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Illuminate Financial Management LLP is a venture capital firm established in 2014 and headquartered in London, United Kingdom, with an additional office in New York. The firm specializes in investments within the financial technology sector, focusing on companies that address challenges in financial services, particularly in compliance, regulation, and connectivity. Illuminate Financial targets early-stage investments, including Series A and seed financing, typically committing between $0.25 million and $3 million for a stake of 5% to 20% in its portfolio companies. While the firm invests globally, it places a significant emphasis on opportunities within the United Kingdom, Europe, and the United States. With deep domain expertise and a robust industry network, Illuminate Financial serves as a trusted partner, guiding its portfolio companies through the complexities of their early development phases.

LiquidX Inc. operates an electronic marketplace focused on trade finance assets, facilitating transactions among a diverse range of participants, including corporations, banks, asset managers, hedge funds, and insurers. Established in 2015 and headquartered in New York with additional offices in London and Singapore, LiquidX provides a transparent platform that enables users to trade risk and invest in financial instruments such as receivables, payables, and letters of credit. The company's technology platform enhances the origination, financing, and distribution of trade finance assets, allowing clients to access capital markets effectively. With a broad seller base that includes credits from major global companies and a buyer base comprising large banks and asset managers, LiquidX aims to deliver optimal price execution and streamline working capital solutions.

Capitolis Inc. is a technology provider that offers an online software-as-a-service platform designed for banks and financial institutions to enhance their capital management and improve economic performance. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, with additional offices in London and Tel Aviv, Capitolis focuses on addressing constraints in capital markets, particularly in equities and foreign exchange. The platform enables financial institutions to optimize their balance sheets and improve liquidity by facilitating the sourcing of capital for trades from other institutions with substantial balance sheets. By connecting market participants, Capitolis seeks to transform business efficiency and create collaborative solutions that allow clients to leverage under-utilized capital, ultimately capturing new growth opportunities.

SIMON Markets LLC is a New York-based company that specializes in providing an online distribution platform for financial professionals, focusing primarily on structured investments. Launched in December 2018, SIMON offers a comprehensive digital suite of tools aimed at enhancing wealth management. Its platform features on-demand education, intuitive marketplaces, real-time analytics, and lifecycle management capabilities. By simplifying complex investment processes, SIMON aims to deliver effective solutions for structured investments and annuities, thereby supporting financial professionals in their decision-making and client service efforts.

Sharegain Ltd. is a fintech company based in London, specializing in a securities lending platform designed for pension funds, insurance companies, and asset managers. Founded in 2015, Sharegain aims to transform the securities lending industry, valued at $2.5 trillion, by providing financial institutions with the tools to derive additional income from their existing assets, including stocks, bonds, and ETFs. The platform offers a streamlined, automated solution that enhances transparency and control while minimizing overhead costs. By enabling private banks, asset managers, fund managers, and online brokers to lend their assets, Sharegain helps these institutions unlock hidden value in their portfolios and create new revenue opportunities for themselves and their clients.

Capital Markets Gateway Inc. is a financial technology firm that modernizes the equity capital markets by offering a platform that connects investors and underwriters through integrated data and analytics. The platform provides real-time information, enabling users to monitor the capital raising landscape, conduct due diligence, and make informed investment decisions. Launched in 2017 by experienced equity capital markets practitioners, the platform enhances transparency and workflow efficiency, serving nearly 100 buy-side firms and 15 investment banks. Capital Markets Gateway, incorporated in 2015 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, also has offices in New York and Seattle.

Qapita Fintech Pte. Ltd. is a Singapore-based company that specializes in equity and transaction management for private companies and startups. Its primary offering is QapMap, a platform designed to facilitate the management of capitalization tables, equity ownership, and employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs). Additionally, Qapita provides QapMatch Solutions, which aid in networking and structuring deals. The company caters to a diverse clientele, including private enterprises, legal counsels, employees, financial advisors, chartered accountants, and investors. Founded in 2019, Qapita also maintains an office in Hyderabad, India.

BondEvalue is a Singapore based Fintech company that focuses on Asian bond markets. Unlike equities which have already been digitally disrupted, bonds have remained unchanged for decades, with private bank clients unable to access live prices. We envision using our deep domain expertize to level the playing field for them via the simplicity and convenience of an App.

Capitolis Inc. is a technology provider that offers an online software-as-a-service platform designed for banks and financial institutions to enhance their capital management and improve economic performance. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, with additional offices in London and Tel Aviv, Capitolis focuses on addressing constraints in capital markets, particularly in equities and foreign exchange. The platform enables financial institutions to optimize their balance sheets and improve liquidity by facilitating the sourcing of capital for trades from other institutions with substantial balance sheets. By connecting market participants, Capitolis seeks to transform business efficiency and create collaborative solutions that allow clients to leverage under-utilized capital, ultimately capturing new growth opportunities.

Capitolis Inc. is a technology provider that offers an online software-as-a-service platform designed for banks and financial institutions to enhance their capital management and improve economic performance. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, with additional offices in London and Tel Aviv, Capitolis focuses on addressing constraints in capital markets, particularly in equities and foreign exchange. The platform enables financial institutions to optimize their balance sheets and improve liquidity by facilitating the sourcing of capital for trades from other institutions with substantial balance sheets. By connecting market participants, Capitolis seeks to transform business efficiency and create collaborative solutions that allow clients to leverage under-utilized capital, ultimately capturing new growth opportunities.

Capital Markets Gateway Inc. is a financial technology firm that modernizes the equity capital markets by offering a platform that connects investors and underwriters through integrated data and analytics. The platform provides real-time information, enabling users to monitor the capital raising landscape, conduct due diligence, and make informed investment decisions. Launched in 2017 by experienced equity capital markets practitioners, the platform enhances transparency and workflow efficiency, serving nearly 100 buy-side firms and 15 investment banks. Capital Markets Gateway, incorporated in 2015 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, also has offices in New York and Seattle.

Spark Systems is an exciting new Fin-Tech startup funded by industry veterans, we are the first high tech solution provider for institutional forex trading that is originated in Asia. We aim to build world class FX trading platform to serve a growing Asia financial hub. As early member of the firm you will be involved from the very beginning of building something truly special, and will be duly rewarded with a fast-track career.

Addressing inefficiencies in the marketplace across multiple communication channels, DirectBooks will simplify the primary issuance process through the use of structured data and streamlined communications. The new service will increase the efficiency and accuracy of deal workflow information among market participants by disseminating it through a robust communication platform that can be integrated into underwriter and investor systems to better connect underwriters and their clients.

Pagaya is a financial technology company that specializes in asset management and the lending marketplace through the use of machine learning and big data analytics. Founded in 2016, it focuses on managing institutional money with an emphasis on fixed income and alternative credit, serving clients such as pension funds, insurance companies, and banks. The company utilizes its proprietary technology platform, Pagaya Pulse, which incorporates advanced artificial intelligence and algorithms to optimize performance and scalability. Additionally, Pagaya aims to enhance the credit ecosystem by providing a seamless integration through its API, improving customer experiences and expanding access to credit. The majority of its revenue is generated from the United States, and it operates offices in New York and Tel Aviv.

The interest rate derivatives platform.

Advantage Capital Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 1992 and headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, with additional offices across the United States. The firm specializes in growth equity, lending, and mezzanine debt capital investments, focusing primarily on small businesses at various stages of development, excluding seed stage. Advantage Capital targets investments in low-income urban and rural communities, aligning with state and federal economic development initiatives. The firm's investment interests include companies that develop proprietary technologies in sectors such as communication, information technology, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, life sciences, and energy, while also considering opportunities in agriculture. Advantage Capital typically makes initial investments ranging from $0.5 million to $10 million in companies with sales under $5 million, and it often co-invests with other firms. The firm offers various forms of debt capital, including senior debt and mezzanine loans, and emphasizes support for underserved areas in the United States.

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