Prime Unicorn Index Announces Partnership with The Aeon Group, Inc., as First to Offer Index-Linked Investments to Accredited Investors

AUSTIN, Texas, April 9, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Prime Unicorn Index, the first index to track the share price performance of privately-funded U.S. companies, announced today a partnership with The Aeon Group, Inc. (AEON), to offer index-linked investments to accredited investors.

AEON is a collection of alternative investment products that are specifically tailored to accredited and qualified investors. The new products are being called AEON Prime Unicorn Index Linked Units.

"Interest in unicorns, which are private companies that have a valuation of $1 billion or more, has reached unprecedented levels," said Ross Barrett, CEO and founder of Prime Unicorn Index. "We have seen this first-hand with the tremendous interest in our subsidiary, Lagniappe Labs, and its proprietary research, which is used to help determine the valuations of these unicorns."

In light of that interest, Barrett and his team have been looking for a partner that could capitalize on the company's unique ability to value unicorns, as part of an overall index.

"AEON's mission is to enable access for accredited investors to investment opportunities typically reserved only for institutions. The AEON Prime Unicorn Index Linked Units is another step forward in that mission," said Alan Lewis, Chief Operating Officer of AEON.

Demetrios Mallios, Founder and CEO of AEON added, "The partnership between our firms to bring this type of opportunity to the market establishes an important moment in AEON's history. This launch has been a dream of ours for many years. We are excited to be at the forefront, and look forward to continuing to deliver on our mission of giving the investment community the ability to 'Invest In What's Next.'"

For more information, please visit PrimeUnicornIndex.com, or call (646) 429-0949.

About The Prime Unicorn Index
The Prime Unicorn Index is an equally-weighted price return index that measures the share price performance of U.S. private companies valued at approximately $1 billion or more. The price changes of component companies are derived from publicly available information associated with company transactions, filings, and other disclosures. The index provides empirical data to asset managers and financial advisors interested in tracking today's private capital markets. The index is designed for use in the creation of financial products and as a performance benchmark. The Bloomberg Ticker is PUNICORN, while the Reuters Ticker is .PUNICORN.

About Lagniappe Labs
Lagniappe Labs uses state, federal, and difficult-to-acquire corporate filings in a fully configurable platform that allows users to analyze the value of privately held companies. The technology provides tools and data to build financial models on specific sectors, people, industries, investors, and more. Lagniappe Labs federates disparate sources of information to drive objective analysis on private company investments.

About The Aeon Group, Inc.
The Aeon Group, Inc. is the nexus to an evolving fintech ecosystem that includes a collection of affiliated investment vehicles designed and operated to provide access to a variety of primary and secondary alternative investment products normally reserved for institutional investors. The Managers of each of the Aeon funds focuses on finding, structuring, and offering opportunities for individual accredited and qualified investors to participate in the enterprises shaping our future.
This press release is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation to buy an ownership interest or any product of the Aeon Prime Unicorn Index Linked Units or any other security. An offering is made only through a copy of the Confidential Private Placement Memorandum and/or Definitive Offering Materials and only made to accredited investors.

SOURCE Prime Unicorn Index