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Platforms

Two-sided marketplaces and network-effect businesses with scalable moats.

Platform businesses on OBC are marketplaces and network-effect models with proven liquidity, healthy take rates, and expanding cohorts.

Every deal is adjustable

Ticket size, term, exit mechanics and reporting are all shaped in the specialist conversation we have with you. What you see here is our default posture per sector — the final terms are tailored to your strategy call and the deal-qualification call before you commit.

What we focus on

  • B2B and B2C marketplaces
  • Payments and fintech platforms
  • Vertical software with embedded transactions
  • Network businesses with clear moats

How deals are structured

  • Priced equity round via SPV
  • Preferred shares with information rights
  • Alignment with a lead institutional investor
  • Escrow-protected settlement

The process, step by step

The same 4 stages apply to every platforms deal — with escrow release only after shares are transferred to investors.

Step 1
Sourcing

Founders introduced by our extended network.

Step 2
Diligence

Cohort, take-rate and unit economics review.

Step 3
Structuring

Round documented under standard investor protections.

Step 4
Deployment

Escrow release on share issuance.

Key risks to consider

No investment is risk-free. These are the primary risk categories we assess for platforms deals.

  • Liquidity and cohort risk
  • Regulatory (payments, marketplaces)
  • Competitive intensity