Waterfall as a Service (WaaS)
WaaS & Investor Calculation Certification
Customized to asset owners’ needs, Inveniam.io delivers complete transparency around investor calculations. Inveniam’s automated workflow engine uploads, extracts, calculates reports (and statements) and then links them back to the source documents.
Throughout the process, Inveniam.io credentials and verifies all data waterfall calculations to create completely transparent and more efficient workflows.
Waterfall Transparency
Upload LPAs through automated workflow engine
Data linked to original source document location
Data inputted into calculation engine
Waterfall-as-a-Service (WaaS): A Proof of Process
Credential governing documents
– Offering memorandum
– Partnership agreement
– Amendments
– Side letters
– Service agreements
– Regulatory, taxes and other fees
Create Fund Workflows
Detail and automate fund operations actions
Develop cash flow model
Calculate management and incentive fees, and expense allocations
Process capital events and notices
Collect capital contributions
Calculate and pay:
– Pay management fees
– Pay incentive fees
– Expense disbursements
– Capital distributions
Provide clarity and transparency around fund operations
Quickly confirm data elements extracted from capital notices and other documents are accurateComplete flow of funds’ audit trail to managers and investors
Provide a basis for reconciling fund performance
Substantiate performance results
Case Study
Large General Partner with billion dollar investment portfolio onboards Waterfall as a Service
Client Challenges
Difficult to track capital calls, distributions, and cap tables of portfolio investmentsDifficult to trace distributions to transactionsHuman errors in fund administration process easy to reconcile
Improves fund administration process for Administrators, GPs, and LPs by using smart contracts via blockchain to reduce time spent processing and lower costs.
Improvements
GPs and LPs receive a report of transactions showing compliance with fund structure documents like LPAs
Detailed audit trail from distributions to LPAs, to calculation formulas abstract into calculation enginesInvestor notices tied to LPAs subscription agreements, and side letters
Results
Automation lowers costs by reducing hours spent processing documents by 60%
Greater transparency for GPs, LPs, and auditors
Reduction in risk with fewer errors and audit trail