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About daappa

Built by people who understand
private markets operations.

daappa is a private markets technology company. We build the accounting, data, and operations platforms that fund administrators, asset managers, and development finance institutions run their businesses on. We have been doing this for over 20 years.

20+ yrs
Building private markets technology since before AI was a marketing term.
Global
A team across the UK, Luxembourg, and India with deep domain expertise.
Multi-cloud
Our cloud, your cloud, or on your own infrastructure. Clients across the UK, Europe, the Middle East and Canada.
Our story

Built from the ground up for private markets

Early 2000s
daappa Core foundation
daappa begins as a fund accounting and administration platform for private equity and private debt. Early clients include fund administrators and development finance institutions across the UK and Europe.
2010s
Luxembourg and Channel Islands expansion
daappa establishes a local team in Luxembourg and grows its client base across the Channel Islands, building deep expertise in the specific structures and regulatory standards of each jurisdiction.
2020–2023
Studio+ and AI development
daappa develops Studio+, the web-based data and intelligence platform above Core. Extractor AI is built to solve the document processing problem that every private markets firm faces quarterly. DataHub, Analytics, and Portal follow.
2024–2025
NAV Oversight and new products
NAV Oversight launches as a standalone SaaS product targeting the micro-manager segment underserved by enterprise platforms. BRD Group partnership strengthens the daappa platform further.

daappa started with a simple observation: private markets fund accounting is genuinely complex, and the firms that do it -- fund administrators, in-house operations teams, development banks -- deserved software built specifically for that complexity rather than adapted from generic accounting or enterprise tools.

That is still what we do. daappa Core is the fund accounting engine. It handles the things that matter in private markets: partnership accounting, LP servicing, complex valuations, multi-jurisdictional regulatory reporting, and the full deal-to-distribution lifecycle. Over 20 years of development has gone into getting the details right.

Studio+ is the newer product -- the data and intelligence layer above Core. It reflects a second observation: having the fund accounting right is necessary but no longer sufficient. The intelligence layer above it -- document processing, portfolio analytics, investor oversight, and client reporting -- is where the operational burden now sits, and where the competitive differentiation is won.

Our clients are not buying software. They are buying the outcome of better-run operations, more transparent client relationships, and a stronger regulatory posture. We try to build our products with that in mind.

Part of BRD Group
daappa is part of BRD Group, which strengthens the commercial, technical, and development capacity of the daappa platform.
How we work

What we believe about building software for private markets

Three principles that guide everything from product design to how we implement and support clients.

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Domain depth before feature breadth
Private markets is not a generic use case. The complexity of partnership accounting, the specificity of Luxembourg regulatory requirements, the nuances of ESG data collection -- these require genuine domain expertise, not a configurable generic platform. We go deep on the asset class rather than broad across multiple industries.
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Control and auditability are not optional
Our clients operate under regulatory oversight. Their data is reviewed by auditors. Their reporting goes to institutional investors. The platform must be auditable by design -- full data lineage, maker-checker workflows, complete audit trails. We don't treat these as features. They are the foundation.
03
Implementation is the start, not the end
A fund accounting or data platform that doesn't get used properly is worse than no platform at all. We scope implementations carefully, run parallel periods, and support clients with the same team that built their configuration. The relationship starts at implementation, not ends there.
Where we operate

Local presence in the markets we serve

daappa operates across three locations, with client-facing teams in the jurisdictions where our clients are domiciled.

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United Kingdom
Headquarters and primary development
daappa's headquarters and primary development team are based in the UK. Most of the senior leadership, product, and client management functions operate from here. UK clients include fund administrators in the Channel Islands and UK-authorised managers.
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Luxembourg
Local client-facing team
daappa has a French-speaking team based in Luxembourg supporting local fund administrator clients. Luxembourg is one of daappa's core growth markets. The local team provides implementation support, client management, and regulatory guidance for CSSF-regulated structures.
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India
Technology and development
A significant portion of daappa's technology development team is based in India. The development capability supports the ongoing enhancement of daappa Core and Studio+ across quarterly release cycles, new product development, and platform infrastructure.

The team behind daappa is senior and domain-experienced. Our implementation and support staff are not generalists -- they have spent careers in private markets fund accounting and operations, and many have worked on the client side before joining daappa. When you call daappa, you are speaking with someone who understands what you are trying to do.

Meet the team → — see the people behind daappa across the UK, Luxembourg and India.

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Certifications and security

Built to institutional standards

ISO 27001
Information security management. Independently certified. Covers data handling, access controls, incident management, and infrastructure security across daappa's operations.
ISO 9001
Quality management systems. Covers daappa's development processes, client implementation methodology, and ongoing support operations.
Microsoft Azure
daappa is hosted on Microsoft Azure infrastructure. Full encryption at rest and in transit. Managed cloud platform maintained by the daappa team. GDPR-compliant data residency options.
CSRA Certification
Cyber resilience assurance framework certification. Demonstrates daappa's commitment to cybersecurity standards across both client-facing and internal systems.
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With increasingly complex client needs and evolving regulatory pressure, we found in daappa a powerful yet flexible solution that allows us to scale our operations on demand while maintaining a high level of control and transparency.
Managing Director · European Fund Administrator
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We use daappa to capture, store, consolidate, analyse and extract data. We are capable of calculating IRR on FoF, GP and portfolio company levels, and can deliver high quality reports to our investors with more transparency compared to our competitors.
Director of Investor Relations · Global VC
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Working with the daappa team has provided us a means to continue developing our investment portfolio and grow without the infrastructure becoming a constraint on that growth.
CEO · European General Partner

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Whether you're evaluating platforms, looking for a specific capability, or just curious about what daappa does -- we're happy to have the conversation. No sales pressure, no generic demo.