Tagged: investments

June 15, 2023 @ 7:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Avaloq, a subsidiary of NEC Corporation, and BlackRock, through its Aladdin Wealth business, have formed a strategic partnership aimed at enhancing their investment technology solutions for wealth managers and private banks. As part of the strategic partnership, BlackRock is making “a minority investment in Avaloq.”… Read More

June 14, 2023 @ 6:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sequoia India & Southeast Asia, the “largest” venture capital firm in the region which manages over USD 9.2 billion across 13 funds, will now be known as Peak XV Partners globally. The rebranding has “come after Sequoia Capital (US/Europe), Sequoia China and Sequoia India & Southeast… Read More

June 11, 2023 @ 7:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Shares, Europe’s community-powered investment app, chooses Upvest, the Berlin-based infrastructure fintech, “to expand its investment product offering and geographical presence.” Following its successful launch and rapid growth in the UK, Shares will “bring its social investment experience to the European stage through Upvest’s Investment-API.” For… Read More

June 6, 2023 @ 7:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Global PayTech Ventures (GPT) announced its recent investment in Klearly, whose free app allows merchants to not only accept payments via smartphone, but also evaluate important business insights. The merchant-focused payment solution “helps European business owners operate more efficiently and provide better service to customers.”… Read More

May 30, 2023 @ 9:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UrbanChain announced that it has raised a £5.25m Series A round led by global investment firm Eurazeo through its venture expertise dedicated to the Climate and Smart City space. Launched in 2017, the Manchester headquartered energy technology company “runs the a peer-to-peer (P2P) energy exchange… Read More

May 29, 2023 @ 1:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The British Business Bank announced a Call for Proposals as part of the launch of the government’s Long-term Investment for Technology and Science (LIFTS) initiative. It seeks proposals from industry “for the establishment of new funds or investment structures to crowd in UK institutional investment,… Read More

May 27, 2023 @ 4:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Barclays has announced that it is further developing its working capital offering by investing in and implementing Trade Ledger’s next-generation working capital orchestration platform. This new platform will “provide industry leading end-to-end credit management automation for Barclays Corporate clients in the UK and around the… Read More

May 27, 2023 @ 8:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SolomonEdwards, a national professional services firm, is proud to announce the acquisition of 29Bison – a human capital advisory organization for the investment community – “specializing in performing due diligence, value optimization, and pre- and post-transaction services.” 29Bison reportedly “helps companies evaluate and design the… Read More

May 26, 2023 @ 5:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitfinex, a  digital asset trading platform, has announced a new investment in the leading Chilean crypto firm Orionx, as both companies look “to ramp up efforts to promote financial freedom and inclusion throughout Latin America.” Paolo Ardoino, CTO at Bitfinex, said: “We’re excited to collaborate… Read More

May 25, 2023 @ 8:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Episode Six (E6), a global provider of enterprise-grade payment processing and digital ledger infrastructure, announced a $48 million Series C financing led by Avenir, a growth stage investment firm “focused on category defining, tech-enabled companies.” The investment round also “included additional participation by existing investor,… Read More

May 24, 2023 @ 10:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Freemarket, a Fintech platform for regulated B2B cross-border payments and currency exchange, announced a growth capital investment from Baird Capital’s Global Private Equity Fund. The investment supports Freemarket’s “continuing fast growth and international expansion, as well as providing a partial cash-out to existing shareholders. Financial… Read More

May 23, 2023 @ 12:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Mintos is pleased to share the Mintos Consolidated annual report for the year 2022. The report is designed “to provide investors on Mintos and other stakeholders with insights into our performance and developments throughout the year.” The report “includes detailed financial statements,… Read More

May 23, 2023 @ 12:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Talos, the “premier” provider of institutional digital assets trading technology, has acquired D3X Systems, a developer of institutional technology to support systematic investment strategies. The D3X platform “enables investors to apply the advanced portfolio engineering techniques, tried and tested in traditional capital markets, to digital… Read More

May 21, 2023 @ 9:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mask Network, which claims to be one of the world’s leading decentralized social networks, has announced an investment in The Open Network (TON) in order “to further develop its ecosystem at large and provide innovative solutions for people across networks.” Founded in 2017, Mask aims… Read More

May 19, 2023 @ 3:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MDOTM Ltd, the global provider of AI-driven investment solutions for financial institutions, announces new ChatGPT-powered features in Sphere, its investment platform for institutional investors. The custom integration with ChatGPT APIs will “leverage Sphere’s proprietary insights and explainability data to generate bespoke portfolio commentaries.” These new… Read More

May 17, 2023 @ 10:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Robocash Group recently commented on their latest audited financial statements for 2021-2022. Natalya Ischenko, CEO of Robocash Group, also spoke about the platform’s first results for 2023 and “shared the Group’s immediate plans.” As noted in a blog post by Robo.cash, there were around 30,000… Read More

May 17, 2023 @ 4:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Addepar Research team leverages the power of Addepar’s unique, anonymized and aggregated data set “to help investors make smarter decisions, offer better advice and improve portfolio performance.” Research reports and insights are available to Addepar clients – leading firms in the investment and wealth… Read More

May 16, 2023 @ 10:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Debitum partners from Poland and UK – financing company Flexidea Polska and Triple Dragon – have released 3 new ABS programs. Debitum is “a digital debt marketplace that aggregates business loans from SMEs across Europe for diversified investment.” Debitum enables investors “to access an alternative… Read More

May 16, 2023 @ 10:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The first quarter of 2023 started and ended with “a bang,” according to Bondora. After February had some of the highest origination and investment figures Bondora has seen post-pandemic, March statistics reportedly surpassed “all previous records to set new all-time highs. Investments and originations topped… Read More

May 16, 2023 @ 11:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at TWINO notes that they have launched a Cashback bonus campaign. As noted in a blog post by TWINO, you can  “enroll in the campaign and earn a 2% cashback bonus for investments in Polish Loan Securities during the Cashback period.” The campaign… Read More