Hamilton Lane, a leading global private markets investment firm, announced a strategic investment in Republic, a leading on-chain global investment platform, reinforcing the firms’ shared commitment to expanding retail investor access to institutional-quality private market funds.
The investment builds on the existing partnership between Hamilton Lane and Republic, and underscores Hamilton Lane’s long-term strategy to modernize and expand access to private markets. Together, the firms are enabling broader participation in the private markets asset class, which has historically been limited to institutions and high-net-worth investors.
Hamilton Lane’s investment will allow Republic to broaden its efforts in leveraging tokenization and on-chain infrastructure to further expand and modernize access, enhance efficiency and transparency and foster long-term retail investor engagement across its platform. The strategic investment will also support continued innovation around product design, distribution, tokenization and investor education.
“We believe that private markets are evolving toward a more inclusive and expansive investor base,” said Juan Delgado, Co-CEO at Hamilton Lane. “Republic has built a platform that aligns with our approach to thoughtful innovation and meeting investors where they are. This investment is another step towards making broader participation in private markets both practical and sustainable.”
As public markets remain volatile and traditional portfolio diversification becomes more challenging, investor demand for private market exposure continues to accelerate. Retail investors are increasingly seeking access to alternative strategies as part of a more resilient, diversified portfolio, making scalable and compliant points of access more important than ever.
“At Republic, our mission has always been to unlock private markets for everyone, not just the few,” said Kendrick Nguyen, Co-founder and Co-CEO of Republic. “Hamilton Lane’s continued commitment validates both the importance and the durability of this approach. Together, we’re setting a new standard for how retail investors participate in private markets.”
As previously announced, Hamilton Lane and Republic first partnered to expand retail access to Hamilton Lane’s Private Infrastructure Fund (HLPIF) via Republic (republic.com/hlpif), offering individual investors exposure to a diversified, institutional-quality portfolio. Hamilton Lane’s Evergreen Platform serves thousands of advisors, offers 11 evergreen funds and manages $16 billion in AUM*.
*AUM is calculated as the net asset value (NAV) as of December 31, 2025, plus net subscriptions received for the January 2, 2026 dealing date