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Iluvatar CoreX.

A pre-IPO entry into one of China’s leading GPU makers — sourced through our network, structured as a digital security, distributed to professional investors alongside EVIDENT’s own capital, and made liquid on the platform while the company was still private. It then listed in Hong Kong. This is the whole machine, on one transaction.

What made this deal special

Why it stands out on EVIDENT infrastructure — the points a private-wealth intermediary should notice.

Proprietary access to the companyA relationship close to management — EVIDENT sits on the cap table with preferred information rights. Not a brokered allocation; direct, privileged access.
The right entry, at the right timeWe invested as the company was already advancing toward its IPO filing, yet still at a friendly pre-listing valuation — access and timing together.
Demand aggregated, ticket size irrelevantWe pooled demand from a number of private-wealth investors into one vehicle, so a small ticket bought the same cap-table position as an institutional cheque.
We invested alongsideEVIDENT was a happy principal investor alongside our clients and partners — our own capital in the vehicle, on the same terms and entry price.
Speed, on modern railsSourced, structured, and distributed quickly on digital infrastructure — and each deal sharpens the process for the next.
Liquidity before the exitInvestors took 40%+ on the secondary market while the company was still private — continuous liquidity as value grew, then a Hong Kong listing on top.
How it worked, end to end

From a proprietary deal to a liquid position.

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Sourcing — proprietary access, close to the company

The opportunity came through EVIDENT’s own network: a late-stage pre-IPO round in Iluvatar CoreX, a leading Chinese general-purpose GPU maker, reserved for existing investors. Our access was proprietary and close to management — EVIDENT sits on the cap table and holds preferred information rights on the position. This is the kind of access that comes from relationships, not a screen, and it is not available to most wealth managers acting alone.

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Structuring — one clean digital security

EVIDENT structured the position through a single investment vehicle and represented each investor’s interest as a digital security on the platform. Investors did not have to assemble offshore structures or negotiate directly with the company — they subscribed once, through EVIDENT, under one Hong Kong onboarding.

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Aggregation — institutional access, even at a small ticket

Because EVIDENT aggregates investor capital through its own vehicle, a small individual ticket buys into the same cap-table position, on the same terms, that would normally require an institutional-size commitment. The relationship and the information rights are ours; the access flows through to every investor in the vehicle, regardless of ticket size.

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Principal alignment — we invested too

EVIDENT was a happy principal investor alongside our clients and partners. The capital that went into Iluvatar included our own, on the same terms and at the same entry price as every other investor in the vehicle.

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Distribution — syndicated to professional investors

The position was made available to professional-investor partners and their clients through EVIDENT’s regulated framework. Each investor received a fixed, look-through entitlement to the underlying shares — their economics were exactly proportional to the capital they put in.

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Administration — carried by the platform

Onboarding, subscription documentation, the share register, reporting, and corporate actions all ran on the platform. The partner did not build infrastructure or chase paperwork; the look-through share count was fixed at entry and tracked automatically through to the listing.

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Liquidity — before the exit, not just at it

This is the part that matters most to a wealth manager. While Iluvatar was still private, investors who wanted to realise gains could sell on EVIDENT’s secondary market — taking 40%+ returns as the mark rose, rather than waiting years for an IPO. Liquidity was continuous as value grew, not a single event at the end.

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The exit — a Hong Kong listing

Iluvatar CoreX listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (9903) on 8 January 2026 at HKD 144.60 per share — already 2.18× the entry price. The shares then appreciated further in the months after listing. Investors who held captured the full path; investors who needed liquidity earlier had it.

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