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Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) has become the first US university to invest in Cosimo Ventures’s new, blockchain-focused tokenised fund, Cosimo X.
Based in Boston and Dublin, Cosimo Ventures is an investment firm focused on deep tech companies. This is the first time that any university in the US has invested directly in a tokenised venture fund.
Harvard, Yale and MIT have all made indirect investments into digital assets and blockchain tech through traditional venture funds previously, such as Andreesen Horowitz and Paradigm.
RIT is the first to directly hold a tokenised economic interest in digital security form however, according
IQ Capital has led a GBP 5.5 million series A funding round in CyberSmart, which helps small to medium-sized businesses combat cyber-attacks.
The fresh capital will be used to fund CyberSmart’s growth, which has seen an increase in demand with a revenue increase of 300 per cent over the past 12 months, as the lockdown accelerated the use of its cloud-based technology, according to the company.
“We are delighted to have closed our Series A funding round with GBP 5.5 million to fund our next stage of growth. Our investors have seen that we have built a great technology and
NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance and XTX Ventures has invested GBP2.5 million in Logically, a tech startup using AI to detect misinformation and to provide a fact-checking service to combat fake news ahead of the US election.
Apex Group has launchedlocally delivered corporate services to clients in the UAE.Apex has been executing on a rapid expansion plan for its corporate solutions offering over the past few months; opening business services operations via the launch of subsidiary, Throgmorton, in the US and Jersey (Channel Islands), and unveiled a new a corporate services offering for clients across APAC in April followed by Switzerland last month. The Group is now adding to its corporate solutions capabilities in the Middle East through the addition of local corporate services solutions and the establishment a local entity for its subsidiary, Throgmorton, in the
A new survey by State Street Corporation reveals that the Covid-19 crisis has fuelled the appetite of insurers for alternative asset classes, particularly in private credit and private equity. In the short term, 33 per cent plan to increase their allocation to private credit and 28 per cent in private equity. Alternatively, 10 per cent expect to decrease their allocation to private credit and 13 per cent within private equity.
Angela Summonte, head of Asset Owner and Official Institutions, Sector Solutions EMEA, says: “With traditional fixed income strategies generating lower returns, we are observing insurance companies increase allocations into this asset
By Owen Morris, operations director at Doherty Associates – Covid-19 has presented multiple challenges to those working in private equity and finance, not least remote working, which looks set to continue for the future. When it comes to compliance the FCA expects it to be business as usual, despite the effects of the pandemic.
Innovate Finance, the industry body representing the FinTech sector in the UK, has warned that the sector is facing a “significant” funding gap as a result of the Covid-19 crisis – with smaller companies coming under growing pressure.
LP communication can never be underestimated but in light of the market impact caused by Covid-19, GPs can ill afford to risk any communication disconnect. With so much volatility, the way in which GPs are able to effectively report to investors, even if the news is not positive, can go a long way towards distinguishing between the good, the bad and the ugly. Thanks to technology, managers are finding it easier to share information safely and provide valuable insights into the performance of their PE portfolios – and in doing so, reinforce the GP/LP trust-based relationship.
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Specialist insurance provider CFC has added to its transaction liability suite of products with the launch of a new solution aimed to simplify and speed up the process for private equity firms and businesses pursuing a portfolio of add-on acquisitions for existing or newly acquired platform companies.“While the timing, size and investment strategy behind each portfolio varies, every business looking to purchase add-ons to their platform companies wants a streamlined, efficient process. Having to negotiate a new transaction liability policy for each acquisition adds unnecessary time not to mention cost. We’ve built a solution that gives buyers and sellers the
A new Investcorp white paper outlines the key economic benefits and growth opportunities that could be brought about by a third wave of productivity improvements driven by digital automation.Digital Process Automation: Driver of future economic growth, the latest in Investcorp’s Insights series, explores the value creation opportunities that the growing digital automation industries present, looking to machine-learning, AI, data lakes and business applications. Digital automation addresses a critical need for most companies allowing them to increase output and optimise costs, leading to both new revenue opportunities and higher profitability. Although the sector has shown itself to be crucial to growth
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