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US Private Equity Activity Slows in Q2 2020 As Global Economies Struggle Through COVID-19 Pandemic
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US Private Equity Activity Slows in Q2 2020 As Global Economies Struggle Through COVID-19 Pandemic

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PitchBook, the premier data provider for the private and public equity markets, today released its 2Q 2020 US Private Equity Breakdown, which found the velocity of US PE investment activity further diminished in Q2 2020 as dealmakers felt the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. In fact, many GPs sought to pull......
HarbourVest Partners Hires Rob MacGoey as CFO for Firm’s Management Company
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HarbourVest Partners Hires Rob MacGoey as CFO for Firm’s Management Company

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HarbourVest Partners, a global private markets asset manager,  announced the hiring of Rob MacGoey as the chief financial officer (CFO) for the Firm’s Management Company. MacGoey will work alongside Karin Lagerlund, current CFO, who will focus on client and fund accounting, treasury and capital markets. Read More: GlobalFintechSeries Interview with......
Huobi Global Provides Insight on What Is Driving the Institutional Interest in Cryptocurrency Investment
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Huobi Global Provides Insight on What Is Driving the Institutional Interest in Cryptocurrency Investment

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Huobi, has seen an influx of traditional and institutional traders join their platform and take advantage of the Huobi Futures market place. As of May 6, Futures and Swap Trading Volume at Huobi topped $5.2 billion, with 24 hour perpetual swap trading volume hitting $2.2 billion — this is off a product that was only launched in April.......
DCM Closes $880 Million for Newest Family of Global Funds
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DCM Closes $880 Million for Newest Family of Global Funds

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DCM, an early-stage global venture capital firm, announced it has closed its largest family of funds to date, totaling $880 million. The committed capital includes $780 million for DCM IX, its largest ever global fund, and $100 million for its third A-fund dedicated to global seed-stage investments. Read More: Strider......
Finance Transformation Remains A Priority In The Midst Of COVID-19 Pandemic, According To New Research From BlackLine
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Finance Transformation Remains A Priority In The Midst Of COVID-19 Pandemic, According To New Research From BlackLine

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A new survey by accounting automation software leader BlackLine, suggests that more than half of US-based Finance & Accounting (F&A) professionals are continuing to prioritize their organization’s finance transformation goals, with 53% of respondents indicating the COVID-19 pandemic has had just ‘some’ or ‘little to no impact’ on these initiatives moving......
Insurtech Company, Foxquilt, Receives $3.5M Seed Round to Continue Supporting Small Businesses With Smarter Insurance Through COVID-19
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Insurtech Company, Foxquilt, Receives $3.5M Seed Round to Continue Supporting Small Businesses With Smarter Insurance Through COVID-19

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Foxquilt, a leading Insurance Technology company, announced it has raised $3.5M in seed funding. The COVID-19 crisis has illuminated the value of community and accelerated the need for businesses to adopt digital solutions, transcend innovative offerings and empower their customers. Foxquilt is using their recent $3.5M seed round to continue innovating technology and data science......
Neptune Flood Wins "Impact Award" From the Novarica Insurance Technology Research Council
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Neptune Flood Wins “Impact Award” From the Novarica Insurance Technology Research Council

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Neptune Flood, the first AI-driven flood insurance company to provide fast, easy and better flood insurance, has won the ‘Impact Award’ from the Novarica Insurance Technology Research Council, the largest purely peer-juried award in insurance technology, for its patent pending, AI-powered rating engine. More than fifty council members, all of......
Simple Names Carrie Roso New Director of Marketing
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Simple Names Carrie Roso New Director of Marketing

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Simple announced the addition of Carrie Roso to the company’s corporate leadership team. Roso will serve as Director of Marketing for the fintech. In her role, Roso will lead all of Marketing, including Simple brand, organic and paid customer acquisitions, lifecycle marketing, and public relations. She brings years of experience brand-building......
Sterling Trading Tech Achieves Record Growth in 2020
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Sterling Trading Tech Supports Non-Profit Wall Street Bound With Trading Simulators for Their Diverse Trader Training Program

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Sterling Trading Tech (STT), a leader in compliance, risk and infrastructure solutions for equity, options and futures trading, is pleased to announce they will be committing resources to support Wall Street Bound Inc., a non-profit urban youth financial education, training and mentoring organization. Read More: SIMON Markets LLC and Raymond......
Broadridge Announces Next Generation Virtual Shareholder Meeting Platform
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Broadridge Announces CFO Transition

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Broadridge Financial Solutions, announced that Jim Young, Chief Financial Officer, will be stepping down from his role to pursue an opportunity with Indigo Ag, Inc., a private company operating at the intersection of technology, markets and sustainability. Mr. Young will continue as CFO through the release of the company’s fourth quarter fiscal......
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