Ark vs Fundwave

Ark is a configurable fund operations platform for private capital managers and administrators. It combines fund accounting, LP reporting, investor relations, and fundraising tools, available through the web and an API. Accounting includes a fund-specific general ledger, real-time financial data, configurable reporting, and automated workflows. Ark supports capital account tracking, LP allocation waterfalls, carried-interest calculations, and capital-call workflows. Quarterly reports can be exported to Excel with formulas, while the arkLink plug-in synchronizes reports with spreadsheets for building, reconciling, and refreshing them. A branded investor portal connects with back-office systems and gives LPs real-time data. Fundraising features include data rooms, investor insights, and document management. Bank integrations support reconciliation, cash-position checks, capital-call payment verification, and automated journal entries. Ark lists API-driven connectivity, encryption, controlled access, SOC 2 Type 2 compliance, and continuous data replication. Pricing is on request, with an annual fee based on committed capital.

Fundwave is a fund management platform for venture capital, private equity, SPVs, family offices, impact funds and fund-of-funds operations. Its administration tools cover investor closes, performance and management fees, automated journals, trial balances and financial statements. Portfolio features track investments, valuations, custom KPIs, co-investors, cashflows, IRRs and MOICs. Dealflow tools include a shared inbox, team tasks, pipeline analytics, round forecasts, deal captables and custom investment filters. Listed integrations include Slack, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, Zapier, DocuSign, Excel, QuickBooks and Xero. The maker says connections use HTTPS and TLS with 128-bit AES encryption, and that it undergoes annual SOC 2 audits. Backups are usually made each business day, with encrypted copies retained for 90 or 365 days depending on plan or product. Fund Admin Seed is $800 a month and allows up to $50 million AUM and 100 investors per fund. Growth is $1,200 a month, while Enterprise is $1,800 a month onwards and lists unlimited AUM and investors. All Products plans have separate onboarding fees.