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Prediction markets are having their moment right now. It's about time someone broke down what's actually happening. Tomorrow (Nov 18 at 11 AM ET), Slava Rubin from Vincent Alternative Investments and Jan-Erik Asplund from Sacra are talking prediction markets and how Kalshi and Polymarket became unicorns and what that means for everyone else. We're covering: - How these platforms actually make money - Why prediction markets are suddenly everywhere - What comes next now that they've proven the model works It's virtual and brought to you by Augment. Ready to learn something you can actually use, not just "isn't this interesting?" fluff. Link to register: https://lnkd.in/gpAuAUsb

We’re thrilled to announce that Augment has raised a $12M Series A led by Builders VC with participation from Neo, Golden Section, E1 Ventures, Corp Capital, and OPCO Ventures. In tandem, we’ve unveiled a new look. As our team grew from <10 to 35 in the past year, a distinct culture and identity has emerged. Now that is reflected in our brand. But this round isn’t just about a pretty new logo. It’s about: 🟢 Liquidity. We’re in a new era where $500B private companies no longer need or want to go public. 4x of the public market cap trades every year but private markets only trade ~3%. Over long time horizons, we believe illiquidity is a bug, not a feature. 🟢 Accessibility. Most value creation in tech happens before IPO. Some institutions have caught on, others are catching up. We believe everyone should be able to own the future of innovation. 🟢 Transparency. Opaque pricing and multi-layer SPVs with stacked fees make private investing harder than it should be. We believe data should be democratized. In 18 months since launch, Augment has surpassed $400M in AUM. With fresh capital, we’re accelerating our roadmap to solve these difficult challenges. Our next chapter is dedicated to delighting our customers and making private markets liquid. Thank you to our customers, partners, investors, and team for making this possible.

We just released the Augment Power 20 report for Q3. These are the most active names in the private markets. The pre-IPO market hit $2.22T in aggregate value, doubling in just one year. Key findings: → AI companies now represent 10 of the top 20 names → Average share price growth: 39.9% in Q3 → OpenAI became the most valuable private company at $515B → Anthropic's share price surged 145.7% in one quarter The AI supercycle is accelerating. Full report available in the comments. 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘳: 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘶𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 20 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦. 𝘐𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬𝘴, 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘥-𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘥𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺.

The Q3'26 Power 20 is out. Four companies entered the rankings this quarter, all of them AI: Fireworks AI , Etched , Baseten and Higgsfield AI. Canva , Polymarket , Rippling and Perplexity dropped out. AI companies now hold 11 of the 20 places, up from eight in Q2. Anthropic kept the top spot. OpenAI moved ahead of Anduril Industries into second. Cognition climbed ten places to #10, the largest move among returning companies, and Etched entered at #18 with the list's largest estimated price gain, +152%. Rankings as of September 30, 2026. Twenty profiles, eight honorable mentions and the full methodology: https://lnkd.in/evr9543a

Wednesday October 14th join us at TechCrunch Disrupt for an exclusive event hosted by Augment & Mintz. We’re bringing people together over drinks to trade notes on what’s getting built, trends in the private securities market, and the things that don’t make it onto the conference agenda. There’ll be cocktails, light bites, and time for a proper conversation. Registration required. Space is limited. Register here: https://luma.com/ib9vefhm This event is 21+. Please bring a government-issued ID. Come as you are from the conference floor. See you there.

Shouldn’t private markets work more like… markets? Augment is introducing the Private Liquidity Network, a standing self-serve trading venue for units of pre-IPO SPVs. The PLN is our biggest step yet toward our mission of making private markets liquid, accessible, and transparent. We’ve built liquidity into the network through our standardized execution rails, documents, and inventory. We’re working to make our web and mobile apps not only beautiful, but closer each day to parity with public markets interfaces. To that end, two key new features are now live: • Lightning Close: Now investing in many of our SPVs is faster than ever before, closing as soon as funds are received. We hold shares in inventory to reduce execution risk to our clients. • Sell Limit Orders (the “sell” button): Sell units of our pre-IPO Collective SPVs without picking up the phone. Users can now post orders to sell their eligible holdings directly from the web and mobile app. When another user buys the position, it also closes quickly because we own the entire stack (ledger, execution, settlement). The network is durable and multi-modal: Eligible individuals, institutions, and brokerage and wealth partners can join to buy and sell on the same rails, and the more that join the more liquid it becomes. This is just the beginning.