Low Carbon is a company focused on developing and managing large-scale renewable energy projects like solar and wind farms. Their mission is to combat climate change by creating a net-zero energy future. They invest in renewable energy infrastructure, manage existing assets, and strive to minimize their environmental footprint.
Weaviate develops a hybrid SaaS platform to build search and recommendation systems. Its open-source AI vector search engine has extensions in the platform for specific use cases such as semantic search, plugins to integrate into any application, and a console to understand their data.
Sardine specializes in providing risk management solutions primarily for the financial services sector. They focus on using artificial intelligence and machine learning to help enterprises manage risks associated with fraud, credit, and compliance. The company aims to serve businesses in the digital economy by offering tools and services that enhance operational efficiency and ensure regulatory compliance.
OpenFin enables financial desktops with the same app distribution, security, and interoperability capabilities as iOS and Android. It offers a desktop application to run outside the browser, generate real-time applications, desktop notifications, tear-outs, docking support, custom title bars and frames, animation effects, maintain window size and position, and secure communications.
PRODA is focuses on solving core data processing pain points in real estate. They are combining real estate expertise with data science to develop machine leaning-enabled software, with the aim of truly automating many analysis and reporting tasks for real estate professionals. Automation is a key driver of digital transformation in every industry, underpinned by advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning. Automation holds huge potential to improve speed, accuracy and productivity. The real estate industry is no exception, but so far limited progress has been made towards digitalisation. Many companies are still running on traditional workflows, for instance using spreadsheets to organise, process and share their data. This data comes in unlimited different formats, and is often stored across unstructured, disparate filing systems, creating data silos.
CityFibre operates as an independent provider of fiber infrastructure in secondary cities. It develops a digital infrastructure that allows wholesale customers to offer broadband, ethernet, and 5G services to homes and businesses.
Fibrus is a telecommunication company that provides fiber internet service.
Weaviate develops a hybrid SaaS platform to build search and recommendation systems. Its open-source AI vector search engine has extensions in the platform for specific use cases such as semantic search, plugins to integrate into any application, and a console to understand their data.
Founded in 2010, EIT InnoEnergy is the leading innovation engine in Sustainable Energy. With offices in Europe and US, the firm seeks to make equity minority investments in early-stage companies and through added value services make the business case bigger, sooner and safer (de-risking). Investment scope: climate tech and energy sectors.
Gigaclear is one of the fastest and most reliable broadband networks in the UK. Delivered only to rural areas of England we deliver better broadband than is available to most towns and cities. With ultrafast, pure fibre broadband, available to every one of their customers, rural communities will be ready to meet the demands of Internet services of the future. Founded in December 2010 by Matthew Hare, the Chief Executive, the company has grown steadily ever since, key appointments have included Joe Frost in 2012 as Sales and Marketing Director and in March 2014 Simon Bullock joined the company as CFO. In May 2011 Ofcom applied the electronic communications code to Gigaclear for the purposes of the provision, by Gigaclear, of an electronic communications network in the United Kingdom. Also in May 2011 the company took a majority stake in local access pioneer Rutland Telecom and in September of that year the company started construction of its first fibre-to-the-premises network, which opened service in October 2011 in Hambleton in Rutland. During 2012 Gigaclear also delivered its first Gigabit fibre-to-the-premises network in the rural communities of Appleton, Eaton and Besselsleigh in Oxfordshire. During 2013 and 2014 the company opened new networks in Fyfield, Frilford, Farmoor, Stanton Harcourt, Woodeaton, Beckley and Northmoor in Oxfordshire, Godden Green in Kent and Uppingham in Rutland. At the end of 2015, Gigaclear had 27 rural networks live with 39 more in construction in Oxfordshire, Kent, Cambridgeshire, Rutland and Northamptonshire. In addition Gigaclear is building rural networks supported by BDUK Superfast Broadband grants in Gloucestershire, West Berkshire and Essex. Gigaclear delivers incredibly fast, and reliable broadband access, everyone connected to the network has the same level of service regardless of 'distance from the cabinet' or weather conditions.
Zzoomm is the Full Fibre broadband network that gives you more. We currently offer Henley-On-Thames and Hereford residents 5 star rated and reviewed internet service download and upload speeds of 150Mbps, 450Mbps, 900Mbps and 2,000Mbps because life’s too short for bad broadband.
SageSure is an insurance first, tech-forward, capital-lite managing general underwriter specializing in coastal residential and commercial property markets. SageSure offers more than 50 competitively priced insurance products in 14 coastal states on behalf of its carrier partners, serves 415,000 policyholders, and has more than $850 million in-force premium to date. Since its launch in 2009, SageSure has been pioneering property insurance through its market-leading online quoting and binding platform and its sophisticated risk modeling and scoring technology. SageSure distributes its products through a network of more than 11,400 insurance producers and national brokers who provide customers with expert advice on protecting their most important asset. For more information, visit sagesure.com.
PRODA is focuses on solving core data processing pain points in real estate. They are combining real estate expertise with data science to develop machine leaning-enabled software, with the aim of truly automating many analysis and reporting tasks for real estate professionals. Automation is a key driver of digital transformation in every industry, underpinned by advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning. Automation holds huge potential to improve speed, accuracy and productivity. The real estate industry is no exception, but so far limited progress has been made towards digitalisation. Many companies are still running on traditional workflows, for instance using spreadsheets to organise, process and share their data. This data comes in unlimited different formats, and is often stored across unstructured, disparate filing systems, creating data silos.
(Contour has been acquired by Xalts)
Divido is a global white label consumer lending platform for financial institutions and multinational retailers. Rapidly build new revenue streams, improve the customer experience and increase conversion by offering finance at the point-of-purchase with Divido. The platform is omnichannel, available online, in-store and via mobile, and works across multiple countries through one integration. Over 1000 partners work with Divido including Nordea Finance, BNP Paribas, BMW, Lenovo and last minute. Divido offers financial services for merchants, lenders, and intermediaries that want to offer instant new credit as a payment option to their end-consumers and corporate clients. Backed by the investors behind Skype, WorldPay, and TransferWise the company launched late 2015 and currently has 300+ partners using its platform including some of the world's well-known brands. By the end of 2017. Divido will operate in 9 countries. Divido was founded in 2014 and is based in London, England, United Kingdom
Komgo is a Swiss-headquartered software development and technology services company, offering the reference digital network and workflow solutions for the trade finance industry. Our global customer base is supported through offices in Singapore, Geneva, London, New York and Houston. Komgo removes the need for manual and paper-based processes, mitigates against fraud risk, provides a benchmark data reference for the industry and delivers the best-in-class value to end-users through elegant digital experiences. Together, we’re on a mission to simplify trade finance and eliminate documentary fraud.
Boost your sales and online presence by actively involving the most valuable marketing source you have, being your employees, your happy clients, your partners and resellers, or anyone else who's willing to vouch for you.
Flowcast leverages its patented machine learning methodologies to create high-performing predictive models that assess risk and enable lenders to unlock credit to all size businesses at scale. Flowcast’s models offer unparalleled explainability in understanding the root cause of a business’ creditworthiness, the risk of delinquency, the timeliness of repayment, and the likelihood of dilution of their transactions. Unlike traditional risk assessments, the API-based solution updates and monitors the risk assessment of the borrower in real-time based on alternative data and Flowcast’s proprietary data.
Twisto is a payment app for the mobile-first era. Connected with a Mastercard and Apple Pay-compatible, the Twisto account enables customers to pay for their online purchases with just one click, deal with bills and invoices by taking a photo of them within the app, and pay just about anywhere else with the card, a special payment bracelet or Apple Pay. On top of that, the account comes with the best exchange rate possible for international payments. Twisto aggregates the payments in a neatly designed mobile app, and customers pay them all at once at the end of each month.
The Renewables Infrastructure Group is an investment trust dedicated to investments in assets generating electricity from renewable sources.
eXate is a startup on a mission to simplify the way that data is safely and securely accessed, shared and governed through DataSecOps. DataSecOps enables a simple, collaborative environment for data, operations and cyber teams to work together in a single application for faster, safer, more cost-efficient data sharing. The company provides DataSecOps solutions to leading Global 500 corporations, financial institutions, and insurance providers around the world. eXate is headquartered in London, UK.
Horizonte Minerals operates as a nickel development company focussed in Brazil, which wholly owns the advanced Araguaia nickel laterite project (“Araguaia” or “the Project”) located to the south of the Carajas mineral district of northern Brazil.
Weaviate develops a hybrid SaaS platform to build search and recommendation systems. Its open-source AI vector search engine has extensions in the platform for specific use cases such as semantic search, plugins to integrate into any application, and a console to understand their data.
Cleantech Solar is a provider of renewable energy to corporations in Southeast Asia and India, combining the capabilities of a global player with unrivalled responsiveness and agility.
Neptune Networks is a data connectivity network that delivers pre-trade bond data via fix workflows from the sell-side to the buy-side. Their technology enables real-time connectivity between banks and investors, resulting in meaningful conversations, meeting each party's immediate needs, and ultimately increasing trade volumes.
HQLAᵡ is a financial technology innovation firm that leverages R3’s distributed ledger technology, Corda, to provide liquidity management and collateral management solutions for institutional clients in the global securities financing markets. HQLAᵡ and Deutsche Börse Group formed a strategic partnership for the creation of a joint operating model that provides market participants with improved collateral mobility across a fragmented securities settlement eco-system.
FinCompare was founded by Stephan Heller and is a fintech startup that helps businesses to find, compare, and close the financing solutions. Via the online platform, companies can access a wide range of financing options. They can independently compare offers from well-known banks, fintechs, and alternative financial services providers in Germany and close the financing. The company also offers a convenient one-stop destination for all financing questions relating to the company. FinCompare financing solutions including corporate loan, factoring, company leasing/hire purchase, warehouse financing, fine trading/purchase financing, and mezzanine capital. It simplifies the financing process with its digital application process and can thus provide your company financing. The company allows SMEs to receive and compare various offers for loans. FinCompare was founded in October 2016 by Stephan Heller and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.
Contour, formerly known as VholdR is a Utah based action sports camera company. It enables modern-day explorers, sportsmen, and women, adventurers, professionals, and amateur to tell their video story of action-adventure and travel. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Provo, Utah.
Ascent provides a cost-effective, AI-powered regulatory compliance solution that streamlines and simplifies compliance processes, minimizing risk and maximizing efficiency even in complex, multi-jurisdictional operating environments. Ascent's solution goes beyond just identifying applicable regulations by providing businesses with a comprehensive understanding of their obligations under each regulation. This helps streamline compliance processes, minimizing risk, and maximizing efficiency. With Ascent, compliance becomes an integral part of your business operations, seamlessly integrating with your internal policies, procedures, and operations. Our automated system eliminates the need for businesses to spend time and resources researching and sifting through irrelevant regulations, enabling them to focus on core operations and gain a competitive edge. The system also provides a robust audit trail and integrates with your preferred tracking tool, making it easy to generate reports and monitor compliance activities. By staying ahead of regulations and avoiding non-applicable regulations, our solution helps you maximize efficiency and scale your business. Ascent's cost-effective solution ensures that businesses remain in compliance at all times, even with rule changes, new regulations, or increased regulatory scrutiny. With Ascent, compliance becomes a strength rather than a burden, allowing businesses to confidently navigate the ever-changing regulatory landscape.
Founded in 2014, Payconiq is a mobile payment platform. Payconiq leads the transformation of the payment industry in Europe. They've created an app which can be used for omnichannel payments: in store, online, and between friends. Consumers benefit from quick and easy payments through their smartphone while merchants reduce checkout times and pay smaller fees per transaction than any other payment method. Payconiq is currently active in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Luxembourg with local offices in each of these markets.
COFCO is a supplier of diversified products and services in the agricultural products and food industry in China. It is devoted to utilizing renewable natural resources to provide healthy and nutritious food, high quality lifestyle and services, as well as contributing to improve people’s living standards, social prosperity and stability. COFCO plays a pivotal role as a bridge in the markets of edible oils and foodstuff between China and the world, and serves as the main importing and exporting channel for bulk agricultural products such as wheat, corn, rice and sugar. As an investment holding company specialized in trade and processing of oil and foodstuff as well as other businesses, COFCO continuously strives to upgrade its oil and foodstuff chains, which include those of oils and oilseeds, corn, wheat, rice, wine, tomatoes, dairy products, meat, barley, tea, chocolate and various other products. In light of China's economic growth, return on shareholders’ value and available business resources, COFCO is also involved in the development of real estate, hotels, non-grain bio-energy, packaging, finance and other industries.
Twisto is a payment app for the mobile-first era. Connected with a Mastercard and Apple Pay-compatible, the Twisto account enables customers to pay for their online purchases with just one click, deal with bills and invoices by taking a photo of them within the app, and pay just about anywhere else with the card, a special payment bracelet or Apple Pay. On top of that, the account comes with the best exchange rate possible for international payments. Twisto aggregates the payments in a neatly designed mobile app, and customers pay them all at once at the end of each month.
Spruce Finance Inc. is a financial services company based in San Francisco that specializes in consumer financing for residential solar systems, water conservation upgrades, and energy efficiency home improvements. Established in 2011, the company offers a range of financing options, including solar leases, loans, power purchase agreements, and PACE products, which assist homeowners in reducing their utility expenses related to power, water, and heating and cooling. Spruce Finance collaborates with a national network of contractor and channel partners, including solar installers, general contractors, and HVAC experts, to deliver its services across the United States. The company's focus is on making eco-friendly home improvements accessible and affordable for consumers, thereby promoting sustainable living.
Scoperty contains a map with approximately 35 million properties. By doing this, they establish a pre-market where offers may be made on properties that aren't yet listed for sale, and the owner can accept them before the auction begins. They work hard to supervise and assist with the complex procedures involved in real estate sales.
Kabbage is a financial technology and data company pioneering a new, automated way for small businesses to access working capital. The company simplifies the manual application process to one that is 100% online and automated. Businesses can use their business data to submit an application online and receive an answer in minutes instead of waiting weeks and filling out numerous forms like traditional lending methods. Businesses can access ongoing lines of credit up to $250,000. Kabbage leverages business data generated such as revenue, accounting data, business transactions, shipping data, social media and other sources to understand a business’s overall health and calculate credit lines throughout the customer lifecycle. The company began serving online merchants in 2011 and extended its automated lending platform to all small businesses – online and brick-and-mortar – in February 2014. In November 2013, Kabbage expanded its business to mobile with an iOS and Android app that enables users to apply or access their funds from their smartphones. Kabbage used to provide a consumer lending product, Karrot, but it is no longer available. Kabbage expanded the application of its platform in March 2015 by licensing the data and technology platform to power lending for other organizations. The company was named one of Forbes magazine’s Most Promising Companies list for the second year in a row. Kabbage further extended its lending reach in May 2015 with the announcement of the new Kabbage Card, which gives businesses the ability to pay for items at the point of sale with a purchasing card tied to their Kabbage account. Kabbage also collaborated with MasterCard in May 2015 to make Kabbage’s data and technology platform available through MasterCard’s network of acquirers. In August 2015, Kabbage was named the 36th fastest-growing private company in America on the Inc. 500 list. In October 2015, Kabbage completed a Series E funding round of $135 million led by Reverence Capital Partners. Holland’s ING, Spain’s Santander (via InnoVentures, Santander's venture capital arm); and Canada’s Scotiabank also participated in the round. Kabbage also announced a strategic partnership with ING to deliver instant capital to small businesses throughout Spain. In June 2016, Kabbage was named to CNBC's annual Disruptor 50 list of the most forward-thinking and ambitious companies that are revolutionizing industries and markets worldwide. Two months later, Kabbage was named to the Inc. 500 list of the country's fastest-growing private companies for the second year in a row In August 2016, Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) upgraded and affirmed ratings on Class A2-2 Certificates issued by Kabbage Funding 2014-1 Resecurization Trust. The certificates were upgraded from BBB+(sf) to A-(sf) based on structural improvements to the transaction’s concentration requirements and the existence of more historical data relating to Kabbage’s collateral. KBRA also affirmed the ratings on the Class B2A Certificates of BB-(sf), Class B2B Certificates of BB-(sf) and Class B2C Certificates of B+(sf), which were initially rated in November 2015. In 2017, the company raised $250 million from Softbank Group Corp., raising its total equity funding to $500 million, making Kabbage one of the most well-funded companies with a female co-founder at the helm. It also secured the largest asset-backed securitizations of small business loans in the online lending industry of $525 million. In November, it diversified its debt-funding sources further with a $200 million revolving credit facility with Credit Suisse, earning investment-grade ratings of ‘A’ and ‘BBB’ by DBRS. It ranked on the Inc. 500 list as one of the country’s fasting-growing private companies for a third consecutive year, on Deloitte’s Fast 500 list, among CB Insights Fintech 250, in the top 10 of KPMG’s Fiintech 100, and its co-founder, Kathryn Petralia, was named one of Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women in the World.
Sunseap is a Singaporean provider of solar and clean energy. Incorporated in 2011, Sunseap’s proven solar solutions to diversify the energy portfolio through cost competitive models and strategies. Sunseap provides a one-stop service to clean energy solution, which encompasses elements such as funding, development, designing, engineering and construction. Sunseap's unique positioning as both a licensed Electricity Wholesaler and Electricity Retailer under the Energy Market Authority (EMA); has enabled it to develop its 2 business models, solar leasing and clean electricity supply.
MobieTrain is the #1 Mobile Microlearning App for your Frontline Teams designed for companies to easily create their own branded learning tracks with their own training content. We empower employees of organisations such as Emirates Post, Decathlon, Timberland, Vans, Hastens, Atlas Copco, the Cities of Rotterdam and Antwerp with the right content, at the right time, on the device they prefer. This is how we help them to acquire new skills in their professional and personal lives. The MobieTrain Platform transfers knowledge 6x more effectively while reducing the time of content creation and administration by more than 50%. This helps companies to streamline their onboarding, employee engagement, sales and customer experience, compliance and change management activities. At MobieTrain we believe that microlearning is the future of work. Our mobile-first platform empowers employees with daily, bite-sized content that boosts knowledge retention and productivity. We make learning fun again with gamified, personalised content that can be accessed anywhere, on any mobile device. Want more information? Visit: https://www.mobietrain.com and discover the world of mobile-first microlearning to train your workforce in an engaging and efficient way. Welcome!
Gunvor Group is one of the world’s largest independent commodities trading houses by turnover, creating logistics solutions that safely and efficiently move physical energy from where it is sourced and stored to where it is demanded most. With strategic investments in industrial infrastructure—refineries, pipelines, storage, terminals, mining and upstream—Gunvor further generates sustainable value across the global supply chain for its customers.
Funding Options uses modern web technology to make it easier for independent businesses to access the right finance. Previously selected by judges from SWIFT as one of the world’s most promising financial technology (FinTech) firms, and more recently a winner of Banking Technology magazine's annual global award for best use of technology in lending.
Cobase is a company that provides a multi-bank platform designed to streamline access to various bank accounts and financial services. Founded in 2012 and based in Mountain View, California, Cobase offers a centralized payment hub, cash management, and treasury modules, allowing medium and large businesses to manage their financial operations more efficiently. The platform supports connections with multiple banks and financial service providers, enabling users to oversee their financial resources from a single interface. Additionally, it simplifies user management and authorization across different subsidiaries or departments, requiring only one security token per user. This focus on operational efficiency makes Cobase a valuable resource for businesses looking to optimize their financial management.
Hyperoptic's true superfast broadband technology differs from the services currently offered by most other leading UK internet service providers in that it provides unimpeded fibre speeds directly to the premises. Other so-called ‘superfast fibre' services are generally hybrids, relying on existing infrastructure and dated copper cables to make up at least part of the line, resulting in drastically reduced internet speeds and unpredictable performance. The UK currently lags behind other international markets when it comes to the availability of true hyperfast broadband, with FTTH technology available in less than 1 per cent of homes. In contrast, Japan boasts over 50 per cent penetration and the US around 10 per cent, according to FTTH Council Europe. With an aggressive expansion and development plan fuelled by this new investment, Hyperoptic is now primed to play a significant role in closing this gap.
TransferMate is a global B2B payments technology that enables companies to send and receive payments. It has built one of the largest private portfolios of payment licenses worldwide. By owning its license network end-to-end, users can both send and receive payments for their clients at half the cost and twice the speed of banks.
Reliance Jio Infocomm is a company providing wireless telecom products and services. The company offers voice, data, and messaging services, as well as distributes smartphones and hotspot devices. Its areas of research, development and new service deployment include blockchain, artificial intelligence, open source platforms, IOT, data analytics, and next-gen cloud services.
TradeIX is an open platform for global trade finance powered by distributed ledger technology. The platform provides financial institutions, businesses, lenders and technology providers with a smarter, more connected, and more secure platform for facilitating the movement of goods, assets, and credit around the world in support of global trade.
FinCompare was founded by Stephan Heller and is a fintech startup that helps businesses to find, compare, and close the financing solutions. Via the online platform, companies can access a wide range of financing options. They can independently compare offers from well-known banks, fintechs, and alternative financial services providers in Germany and close the financing. The company also offers a convenient one-stop destination for all financing questions relating to the company. FinCompare financing solutions including corporate loan, factoring, company leasing/hire purchase, warehouse financing, fine trading/purchase financing, and mezzanine capital. It simplifies the financing process with its digital application process and can thus provide your company financing. The company allows SMEs to receive and compare various offers for loans. FinCompare was founded in October 2016 by Stephan Heller and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.
Exasun is an innovative Dutch SolarPV manufacturer. It produce Glass-Glass solar panels with high efficiency and long life, on our own production line in The Hague. Production line Exasun has developed its advanced production line in recent years in close cooperation with suppliers, knowledge institutions and renowned Dutch machine builders. In addition to the Black Glass panel (60 cells, 1X1.6m) we also produce modules with special dimensions for building-integrated applications.
Payvision, an independent payment solutions provider specializing in global card processing for the ecommerce market, offers Acquiring Banks, PSPs, ISOs and their Merchants a secure, PCI-DSS Compliant, PSD Licensed, international payment processing platform, enhanced with innovative technology. With one of the fastest growing global acquiring networks in the world, Payvision provides international eCommerce opportunities, supporting its partners to expand their global footprint. Read more about Payvision or see what They have achieved by visiting Their Company Milestones.
The Citizen Development platform Betty Blocks is all about empowering a new generation of developers and breaking the boundaries of technology for business innovation. They support citizen developers, help organizations innovate, and challenge assumptions of what a no-code platform can achieve. Used to build complex enterprise-grade applications: surprisingly easy, fast and fun. From mobile apps to (customer) portals to back office management and everything in between. The Betty Blocks platform’s ease of use supports every size or complexity of your app. Go as far as you like, the easiest way possible. 100% in the cloud. 100% no-code. 100% innovation-driven.
Together with thousands of other merchants, you are the beating heart of your neighbourhood. From that hot cup of coffee while your customer waits, to that little extra for that loyal customer having a tough day. Every single day, you go that extra mile for your customers. We combined all of your extra efforts into one single app. With Joyn, your customers enjoy unique advantages, save for cool rewards and keep coming back to you. Joyn provides you the tools to help you grow your business.
Founded in 2014, Payconiq is a mobile payment platform. Payconiq leads the transformation of the payment industry in Europe. They've created an app which can be used for omnichannel payments: in store, online, and between friends. Consumers benefit from quick and easy payments through their smartphone while merchants reduce checkout times and pay smaller fees per transaction than any other payment method. Payconiq is currently active in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Luxembourg with local offices in each of these markets.
Hyperoptic's true superfast broadband technology differs from the services currently offered by most other leading UK internet service providers in that it provides unimpeded fibre speeds directly to the premises. Other so-called ‘superfast fibre' services are generally hybrids, relying on existing infrastructure and dated copper cables to make up at least part of the line, resulting in drastically reduced internet speeds and unpredictable performance. The UK currently lags behind other international markets when it comes to the availability of true hyperfast broadband, with FTTH technology available in less than 1 per cent of homes. In contrast, Japan boasts over 50 per cent penetration and the US around 10 per cent, according to FTTH Council Europe. With an aggressive expansion and development plan fuelled by this new investment, Hyperoptic is now primed to play a significant role in closing this gap.
Fintonic is a mobile-centric consumer banking platform that provides its users with insurance and investment products, and targeted loans. It offers an advanced access point for its users to enter all of their accounts as well as financial information to guide them through the analysis of millions of financial data points with relevant financial products. Fintonic´s algorithm analyses the suitability of a user for a loan and presents the user with pre-approved loans that can be contracted with a click of a button. The application is currently available in Spain and Chile with over 250,000 users. It was launched in 2012 and is based in Madrid, Spain.
Ascenty is a data center and telecom company specializing in colocation, connectivity, hosting, cloud computing, and managed services. It has three data centers in São Paulo - in the cities of Jundiaí, Campinas, and Hortolândia (the latter under construction), with Tier III certification, ISO 27001, SSAE 16 and ISAE 3402 Type II. The company received the Datacenter Dynamics Awards in 2015, 2016, and 2018. It was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Axyon AI is a fintech company focused on enhancing the investment management sector through advanced AI technologies. It aims to strengthen asset managers by leveraging AI for improved decision-making. The company utilizes deep learning advancements to develop customized business applications specifically designed for capital markets and asset management, enhancing performance and identifying opportunities.
COMEXPOSIUM Group, one of the leaders in event organization, is involved in more than 170 B to C and B to B events, covering 11 different sectors of activity such as food, agriculture, fashion, homeland security, construction, high-tech, optics and transport. Comexposium hosts 45.000 exhibitors and more than 3 million visitors in 23 countries around the world. At Comexposium, their business is to create connections. Globally, face to face and digitally, they bring people together to meet and do business Comexposium is one of the world’s leading event organizers. Globally, it hosts more than 135 B2B and B2B2C events across many different sectors, significantly in agriculture, construction, fashion, food, health, leisure, real estate, retail, security, students, tourism, and works council. At events, in over 30 countries, Comexposium welcomes more than 3,5 million visitors and 48,000 exhibitors annually. Headquartered in France, Comexposium’s employees and sales network operate in 22 countries.
Yolt challenges the status quo of money management. We believe that staying on top of your money shouldn’t be a bore. With a fresh approach and smart insights to ‘yolt’ you into action, Yolt is about being smart with your money, so you can make the most of life.
Barefoot is a start-up studio in Brussels, we create and develop innovative projects. We give life to our ideas through a knit team that invests entirely at their elaborations with the goal of launching six start-ups per year.
WeLab is reinventing traditional financial services by creating seamless digital experiences. With the company's proprietary risk management technology, WeLab effectively analyzes unstructured mobile big data within seconds to provide innovative financial services and offer consumer financing solutions for individual customers. WeLab also offers B2B enterprise solutions by partnering with traditional financial institutions, which utilize WeLab’s technology to offer fintech-enabled services to their customers.
Cobase is a company that provides a multi-bank platform designed to streamline access to various bank accounts and financial services. Founded in 2012 and based in Mountain View, California, Cobase offers a centralized payment hub, cash management, and treasury modules, allowing medium and large businesses to manage their financial operations more efficiently. The platform supports connections with multiple banks and financial service providers, enabling users to oversee their financial resources from a single interface. Additionally, it simplifies user management and authorization across different subsidiaries or departments, requiring only one security token per user. This focus on operational efficiency makes Cobase a valuable resource for businesses looking to optimize their financial management.
WeLab Holdings Limited is a financial technology company based in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong, with an additional office in Shenzhen, China. Founded in 2013, WeLab operates online and mobile lending platforms, including Wolaidai in China and WeLend in Hong Kong. These platforms offer various financial products, such as personal loans, online balance transfers, and handset installment plans. Utilizing proprietary risk management technology, WeLab analyzes unstructured mobile big data rapidly to assess creditworthiness and provide innovative consumer financing solutions. In addition to its direct-to-consumer services, WeLab also partners with traditional financial institutions to deliver B2B enterprise solutions, enabling these partners to offer fintech-enabled services to their customers.
Qustomer is the leading loyalty network in Belgium with 700+ and 400k+ users. Merchants love the simplicity and the speed of the solution as well as the hands-off client data collection. With Qustomer they are able to quickly build a client database and use it for email campaigns and coupons.
Kabbage is a financial technology and data company pioneering a new, automated way for small businesses to access working capital. The company simplifies the manual application process to one that is 100% online and automated. Businesses can use their business data to submit an application online and receive an answer in minutes instead of waiting weeks and filling out numerous forms like traditional lending methods. Businesses can access ongoing lines of credit up to $250,000. Kabbage leverages business data generated such as revenue, accounting data, business transactions, shipping data, social media and other sources to understand a business’s overall health and calculate credit lines throughout the customer lifecycle. The company began serving online merchants in 2011 and extended its automated lending platform to all small businesses – online and brick-and-mortar – in February 2014. In November 2013, Kabbage expanded its business to mobile with an iOS and Android app that enables users to apply or access their funds from their smartphones. Kabbage used to provide a consumer lending product, Karrot, but it is no longer available. Kabbage expanded the application of its platform in March 2015 by licensing the data and technology platform to power lending for other organizations. The company was named one of Forbes magazine’s Most Promising Companies list for the second year in a row. Kabbage further extended its lending reach in May 2015 with the announcement of the new Kabbage Card, which gives businesses the ability to pay for items at the point of sale with a purchasing card tied to their Kabbage account. Kabbage also collaborated with MasterCard in May 2015 to make Kabbage’s data and technology platform available through MasterCard’s network of acquirers. In August 2015, Kabbage was named the 36th fastest-growing private company in America on the Inc. 500 list. In October 2015, Kabbage completed a Series E funding round of $135 million led by Reverence Capital Partners. Holland’s ING, Spain’s Santander (via InnoVentures, Santander's venture capital arm); and Canada’s Scotiabank also participated in the round. Kabbage also announced a strategic partnership with ING to deliver instant capital to small businesses throughout Spain. In June 2016, Kabbage was named to CNBC's annual Disruptor 50 list of the most forward-thinking and ambitious companies that are revolutionizing industries and markets worldwide. Two months later, Kabbage was named to the Inc. 500 list of the country's fastest-growing private companies for the second year in a row In August 2016, Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) upgraded and affirmed ratings on Class A2-2 Certificates issued by Kabbage Funding 2014-1 Resecurization Trust. The certificates were upgraded from BBB+(sf) to A-(sf) based on structural improvements to the transaction’s concentration requirements and the existence of more historical data relating to Kabbage’s collateral. KBRA also affirmed the ratings on the Class B2A Certificates of BB-(sf), Class B2B Certificates of BB-(sf) and Class B2C Certificates of B+(sf), which were initially rated in November 2015. In 2017, the company raised $250 million from Softbank Group Corp., raising its total equity funding to $500 million, making Kabbage one of the most well-funded companies with a female co-founder at the helm. It also secured the largest asset-backed securitizations of small business loans in the online lending industry of $525 million. In November, it diversified its debt-funding sources further with a $200 million revolving credit facility with Credit Suisse, earning investment-grade ratings of ‘A’ and ‘BBB’ by DBRS. It ranked on the Inc. 500 list as one of the country’s fasting-growing private companies for a third consecutive year, on Deloitte’s Fast 500 list, among CB Insights Fintech 250, in the top 10 of KPMG’s Fiintech 100, and its co-founder, Kathryn Petralia, was named one of Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women in the World.
NGDATA is the consumer intelligence management solutions company that empowers enterprises seeking greater customer lifetime value to drive continuous, actionable insights to enable sales and increase customer loyalty. The company does this through its unique combination of Big Data management and machine learning technologies in a single integrated solution. Recently named one of Bank Systems and Technology Magazine’s “Top 7 Big Data Players to Watch,” NGDATA is headquartered in Ghent, Belgium with offices in New York City and San Francisco. The company provides solutions to data-driven sectors such as financial services, retail and media/publishing.
Agendia's molecular diagnostic technology provides cancer patients and their physicians with a glimpse into their genome, answers to the most pressing questions and enables personalized treatment plans. Agendia’s breast cancer tests were developed using an unbiased gene selection by analyzing the complete human genome. Agendia’s tests can help physicians assess a patient’s individual risk for metastasis, which patients may benefit from chemo, hormonal or combination therapy, and which patients may not require these treatments and can instead be treated with other, less arduous and less costly methods.
Avantium is a leading technology company specialized in advanced high-throughput R&D for applications in the energy, chemicals and pharmaceutical industries. The company's headquarters and laboratories are located in Amsterdam, in the Netherlands. Avantium's proprietary high-throughput technology enables a faster and more cost-effective development of new and improved products and production processes. Using its unique rational approach towards the design of experiments and data analysis, Avantium is capable of accomplishing innovations with superior success rate. Avantium has demonstrated the validity and commercial viability of its technology by successfully providing research services and tools to more than 70 companies worldwide, including many industry leaders. The company's mission is to increase the success rate and economics of product and process development. Building on its expertise and track record in the energy, chemicals and pharmaceutical industries, Avantium focuses on developing products in two fields: new biofuels and bio-based chemicals, and new crystal forms of marketed drugs under patent. Avantium's strategy is to progress its development programs and exploit the commercial value of its expanding patent portfolio by securing value-adding partnerships during the coming years. Avantium seeks continuous expansion of its profitable services and tools business. Avantium has assembled a team of highly educated professionals who are experts in catalysis, crystallography, organic chemistry, engineering of robotic systems, process engineering, statistics, cheminformatics and software development. Its teams collaborate closely with partner R&D organizations.
Diba is an ING powered bank that offers traditional banking products while focused exclusively on growing online.
PayPal is a leading provider of electronic payment solutions, empowering individuals and businesses to engage in secure transactions worldwide. With a commitment to democratizing financial services, PayPal's platform supports 426 million active accounts and facilitates payments in over 200 markets. Users can connect and transact online, via mobile devices, or in person, with the ability to manage funds in more than 100 currencies. The company also owns popular services such as Venmo and Braintree, enhancing its offerings for consumer and merchant transactions. Established as a separate entity from eBay in 2015, PayPal continues to innovate through strategic partnerships and investments, including its venture capital arm, PayPal Ventures, which focuses on fostering entrepreneurship and advancing financial technology solutions.
Devgen produces hybrid rice seeds. They develop a novel nematicide to protect crops from damage by parasitic nematodes. They help farmers meet the productivity increases needed to grow more food on less land using less water, labor, and agrochemicals. They use advanced biotechnology and molecular breeding technology.