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Investor and Board Observer
May 2022
Elwood Technologies is an established, global fintech building digital assets infrastructure for institutional investors. Its seamless end-to-end platform connects to global crypto exchanges, custodians, and liquidity providers. Delivering execution and portfolio management functionality with advanced risk management tools for the digital asset markets. Built by industry experts with decades of combined experience in investment management and digital technology, Elwood Technologies provides market infrastructure at scale, enabling financial institutions, neobanks, and corporations to access digital asset markets quickly and efficiently.
Disclaimer:
In the UK, this page is directed only at those persons who have professional experience in matters relating to investments and fall within the definition of "investment professionals" in Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (as amended). Any other persons should not rely on or act upon it. This page is NOT intended for retail clients.
Investor and Board Observer
Oct 2021
Billie is the leading provider of Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) payment methods for businesses, offering B2B companies innovative digital payment services. Founded in Berlin, the FinTech enables companies to pay and get paid on their own terms simply and easily through modern checkout solutions. Based on proprietary, machine-learning-enabled risk models, fully digitized processes and a highly scalable tech platform, Billie offers freedom to big and small businesses alike through fast liquidity, automated workflows and access to modern payment solutions. Billie was founded in 2016 by the former founders of Zencap (exit to Funding Circle). The startup is based in Berlin and employs over 180 people from over 45 countries. Investors include Dawn Capital, Tencent, Creandum, Picus and SpeedInvest, among others.
Billie Privacy Policy: https://www.billie.io/en/privacy-policy
Angel Investor
May 2021
Lindus is an Accountable Research Organization, engineered to give biotech and pharmaceutical sponsors confidence and control to generate clinical data on time and on budget. In the last 3 years, Lindus has executed over 45 full-scope trials across cardiometabolic, respiratory, psychiatry, dermatology, womens health, and diagnostics. Behind each study is an integrated model spanning feasibility, central enrollment infrastructure, and flexible site models. Trials run on Citrus™, an AI-native trial operating system, and are governed by performance-based contracts with milestone-based payments. 82% of Lindus executed trials completed enrollment on or ahead of our proposed timeline. The company is backed by Dr. Bob Langer, Peter Thiel, and Dr. Tim Garnett.
Investor and Board Observer
May 2021
Copper is a digital asset infrastructure provider offering custody, prime services, and collateral management for institutional investors. Our secure and scalable platform, including innovations like ClearLoop for off-exchange settlements, helps clients reduce counterparty risk and move capital efficiently.
Investor and Board Observer
Sep 2020
Synergy by AccessFintech, the Data and Insights Network.
Providing real-time insights and driving efficiencies for Financial
Markets through data collaboration.
Synergy is the real-time post trade data network generating insights
which enable balance sheet benefits, reduced transaction costs
allowing greater operational and technology capacity.
AccessFintech has built a network of leading financial institutions
with a critical mass of data and participants. Synergy connects the
industry ecosystem including Buy-side, Sell-Side, Custodians, Admins,
Outsourcers, Depositories and Technology platforms. Collaborating on
the Synergy Network drives benefits for organisations across all assets
and lifecycle events.
Through its data insights Synergy can predict resolution and enables
decision-making in one place. Specialising in financial transactions
where there is a distributed supply chain of multiple organisations,
synergy enables optimal data transparency, through the normalisation,
visualisation, and ease of access to many points of data. Users can
collaborate and act upon financial trade actions with data and systems
interoperability at scale and speed, transforming operations to simplify
and accelerate workflows, reduce capital requirements, and provide
benchmarking insights.
Investor
Jan 2020
Tink, A Visa Solution, is a market-leading payment services and data enrichment platform, serving some of the world’s largest financial institutions. Tink provides payments, banking, and lending solutions that power the new world of finance – whether that’s initiating account-to-account payments, onboarding new users, making better risk decisions or creating engaging money management tools.
A wholly owned subsidiary of Visa, Tink was founded in Stockholm in 2012 as a pioneer of open banking. Today, Tink and Visa’s open banking solutions are present in 20 markets, with 13,000 connections to financial institutions. Tink enables its partners to offer data-driven experiences that help eliminate complexity for millions of consumers across the globe.
For more information visit tink.com.
Board Observer
Nov 2019
Eigen is a document intelligence platform that uses natural language processing and object detection to enable clients and partners to quickly and precisely extract the data they need from their contracts and paperwork so they can:
- Assess and better manage risk
- Meet regulatory requirements
- Scale-up their operations
- Better serve their customers
- Automate costly manual processes
Our team of scientists, engineers, strategists, and sector experts are based in New York, London and Lisbon.
Eigen is trusted and backed by leading banks, investment managers, law firms and global businesses.
To date we’ve raised over $80m in funding.
Board Observer
Oct 2019
Element is a Matrix-based end-to-end encrypted messenger and collaboration app. It’s decentralised so that users can be digitally sovereign (own and control their own data). Element can be self-hosted, or through a hosting service such as Element Matrix Services. Element operates on the open Matrix network to provide interoperability between other messenger and collaboration apps.
Board Observer
Oct 2019
Element is a Matrix-based end-to-end encrypted messenger and collaboration app. It’s decentralised so that users can be digitally sovereign (own and control their own data). Element can be self-hosted, or through a hosting service such as Element Matrix Services. Element operates on the open Matrix network to provide interoperability between other messenger and collaboration apps.
Board Observer
Mar 2019
OpenGamma is a derivatives analytics firm with unparalleled expertise in OTC and ETD margin methodologies, backed by CME, JSCC, Accel and Dawn. Our teams bring together a unique mix of practitioner, quantitative and software engineering expertise. Today, we are trusted by the largest and most sophisticated global banks and fund managers, with thousands of users depending on our analytics. Our product coverage spans across margin solutions (validating and optimising cleared and bilateral portfolios), UMR or SIMM processing and regulatory reporting.
OpenGamma has on-boarded 50+ clients to our cloud-based solution including Tier One Investment Banks, Asset Managers and Hedge Funds – successfully delivering to these demanding organisations within committed timelines.
To find out more information, or to watch our free demo video, visit opengamma.com.
Board Observer
Jun 2018
A fast and flexible platform for lenders, retailers and channel partners to deliver and scale their retail finance programme, with proven technology and expertise.
Board Observer
Mar 2018
Sonovate is the leading provider of embedded finance and payment solutions for the contingent workforce. Our finance and technology services cater to recruitment businesses, consultancies, and labour marketplaces who place contractors and freelancers around the world. Our platform and expert service deliver swift credit decisions, same-day funding, credit insurance, and collections services, empowering companies to concentrate on expanding their business, confident that funds are in place to help meet payment deadlines.
Since we started funding in 2014, we've lent over £3.5 billion to 3,300 businesses and 40,000 workers in over 40 countries.
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Board (10)
2022
Investor and Board Observer
May 2022
Elwood Technologies is an established, global fintech building digital assets infrastructure for institutional investors. Its seamless end-to-end platform connects to global crypto exchanges, custodians, and liquidity providers. Delivering execution and portfolio management functionality with advanced risk management tools for the digital asset markets. Built by industry experts with decades of combined experience in investment management and digital technology, Elwood Technologies provides market infrastructure at scale, enabling financial institutions, neobanks, and corporations to access digital asset markets quickly and efficiently.
Disclaimer:
In the UK, this page is directed only at those persons who have professional experience in matters relating to investments and fall within the definition of "investment professionals" in Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (as amended). Any other persons should not rely on or act upon it. This page is NOT intended for retail clients.
2021
Investor and Board Observer
Oct 2021
Billie is the leading provider of Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) payment methods for businesses, offering B2B companies innovative digital payment services. Founded in Berlin, the FinTech enables companies to pay and get paid on their own terms simply and easily through modern checkout solutions. Based on proprietary, machine-learning-enabled risk models, fully digitized processes and a highly scalable tech platform, Billie offers freedom to big and small businesses alike through fast liquidity, automated workflows and access to modern payment solutions. Billie was founded in 2016 by the former founders of Zencap (exit to Funding Circle). The startup is based in Berlin and employs over 180 people from over 45 countries. Investors include Dawn Capital, Tencent, Creandum, Picus and SpeedInvest, among others.
Billie Privacy Policy: https://www.billie.io/en/privacy-policy
Angel Investor
May 2021
Lindus is an Accountable Research Organization, engineered to give biotech and pharmaceutical sponsors confidence and control to generate clinical data on time and on budget. In the last 3 years, Lindus has executed over 45 full-scope trials across cardiometabolic, respiratory, psychiatry, dermatology, womens health, and diagnostics. Behind each study is an integrated model spanning feasibility, central enrollment infrastructure, and flexible site models. Trials run on Citrus™, an AI-native trial operating system, and are governed by performance-based contracts with milestone-based payments. 82% of Lindus executed trials completed enrollment on or ahead of our proposed timeline. The company is backed by Dr. Bob Langer, Peter Thiel, and Dr. Tim Garnett.
Investor and Board Observer
May 2021
Copper is a digital asset infrastructure provider offering custody, prime services, and collateral management for institutional investors. Our secure and scalable platform, including innovations like ClearLoop for off-exchange settlements, helps clients reduce counterparty risk and move capital efficiently.
2020
Investor and Board Observer
Sep 2020
Synergy by AccessFintech, the Data and Insights Network.
Providing real-time insights and driving efficiencies for Financial
Markets through data collaboration.
Synergy is the real-time post trade data network generating insights
which enable balance sheet benefits, reduced transaction costs
allowing greater operational and technology capacity.
AccessFintech has built a network of leading financial institutions
with a critical mass of data and participants. Synergy connects the
industry ecosystem including Buy-side, Sell-Side, Custodians, Admins,
Outsourcers, Depositories and Technology platforms. Collaborating on
the Synergy Network drives benefits for organisations across all assets
and lifecycle events.
Through its data insights Synergy can predict resolution and enables
decision-making in one place. Specialising in financial transactions
where there is a distributed supply chain of multiple organisations,
synergy enables optimal data transparency, through the normalisation,
visualisation, and ease of access to many points of data. Users can
collaborate and act upon financial trade actions with data and systems
interoperability at scale and speed, transforming operations to simplify
and accelerate workflows, reduce capital requirements, and provide
benchmarking insights.
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