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Apex Group Ltd has been appointed to provide fund services for by OurCrowd, a global venture capital investment platform.
Formed in 2013, OurCrowd is Israel’s most active venture capital firm, having deployed over USD1.8 billion in committed capital to date.
OurCrowd, has recently launched its global venture capital fund, OurCrowd 50 (OC50), a highly diversified investment vehicle giving investors exposure to global venture backed assets across a mix of sectors, geographies and from early stage through to later stage companies.
OurCrowd has appointed Apex to provide Fund Administration, Transfer Agency and Custody Services to OC50. These services, underpinned
CoinRoutes, an algorithmic trading platform for digital assets, has completed a USD16 million Series B funding round, led by Ayon Capital.
The CIO for Ayon Capital, Rahul Pagidipati, Co-CEO of Zebpay and Board Member for Brave Browser, will join the CoinRoutes Board.
The funding round includes investments from Susquehanna International, Cboe Global Markets, Celsius, CMT Digital, Genesis Global Trading, Galaxy Digital, Arca, Mirana Ventures (venture partner of Bybit and BitDAO), GSR Markets, AscendEX, and others.
CoinRoutes began operations in 2017 and has been providing the institutional community with pure-play crypto SaaS trading technology for over five years. Delivering the tools
In a bid to facility the re-allocation of global funds from the stock market to futuristic assets like decentralised private equity, Backed has introduced a decentralised private equity fund based on blockchain to aid investors and companies with strategic and financial support and high-performance asset class placements.
Backed is a community of like-minded individuals who utilise scientific means for calculating optimal mixes between asset classes (digital assets and private equity) to maximise their investors’ returns. The entire ecosystem is based on blockchain support and works on a reward-based system per individual contributions.
The company also aims to offer security and
Microsoft for Startups and Ansarada (ASX:AND) have formed a new global partnership to make it easier and faster for startups to raise capital and grow. Ansarada is the first third party technology vendor to forge a global partnership of this kind with the Microsoft for Startups programme and will be a central part of the offer to participants.
Microsoft for Startups helps remove traditional barriers to building a company with free access to technology, coaching, and support. The aim of the programme is to create and maintain a healthy ecosystem where its partners and customers can succeed and grow. Startups
Voya Investment Management (Voya IM), the asset management business of Voya Financial, has partnered with iCapital, a global fintech platform driving access and efficiency in alternative investing for the asset and wealth management industries.
Voya IM will leverage iCapital’s customised technology, service and diligence solution for financial advisors and their high-net-worth clients seeking access to Voya’s alternative and private fund offerings, starting with Pomona Investment Fund (PIF, a registered fund vehicle.
iCapital will digitise the subscription, administration, operational and reporting processes for PIF, which improves the efficiency of the investment process and helps ensure information is complete upon submission. PIF
Apex Group Ltd has been appointed by Perennial Partners to provide fund administration services to the Perennial Private Ventures Fund.
This mandate win follows a series of successful acquisitions for Apex in the region, including Australia-based Mainstream Group, and New-Zealand-based MMC.
Perennial Private Ventures Fund is targeting a raise of AUD200 million to invest in high growth private businesses, providing “patient” capital in the years before a potential liquidity event. The Fund has secured cornerstone investment and attracted further interest from private wholesale investors, family offices and superannuation funds.
The launch of the Fund follows the success of
NatWest Trustee and Depositary Services has been appointed as the depositary for Beechbrook Capital LLP’s latest fund in its UK SME strategy, Beechbrook UK SME Credit III LP.
Beechbrook Capital is a specialist direct lender which focuses on investments in small to medium-sized businesses (SMEs) across a range of industries in the UK and Europe. Since its formation in 2008, the debt manager has raised cEUR1 billion across seven funds and has invested in 82 companies in the European lower mid-market.
Its latest vehicle, Beechbrook Capital UK SME Credit III LP, provides mainly senior secured loans to non-private equity-backed
Ocorian, a provider of corporate, fund and fiduciary administration services for private markets, has selected the full eFront Invest suite to support the ongoing growth of its Global Funds business.
The announcement builds on Ocorian’s long-standing relationship with eFront by adding new capabilities such as Fund Administration, Investor Services, AIFM and Lite Depositary services.
Ocorian provides bespoke technology-led specialist fund services across private market segments including private equity, venture capital, direct lending, real estate, and infrastructure focussed fund managers.
Alter Domus, a provider of integrated solutions for the alternative investment industry, has seen assets under administration (AUA) soar to over USD1.6 trillion in the 12 month period ending January 2022, reinforcing its position as a top provider of fund administration services to the alternatives industry.
In the United States, a key growth market, Alter Domus’s assets have increased by USD360 billion (over 50 per cent increase) over the same period. The growth comes on the back of increased client demand, particularly amongst private equity and real estate managers, and as the fast-growing alternatives industry faces an increasingly complex regulatory
Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) has chosen financial software company NeoXam to provide investment and reporting software to support clients’ services of its private equity business unit.
NeoXam’s technology, GP, handles all portfolio types, supports a comprehensive range of asset classes and integrates NeoXam’s other solutions for data management, digital and regulatory reporting, compliance and daily matching needs, among other benefits.
GP is currently the only back-office solution able to support SGSS’ private equity and real estate hub. Its fully embedded multi-GAAP General Ledger authorises SGSS to offer complete customised services based on a set of Private Equity and
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