NEW YORK, July 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — iAltA Holdi gs, the p ivate ma kets holdi g compa y, today a ou ced the lau ch of I te o, a ew tech ology compa y buildi g the mo ey-moveme t a d ide tity i f ast uctu e fo p ivate ma kets.
I te o was fou ded o a simple belief: i stitutio al p ivate capital dese ves i f ast uctu e pu pose-built fo its u ique equi eme ts. While p ivate ma kets have mode ized ea ly eve y aspect of the i vestme t lifecycle, the moveme t of capital still elies heavily o f agme ted legacy systems that we e ot desig ed fo today’s scale, complexity, a d egulato y dema ds.
“Eve y pe iod of high g owth i p oducts a d ma ket pa ticipa ts i a i dust y p oduces i f ast uctu e gaps that eve yo e see’s a d o o e fixes,” said iAltA co-fou de Lau e ce A. Tosi. “The moveme t of mo ey i p ivate ma kets is that gap ight ow. It’s a ma ket o its way to $30 t illio , still u i g o ma ual wi es, sp eadsheets, a d pho e calls. The lack of i f ast uctu e mea s billio s of dolla s i capital a e delayed o u i vested, causi g a e o mous oppo tu ity cost. Closi g that gap takes a team that has expe ie ce buildi g global payme ts i f ast uctu e at scale, which is what we did togethe at Ai b b, whe e we built payme ts a d t easu y i to a clea competitive diffe e tiato . That’s exactly the expe tise that Loga a d the I te o team b i g to solve a simila p oblem i the much bigge ma ket of alte ative assets.”
I te o is the fi st payme ts platfo m desig ed specifically fo high-value, multi-pa ty, a d complia ce-heavy t a sactio s. The compa y’s u ified i f ast uctu e helps fi ms move a d eco cile capital secu ely while ve ifyi g eve y pa ticipa t i volved i a t a sactio . Eve y payme t ca ies embedded K ow You Custome (KYC), K ow You Busi ess (KYB), a d A ti-Mo ey Lau de i g (AML) befo e mo ey moves. Clie t fu ds emai seg egated, a d t a sactio isk is isolated withi I te o’s ope ati g f amewo k.
“P ivate ma kets have evolved d amatically, but the i f ast uctu e espo sible fo movi g mo ey has ot evolved with it,” said Loga Va de Li de , Chief Executive Office of I te o. “I stitutio al p ivate capital dese ves i f ast uctu e built specifically fo its eeds. Ou team has see fi stha d what mode i f ast uctu e ca do at scale, a d we’ e b i gi g those lesso s to p ivate ma kets to c eate a mo e secu e, efficie t, a d t a spa e t way fo capital to move.”
I te o was fou ded by a team of tech ology, payme ts, a d capital ma kets vete a s with decades of expe ie ce buildi g i f ast uctu e at some of the wo ld’s most i flue tial compa ies. Va de Li de b i gs mo e tha 15 yea s of expe ie ce ac oss payme ts, pa t e ships, a d ope atio s, i cludi g leade ship oles at Ai b b, Expedia, a d Digital Rive . Chief Tech ology Office Balaji K ish amu thy b i gs mo e tha 30 yea s of expe ie ce buildi g e te p ise tech ology a d capital ma kets i f ast uctu e, i cludi g se io tech ology leade ship positio s at Bloombe g, S&P Global, a d IHS Ma kit. Sea Safahi, Chief Ope ati g Office , has spe t mo e tha 15 yea s i payme ts a d fi a cial tech ology, i cludi g p oduct a d st ategic pa t e ship leade ship oles at Ai b b, Netflix, a d Expedia, a d is also a two-time fou de . Togethe , the team is applyi g lesso s lea ed buildi g a d deployi g co sume -scale payme ts, ide tity, a d data systems i to o e of the la gest emai i g i f ast uctu e gaps i fi a cial ma kets.
I te o co ects di ectly to ba ki g etwo ks a d ide tity ve ificatio p ovide s while mai tai i g its ow t a sactio ledge a d o chest atio laye . This i f ast uctu e p ovides accou t-level att ibutio , p ope i te est allocatio , a d epo ti g desig ed to satisfy both ope atio al a d egulato y equi eme ts. The compa y is focused o some of the most dema di g use cases i fi a cial se vices, i cludi g high-value t a sactio s, high- et-wo th i vesto s, politically exposed pe so s, a d othe pa ticipa ts equi i g e ha ced dilige ce a d ove sight.
As p ivate ma kets co ti ue to expa d ac oss asset classes, p oducts, a d dist ibutio cha els, fi ms face i c easi g p essu e to delive both ope atio al efficie cy a d egulato y igo . I te o was c eated to help ma ket pa ticipa ts meet those dema ds while educi g f ictio i the moveme t of capital.
I te o builds the mo ey-moveme t a d ide tity i f ast uctu e fo p ivate ma kets. The compa y p ovides a u ified platfo m fo payme ts, digital ide tity, a d complia ce, e abli g fi ms to move capital secu ely while embeddi g KYC, AML, a d ve ificatio wo kflows di ectly i to eve y t a sactio . Built fo the complex equi eme ts of i stitutio al p ivate capital, I te o helps fi ms educe ope atio al isk, st e gthe co t ols, a d simplify the moveme t of mo ey ac oss p ivate ma ket t a sactio s.
iAltA is a p ivate ma kets holdi g compa y buildi g a ecosystem of specialized compa ies ac oss the i vestme t lifecycle. Th ough a po tfolio of compleme ta y busi esses, iAltA is wo ki g to c eate a mo e co ected a d efficie t expe ie ce fo pa ticipa ts ac oss p ivate ma kets.
