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Modern Capital, the private markets podcast, speaks with Rob Heyvaert who shares his perspective on building the plumbing of finance

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December 2025

What happens when the man who engineered the clearing system for the euro at age 25 turns his full attention on private markets?

Rob Heyvaert has spent three decades building the plumbing of finance: founding companies acquired by IBM and FIS, scaling Capco to 7,000 people across 21 offices, and now orchestrating a portfolio at Motive Partners that includes InvestCloud, FNZ, Daphne, CAIS, and others shaping how capital flows.

In this inaugural episode of Modern Capital, Rob makes a striking claim: private markets are approaching their "Bezos moment" - the point where customer obsession finally becomes possible, and necessary.

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