane Private Markets Access ELTIF since a year. Now, the platform is opening doors to American investors by incorporating 30 top-tier U.S.-based evergreen private market funds into its comparison coverage over the next 30 days.
The current expansion takes place at an ideal time. The combination of traditional institutional private markets with retail-accessible structures allows mass affluent and accredited investors to gain access to new investment possibilities. U.S. fund managers now understand global private wealth channels better so they developed new fund structures which unite private market performance with liquid investment access.
The announcement establishes Fundscouter as a worldwide platform which connects European fund analysis expertise to American private market investment opportunities. The new trend shows that investors now have access to multiple private market investment options which operate without geographical boundaries. The way funds are structured along with their availability has experienced a complete transformation. Fundscouter’s role remains independent — the platform does not distribute or offer investment products but provides transparent data and analysis for comparison purposes.
The new expansion brings a major change to Fundscouter's system for classifying and evaluating private market funds. The platform has operated mainly with EU-based investment vehicles including SICAV-RAIFs and ELTIFs like BNP Diversified Private Credit Fund and M&G Corporate Credit Opportunities ELTIF. The U.S. market entry brings a completely new set of investment structures to the platform’s comparison database.
Business Development Companies (BDCs) serve as a major enhancement to the platform structure. Middle-market lending exposure is available to investors through publicly traded vehicles which provide daily liquidity to investors who prefer traditional investment options. The new BDCs join forces with established European funds including Blackstone ECRED and Ares European Strategic Income Fund to provide investors with never-before-seen comparison options.
Interval and tender offer funds serve as a vital category in this expansion. The United States will introduce new structures which allow investors to redeem their investments at specific times during monthly or quarterly periods to access liquidity without losing the illiquidity premium of private markets. This approach differs significantly from the European evergreen model seen in funds like Ardian Clean Energy Evergreen Fund or LGT Capital Partners Semi-Liquid Private Equity Fund.
The 1940 Act registered funds together with feeder structures introduced the most substantial advancement in accessibility. The investment thresholds for these vehicles stay below European levels which makes it possible for investors who were previously excluded by institutional and ultra-high-net-worth barriers to use strategic investment approaches.
Elite Fund Managers Leading the U.S. Expansion
The Fundscouter platform attracts fund managers of high quality through its expansion process for analytical coverage and comparison purposes. Blackstone Private Equity Strategies (BXPE) functions as the top private equity organization which maintains an evergreen structure to keep capital deployment active for continuous return generation. The fund serves as an addition to Blackrock Private Investments Fund which already exists in Europe but it delivers U.S.-based investment opportunities.
The KKR Private Markets Access Fund (K-PRIME) functions as a core element of growth strategy because it lets investors participate in KKR's global private market operations through one investment product that provides market access. The fund design enables investors to spread their investments across private equity and private credit and real assets which provides a strong match for specialized European vehicles such as Partners Group Private Loans and Swiss Life Privado Infrastructure.
Pantheon Global Private Equity Fund brings a unique perspective through its focus on secondary market opportunities and fund-of-funds strategies. This approach provides valuable diversification when considered alongside direct primary strategies offered by European managers like CVC-PE Global Private Equity and Schroders Capital Semi-Liquid Global Private Equity.
The credit-focused additions of Ares Strategic Income Fund and Apollo Diversified Credit Fund and Blue Owl Credit Income Fund enable interesting evaluation of European credit strategies. The U.S. vehicles specialize in middle-market lending through sponsor partnerships while Park Square Capital Credit Partners Evergreen and Carlyle European Tactical Private Credit use different credit strategies.
Enhanced Due Diligence and Transparency Standards
Fundscouter maintains its thorough fund evaluation and comparison process throughout its U.S. market entry by using the same detailed assessment methods which European investors rely on for their research. The detailed overview and strategy breakdown section deliver to investors complete knowledge about how each fund invests money and what returns they should expect — purely for informational purposes.
Fund structure and liquidity terms analysis becomes particularly crucial given the diversity of U.S. structures. The redemption procedures of U.S. vehicles operate differently from European funds Altix Alt.1 and Moonfare Core III because BDCs offer daily liquidity but interval funds require quarterly tender offers. Fundscouter requires a detailed investment option analysis because of its complex process, yet it does not offer financial advice or facilitate investments.
The process of investment decision-making needs Manager insights and team information as its essential building blocks. The evaluation of managers Hamilton Lane and StepStone and Bow River Capital requires analysis of their historical performance and investment approach to determine their position relative to European firms such as Triodos Investment Management and Carbon Equity.
The inclusion of external links to official fund pages gives investors direct access to the most current fund documentation and regulatory filings. The existing transparency standard which applies to Moonfare Secondary Fund and Top Tier Access TTA III will continue to apply to the U.S. market while following local disclosure rules.
This expansion strengthens Fundscouter’s position as a leading global private markets comparison platform — helping investors and advisors analyze and compare private market opportunities across jurisdictions without distributing or managing any investment funds directly.