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Collective Liquidity

Can a tax-deferred exchange fund give unicorn employees and founders the diversification and liquidity tools previously available only to public-company executives?

Founded2020
HQSan Luis Obispo, CA (also listed as New York, NY on LinkedIn)
Total raised$12.0M
Latest roundSeries A2
IndustryFintech / Investment
The story

Founded in 2020 as SP Holdings Group, the company rebranded as Collective Liquidity to focus on providing pre-IPO shareholders — unicorn employees, founders, and executives — with tax-deferred equity diversification via an exchange fund structure. Rather than a direct secondary sale, investors contribute private company shares into a pooled fund backed by noted VCs, retaining upside while gaining diversification and liquidity options. Embedded finance manifests primarily through partnering banks that lend against fund interests, enabling near-term cash liquidity without triggering a taxable event. WebBank is publicly listed as a lending partner.

Last 12 months
2024-10
Product timeline
2020
Founded as SP Holdings Group (later renamed Collective Liquidity, Inc.), a Delaware corporation targeting pre-IPO shareholders seeking portfolio diversification.· pivot
2022
Launched the Collective Exchange Fund, allowing founders, executives, and employees to exchange private company shares tax-deferred into a diversified portfolio of late-stage private growth companies.· banking
2024
Introduced multiple liquidity mechanisms including cash withdrawals, bank loans (using fund interests as collateral via partnering banks), and LP buybacks.· lending
The stack
3 layers disclosed in Collective Liquidity’s embedded-finance stack
Banking / BaaS
WebBank
Lending
in the full report
Sponsor bank
in the full report
Accounting gap: none
4 more providers across 2 layers, with confidence-scored evidence and source URLs, are in the Embedded Finance Index report.