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

52 past transactions

Rustler

Series A in 2025
Rustler is a modern finance platform that helps individuals, businesses, and developers manage money, make payments, and access financial services. We are focused on offering reliable, user-friendly services for both personal and business needs, with an emphasis on security and innovation.

Nammu21

Venture Round in 2025
Nammu21, Inc. is a developer of a digitization and analytics platform that focuses on deconstructing, digitizing, and analyzing complex interconnected transaction documents within the finance ecosystem. Founded in 2017 and based in New York, the company aims to enable stakeholders to access, extract, and utilize data effectively, thereby generating new value. Its platform transforms intricate transaction processes into easily accessible data structures, simplifying the experience for clients navigating the financial landscape. Through its innovative tools, Nammu21 connects contemporary business practices with the digital advancements of the future.

Kuberno

Series A in 2024
Kuberno is a developer of a global entity governance platform aimed at simplifying governance complexities for organizations across various industries. The platform, known as Kube, serves as a comprehensive resource for governance professionals, offering features such as digital resolutions, secure access, and e-filing capabilities. Kube combines entity management with a unique practice management system tailored for secretariats. Designed by governance experts, it provides a user-centric interface that facilitates data-driven decision-making and enhances operational efficiency. Kuberno's innovative approach seeks to transform entity governance, offering convenient solutions that support both individual process redesign and the implementation of broader governance frameworks.

BMLL

Series B in 2024
BMLL Technologies Ltd. is a financial data company based in London, established in 2014. It operates a cloud-based platform that provides advanced analytics and historical data specifically for capital market participants. The platform utilizes machine learning and inference frameworks to analyze limit order book data from various global financial markets, enabling clients to gain insights into market behavior and forecast price movements. BMLL offers immediate access to standardized Level 3 data, which includes the trading intentions of all market participants, along with pre and post-trade analytics. This service is particularly beneficial for investment banks, hedge funds, asset managers, and academic institutions, allowing them to conduct tasks such as order book simulation, back-testing, risk assessment, and compliance measurement without the need to purchase or curate their own data. BMLL's Data Science as a Service platform is designed for flexibility and scalability, providing users with extensive computational resources and a comprehensive historical record of detailed order book data across various asset classes.

Dasseti

Venture Round in 2024
Dasseti specializes in providing software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions for the due diligence and monitoring of funds across both traditional and alternative asset classes. The company aims to assist institutional investors and investment consultants in enhancing their investment and operational due diligence processes through the use of digitization and automation. Dasseti's platform features a comprehensive suite of tools, including a digitized due diligence questionnaire engine, automatic flagging and scoring of flexible responses, research and reviews management, customer relationship management (CRM), workflow automation, an external managers portal, and advanced analytics. Additionally, the platform employs artificial intelligence technology to analyze complex data, enabling investment firms to monitor potential risks and make informed investment decisions.

Nasdaq Private Market

Series B in 2024
Nasdaq Private Market (NPM) is a secondary market trading platform designed for private companies, their employees, and investors seeking liquidity in private company stock. Since its inception, NPM has facilitated over $44 billion in transactions and managed more than 600 company-sponsored liquidity programs, enabling over 160,000 market participants to access liquidity. The platform provides a range of solutions for private companies and investors, including tender offers, auctions, company marketplaces, and block trades. In 2021, NPM became an independent entity after spinning off from Nasdaq, with strategic investments from several major financial institutions. As more companies choose to remain private for extended periods, NPM aims to enhance the liquidity landscape, leveraging its expertise to support the evolving needs of the market.

Adenza

Acquisition in 2023
Adenza provides comprehensive technology solutions designed for financial institutions, focusing on trading, treasury, risk management, and regulatory compliance. Its cloud-enabled platform integrates various processing systems for derivatives and treasury products, enhancing reliability, adaptability, and scalability. The company's services cater to a diverse clientele, including banks, broker-dealers, insurers, asset managers, pension funds, hedge funds, stock exchanges, clearing houses, securities service providers, and corporations. By streamlining operations and consolidating processes, Adenza enables these institutions to unlock value and foster growth across multiple sectors within the financial markets.

Kuberno

Series A in 2023
Kuberno is a developer of a global entity governance platform aimed at simplifying governance complexities for organizations across various industries. The platform, known as Kube, serves as a comprehensive resource for governance professionals, offering features such as digital resolutions, secure access, and e-filing capabilities. Kube combines entity management with a unique practice management system tailored for secretariats. Designed by governance experts, it provides a user-centric interface that facilitates data-driven decision-making and enhances operational efficiency. Kuberno's innovative approach seeks to transform entity governance, offering convenient solutions that support both individual process redesign and the implementation of broader governance frameworks.

Sunwoda Electric Vehicle Battery

Venture Round in 2023
Sunwoda Electric Vehicle Batter provides electric vehicle battery pack solutions for new energy vehicle companies through advanced lithium battery integration technology. They built the BMS with independent intellectual property rights by dedicating their entire ability to the R&D and manufacturing of electric car battery systems, and they also built up automatic production lines for cell sorting, modules, and battery packs.

InterPrice

Series A in 2022
InterPrice Technologies is a fintech platform that provides transparent financing solutions for corporate treasuries. Founded by Olga Chin, it is the first secure and user-friendly platform designed to enhance interactions between corporate issuers and financial institutions. InterPrice's innovative technology streamlines the pricing of bonds, commercial paper, and loans, automating manual processes and offering valuable insights for corporate treasury teams. Since its launch in 2020, InterPrice has successfully onboarded several global banks and Fortune 500 companies, including HP Inc., McCormick & Company, and Takeda Pharmaceuticals. The platform equips organizations with analytics to identify optimal financing strategies and improve record-keeping, thereby helping corporate finance teams achieve better performance and financial outcomes.

BMLL

Series B in 2022
BMLL Technologies Ltd. is a financial data company based in London, established in 2014. It operates a cloud-based platform that provides advanced analytics and historical data specifically for capital market participants. The platform utilizes machine learning and inference frameworks to analyze limit order book data from various global financial markets, enabling clients to gain insights into market behavior and forecast price movements. BMLL offers immediate access to standardized Level 3 data, which includes the trading intentions of all market participants, along with pre and post-trade analytics. This service is particularly beneficial for investment banks, hedge funds, asset managers, and academic institutions, allowing them to conduct tasks such as order book simulation, back-testing, risk assessment, and compliance measurement without the need to purchase or curate their own data. BMLL's Data Science as a Service platform is designed for flexibility and scalability, providing users with extensive computational resources and a comprehensive historical record of detailed order book data across various asset classes.

BMLL

Series B in 2022
BMLL Technologies Ltd. is a financial data company based in London, established in 2014. It operates a cloud-based platform that provides advanced analytics and historical data specifically for capital market participants. The platform utilizes machine learning and inference frameworks to analyze limit order book data from various global financial markets, enabling clients to gain insights into market behavior and forecast price movements. BMLL offers immediate access to standardized Level 3 data, which includes the trading intentions of all market participants, along with pre and post-trade analytics. This service is particularly beneficial for investment banks, hedge funds, asset managers, and academic institutions, allowing them to conduct tasks such as order book simulation, back-testing, risk assessment, and compliance measurement without the need to purchase or curate their own data. BMLL's Data Science as a Service platform is designed for flexibility and scalability, providing users with extensive computational resources and a comprehensive historical record of detailed order book data across various asset classes.

Chronograph

Private Equity Round in 2022
Chronograph, LLC specializes in providing monitoring, reporting, and diligence tools tailored for private capital investors. Established in 2016 and based in Brooklyn, New York, the company offers a suite of cloud-based analytics and data management solutions that enable institutional investors, such as limited partners and general partners, to unify and manage diverse data sources. This includes information from fund commitments, secondaries, co-investments, and various asset classes like private equity, private credit, and infrastructure. Chronograph's platform helps streamline data aggregation, reporting, and performance measurement, facilitating operational efficiencies and enhancing data transparency for its clients.

Metrio

Acquisition in 2022
Metrio is a developer of a sustainability reporting platform that assists companies in enhancing their sustainability strategies while identifying environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risks and opportunities. The web-based platform enables users to collect, manage, analyze, and disclose ESG data effectively. It allows for the creation of customized dashboards and reports based on various global frameworks, such as GRI, SASB, CDP, and TCFD. By centralizing both quantitative and qualitative data from multiple sources, Metrio's software facilitates the automatic publication of tailored indicators and reports, empowering clients to measure, analyze, and communicate their sustainability performance to both internal and external stakeholders. This approach aims to drive greater transparency and profitability for organizations committed to sustainable practices.

Amberdata

Series B in 2022
Amberdata Inc. is a provider of a cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) platform focused on monitoring, analyzing, and securing both public and private blockchains. Established in 2017 and headquartered in West New York, New Jersey, Amberdata offers a comprehensive suite of tools, APIs, and SDKs designed for traders, investors, wallets, and developers. Their platform integrates validated blockchain and cryptocurrency market data from major exchanges, allowing clients to build data-driven applications that enhance competitive advantage. Furthermore, Amberdata's services support a range of functions, including research, trading, risk assessment, analytics, reporting, and compliance, thereby equipping financial institutions with the necessary infrastructure to engage in digital asset markets effectively.

Sporttrade

Funding Round in 2021
Sporttrade is a sports betting exchange that offers a unique platform for users to trade sports bets similarly to stocks. It allows individuals to buy and sell positions on sporting events in real-time, offering flexibility to enter or exit bets as the odds fluctuate. This peer-to-peer system enables users to bet on or against outcomes, set their own odds, and monitor the performance of their bets actively. Additionally, users can engage with friends, compete on leaderboards, and earn cash prizes, creating a dynamic and engaging marketplace for betting enthusiasts.

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 Trading Technologies

Series A in 2021
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, Inc. is a cloud-based software provider specializing in data and collaboration solutions for real estate investment and capital markets. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, with an additional office in New York, the company offers a platform that facilitates pipeline tracking, deal analytics, and collaborative workflows. Its software is utilized by a diverse range of clients, including public real estate investment trusts and private equity real estate firms, which deploy capital for acquiring, developing, and financing various property types. Dealpath's solutions enhance investment management by providing data-driven insights and enabling efficient communication throughout the deal lifecycle. The platform has supported over $10 trillion in transactions and is recognized for its innovative approach within the real estate deal management industry.

Solovis

Acquisition in 2020
Solovis, Inc. offers a comprehensive investment management platform designed for institutional investors, including foundations, endowments, pensions, OCIOs, and family offices. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Irving, Texas, the company specializes in multi-asset class portfolio management, reporting, and analytics. Its cloud-based solutions enable clients to collect and aggregate investment data, analyze portfolio performance, and model future outcomes. The platform facilitates real-time reporting and detailed analysis, providing actionable insights that enhance decision-making processes. By allowing for integration across various portfolios and investment structures, Solovis empowers investors to manage their assets effectively while ensuring transparency and optimizing risk management strategies. As of March 2020, Solovis operates as a subsidiary of eVestment Alliance, LLC.

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.

Center For Board Excellence

Acquisition in 2019
The Center for Board Excellence, founded in 2010 and based in Greensboro, North Carolina, specializes in board governance and compliance solutions for a diverse range of organizations, including public, private, and non-profit entities worldwide. As a consultancy focused on corporate board and management evaluations, it offers a suite of services that includes board assessments, director and officer questionnaires, CEO evaluations, and compliance questionnaires. Since becoming a subsidiary of Nasdaq, Inc. in 2019, the Center for Board Excellence has positioned itself as a trusted partner in enhancing corporate governance practices across various sectors.

Chronograph

Series A in 2019
Chronograph, LLC specializes in providing monitoring, reporting, and diligence tools tailored for private capital investors. Established in 2016 and based in Brooklyn, New York, the company offers a suite of cloud-based analytics and data management solutions that enable institutional investors, such as limited partners and general partners, to unify and manage diverse data sources. This includes information from fund commitments, secondaries, co-investments, and various asset classes like private equity, private credit, and infrastructure. Chronograph's platform helps streamline data aggregation, reporting, and performance measurement, facilitating operational efficiencies and enhancing data transparency for its clients.

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.

XM Cyber

Series A in 2018
XM Cyber Ltd. develops and provides the HaXM platform, an advanced threat simulation tool designed to continuously identify and expose attack vectors that could compromise critical assets. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Herzliya, Israel, the company serves financial institutions and infrastructure organizations. HaXM automates the process of red teaming, simulating potential cyber attacks to reveal vulnerabilities, and integrates blue team strategies for effective remediation. This continuous cycle allows organizations to prioritize security gaps and optimize their defenses against potential breaches. By delivering insights on security investments and employing a variety of offensive techniques, XM Cyber helps businesses enhance their cybersecurity posture and safeguard sensitive data.

Cinnober Financial Technology

Acquisition in 2018
Cinnober Financial Technology AB is a provider of advanced technology solutions for exchange trading, risk management, and financial services globally. Established in 1998 and headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, Cinnober offers a comprehensive suite of products including the TRADExpress Trading System, a multi-asset trading platform, and the TRADExpress Index Engine, which facilitates real-time index calculation and distribution. The company also provides market data distribution through the TRADExpress Information Manager, as well as surveillance and compliance solutions such as Irisium. Cinnober's offerings extend to clearing solutions, including TRADExpress RealTime Clearing and TRADExpress CCP Risk, catering to the needs of marketplaces, clearinghouses, banks, and brokers. The company has established a strong reputation through successful projects with prominent financial institutions and continues to focus on innovation in trading and clearing technologies.

Digital Reasoning

Series D in 2018
Digital Reasoning Systems, Inc. specializes in developing artificial intelligence solutions that automate the analysis and organization of unstructured data for businesses. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee, the company offers its flagship product, Synthesys, which utilizes advanced features such as natural language processing and entity resolution to categorize and link data effectively. This platform is designed to provide critical insights and intelligence for various sectors, including government, finance, healthcare, and legal markets. Digital Reasoning’s solutions help clients visualize connections within data sets, enhancing their ability to identify risks and threats. The company also maintains strategic partnerships to expand its offerings and reach. Additional offices are located in New York, Washington, D.C., and London.

ZhiDa Tech

Series B in 2018
ZhiDa Tech specializes in electric vehicle home charging solutions that promote sustainable transportation. The company offers high-quality smart home EV chargers and has created an integrated "three-in-one" solution that combines products, value-added services, and a digital platform. ZhiDa Tech connects electric vehicles, charging stations, and consumers through advanced hardware and internet technologies. Additionally, the company provides various services, including hierarchical authorization, order management, and personnel management, to enhance the user experience and streamline operations.

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.

Stratumn

Series A in 2017
Stratumn offers a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution aimed at enhancing the financial processes of midsized and large companies. The company's platform utilizes blockchain technology to create a digital audit trail that automates auditing procedures, significantly reducing errors through cryptographic verification. By providing secure access to processes, Stratumn enables organizations and individuals to connect efficiently, ensuring data privacy while minimizing operational frictions and costs. This innovative approach allows finance departments to optimize their workflows and improve overall financial management.

Digital Reasoning

Series D in 2016
Digital Reasoning Systems, Inc. specializes in developing artificial intelligence solutions that automate the analysis and organization of unstructured data for businesses. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee, the company offers its flagship product, Synthesys, which utilizes advanced features such as natural language processing and entity resolution to categorize and link data effectively. This platform is designed to provide critical insights and intelligence for various sectors, including government, finance, healthcare, and legal markets. Digital Reasoning’s solutions help clients visualize connections within data sets, enhancing their ability to identify risks and threats. The company also maintains strategic partnerships to expand its offerings and reach. Additional offices are located in New York, Washington, D.C., and London.

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 develops cryptographic ledger systems to enhance the security and connectivity of financial services. By offering ledger-as-a-service technology, the company enables organizations to securely track and transfer financial assets in token format. Its blockchain solutions facilitate the management of these assets on private ledgers while allowing seamless transfers across public networks. Chain's customer base includes prominent financial institutions such as Visa, Nasdaq, and Citigroup, as well as innovative startups creating new financial products. Additionally, the company collaborates with Interstellar, which focuses on revolutionizing international payments through the Stellar blockchain network, providing faster, cheaper, and more reliable global financial solutions.

Smarts Group

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

Instinet

Acquisition in 2005
Instinet is an institutional agency-only broker that offers online security brokerage and electronic trading services to approximately 1,500 buyside clients, including asset management firms, hedge funds, insurance companies, mutual funds, and pension funds. As the independent equity trading arm of Nomura, Instinet focuses on executing trades to minimize overall trading costs for its clients. Its global trading platform features advanced algorithms, routing capabilities, transaction analytics, and various trading tools, accessible through proprietary front ends, sales traders, or selected third-party systems. In addition to its electronic trading services, Instinet provides commission management programs, access to independent research, and corporate access through its Meet the Street platform. The company also operates Chi-X Global platforms, including Chi-X Canada, Chi-X Japan, and plans for Chi-X Australia and Chi-East, while maintaining a significant stake in Chi-X Europe, which operates independently. Founded in 1967, Instinet has evolved to become a key player in electronic trading within financial markets.
Spot something off? Help us improve by flagging any incorrect or outdated information. Just email us at support@teaserclub.com. Your feedback is most welcome.