Alphastream Raises Seed Round To Drive Private Credit Market Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry • May 15, 2024

Alphastream, a pioneer in private credit analysis, revealed a seed round from Motive Ventures. The company also expanded its leadership team. This advancement marks a major step in Alphastream’s goal to reshape the private credit market landscape.

Since its founding in 2019, Alphastream has been applying AI to enhance the understanding and efficiency of credit market transactions. Its technology transforms complex financial documents into actionable and precise information in under five minutes, providing an accuracy rate exceeding 95%.

With the capability to identify 800+ deal terms from over 3,000 distinct data points, Alphastream’s platform is fast and efficient. And with new funding and an enhanced leadership team, Alphastream is prepared to deepen its impact on the market, offering clients tools that streamline analysis and empower analysts with instant access to critical data and trends. The company’s current client base is a top 5 alternative asset manager and 2 of the top 10 credit rating providers.

Chis Ucko was named as Alphastream’s new CRO. Ucko played various roles at CreditSights (part of Fitch Group), including President, Chief Operating Officer and Global Head of Research. His extensive experience and leadership in the Credit Markets make him a perfect match for making the Alphastream vision a reality.

Bala Subramanian was named as the company’s COO. Before joining Alphastream, Subramanian was Chief Product and Technology Officer at CreditSights and a member of their Executive Committee. Subramanian was at S&P Global for over a decade, where he held several leadership roles, including Head of Technology for M&A and Partnerships, Chief Development Officer of S&P Capital IQ, CTO of S&P Dow Jones Indices, and a member of S&P Global’s Venture Investment Committee.

KEY QUOTES:

“We are excited to announce a strategic investment from Motive Ventures. As a leading financial services investor, with significant capital, extensive industry expertise, value-added capabilities, and deep industry relationships, we believe Motive Ventures is the ideal partner to support Alphastream in its goal to create long-term value.”

  • Vijay Gudipalli, CEO at Alphastream

“We are thrilled to support Alphastream in transforming the private credit markets. The company and its management team have created a differentiated approach to serving private credit analysis leveraging the power of AI. Alphastream unlocks the insights hidden in the growing mountain of unstructured data, driving value for asset managers and other credit decision makers.”

  • Charles Teschner, Industry Partner at Motive Partners