Zest Equity, the digital infrastructure company backed by Morgan Stanley, has introduced two new regulated services designed to streamline private market transactions. Zest Arrange and Zest Escrow have both received authorization from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA), complementing the company's existing SPV formation capabilities to create an integrated ecosystem for deal execution.
The dual launch extends Zest Equity's end-to-end transaction offering, allowing market participants to manage deal structuring, arrangement, and fund settlement through a single platform. Combined with its SPV formation service, the three integrated capabilities address critical operational bottlenecks in private market infrastructure. The expansion comes as the company continues to demonstrate market traction, having facilitated over $230 million in transaction value across more than 190 deals since its inception.
The introduction of these FSRA-regulated services positions Zest Equity to capture a broader share of the private markets workflow, where infrastructure fragmentation has traditionally required coordination across multiple service providers. The company's layered approach to platform functionality reflects growing institutional demand for consolidated deal infrastructure in the private equity and venture capital sectors.