Inside IBIP: Ardian’s proprietary database for Secondaries

08 December 2025
Private Equity
Secondaries & Primaries

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Discover how, by using iBIP, Ardian harnesses millions of data points to proactively source, price, and build high-conviction portfolios in the secondaries market. In this video, our team gives insights into how scale, trusted GP and LP relationships, and AI-driven analysis shape smarter, more resilient investment decisions across global private markets.

Inside IBIP: Ardian’s proprietary database for Secondaries

In this video, Grace Lloyd and Mackenzie Speak, Directors, Christopher Sealey, Senior Investment Manager, and Rory Milbank, Investment Manager, all part Secondaries and Primaries team at Ardian, take you behind the scenes of iBIP, one of the largest and most advanced in the market.

A data-powered edge in the secondaries market

Ardian has built a leading secondaries platform, powered by a database spanning over 10,000 companies, 1,600 funds, and 650 GPs, enabling strategic portfolio analysis and delivering high-quality insights.

$40bn+

in secondary transaction volume over the past four years.
100+

investment professionals across three continents

Powering smarter private equity investments

Thanks to iBIP, Ardian can make proactive decisions based on recognized trends, company performance across cycles, and benchmarked growth. This data-backed approach focuses on deploying capital efficiently while maintaining a strong focus on quality.

Captures 5+ million data points quarterly.

Standardizes and shares real-time strategic and financial data across teams.

Ardian’s AI-ready approach to secondaries

AI offers significant opportunities to enhance the iBIP system, enabling our team to explore megatrends and better assess market dynamics, all while preserving the human expertise and judgment that guide our strategies.

Watch the full video to learn how this platform and advanced analytics support our secondaries strategies, combining data-driven precision with the experience and insight of our teams.

As the secondary market grows, accurate data is crucial. Ardian’s database allows us to see how assets and managers have performed through crises.

Rory Milbank, Investment Manager, Secondaries & Primaries, Ardian