What you own
Price basis
At IPO
Liquidity
Minimum
Transparency
Synthetic / perp tokensThe IOU
What you ownSynthetic exposure — an IOU, no title to any share.
Price basisPriced off speculative demand, detached from any executed trade.
At IPONothing to redeem — no shares were ever held.
LiquidityThin and reflexive; price is the product.
MinimumLow, but you're buying a promise.
TransparencyReserve attestations often promised, rarely published.
Traditional PE / SPVThe old way
What you ownReal shares or SPV units — but opaque and locked up.
Price basisNegotiated case-by-case; pricing you can't see.
At IPODistribution after lockups and waterfalls.
LiquidityIlliquid until a liquidity event — you're in until you're out.
MinimumTypically very high; relationship-gated.
TransparencyPrivate; you take custody on trust.
PAVILIONReal shares, on chain
What you ownA 1:1 claim on shares held by a qualified custodian.
Price basisTarget entry at or below the current secondary price.
At IPORedeem for the underlying — convert, take delivery, or stay tokenized.
Liquidity24/7, with market-maker liquidity funded by the fee.
MinimumAccessible — take a fraction of a $1M allocation, refunded in full if it doesn't fill.
TransparencyAttested custody, published on chain every quarter.
Comparisons reflect the structural properties of each model, not any single named product. See “Why we exist” above for the specific cases.