General News

December 14, 2022 @ 4:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

As expected, the US Federal Reserve raised benchmark interest rates by 50 basis points bringing the target range for the federal funds rate to 4-1/4 to 4-1/2 percent. The vote for 50 bps was unanimous. This is the 7th interest rate increase in the past… Read More

December 14, 2022 @ 8:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Equitybee, the startup employees’ stock options funding solution, today announced the appointment of Susan Woodard as chief compliance officer (CCO) and CEO of Equitybee Securities, LLC. Woodard reportedly “joins the company executive team and will be responsible for ensuring best practices on behalf of Equitybee… Read More

December 13, 2022 @ 1:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fund Recs announced that its Velocity platform will automate EMIR reconciliations for Neuberger Berman, a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager “with $418 billion in client assets.” Completing an EMIR trade reconciliation is “integral to having effective oversight in place on the EMIR reporting process.” Regulators… Read More

December 13, 2022 @ 8:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Driven by vaccination certificates, the need for identity checks in financial services, and the potential of the metaverse, governments across the world “realize the benefits and the importance of digital identity, enabling the technology to take off,” says GlobalData, a data and analytics company. GlobalData’s… Read More

December 13, 2022 @ 7:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Blue dot, a tax platform for employee-driven spend for Taxable Employee Benefits analysis and VAT recovery, announced a strategic alliance with KPMG Germany. Through this alliance, KPMG Germany “can now offer the Blue dot Taxable Employee Benefits (TEB) solution directly to their clients, with KPMG… Read More

December 12, 2022 @ 10:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Earn Alliance, a game community platform, announced the close of its $4.75m seed raise to connect game developers “with genuine fans and gamers across the globe through a focus on fun versus crypto speculation.” The alpha version of Earn Alliance’s platform is “set to launch… Read More

December 12, 2022 @ 8:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The current business environment is getting tougher with higher interest rates, rising inflation, talent crunch, and weaker supply chains while investors “are increasingly demanding profitable growth,” according to an update from GlobalData. To hedge against these shifts, startups as well as bigger corporations are “revisiting… Read More

December 11, 2022 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bank of Ireland announced 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction targets which have been formally “validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).” The Bank is reportedly the first Irish bank, and one of the first in Europe, “to have its goals validated by the SBTi,… Read More

December 11, 2022 @ 4:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

The team at Crowdfund Capital Advisors (CCA) has issued their annual warning to firms that utilized Reg CF (Regulation Crowdfunding) to file their annual statements – as required by the exemption. If a company has not filed their annual report they are in breach of… Read More

December 11, 2022 @ 4:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Quantum Computing Inc. (QCI) (NASDAQ: QUBT), a key player focused on accessible full stack quantum solutions, announced that it will work together with Rabobank, which claims to be one of the world’s largest banks in its sectors, “for a project to demonstrate the application of… Read More

December 11, 2022 @ 12:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

LexisNexis Risk Solutions released the results of its first Global State of Fraud and Identity Report, exploring research and insights from industry experts “on recent statistics and trends from [their] industry-recognized studies on the Global True Cost of Fraud and transaction data from over 39B transactions… Read More

December 11, 2022 @ 11:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BNP Paribas Asset Management announces the acquisition of a majority stake in Danish natural resources specialist International Woodland Company (IWC). IWC is headquartered in Copenhagen and reportedly “has more than 30 years’ experience in providing investment management and advisory services within sustainable timberland investments, agriculture… Read More

December 8, 2022 @ 10:08 am By JD Alois  |  

More UK investors are planning to invest in venture capital offerings in 2023, according to research by Digital Horizon. It is important to note the survey polled LP types last month – iE home offices, asset managers, and other institutional money. Digital Horizon states that… Read More

December 7, 2022 @ 11:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Vaultree, a cybersecurity firm, has raised a $12.8 million series A round led by Molten Ventures – along with Ten Eleven Ventures. Vaultree offers encryption services that allow for the processing of large amounts of data, including in financial services. In the event of a… Read More

December 7, 2022 @ 10:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BDx Indonesia, a joint venture company of Big Data Exchange (BDx), PT Indosat Tbk (Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison or IOH), and PT Aplikanusa Lintasarta, and the largest wholesale data center and cloud-focused operations creating digital infrastructure in the Indonesian market, is pleased “to announce the appointment… Read More

December 7, 2022 @ 9:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Q-CTRL, which claims to be a global leader in infrastructure software for quantum technology, announced the release of Fire Opal, which is described as “a user-friendly software package designed to enable algorithm developers to get useful results from today’s imperfect quantum computers.” The announcement was… Read More

December 7, 2022 @ 6:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Operative Intelligence, which claims to be the first purpose-built Demand-Insights-as-a-Service platform, raised $3.5 million in a seed funding round “to significantly expand its team and scale its customer intelligence product capabilities for the world’s leading enterprise companies.” The investment round was “led by Bonfire Ventures… Read More

December 7, 2022 @ 4:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has published its annual Systemic Risk Barometer Survey. The results should come as no surprise. According to DTCC: 68% of survey respondents cited Geopolitical Risks & Trade Tensions as a top threat, up from 49% last year 61%… Read More

December 5, 2022 @ 10:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Keyrock, digital asset market maker, raised $72 million in its Series B funding round from investors “including Ripple, SIX Fintech Ventures and Middlegame Ventures.” Keyrock plans to use the funding from its investment round “to invest further into infrastructure development, scalability tools, as well as… Read More

December 5, 2022 @ 7:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

HYPR, the Passwordless Company, announced a $25 million Series C1 led by Advent International “through Advent Tech, the firm’s dedicated global technology fund.” The investment round brings HYPR’s total funds “raised to $97 million and includes participation from existing investors including .406 Ventures, RRE Ventures,… Read More