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Investx, a blockchain-based SME funding platform, has opened its Initial Coin Offering (ICO) pre-sale. The ICO will follow ‘ethical ICO’ principles, in order to reduce risk for potential investors and maximise long-term token value.
SMEs are considered the powerhouse of economies, but due to difficulties in obtaining new capital, the growth of these established businesses is often constrained. Most SMEs don’t want to take on significant amounts of unsecured debt, and equity alternatives such as a public share listing is expensive and onerous.
For potential investors, outside of venture capital and private equity funds, it’s difficult to make an
Following receipt of regulatory approval from the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF), Centaur has completed its purchase of Luxembourg Capital Partners SA and is now open for business in the Grand Duchy.
Centaur’s Luxembourg office will focus on servicing private equity and real estate funds and related corporate entities.
Centaur recently acquired Luxembourg Capital Partners, an existing administration firm, which provides a full suite of fund administration services to funds, family office and corporate vehicles. This acquisition brought Gerry Salucci and a team of experienced industry professionals to Centaur to spearhead the establishment and growth of Centaur
Centaur Fund Services and Circle Partners are the latest firms to join the North American Fund Administration Association (NAFAA), a representative group for the alternative investment fund administration industry.
“We are delighted to have Centaur and Circle as the latest members of the association,” says founding director, Chris Meader. “November will see the launch of the NAFAA working groups whose initial focus will be to discuss and define best practices and standards. We are thrilled to have these global firms collaborating with our existing members to promote the best interests of the alternative fund administration industry.”
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The world’s first space security token has been announced at the Zurich Crypto Summit, by SpaceFund Inc, a Texas-based venture capital firm focussed on using new blockchain technology to fund ‘frontier enabling’ space startups.
“SpaceFund’s goal is to support the development and profitability of amazing new space startups around the world,” says Rick Tumlinson, founding partner of SpaceFund. “With Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and others investing billions into a space economic infrastructure, a revolution is underway in space. We want to allow more visionary people to get involved, to support the entrepreneurs opening space to humanity, and to share in
When it comes to protecting your business, you can never be too prepared. In the competitive investment management world, downtime for any reason is not an option. Whether it be a natural disaster, inclement weather, or even a flu epidemic sweeping the office, your firm needs to have both Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Plans to ensure that your firm doesn’t undergo the costly financial and reputational losses in the case of downtime.Firstly, it’s important to understand difference between Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Plans.
Disaster Recovery refers to the policies and procedures to enable the recovery of key technology
Floreat has backed two privately-owned cyber security companies as part of its growth strategy in the private equity market.
Floreat Principal Investing, headed up by Jeff Sinclair, has invested in artificial intelligence business Senseon, and intelligent automation services provider Encompass, with the two privately held businesses offering one of the most attractive routes to access this growing area.
Sinclair, Managing Director at Floreat Principal Investing, said both businesses are examples of the opportunities available to private equity investors in this cutting edge sector.
“By 2022, the global cyber security market is estimated to be worth USD232 million, according
A string of high-profile ransomware attacks in recent years, led by the WannaCry attack in May 2017, has led to a growing awareness among the business community on the importance of proper patch management.
Just as your iPhone regularly alerts us to a new system upgrade, so computer networks must update their software to address vulnerabilities, which left unattended could lead to a serious cyber breach.
The importance of patch management was highlighted in a recent webinar featuring Scott Reardon, Director of Global Technical Services at Eze Castle Integration.
Beyond simply complying with expectations, patch management is an essential
Aster, an independent venture capital firm with EUR520 million raised, has selected IHS Markit’s iLEVEL platform to collect, monitor, and report on portfolio data.
A specialist in digital transformation and new industrial models, Aster has funded 60 companies since 2000. In its search for a portfolio platform, the firm wanted a best-in-class solution and chose iLEVEL for its ability to provide new operational efficiencies that would scale with rapid growth at Aster.
“With our latest fund raised, Aster is now the leading venture capital fund dedicated to mobilities of the future and energy transition,” says Jean-Marc Bally, managing partner at
A London-based company has unveiled a new web-based marketing compliance tool that it says is aiming to transform marketing compliance for the alternative investment fund management (AIFM) industry.
Sales Road Maps Online (SRMO) provides AIFMs with key marketing compliance “rules of the road” for 50 jurisdictions when AIFMs are fundraising worldwide.
SRMO Founder & CEO Cathy Brand says: “We have had so many clients over the years asking us to develop this product. By way of background, all AIFMs must comply with local rules (which differ country-by-country) on marketing their AIFs. To investigate numerous, complex country regulations is a time-consuming
IBA Group, an international aviation consultancy, has launched a new online market intelligence and analysis platform IBA iQ Trends, for investors, lessors, airlines and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs).
Unlike other static aviation and airline data sets, IBA iQ Trends combines key economic data and world events in real time, with historical, current and future values and lease rates for commercial aircraft and engines.
Overlaying live and historic data on oil prices, CPI, inflation, LIBOR rates, ISTAT defined values, currency and exchange rates, swap rates, fleet events and lease end dates means that IBA customers can extract customisable graphics to visualise
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