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Capitolis, a technology company reimagining capital markets, has made a series if key strategic hires and notable promotions in its New York and Tel Aviv offices.
Lindsey Baptiste has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer. During her time at Capitolis, she has played a key role in managing the company’s Series C and D investment rounds, LMRKTS acquisition and integration activities, and building the global office space.
Thomas Droumenq joins as Head of Capitolis’ Ionic Product, focused on the management and continued growth of the company’s revolutionary platform that enables financial institutions to finance and structure portfolios of positions in
Futr, a live chat and customer service chatbots specialist, has secured new funding from Blackfinch Ventures, a technology venture capital firm, and existing investors to continue its mission of using artificial intelligence to disrupt the delivery of customer service.
The investment, worth a total of £2.1 million, sees Blackfinch Ventures, join Praetura Ventures and the British Robotics Fund in supporting Futr. With cutting edge technology, an exceptional team and a growing and diverse customer base, this new round of funding is testament to Futr’s proven success.
Futr will use this new investment to continue its mission to disrupt how customer
The past decade has supported the venture capital market generally, but there has been a disproportionate impact on female-founded companies seeking funding…
O2 Investment Partners has appointed William Laffrey as the firm’s newest Associate.
Funds managed by affiliates of Apollo have acquired Tony’s Fresh Market (Tony’s), a Chicago-based grocery retailer.
Established in 1979, Tony’s is a specialty grocer that offers high-quality, affordable groceries with an inclusive assortment aimed at the diverse communities it serves. A large selection of fresh produce, extensive multicultural offerings and a wide range of prepared foods gives Tony’s a differentiated position in the market.
Across its platform, Apollo has an extensive and successful track record investing in grocery companies, including leading franchises such as The Fresh Market, Sprouts Farmers Market, Smart & Final, Albertsons and more, through both past
VG, one of Jersey’s largest independent providers of trust, corporate and fund solutions, has reshaped its senior funds team with Trevor Norman announcing his retirement from his role as director of VG, with effect from 30 April 2022, after 33 years with the company.
Norman joined VG in 1988 and most recently headed up the company’s funds and Islamic finance team, as well as overseeing both client-facing and internal matters. During his tenure Norman has been involved in several innovative transactions, including the first Jersey domiciled Shariah-compliant fund in 1996 and an award winning Islamic financial leasing (Sukuk) transaction in
valantic Financial Services Automation (FSA), a leading provider of cross-asset electronic trading and automation solutions, has completed a strategic investment in Velox Financial Technology.
Motorola Solutions has acquired Calipsa, a technology leader in cloud-native advanced video analytics based in London, UK.
Calipsa’s scalable platform enables businesses to optimise security with AI-powered analytics that verify alarms, enable content-based searches, detect tampering, and assess the health of cameras in real time. The solution is relied upon by enterprise and security monitoring customers around the world.
Calipsa’s unique cloud-based technology allows customers to add AI to existing IP-based cameras without additional hardware, enabling new analytics capabilities on the millions of IP-based cameras already deployed.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Software investor Main Capital Partners (Main) has acquired a majority stake in VideoVisit, a provider of software services for virtual healthcare and online consultations.
VideoVisit represents the first platform investment for Main in the Finnish market.
VideoVisit is a market leader in Finland with over 200 municipalities as customers, including Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Tampere and Turku. VideoVisit provides a best-in-class software platform that is designed to digitalise both healthcare and social care visits. Its virtual care platform enables a wide range of healthcare services, including primary care, home care, home rehabilitation and disability services.
BaltCap Infrastructure Fund, AJ Power group and AJP Capital’s Solar Core Plus Fund have signed an agreement to establish a joint venture to develop solar energy generation in Latvia with 30 MW of solar farms to be built over the next three years.
The plan also foresees expansion across the Baltics and increasing the capacity of the solar plant portfolio to 100 MW.
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