Monark Markets Integrates With Avant Garde to Embed Pre-IPO Access in Retail Trading Platform

New updates have been reported about Monark Markets.

Monark Markets has entered a strategic integration with brokerage firm Avant Garde, placing its B2B private-markets infrastructure at the core of Avant Garde’s revamped trading platform and giving retail clients embedded access to Pre-IPO investments. Through Monark’s API, Avant Garde users can now allocate as little as $10,000 into select private companies from the same interface they use for equities and options, with Monark handling sourcing, due diligence, and SPV structuring behind the scenes.

The partnership directly aligns Monark with the structural shift of companies staying private longer and the resulting demand from retail investors to participate in the roughly $16 trillion private markets universe. Monark’s infrastructure allows Avant Garde to offer a “click-to-invest” flow in private placements without requiring new accounts or separate workflows, while Monark’s affiliated broker-dealer, MMM Securities LLC, supports compliant private placement execution. Monark and Avant Garde plan to expand the integration beyond Pre-IPO shares into additional alternative asset classes, including private equity funds, private credit, fractional real estate, and infrastructure, positioning Monark as a key enabler of multi-asset retail access to alternatives within mainstream brokerage platforms.