Obsiido

Obsiido

Obsiido was formed in 2022 by CEO Nimar Bangash, CIO Sean O'Hara, and CLO/COO Puneet Grewal. Bangash brought experience scaling investment products for Canadian managers; O'Hara contributed three decades of multi-asset and alternatives experience across two continents. Grewal, previously at a multi-billion-dollar asset manager, took charge of legal and regulatory architecture. The founding thesis was straightforward: Canadian accredited investors and smaller institutions were underserved by existing alternatives distribution, and a purpose-built fund-of-funds could aggregate commitments across private markets strategies more efficiently than individual investors could on their own. The firm constructs globally diversified portfolios spanning private equity buyouts, venture capital, growth equity, private debt, real assets, and hedge fund strategies. Co-investments and secondary transactions sit alongside primary fund commitments in the toolkit, a structure that widens the opportunity set beyond what a pure feeder-fund model would capture. Obsiido targets funds and direct deals across North America, Europe, and Asia, though the firm does not publicly name specific underlying managers or portfolio companies on its website. The six-person leadership team includes a dedicated technology group under Blair Taylor, an entrepreneur who previously built and exited software products. Gonen Hollander leads sales and investor relations after a career split between wealth management and venture capital. Philip Blachier manages technology operations. The firm has not disclosed total assets under management or aggregate deployment. Obsiido operates at the intersection of asset management and fintech: rather than relying solely on traditional financial-advisor distribution, the platform educates investors directly through its web presence and solicits inbound interest via contact forms and advisor channels. That retail-adjacent posture — targeting individual investors who qualify as accredited under Canadian securities rules — remains unusual among fund-of-funds managers, most of whom focus on institutional limited partners. There is no disclosed affiliated foundation, club membership, or spinout vehicle.