The full-service platform built for emerging managers

POD is a full-service platform for emerging managers: regulated fund structures, tokenised administration, custody, banking and capital introduction in one operating platform. POD holds the licences and runs the fund infrastructure in-house, so a trading team gets a real fund vehicle without building one from scratch or assembling a chain of service providers themselves. For investors, POD Discover is the platform's cap-intro venue, where verified professional investors source and subscribe to POD funds.

Yes, the POD group of companies includes a BVI licensed fund manager entity, a fund admin entity licensed by the Central Bank of Ireland, and licensed SPCs domiciled in BVI and Cayman. Full detail, including which entity does what, is on the Trust & Compliance page.

Small trading teams with a proven strategy and no fund vehicle yet. Typically one to ten people,running external capital through separately managed accounts or on-chain vaults, and now being asked for something more institutional. POD is particularly valuable for launches at a size where a standalone fund does not stack up economically. Managers already running a small fund that costs too much to operate are also a fit.

No. POD provides fund infrastructure and an information surface. Nothing on this site or on POD Discover is an offer to sell, a solicitation of an offer to buy, or a recommendation to invest in any fund. Investors make their own decisions based on the offering documents and their own due diligence. Investment involves risk, including the possible loss of capital, and past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results.

Far less time than a standalone fund, because the master structure, the licences and the service-provider relationships already exist. Launching under POD means onboarding into an operating platform rather than building one. Assuming documents are in order, the typical timeframe from signed term sheet to first subscriptions and trades is up to three weeks for a Startup Manager launching as a sub-fund in a POD SPC, and up to four weeks for an Emerging Manager launching with their own SPC.

A standalone launch typically runs to six figures in setup fees before a single dollar is managed, plus annual minimums from the administrator and custodian that apply regardless of size. POD works differently: a legal pass-through cost at setup (US$5,000 for a Startup Manager sub-fund, US$25,000 for an Emerging Manager SPC), then fees that are variable and scale with the fund. Vendor costs such as the annual audit are passed through at cost. There are no monthly or annual minimums, which is what makes a sub-scale launch viable at all. Exact fee levels depend on structure and are covered on a call.