Tagged: globacap

May 8, 2025 @ 9:38 am By JD Alois  |  

A recent New Finance report states that the bigger threat is not the US market but private markets in regard to the moribund UK and European public markets The report claims: “Over the past decade, more than 1,000 listed companies in Europe with a combined… Read More

March 27, 2025 @ 1:52 am By JD Alois  |  

The Spring Statement, delivered by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, provided much policy to ponder. Buried within the documents were references to PISCES, or the Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System—a private securities marketplace. While still in the works, PISCES aims to provide a… Read More

March 13, 2025 @ 9:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Hornby, a 124-year-old UK firm specializing in model trains, has announced its intent to delist shares from AIM. The microcap generated revenue for the six months to September 2024 of £25.0 million, which was 10% higher than 2023 at £22.7 million. The company lost over… Read More

March 3, 2025 @ 5:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

In the US, the number of publicly listed firms has been on the decline for many years now. The number of public firms listed on the London Stock Exchange has experienced a similar drop in the number of listings. This phenomenon has rattled policymakers in… Read More

February 19, 2025 @ 1:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

VC math, or valuations of private firms, has long been more of an art than a science. The friction between investors and firms raising capital is well known. Too low, and money is left on the table. Too high and a future down round, or… Read More

January 16, 2025 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Blackrock (NASDAQ:BLK), the world’s largest asset manager, reported over $11.6 trillion in assets as of the fourth quarter – a record amount. The growth in assets fueled a rise in earnings of $1.67 billion, or an EPS of $10.63, from $1.38 billion, or an EPS… Read More

January 7, 2025 @ 12:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

UK AIM listings of firms valued at over £1 billion are at a 9-year low, notes Myles Milston, CEO and co-founder of a capital markets technology company, Globacap. According to recent data, just six firms top that amount. In an article in Proactive Investor,  AIM… Read More

December 3, 2024 @ 9:18 am By JD Alois  |  

  Globacap has shared some perspectives on private markets in 2025 and expectations for the upcoming year. Based in the UK, Globacap, a partner of tokenization enabler Tokeny, is on a mission to enable the future of private securities by leveraging Fintech. The company believes the current… Read More

November 21, 2024 @ 8:07 am By JD Alois  |  

The private securities market is hot. This market is far larger than public markets as excessive regulation and policies that lack foresight have undermined public markets, pushing activity away.  Reg D issuance is measured in the trillions, and some of these issuers are for private… Read More

September 6, 2024 @ 10:43 am By JD Alois  |  

A report by New Financial indicates that the amount of UK pension funds being allocated to UK equities has declined to 4.4% in comparison to last year, when the number was 6.1% and down by half of assets from 25 years ago. The document describes… Read More

July 23, 2024 @ 4:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Globacap CEO and founder Myles Milston has issued a statement hammering London’s smaller cap exchange, AIM [Alternative Investment Market]. AIM was set up to assist smaller firms in listing shares. Recently, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) posted new rules designed to boost public listings in the… Read More

March 6, 2024 @ 12:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

The UK has proposed a framework for the Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System (PISCES), which was mentioned in today’s Spring Budget delivered by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt. The consultation aims to establish new parameters to enable private securities to trade… Read More

October 18, 2023 @ 8:42 am By JD Alois  |  

Globacap has announced raising $21 million in Series B funding backed by Cboe. Other investors include Moore Strategic Ventures, LLC, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), as well as GABI Ventures and QBN Capital.  Globacap is another entrant in the private securities market, seeking to consolidate… Read More

August 9, 2021 @ 8:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Paysme, a Fintech platform for small businesses, has announced its £1 million round via the private capital platform Globacap in order to expand what the company claims is Europe’s very first B2B “Super App.” Paysme is working closely with payment service providers such as Barclays,… Read More

August 29, 2019 @ 7:30 am By JD Alois  |  

MERJ Exchange, the national stock exchange of Seychelles, will partner with Globacap, a capital markets platform for digital securities, to offer tokenized assets to EU and UK investors. Globacap is regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). MERJ will be offering securities in its… Read More

June 7, 2018 @ 1:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Globacap announced on Wednesday it raised $800,000 through seed funding round, which was led by Stoic Capital and ContactPartners, to continue work on its regulated blockchain securities platform. According to Globacap, other backers included Christian Schulte, co-founder of Steinbeis Mittelstandsfinanzierung and Stephen Russell, a veteran of… Read More