CME Group
CME Group Inc. is a prominent global marketplace headquartered in Chicago that specializes in the trading of futures and options on futures contracts across a variety of asset classes, including interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, agricultural commodities, energy, and metals. Established in 1898, the company operates multiple exchanges, including the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade, and has expanded through significant mergers and acquisitions, such as the acquisition of NYMEX Holdings in 2008. CME Group provides a comprehensive range of services, including clearing for exchange-traded contracts, settlement services, and transaction lifecycle management, which encompasses trade and portfolio management, regulatory reporting, and trade processing. The company also offers extensive market data services to a diverse clientele that includes professional traders, financial institutions, corporations, and governmental entities. CME Group's strategic partnerships further enhance its offerings, notably in developing risk management products for various market participants.
Top Stages
Derek Sammann
Senior Managing Director, Global Head of Commodities, Options and International Markets
29 past transactions
Grão Direto
Series B in 2025
Grão Direto LTDA is a Brazilian company that operates a digital trading platform designed for the buying and selling of grains. Founded in 2016 and based in Uberaba, the platform connects farmers and grain buyers, facilitating efficient interactions for various trading types, including spot, future, and barter trades. Grão Direto enhances market intelligence, enabling users to make informed decisions regarding market rates and grain choices. The platform also supports ancillary processes related to grain trading, such as logistics, contract management, and financial products. By providing a web platform and a mobile application, Grão Direto aims to streamline the agricultural commodity chain, serving diverse stakeholders like cooperatives, traders, and brokers while promoting more agile and effective market operations.
Kemiex
Venture Round in 2023
Kemiex AG is a Zurich-based company that operates an online B2B trading platform specializing in Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs), additives, and excipients. Founded in 2017, Kemiex serves various sectors, including pharmaceuticals, veterinary medicine, food, and feed industries. The platform facilitates the buying and selling of raw materials for both human and animal nutrition and health, providing essential market information and sales services. By connecting buyers, sellers, and traders globally, Kemiex streamlines and secures the trading process, enabling clients to reduce transaction lead times and maintain comprehensive control over their trading activities.
Revelate
Series A in 2022
Revelate is a developer of a data fulfillment platform that offers a comprehensive suite of capabilities for data sharing and commercialization. The platform is designed to alleviate the challenges faced by data teams in distributing data according to consumer needs, both within and outside their organizations. By seamlessly integrating into existing data ecosystems, Revelate empowers companies to prepare, package, and distribute data efficiently and effectively from any source to any recipient. This innovative approach helps organizations fully realize the value of their data assets.
Blockfills
Series A in 2022
Blockfills is an institutional digital asset liquidity provider that operates an electronic and digital liquidity platform designed to create a comprehensive trading ecosystem. The company's technology facilitates order matching, execution, and routing, sourcing liquidity from major non-bank trading institutions. By connecting clients to the best available prices, Blockfills enables market participants to access electronic digital asset liquidity across various time zones and geographical regions.
Blockfills
Seed Round in 2021
Blockfills is an institutional digital asset liquidity provider that operates an electronic and digital liquidity platform designed to create a comprehensive trading ecosystem. The company's technology facilitates order matching, execution, and routing, sourcing liquidity from major non-bank trading institutions. By connecting clients to the best available prices, Blockfills enables market participants to access electronic digital asset liquidity across various time zones and geographical regions.
OpenGamma
Series E in 2019
OpenGamma Limited, established in 2009, is a London-based technology company that specializes in real-time market risk management solutions for financial institutions. It offers a comprehensive platform that delivers cross-asset risk and trading analytics, enabling front-office and risk users to make informed decisions. The platform caters to a wide range of clients, including buy-side and sell-side firms, clearing institutions, exchanges, and other segments of the over-the-counter (OTC) market. OpenGamma's solutions also extend to optimizing performance in OTC markets, with tools for multi-central counterparty (CCP) margin calculations. The company provides support, consulting, and training services to ensure clients maximize the benefits of its platform.
NEX Group
Acquisition in 2018
NEX Group is a technology-driven services company focused on enhancing global financial markets. It provides innovative solutions for trade execution and risk management, covering the entire trade lifecycle from pre-execution to post-execution. NEX offers a comprehensive portfolio of electronic trading platforms and lifecycle management services, which are designed to help clients optimize their portfolios, control risk, and reduce costs. By partnering with emerging technology firms, NEX aims to improve efficiency and deliver valuable analytics, pricing, and regulatory reporting solutions to a diverse client base. These offerings enable clients to make informed trading decisions and effectively navigate the complexities of today's financial landscape.
Avathon
Series B in 2018
Avathon is an innovative artificial intelligence technology startup specializing in AI solutions for industrial applications. The company is recognized for its cutting-edge technology, particularly in developing AI-powered cyber-physical software aimed at enhancing the safety, security, and reliability of IT, operational technology (OT), and the Internet of Things (IoT). Avathon's technology harnesses real-time sensor data to continuously learn and improve, which facilitates more effective risk mitigation and disaster prevention strategies. Its flagship product, DeepArmor, employs advanced machine learning and artificial intelligence to accurately detect and prevent malware threats. By leveraging its award-winning technology and expert teams, Avathon assists clients in analyzing complex data, enhancing decision-making processes, and boosting productivity across various sectors, including defense and finance.
1QBit
Series B in 2017
1QBit is a quantum computing software company focused on addressing complex computational challenges. By recasting problems to leverage the capabilities of quantum computing, the company develops innovative solutions that are designed to solve intractable issues across various industries. Its software platform integrates machine intelligence and optimization science, providing a hardware-agnostic approach that allows clients and hardware providers to enhance applications with advancements in both classical and quantum computing technologies. Through its work, 1QBit aims to enable the development of novel approaches that can significantly improve computational efficiency and effectiveness.
Iguazio
Series B in 2017
Iguazio is a data science platform that empowers enterprises to develop, deploy, and manage artificial intelligence applications at scale. The platform facilitates real-time operation of AI models and supports deployment across various environments, including multi-cloud, on-premises, and edge. By analyzing diverse data sources, Iguazio transforms AI projects into actionable insights and tangible business outcomes. Its capabilities accelerate the transition of AI solutions from development to production, enabling continuous management and rollout of AI services. This approach significantly reduces the time needed to harness the potential of AI, allowing organizations to implement automated machine learning pipelines and achieve their data-driven strategies more effectively.
Privitar
Series A in 2017
Privitar Ltd. is an enterprise software company specializing in privacy-preserving data mining and advanced data anonymization solutions. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in London, the company serves a diverse global client base across North America, Europe, and Asia. Privitar's product suite includes Privitar Publisher, which allows organizations to securely manage and audit data access, and Privitar Lens, which facilitates the creation of privacy-preserving APIs for reporting and analytics. Additionally, its SecureLink system focuses on data de-identification, while the Privitar Data Privacy Platform enhances data utilization while safeguarding sensitive information. The company's technologies enable clients to analyze potentially sensitive data in compliance with regulations such as GDPR, CPRA, and HIPAA, thereby fostering data-driven innovation and maintaining customer privacy across various sectors, including finance, healthcare, telecommunications, and marketing.
Orbital Insight
Series C in 2017
Orbital Insight, Inc. is a geospatial analytics company based in Palo Alto, California, established in 2013. The firm develops a cloud-based platform that employs artificial intelligence and machine learning to analyze vast amounts of geospatial data, including satellite imagery, mobile location signals, and other Internet of Things data. This technology enables organizations, including businesses, governments, and NGOs, to gain insights into societal and economic trends that may not be visible to the naked eye. Orbital Insight's products, such as Orbital Insight GO, GO Consumer, and GO Energy, provide users with actionable intelligence regarding infrastructure, supply chain dynamics, and energy resources. By transforming billions of data points into clear, usable information, the company supports data-driven decision-making in various sectors.
Filament
Series A in 2017
Filament builds blockchain hardware and& software solutions for enterprise and IoT. Filament’s distributed blockchain capabilities leverage open protocols so that devices are able to independently process and record transactions, ensuring digital trust. Its new trusted application software and Blocklet Chip, currently in beta, are designed to communicate and interact with multiple blockchain technologies natively. The software, implemented on existing hardware, will deliver a secure distributed ledger technology solution. The Blocklet Chip will allow industrial corporations and enterprises to seamlessly extract the value of recording and monetizing data assets, at the edge of the network, on the sensors themselves.
Layer
Series B in 2017
Layer, Inc. is a technology company based in San Francisco, California, specializing in the development of an open communications layer platform for the Internet. Founded in 2011, Layer enables developers to integrate rich messaging, voice, and video capabilities into their applications. The company's offerings include Atlas, a customizable UI kit designed for enhancing messaging features, as well as software development kits (SDKs) for both iOS and Android platforms. Additionally, Layer provides a Client API that allows browser-based applications to incorporate chat and communication services, along with a Platform API that facilitates the automation, extension, and integration of these services with other applications. Through its innovative tools, Layer aims to enhance customer interaction for businesses by improving communication between companies and their clients.
Fortscale Security
Series B in 2017
Fortscale Security, Inc., founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, California, specializes in developing security software focused on user and entity behavior analytics (UEBA). The company has created an innovative platform that employs machine learning and predictive analytics to detect malicious user behavior and insider threats in real time. By embedding its behavioral analytics engine within existing security infrastructures, Fortscale enhances the ability of organizations to identify high-risk activities and improve decision-making processes. This integration allows for the automatic modeling of behaviors and the swift identification of anomalies, enabling enterprises to strengthen their security posture while reducing the workload on security analysts. Fortscale's solutions provide critical visibility and insights needed to uncover subtle attacks and enhance overall security effectiveness.
CrossLend
Venture Round in 2017
CrossLend GmbH is a Berlin-based company founded in 2014 that operates an online lending platform specializing in digital credit mediation and financing. The company facilitates cross-border credit mediation by partnering with a bank, enabling investments across Europe through a single platform. CrossLend's platform connects private and institutional investors from low-interest rate countries with borrowers from high-interest rate countries, effectively intermediating loans and securitizing them into bonds for investment. This model allows investors to achieve favorable risk-return profiles while providing borrowers with competitive interest rates. Additionally, CrossLend offers a range of financing options, including consumer loans, development loans, invoices, mortgages, SME loans, and bridging loans, supported by its digital infrastructure and commitment to standardization in the lending process.
Ripple Labs
Series B in 2016
Ripple Labs, Inc. is a technology company that operates a global payments network leveraging blockchain technology. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Ripple develops RippleNet, an enterprise-level decentralized solution that connects banks, payment providers, digital asset exchanges, and corporations to facilitate international money transfers. Its offerings include XRP, a digital asset used for payments; xCurrent, which provides cross-border payment services for banks; xRapid, designed for payment providers and financial institutions to optimize liquidity costs; and xVia, a tool for corporates and payment providers to send payments using a standardized interface. Ripple aims to create a frictionless experience for global transactions, allowing financial institutions to transact directly with each other while minimizing foreign exchange exposure and counterparty risks. The company also maintains additional offices in major cities around the world, including New York, London, and Sydney.
Orbital Insight
Series B in 2016
Orbital Insight, Inc. is a geospatial analytics company based in Palo Alto, California, established in 2013. The firm develops a cloud-based platform that employs artificial intelligence and machine learning to analyze vast amounts of geospatial data, including satellite imagery, mobile location signals, and other Internet of Things data. This technology enables organizations, including businesses, governments, and NGOs, to gain insights into societal and economic trends that may not be visible to the naked eye. Orbital Insight's products, such as Orbital Insight GO, GO Consumer, and GO Energy, provide users with actionable intelligence regarding infrastructure, supply chain dynamics, and energy resources. By transforming billions of data points into clear, usable information, the company supports data-driven decision-making in various sectors.
Avathon
Series A in 2016
Avathon is an innovative artificial intelligence technology startup specializing in AI solutions for industrial applications. The company is recognized for its cutting-edge technology, particularly in developing AI-powered cyber-physical software aimed at enhancing the safety, security, and reliability of IT, operational technology (OT), and the Internet of Things (IoT). Avathon's technology harnesses real-time sensor data to continuously learn and improve, which facilitates more effective risk mitigation and disaster prevention strategies. Its flagship product, DeepArmor, employs advanced machine learning and artificial intelligence to accurately detect and prevent malware threats. By leveraging its award-winning technology and expert teams, Avathon assists clients in analyzing complex data, enhancing decision-making processes, and boosting productivity across various sectors, including defense and finance.
Fortscale Security
Series B in 2015
Fortscale Security, Inc., founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, California, specializes in developing security software focused on user and entity behavior analytics (UEBA). The company has created an innovative platform that employs machine learning and predictive analytics to detect malicious user behavior and insider threats in real time. By embedding its behavioral analytics engine within existing security infrastructures, Fortscale enhances the ability of organizations to identify high-risk activities and improve decision-making processes. This integration allows for the automatic modeling of behaviors and the swift identification of anomalies, enabling enterprises to strengthen their security posture while reducing the workload on security analysts. Fortscale's solutions provide critical visibility and insights needed to uncover subtle attacks and enhance overall security effectiveness.
Ripple Labs
Series A in 2015
Ripple Labs, Inc. is a technology company that operates a global payments network leveraging blockchain technology. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Ripple develops RippleNet, an enterprise-level decentralized solution that connects banks, payment providers, digital asset exchanges, and corporations to facilitate international money transfers. Its offerings include XRP, a digital asset used for payments; xCurrent, which provides cross-border payment services for banks; xRapid, designed for payment providers and financial institutions to optimize liquidity costs; and xVia, a tool for corporates and payment providers to send payments using a standardized interface. Ripple aims to create a frictionless experience for global transactions, allowing financial institutions to transact directly with each other while minimizing foreign exchange exposure and counterparty risks. The company also maintains additional offices in major cities around the world, including New York, London, and Sydney.
Nervana
Series A in 2015
Nervana is a technology company founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Diego, California. It specializes in machine learning and artificial intelligence, offering a software-as-a-service platform that enables businesses to develop custom deep learning applications. The company's flagship product, Nervana Cloud, provides a comprehensive software solution that utilizes deep learning techniques to facilitate the creation of intelligent applications. Founded by experts in various fields, including machine learning, neuroscience, and chip design, Nervana aims to simplify and scale the use of brain-inspired algorithms in technology development.
Ripple Labs
Series A in 2015
Ripple Labs, Inc. is a technology company that operates a global payments network leveraging blockchain technology. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Ripple develops RippleNet, an enterprise-level decentralized solution that connects banks, payment providers, digital asset exchanges, and corporations to facilitate international money transfers. Its offerings include XRP, a digital asset used for payments; xCurrent, which provides cross-border payment services for banks; xRapid, designed for payment providers and financial institutions to optimize liquidity costs; and xVia, a tool for corporates and payment providers to send payments using a standardized interface. Ripple aims to create a frictionless experience for global transactions, allowing financial institutions to transact directly with each other while minimizing foreign exchange exposure and counterparty risks. The company also maintains additional offices in major cities around the world, including New York, London, and Sydney.
Dwolla
Series D in 2014
Dwolla, Inc. is a financial technology company based in Des Moines, Iowa, established in 2010. The company specializes in providing application program interface (API) solutions that streamline bank transfers and facilitate customer management, enabling businesses to integrate account-to-account payment capabilities seamlessly. Dwolla's modern API allows users to connect bank accounts and initiate transfers efficiently, giving businesses the ability to program payments for same-day, next-day, or real-time processing directly to bank accounts. Their offerings also include the Dwolla Dashboard and Admin, which provides users with an intuitive interface for managing customer relationships, monitoring transactions, and analyzing business trends. By leveraging Dwolla's technology, organizations ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies can enhance their cash flow, improve operational efficiency, and navigate the complexities of payment networks with greater ease.
Powerlytics
Venture Round in 2014
Powerlytics, Inc. is a market intelligence company that specializes in providing comprehensive consumer and business financial data. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, the company utilizes a big data analytics platform that analyzes anonymized financial information sourced from U.S. government data. Powerlytics offers a range of solutions, including risk and compliance services, market growth analysis, and digital marketing audience insights. Its platform enables organizations to generate benchmarking and market sizing reports for over 27 million businesses and 140 million individuals, offering detailed insights by geography, industry, and company size. By delivering unique economic and financial reports, Powerlytics helps clients in sectors such as financial services, insurance, and investment management make informed decisions, evaluate competitors, and develop effective corporate strategies.
1QBit
Series A in 2014
1QBit is a quantum computing software company focused on addressing complex computational challenges. By recasting problems to leverage the capabilities of quantum computing, the company develops innovative solutions that are designed to solve intractable issues across various industries. Its software platform integrates machine intelligence and optimization science, providing a hardware-agnostic approach that allows clients and hardware providers to enhance applications with advancements in both classical and quantum computing technologies. Through its work, 1QBit aims to enable the development of novel approaches that can significantly improve computational efficiency and effectiveness.
Wickr
Series B in 2014
Wickr Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in mobile communication applications, offering military-grade encryption for text, images, audio, and video messages. Founded in 2011, Wickr provides users with secure communication channels through its platforms, including Wickr Me, which caters to individuals, small teams, and large enterprises. The application is designed to facilitate private messaging without leaving a trace, ensuring that only the intended recipient can decrypt the messages. Wickr's technology, which employs standard encryption algorithms, supports ephemeral messaging and media, making it suitable for a diverse clientele that includes journalists, government officials, medical professionals, and everyday users. With hundreds of thousands of downloads across over 113 countries, Wickr emphasizes user privacy and security, enabling anonymous communication while supporting the principles of free expression.
Pivot Incorporated
Acquisition in 2012
Pivot Incorporated is a developer of enterprise collaboration and messaging services tailored for the capital and over-the-counter markets. The company has established the Pivot Point Network, which serves as a central hub for members to engage in conversation, share data, and exchange content. By enhancing electronic trading capabilities, Pivot enables real-time dialogue among traders and their networks, facilitating streamlined communication within trading-related workflows. The Pivot Network transforms conversations into actionable ideas and transactions by integrating vital information, relationships, and transactions into a unified platform, ultimately empowering customers to make informed decisions in the capital markets arena.
Credit Market Analysis
Acquisition in 2008
Credit Market Analysis is an independent provider of market insights and data services, specializing in the over-the-counter markets. The company focuses on delivering fixed income pricing information, analytics, and connectivity solutions, along with a comprehensive suite of proprietary market data and tools. These resources span various asset classes, including fixed income, equities, commodities, foreign exchange, and options. By equipping traders with essential information and analytical capabilities, Credit Market Analysis enables them to effectively manage risk and make informed decisions tailored to their specific market environments.
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