Nasdaq

Nasdaq, Inc. is a technology company that operates a global marketplace for trading securities and serves various sectors, including capital markets. Established in 1971 and headquartered in New York, Nasdaq offers a range of services through its Market Services segment, which includes equity derivatives, cash equity trading, fixed income and commodities trading, as well as trade management and clearing services. The Corporate Services segment provides essential listing and governance solutions for public and private companies. Its Information Services segment delivers market data, indices, and analytics to both institutional and retail investors. Additionally, Nasdaq’s Market Technology segment supplies technological solutions for trading, clearing, and surveillance, enhancing operational efficiency for market participants. The company also engages in venture investing to foster innovation in financial services. Nasdaq was formerly known as The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. and rebranded in 2015.

Benjamin Blueweiss

CEO and Founder

Bill Dague

VP, Head of Data Product

Robert Greifeld

CEO

Nelson Griggs

President, Nasdaq Stock Exchange

Pankaj Kaul

Lead Risk Management Analyst

Louis Modano

Senior Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer and Global Head of Infrastructure Services

34 past transactions

Amberdata

Series B in 2022
Amberdata is defining the Cryptoeconomics data provider category. By combining validated blockchain and crypto market data from the leading crypto exchanges into a unified platform and API, Amberdata enables customers to build data-powered applications to develop and maintain an edge over their competition. The company was founded in 2017 in Palo alto, California led by Shawn Douglass.

Sporttrade

Funding Round in 2021
Sporttrade is a sports betting exchange that allows users to trade sports bets like stocks, offering a unique and dynamic marketplace for betting enthusiasts. The platform enables users to buy and sell positions on sporting events in real-time, providing flexibility to enter or exit bets as the odds shift throughout the event. This creates an environment where users can actively manage their bets, much like financial traders manage stock portfolios.

Puro.earth

Acquisition in 2021
Puro.earth is the first B2B marketplace, standard, and registry focused solely on carbon removal. It mobilizes the world’s economy to reward carbon net-negative emissions. It does this by helping voluntary corporate buyers accelerate carbon dioxide removal at an industrial global scale. Puro.earth provides carbon removal as a service, through identifying suppliers, verifying their carbon removals, and issuing CO2 Removal Certificates (CORCs), an integral part of long-term procurement portfolios to fulfill net-zero pledges. Aiming at climate and economic impact, Puro.earth is driving forward a market of carbon-negative industries, enabling a new revenue stream to accelerate their growth.
PureStream is a technology platform company with a singular focus on making institutional trading scale efficiently and securely. The trading venue prioritizes and matches orders based on their liquidity relevance with a unique focus on improving cross rates and order completion speed. PureStream was established in New York, New York in 2018.

Matter

Venture Round in 2020
Matter is a Danish startup specializing in sustainable investments in the pension space.

Verafin

Acquisition in 2020
Verafin provides a cloud-based cross-institutional software platform for Fraud Detection and Management, BSA/AML Compliance and Management, High-Risk Customer Management, and Secure 314(b) Information Sharing. More than 2600 banks and credit unions use Verafin to effectively fight financial crime and comply with regulations. Leveraging its big data intelligence, visual storytelling, and collaborative investigation capabilities, Verafin significantly reduces false positive alerts, delivers context-rich insights, and streamlines the daunting BSA/AML compliance processes that financial institutions face today. Verafin is the exclusive provider for Texas Bankers Association, Western Bankers Association, Florida Bankers Association, Illinois Bankers Association, Massachusetts Bankers Association, and CUNA Strategic Services, with industry endorsements in 47 U.S. states.

Dealpath

Venture Round in 2020
Dealpath has pioneered and established the Real Estate Deal Management industry by creating the leading intelligent software solution for investment management firms, empowering faster, more informed investment decisions and connections throughout the deal lifecycle with data-driven insights and digital collaboration. We’re building out an industry-defining company to accelerate the largest asset class in the world into the future. Recent company highlights include: surpassing $10 trillion of transactions supported on the platform with prominent firms like Blackstone, Nuveen, AEW, Bridge Investment Group, Oxford Property Group, as well as recognition as the “Top Technology” at the Global PropTech Awards. To learn more about Dealpath, and to see our open roles, visit www.dealpth.com.

XM Cyber

Series B in 2020
XM Cyber provides a fully automated APT Simulation Platform to continuously expose all attack vectors, above and below the surface, from breach point to any organizational critical asset. This continuous loop of automated red teaming is completed by ongoing and prioritized actionable remediation of organizations’ security gaps. In effect, HaXM by XM Cyber operates as an automated purple team that fluidly combines red team and blue team processes to ensure that organizations are always one step ahead of the hacker.

Caspian

Venture Round in 2020
Caspian specializes in automated investigation technology aimed at assisting global banks in combating money laundering and financial crime. The company's platform leverages machine learning alongside human expertise to conduct thorough anti-money laundering (AML) investigations. By analyzing alerts and making risk decisions that are both explainable and compliant with regulatory standards, Caspian's technology enhances the consistency and efficiency of AML processes. This approach not only improves workforce productivity but also ensures accuracy in investigations, supporting financial services firms in their efforts to maintain regulatory integrity while effectively managing risks associated with financial crime.

Solovis

Acquisition in 2020
Solovis is leading fintech innovation for institutional investors with a powerful Cloud platform for multi-asset class portfolio management, reporting and analytics – uniquely designed for the limited partner community. Endowments, foundations, pensions, OCIOs and family offices leverage Solovis to transform how they collect and aggregate investment data, analyze portfolio performance, model and predict future outcomes and share meaningful portfolio insights with key stakeholders. The Solovis institutional investment management technology platform enables detailed analysis and dynamic data modeling across multiple portfolios and pools of capital for actionable, transparent insights that empower investors from the front to back office.

Canoe

Series A in 2020
Canoe focuses on automating document management and data extraction for allocators and investors into alternatives. The company is transforming the post-investment operational, monitoring, and reporting experience for all involved. By combining industry expertise with sophisticated machine-learning and data capture technologies, it turns PDF reporting documents into actionable data and intelligence, unlocking new operational efficiencies for clients. Canoe was founded in 2013 and based in New York, New York.

OneReport

Acquisition in 2020
OneReport is a provider of corporate responsibility and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data management and reporting services. OneReport’s online software simplifies the process of data collection, colleague engagement and oversight, and disclosure.
The Center for Board Excellence is a corporate board and management evaluations consultancy. CBE is a trusted corporate governance partner for public, private and non-profit organizations globally.

Chronograph

Series A in 2019
Chronograph provides next-generation portfolio monitoring, reporting, and diligence tools for institutional private capital investors across private equity, private credit, infrastructure & real assets, venture, co-investments, and GP stakes. Through a suite of cloud-based analytics and data management solutions, Chronograph helps sophisticated Limited Partners and General Partners understand and manage their investments in unprecedented detail.

ErisX

Series B in 2019
ErisX specializes in digital asset space that offers both spot and futures contracts on one platform. It integrates digital asset products and technology into reliable, compliant, and robust capital markets workflows. ErisX solution provides trading, deposits, and withdrawals on a stable, proven capital markets technology infrastructure. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Symbiont

Series B in 2019
Symbiont has developed the market-leading platform for institutional applications of blockchain technology. Symbiont smart contracts enable complex instruments to live their entire lifecycle on a truly decentralized, enterprise blockchain network with end-to-end privacy. Financial institutions and governments are working with Symbiont to develop new business lines, increase transparency, reduce risk, and save costs. Industry leaders such as Vanguard and the State of Delaware have chosen to partner with Symbiont. Headquartered in New York City, Symbiont is a financial technology company founded by a team of experts in capital markets and blockchain technology.

ErisX

Series B in 2018
ErisX specializes in digital asset space that offers both spot and futures contracts on one platform. It integrates digital asset products and technology into reliable, compliant, and robust capital markets workflows. ErisX solution provides trading, deposits, and withdrawals on a stable, proven capital markets technology infrastructure. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Quandl

Acquisition in 2018
Quandl offers essential core financial and economic data alongside a suite of unique, alpha-generating alternative data. With an unrivaled delivery system -- whether through API or popular analytic tools, such as R, Python and Excel -- Quandl has cemented a reputation for understanding and providing what professional quantitative analysts need and want. The Quandl user base includes analysts from the world’s top hedge funds, asset managers and investment banks. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

XM Cyber

Series A in 2018
XM Cyber provides a fully automated APT Simulation Platform to continuously expose all attack vectors, above and below the surface, from breach point to any organizational critical asset. This continuous loop of automated red teaming is completed by ongoing and prioritized actionable remediation of organizations’ security gaps. In effect, HaXM by XM Cyber operates as an automated purple team that fluidly combines red team and blue team processes to ensure that organizations are always one step ahead of the hacker.

Cinnober Financial Technology

Acquisition in 2018
Cinnober Financial Technology AB (publ) develops business-critical system solutions for exchange trading, risk management, and other financial services worldwide. The company offers TRADExpress Trading System, a multi-asset trading platform; TRADExpress Index Engine, a real-time index calculation and distribution system; TRADExpress Information Manager, a market data distribution system; TRADExpress as a service for trading and clearing technology; and Irisium surveillance, a turnkey market surveillance system. It also provides TRADExpress RealTime Clearing, a solution for clearing of OTC and exchange-traded markets; and TRADExpress CCP Risk, a risk solution for central clearing counterparties. In addition, the company offers Simplitium, a transparency solution for regulatory compliance, cost management, and catastrophe risk modelling; Minium solution for risk management and post-trade processing; and Irisium, which are contextual surveillance and insightful analytics for exchanges, regulators, and buy and sell-side firms, as well as managed services. It serves market places, clearinghouses, banks, and brokers. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. As of January 9, 2019, Cinnober Financial Technology AB (publ) operates as a subsidiary of Nasdaq Technology AB.

Cuebiq

Series B in 2018
Cubeiq is a business intelligence company that provides its clients with consumer behavior and trend insights.The company offers its clients with marketing, retail, research, and publisher services. Its marketing platform offers audience targeting, offline campaign attribution, performance analytics, and location insights. Its retail platform offers footfall analysis, site selection, and audience and geo-behavioral consumer insights. Its publisher platform offers audience segmentation, campaign attribution, and data monetization services.

Digital Reasoning

Series D in 2018
Digital Reasoning is a developer of an artificial intelligence cognitive computing platform intended for businesses. It is an Artificial Intelligence company that understands the nuances of human intention and behavior found in communications providing global enterprises with critical intelligence and insights. It was founded by Tim Estes in 2000 and is headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee.

ZhiDa Tech

Series B in 2018
Zhida Technology utilizes competent hardware and internet technologies to connect electric vehicles, charging stations, and end consumers. Hierarchical Authorization, order management, and personnel management are just a few of the services they provide.

eVestment

Acquisition in 2017
eVestment is a global provider of institutional investment data intelligence and analytic solutions. eVestment delivers extensive data through robust, user-friendly products, with an unparalleled commitment to client service. Through its online eVestment Global Database, eVestment captures the most comprehensive dataset in the industry and distributes all information via its fully Web-based eVestment Analytics system, a platform that has set the software standard for online manager comparisons, research and competitive intelligence. Drawing upon its data management expertise, eVestment also offers its powerful Omni system to address the industry's redundant data request problems by automating the transformation and precise update of manager data to multiple databases. With better data, more flexible analytics and custom data automation and delivery platforms, eVestment’s robust tools enable clients to conduct more thorough research, generate more insightful analysis, and significantly improve their overall efficiency. Named the “Most Influential Database” by FundFire, ranked first in the top 10 list of "Must Be In" databases by Money Management Letter and iisearches, and selected for the Inc. 5000 list for the fifth consecutive year, eVestment’s diverse clients include leading investment consultants, asset managers, plan sponsors and others among the world’s foremost financial organizations. eVestment was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Atlanta with offices in New York, London, Sydney and Hong Kong and regional sales offices in Boston, Seattle, Raleigh, Chicago and Toronto.

Sybenetix

Acquisition in 2017
Sybenetix is an enterprise behavioral analytics company that is focused on the development of market surveillance and compliance monitoring software solutions for banks, asset managers, hedge funds, exchanges, and regulators. Sybenetix offers Compass, a software solution that facilitates trade surveillance management; and Edge provides automatic behavioral profiling and real-time decision support tools. Sybenetix was founded by Taras Chaban, Mark Hunt, Myroslav Vus, and Wendy Jephson in July 2011. It is based in London, England.

Stratumn

Series A in 2017
Stratumn provides the finance departments of midsized and large companies with a SaaS solution that optimizes their end-to-end financial processes.

Digital Reasoning

Series D in 2016
Digital Reasoning is a developer of an artificial intelligence cognitive computing platform intended for businesses. It is an Artificial Intelligence company that understands the nuances of human intention and behavior found in communications providing global enterprises with critical intelligence and insights. It was founded by Tim Estes in 2000 and is headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee.

Nasdaq Boardvantage

Acquisition in 2016
Nasdaq Boardvantage leads the market in delivering paperless process for boards and leadership. Trusted by enterprises worldwide, including half of the Fortune 500, Boardvantage sets the bar for a mobile executive experience.

Chi-X Canada

Acquisition in 2016
Chi-X Canada is a high-performance alternative trading system (ATS) marketplace for the trading of TSX and TSXV-listed securities.

SecondMarket

Acquisition in 2015
SecondMarket simplifies private securities transactions. Our online portal enables private companies and investment funds to customize, control and seamlessly execute primary and secondary transactions. SecondMarket is backed by premier investors, including FirstMark Capital, The Social+Capital Partnership, Li Ka-shing Foundation, Temasek Holdings, New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and Silicon Valley Bank. SecondMarket is a registered broker-dealer and member of FINRA, MSRB and SIPC and a SEC registered alternative trading system (ATS) for private company stock. For more information, please visit www.secondmarket.com. Follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook.

Chain

Series C in 2015
Chain, Inc. is an enterprise software company based in San Francisco, California, established in 2012. It specializes in developing cryptographic ledger systems designed to enhance the security and efficiency of financial services. The company's key offerings include the Chain Open Standard, an open-source blockchain protocol for large-scale financial applications, Chain Core, an enterprise-grade production node, and Chain Sandbox, a prototyping environment. Chain's technology allows organizations to securely track and transfer financial assets in a token format across both private and public networks, facilitating programmatic and peer-to-peer transfers of digital assets. Its clientele includes major financial institutions such as Visa, Nasdaq, and Citigroup, as well as emerging startups focused on innovative financial products.

Smarts Group

Acquisition in 2010
Smarts group provides real-time solutions dedicated to delivering capital market integrity.

Instinet

Acquisition in 2005
Instinet, along with its subsidiaries, provides online security brokerage and electronic trading services. It is an institutional, agency-only broker that serves as the independent equity trading arm of its parent, Nomura. Instinet executes trades for roughly 1,500 “buyside” clients, such as asset management firms, hedge funds, insurance companies, mutual funds and pension funds. Its global trading platform includes algorithms, routing functionality, transaction analytics, and other trading tools and can be reached through Instinet's proprietary front ends, its sales traders or selected third-party systems. Instinet acts solely as an agent for more than 1,500 clients around the world, with the goal of lowering overall trading costs. In addition to its electronic trading suite, Instinet also offers commission management programs, access to third-party, independent research, and the Meet the Street corporate access platform. Separately, Instinet also operates the Chi-X Global platforms, which include Chi-X Canada and Chi-X Japan, and soon, Chi-X Australia and Chi-East. Instinet launched Chi-X Europe in 2007, and subsequently sold off equity stakes in the platform to 19 other financial institutions. Chi-X Europe is today independently operated, with Instinet the largest shareholder in its ownership consortium. Instinet was founded by Jerome M. Pustilnik and Herbert R. Behrens and was incorporated in 1967 as Institutional Networks Corp.
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