Citi Ventures

Headquartered in San Francisco with offices globally, Citi Ventures explores, incubates, and invests in innovative ideas across fintech, data analytics, commerce, security, marketing, property tech, distributed ledger technology, and digital assets. It collaborates with Citi colleagues, clients, and the broader innovation community to drive discovery of new value.

Omar Amireh

Cheif Executive Officer / Citi Country Officer

Avi Arnon

Vice President

Krishna Balachanader

Managing Director

Thompson Barro

Vice President

Karine Ben-Simhon

VP Intelligence Partnerships and Innovation

Matt Carbonara

Managing Director

Alex Chen

Vice President

Kateryna Chupryna

Director

Xiaolei Cong

Vice President

Lauren Gross

Investment Banking Analyst

Ignacio Gutiérrez-Orrantia

CEO, Citibank Europe

Lizzie Guynn

Vice President

Charles Howe

Investor

Cagla Kaymaz

Senior Vice President

Lucas Kirshenbaum

Assistant Vice President

Ian Lee

Director, Innovation Network

Everett Leonidas

Director

Robert Li

Vice President, Citi Ventures

Paul Marshall

Director, Global Finance Product Transformation

Jeff Meyers

Investor

Blaze O'Byrne

Vice President

Margo Pilic

Chief of Staff to the CEO

Arvind Purushotham

Managing Director

Vibhor Rastogi

Managing Director

Meredith Shields

Managing Director

Ornit Shinar

Managing Director

Cece Stewart

President

Kate Sullivan

COO

Avery Tiras

Equity Research Senior Associate

Luis Valdich

Managing Director

Jelena Zec

Director

Past deals in Western Europe

TransFICC

Series B in 2025
TransFICC specializes in low-latency connectivity solutions for banks and asset managers trading in Fixed Income and Derivatives markets. It offers a unified API that simplifies access to multiple execution venues, ensuring microsecond timestamping of data and comprehensive audit trails to support best execution requirements.

Proxymity

Venture Round in 2025
Proxymity is a London-based digital platform for investor communications and proxy voting. It provides an end-to-end solution that connects issuers, intermediaries, and investors in real time, enabling efficient, accurate, and transparent proxy voting and shareholder disclosure. The platform automates requests and responses in regulatory-compliant formats and timeframes, supports a digital proxy voting process, and transmits meeting data and votes in real time, reducing manual data entry and eliminating paper-based transfer.

Validis

Venture Round in 2025
Validis Holdings Ltd. is a FinTech company based in London, with an additional office in Austin, Texas, that specializes in financial data transmission software. Its primary product, Validis, facilitates secure and efficient access to clients' financial data, specifically targeting accountancy firms, financial institutions, and commercial businesses. The software connects directly to mid-tier accounting packages, allowing for high-speed data retrieval and automated extraction of financial information. Validis generates standardized reports and detailed analytics, enabling lenders to review client data quickly and accurately. This streamlined process not only accelerates the onboarding of clients for funding applications but also enhances the ongoing monitoring of client performance and compliance. Established in 2007, Validis aims to improve the efficiency of financial data management and support lenders in making informed decisions.

Databricks

Debt Financing in 2025
Databricks offers a unified data analytics platform that simplifies data integration, enables real-time experimentation, and facilitates robust deployment of production applications for developers and data scientists. Serving diverse industries worldwide, Databricks' platform supports collaborative data science, machine learning workflows, and integrates with various cloud services.

Capitolis

Funding Round in 2024
Capitolis develops an online SaaS platform that connects global banks with institutional investors. Its technology enhances the efficiency of capital markets by facilitating seamless transactions, improving access to diversified capital, and optimizing risk management.

SeQura

Venture Round in 2024
SeQura provides an eCommerce payment solution for retailers that improves conversion and secures certainty of payment. The company offers a range of payment methods, including Pay Now, Buy Now Pay Later, and Pay in 3. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, SeQura delivers flexible and accessible credit payment services across diverse sectors to boost customer acquisition, conversion, and retention. It uses risk scoring to extend credit access to underserved shoppers and provides tailored services for different industries, including options such as interest-free credit and installments, enabling businesses to optimize sales and appeal to value-conscious shoppers with convenient payment experiences.

iwoca

Debt Financing in 2024
Iwoca is a London-based provider of small business finance offering unsecured and short-term loans to UK retailers, restaurants, hotels and service providers. The company furnishes financing for working capital, inventory, technology, staff and expansion, with flexible repayment terms from 1 day to 24 months and no penalties for early repayment. Access to funding is available through an online application, enabling businesses to bridge cashflow gaps and pursue growth opportunities. Founded in 2011, Iwoca focuses on helping small businesses manage cash flow and invest in their operations.

Zeta Global Holdings

Post in 2024
Zeta Global Holdings is a data and analytics company that offers a comprehensive cloud-based marketing platform designed to help brands acquire, grow, and retain customers. Established in 2007 by David A. Steinberg and John Sculley, Zeta employs advanced analytics, machine learning, and extensive consumer intelligence to support enterprises across various industries, including financial services, telecommunications, and retail. Its flagship product, the Zeta Marketing Platform (ZMP), leverages identity data to analyze vast amounts of structured and unstructured data, enabling businesses to predict consumer intent and optimize marketing efforts. Headquartered in New York City, Zeta has over 1,000 employees and maintains Centers of Excellence in key locations such as Silicon Valley, Boston, London, and Hyderabad, alongside numerous other global offices. The company competes with major players in the marketing technology space, including Oracle, IBM, Salesforce, and Adobe.

Colendi

Series B in 2024
Colendi offers embedded finance solutions, including alternative credit scoring based on secure on-device data, microcredit options, global investment instruments, and personalized AI tools. It aims to provide accessible banking services for individuals and small businesses in emerging markets.

iwoca

Debt Financing in 2024
Iwoca is a London-based provider of small business finance offering unsecured and short-term loans to UK retailers, restaurants, hotels and service providers. The company furnishes financing for working capital, inventory, technology, staff and expansion, with flexible repayment terms from 1 day to 24 months and no penalties for early repayment. Access to funding is available through an online application, enabling businesses to bridge cashflow gaps and pursue growth opportunities. Founded in 2011, Iwoca focuses on helping small businesses manage cash flow and invest in their operations.

Abound

Debt Financing in 2024
Abound is a consumer lending startup based in London, United Kingdom, that aims to provide low-cost personal credit as an alternative to expensive payday loans. Founded in 2020, the company leverages the UK’s Open Banking standard to analyze consumers' historical bank statement data. This approach allows Abound to develop a detailed understanding of customers' financial situations, enabling them to assess affordability more accurately while reducing dependence on traditional credit reference agency scores. By focusing on individuals with low credit scores, Abound seeks to expand access to affordable credit, thereby promoting financial inclusion.

BlaBlaCar

Debt Financing in 2024
BlaBlaCar is a leading long-distance carpooling community that connects drivers with empty seats to passengers seeking affordable travel options. The platform facilitates shared rides, allowing members to reduce transportation costs and minimize their environmental impact. Users can create detailed profiles and specify their preferred level of conversation during the journey, which fosters a secure and trust-based community. Operating in 22 countries, including various regions in Europe, Russia, Turkey, Mexico, Brazil, and India, BlaBlaCar offers a user-friendly website and mobile applications that streamline the connection between drivers and passengers. Headquartered in Paris, the company has established a global network that emphasizes community trust and shared travel experiences.

Tuum

Series B in 2024
Tuum is a cloud-native banking platform that is spearheading the next generation of digital innovation in the financial services industry. Built around a microservices architecture, the platform consists of flexible and independent modules covering all retail and business banking capabilities. The platform is API-based for quick and easy integration and can run on all major cloud providers, as well as on private clouds. Founded by a team of banking and technology experts in 2019, Tuum combines technological excellence with in-depth banking knowledge and packages it into a sophisticated, cutting-edge platform. Tuum currently employs over 60 people with offices in Tallinn, Berlin and Malaga.

Everphone

Debt Financing in 2024
Everphone specializes in providing mobile devices and management solutions for businesses. Founded in 2016, it offers smartphones, tablets, and laptops on a rental basis, along with repair, replacement, and exchange services. The company also facilitates device procurement, logistics, and mobile device management.

Fleximize

Debt Financing in 2023
Fleximize is a UK-based alternative business lender and digital platform that provides UK SMEs with flexible funding through a dedicated online experience. The company offers facilities from £5,000 to £500,000 with terms of one month to 60 months, and includes features such as repayment holidays, top ups, and no early repayment fees. Each client is assigned a dedicated relationship manager to tailor a funding package to their business needs. The platform supports growth across a range of sectors, enabling businesses to access flexible financing aligned with their growth plans.

ThinCats

Debt Financing in 2023
Established in 2010, ThinCats specializes in providing tailored funding solutions for mid-sized UK businesses. It combines data analytics with traditional lending practices to meet the unique needs of each client, offering services such as growth funding, acquisitions, refinancing, and restructuring.

Iberdrola

Post in 2023
Iberdrola is a global utility company focused on the production, distribution, and retail of electricity and gas. It generates power from nuclear, hydro, and other sources, with a substantial share from renewables, and is a major owner of wind energy. The company operates electricity networks and distribution assets across multiple countries and serves customers in a broad geographic footprint, including Spain, the United Kingdom, Brazil, and the United States, with activity in nearly 40 countries. Iberdrola emphasizes the energy transition through a sustainable business model built on renewable energy, smart grids, large-scale energy storage, and digital transformation to offer advanced products and services.

Silvr

Debt Financing in 2023
Silvr is a Paris-based fintech that provides equity-free funding to e-commerce entrepreneurs by leveraging digital business data to forecast future revenues and offer funding within 24 hours. The platform serves merchants who often lack access to traditional banks, financing growth and marketing spend with repayments tied to sales, helping them scale online stores and marketplaces.

Prodigy Finance

Debt Financing in 2023
Prodigy Finance Limited is an online platform headquartered in London, United Kingdom, that facilitates education loans for international postgraduate and MBA students. Established in 2006, the company connects student borrowers with a community of lenders, including alumni, institutional investors, and qualified private investors. Prodigy Finance specifically targets students pursuing master's degrees across 18 countries, aiming to enhance access to higher education for those who may lack traditional financing options. In addition to its loan services, the company offers a mobile app that allows users to manage and access their loan information conveniently. Through its community funding model, Prodigy Finance addresses the financial barriers that students face, making it easier for them to pursue their academic aspirations at premium business schools.

Pharmacierge

Seed Round in 2023
Pharmacierge operates a digital e-prescribing platform that enables private clinicians to create and transfer e-prescriptions to a partner pharmacy near London's Harley Street, supporting free delivery of prescribed medicines to patients worldwide. The service provides rapid, reliable fulfillment and digital payment options through secure links sent by phone, message, or email, and offers free medicine delivery to patients.

Hokodo

Series B in 2023
Founded in 2018, Hokodo is a European provider of B2B Buy Now, Pay Later solutions. It offers an easy-to-integrate digital platform that streamlines the order-to-cash process, enabling merchants to make real-time credit decisions, protect against bad debt, and access working capital finance options.

Abound

Debt Financing in 2023
Abound is a consumer lending startup based in London, United Kingdom, that aims to provide low-cost personal credit as an alternative to expensive payday loans. Founded in 2020, the company leverages the UK’s Open Banking standard to analyze consumers' historical bank statement data. This approach allows Abound to develop a detailed understanding of customers' financial situations, enabling them to assess affordability more accurately while reducing dependence on traditional credit reference agency scores. By focusing on individuals with low credit scores, Abound seeks to expand access to affordable credit, thereby promoting financial inclusion.

LiveMore Mortgages

Debt Financing in 2023
LiveMore Capital is a money lending financial services company. The company offers a broad range of mortgages for people aged 50-90+ LiveMore Capital was established in 2018 in London, England.

Banked

Series A in 2022
Banked operates a global payments platform that connects bank account data to third-party applications through secure APIs, enabling real-time, low-cost account-to-account payments. The platform supports bank account connections, spending analysis, balance and income verification, and consent-driven data sharing, allowing clients to access and use bank data across a wide range of apps while maintaining control and privacy. Founded in 2018 and based in London, Banked positions itself as a global payments network that supports flexible payment workflows for individuals, businesses, and financial institutions.

TRM Labs

Series B in 2022
TRM Labs Inc. is a blockchain intelligence company that provides a platform focused on token relationship management, utilizing machine learning to assist clients in managing customer relationships and detecting suspicious activities. The platform offers solutions for on-chain anti-money laundering (AML) compliance, including customer due diligence, transaction monitoring, and relationship management specifically tailored for digital asset firms. Additionally, TRM Labs develops enterprise applications and tools that enable organizations to launch blockchain-based products aimed at identifying fraudulent activities such as money laundering and market manipulation. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company serves a diverse clientele, including financial institutions, cryptocurrency businesses, and government agencies, and has established partnerships with notable organizations such as PayPal, Visa, and federal agencies. TRM Labs is committed to enhancing the safety of the financial ecosystem through advanced data engineering and threat intelligence, backed by a team of experts with extensive experience in law enforcement and technology.

Immersive Labs

Series C in 2022
Immersive Labs designs a cloud-based platform that measures and improves cybersecurity skills across organizations. The platform provides user profiles, skill dashboards, and gamified leaderboards to identify gaps and security risks, enabling teams to continuously develop technical capabilities. It offers a broad library of practical content and simulations covering cyber awareness, investigations, threat hunting, reverse engineering, IoT/firmware security, and incident response, accessible from a browser with no installation. The platform supports interactive challenges, log and traffic analysis, and attack classifications, and provides analytics to reveal hidden cybersecurity talent and areas for focus. Immersive Labs aims to build human cyber readiness by enabling measurement, learning, and demonstration of capability across the workforce. The company is based in Bristol, United Kingdom, and has operated since 2016 to help enterprises defend against cyber threats.

SeQura

Debt Financing in 2022
SeQura provides an eCommerce payment solution for retailers that improves conversion and secures certainty of payment. The company offers a range of payment methods, including Pay Now, Buy Now Pay Later, and Pay in 3. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, SeQura delivers flexible and accessible credit payment services across diverse sectors to boost customer acquisition, conversion, and retention. It uses risk scoring to extend credit access to underserved shoppers and provides tailored services for different industries, including options such as interest-free credit and installments, enabling businesses to optimize sales and appeal to value-conscious shoppers with convenient payment experiences.

Propel

Debt Financing in 2022
Propel Finance No 1 Limited, established in 1996 and based in Newport, United Kingdom, offers financial services primarily to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across various sectors, including catering, construction, fitness, IT, manufacturing, and real estate. The company specializes in asset finance solutions, enabling businesses to acquire essential equipment and vehicles efficiently. Propel is committed to providing flexible and accessible financing options, utilizing a blend of collaboration and technology to enhance customer experiences. Formerly known as Henry Howard Finance Group No. 1 Limited, the company rebranded in December 2016 to better align with its mission of delivering impactful financial solutions.

auxmoney

Debt Financing in 2022
auxmoney GmbH is a digital lending platform based in Düsseldorf, Germany, specializing in peer-to-peer money lending services. Founded in 2007, the company offers a range of loan products, including personal loans, installment loans, and specialized loans for various purposes such as education, business commencement, and vacations. auxmoney employs unique risk assessment models and streamlined digital processes to enhance access to affordable credit while minimizing lending risks. The platform facilitates connections between borrowers and private investors, allowing individuals to secure financing more responsibly. By focusing on consumer credit, auxmoney plays a significant role in promoting financial inclusion across Europe.

Genesis Global

Venture Round in 2022
Genesis Global Technology Limited specializes in developing custom software and solutions tailored for the capital markets. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in London, with an additional office in New York, the company provides a range of platforms designed to enhance trading and operational efficiency. Its offerings include an automated quoting system for managing requests for quotes, an order execution management system, and a trade allocation manager that facilitates various trading processes. Additionally, Genesis Global offers tools for data management and reconciliation, such as a short/long code manager and a matcher. The company is led by a team of industry veterans with substantial experience in trading technologies across multiple asset classes, aiming to deliver innovative solutions that align with the evolving needs of clients in the financial sector.

Illuminate Financial

Venture Round in 2022
Illuminate Financial is a London-based venture capital firm focused on financial technology and enterprise software for the financial services sector. Founded in 2014, it backs fintech startups at seed, Series A, and growth stages and helps them address challenges in banking, regulation, compliance, and connectivity. The firm invests globally, with emphasis on the United Kingdom, Europe, and the United States, and supports portfolio companies with deep domain expertise, an extensive industry network, and practical guidance to navigate early growth and scale adoption by financial institutions.

Job&Talent

Debt Financing in 2022
Job&Talent is a global marketplace connecting skilled professionals with reputable companies. Leveraging advanced technology, it facilitates reliable and flexible job placements, benefiting both employees seeking opportunities and businesses requiring agile workforces.

MQube

Series A in 2022
MQube is a technology-driven company focused on transforming the UK mortgage market by addressing the challenges faced by lenders, brokers, landlords, and home buyers. Established with a commitment to enhancing user experience, MQube launched its MPowered Mortgages and MPowered platform in 2021. The company utilizes artificial intelligence, unique document extraction technology, and smart data management to automate lending decisions, thereby providing borrowers with greater certainty and control over the mortgage process. Its platform ensures the accuracy of customer data and facilitates the retrieval of relevant data points from documents supplied by mortgage brokers. This innovation enables customers to secure mortgages more easily while allowing lenders to make quicker lending decisions and improve overall customer outcomes.

Blockdaemon

Venture Round in 2022
Blockdaemon facilitates blockchain deployment by offering a node management platform that supports over 30 protocols. It empowers businesses and developers to quickly launch and manage blockchain applications, with tools for exchanges, custodians, and financial institutions.

Proxymity

Series B in 2022
Proxymity is a London-based digital platform for investor communications and proxy voting. It provides an end-to-end solution that connects issuers, intermediaries, and investors in real time, enabling efficient, accurate, and transparent proxy voting and shareholder disclosure. The platform automates requests and responses in regulatory-compliant formats and timeframes, supports a digital proxy voting process, and transmits meeting data and votes in real time, reducing manual data entry and eliminating paper-based transfer.

Fidel API

Series B in 2022
Fidel API is a financial infrastructure platform that allows developers to create programmable experiences during transaction events on payment cards. Established in 2018 and headquartered in London, with additional offices in Lisbon and New York, Fidel API provides tools that enhance interactions between merchants and consumers by facilitating real-time, event-driven engagements. The platform is designed to integrate seamlessly with major payment networks, such as Visa and Mastercard, to deliver detailed transaction data, including amount, location, date, and merchant. This capability supports improved marketing strategies and customer engagement through tailored loyalty and rewards programs, as well as streamlined processes for reimbursements and expense management. The company serves a diverse clientele, ranging from startups to large enterprises, and has established partnerships with prominent firms across various sectors.

TransFICC

Venture Round in 2022
TransFICC specializes in low-latency connectivity solutions for banks and asset managers trading in Fixed Income and Derivatives markets. It offers a unified API that simplifies access to multiple execution venues, ensuring microsecond timestamping of data and comprehensive audit trails to support best execution requirements.

Proxymity

Series B in 2022
Proxymity is a London-based digital platform for investor communications and proxy voting. It provides an end-to-end solution that connects issuers, intermediaries, and investors in real time, enabling efficient, accurate, and transparent proxy voting and shareholder disclosure. The platform automates requests and responses in regulatory-compliant formats and timeframes, supports a digital proxy voting process, and transmits meeting data and votes in real time, reducing manual data entry and eliminating paper-based transfer.

Capitolis

Series D in 2022
Capitolis develops an online SaaS platform that connects global banks with institutional investors. Its technology enhances the efficiency of capital markets by facilitating seamless transactions, improving access to diversified capital, and optimizing risk management.

Sharegain

Series B in 2022
Sharegain Ltd. is a fintech company based in London, United Kingdom, that specializes in a securities lending platform aimed at pension funds, insurance companies, and asset managers. Founded in 2015, Sharegain seeks to democratize the securities lending industry, which is valued at $3 trillion, by providing an automated solution that allows financial institutions to generate additional income from their existing assets, including stocks, bonds, and ETFs. The platform offers enhanced revenue opportunities while ensuring full control and transparency with minimal overhead costs. By enabling online brokers, private banks, wealth managers, and custodians to lend their securities, Sharegain helps these institutions unlock hidden value within their portfolios and deliver improved financial performance for themselves and their clients.

MOSTLY AI

Series B in 2022
Mostly AI Solutions MP GmbH, founded in 2017 and based in Vienna, Austria, specializes in privacy-preserving generative AI solutions tailored for big data applications. The company develops advanced GPU-powered technology that simulates highly realistic and completely anonymous synthetic customer data, allowing organizations to explore, experiment, and innovate without compromising individual privacy. By generating synthetic populations that retain valuable information from actual data while preventing re-identification, Mostly AI enables businesses to unlock new opportunities for data-driven products and services. This innovative approach not only facilitates faster innovation and reduces risks but also lowers costs associated with data management. In addition to its technological offerings, Mostly AI provides machine learning training courses and programs to further enhance data literacy and capabilities within organizations.

Proxymity

Series B in 2021
Proxymity is a London-based digital platform for investor communications and proxy voting. It provides an end-to-end solution that connects issuers, intermediaries, and investors in real time, enabling efficient, accurate, and transparent proxy voting and shareholder disclosure. The platform automates requests and responses in regulatory-compliant formats and timeframes, supports a digital proxy voting process, and transmits meeting data and votes in real time, reducing manual data entry and eliminating paper-based transfer.

AlphaSense

Series C in 2021
AlphaSense is a market intelligence platform that helps research and business professionals discover, navigate, and monitor financial data and disclosures. The web-based platform collects data from filings, research, news, and other sources and makes it searchable through artificial intelligence and natural language processing, enabling users to search, set alerts, and analyze data points with accuracy. It serves a large enterprise base, including financial institutions and a majority of S&P 500 clients. Headquartered in New York, the company also operates offices in London, Helsinki, and Pune.

Matillion

Series E in 2021
Matillion Ltd. specializes in cloud data integration software solutions that empower companies to effectively utilize their data. The company offers a range of products, including Matillion ETL for Amazon Redshift and Matillion ETL for Snowflake, both of which facilitate the extraction, loading, and transformation of structured and semi-structured data in cloud environments. Additionally, Matillion Data Loader serves as a SaaS-based tool that loads data from source systems into cloud data warehouses, enhancing data accessibility for informed decision-making. Matillion also provides a business intelligence solution for self-service reporting and analytics, alongside Matillion Exchange, a marketplace for users to share and download integration jobs. With a client base that includes Fortune 500 companies and mid-sized tech enterprises, Matillion operates from its headquarters in Manchester, United Kingdom, and has offices in New York, Denver, and Seattle. The company, established in 2010, is dedicated to accelerating data readiness and maximizing the impact of data across various industries.

Tessian

Series C in 2021
Tessian Limited is a company that specializes in email security software designed to mitigate risks associated with human error and data loss. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in London, the company offers advanced solutions that leverage machine learning and artificial intelligence. Key products include CheckRecipient Guardian, which alerts users in real-time if emails are being sent to unintended recipients, and CheckRecipient RuleBuilder, which allows organizations to easily create and enforce email communication policies. The platform analyzes email networks to prevent sensitive information from being misdirected, thereby protecting clients in various sectors, including legal services, healthcare, investment banking, and technology. Tessian aims to enhance security while ensuring minimal disruption to employees' workflows, empowering them to work efficiently without compromising data integrity.

Soldo

Series C in 2021
Soldo Limited is a company that specializes in developing expense management software solutions tailored for small businesses, enterprises, and accountants. It offers a range of products, including Soldo Pro, which manages expenses from payment to reconciliation; Soldo Premium, designed to control business spending; and Soldo Enterprise, which supports broader financial strategies. Soldo’s platform integrates prepaid Mastercard cards, a web-based administration console, and a mobile app, providing a comprehensive solution for managing the entire expense cycle. This allows organizations to gain visibility and control over their spending while ensuring compatibility with major accounting software. Founded in 2014 and based in London, Soldo also has offices in Rome, Milan, and Dublin, and caters to various sectors, including not-for-profits, start-ups, digital media, technology, and higher education.

Forto

Series C in 2021
Founded in Berlin in 2016, Forto is a digital logistics company that specializes in freight forwarding services primarily between Asia and Europe. It offers international shipping of FCL and LCL shipments, air freight services, and a user-friendly platform for real-time quotes, online booking, and digital tracking. With over 2,000 customers and nine global offices, Forto aims to optimize global supply chain processes while promoting sustainability.

Immersive Labs

Series C in 2021
Immersive Labs designs a cloud-based platform that measures and improves cybersecurity skills across organizations. The platform provides user profiles, skill dashboards, and gamified leaderboards to identify gaps and security risks, enabling teams to continuously develop technical capabilities. It offers a broad library of practical content and simulations covering cyber awareness, investigations, threat hunting, reverse engineering, IoT/firmware security, and incident response, accessible from a browser with no installation. The platform supports interactive challenges, log and traffic analysis, and attack classifications, and provides analytics to reveal hidden cybersecurity talent and areas for focus. Immersive Labs aims to build human cyber readiness by enabling measurement, learning, and demonstration of capability across the workforce. The company is based in Bristol, United Kingdom, and has operated since 2016 to help enterprises defend against cyber threats.

Komgo

Series B in 2021
Komgo operates a blockchain-based platform for digitalizing trade and commodities finance. Incorporated in Switzerland in 2018, it offers secure peer-to-peer transactions, mitigating fraud risk and providing benchmark data.

auxmoney

Debt Financing in 2021
auxmoney GmbH is a digital lending platform based in Düsseldorf, Germany, specializing in peer-to-peer money lending services. Founded in 2007, the company offers a range of loan products, including personal loans, installment loans, and specialized loans for various purposes such as education, business commencement, and vacations. auxmoney employs unique risk assessment models and streamlined digital processes to enhance access to affordable credit while minimizing lending risks. The platform facilitates connections between borrowers and private investors, allowing individuals to secure financing more responsibly. By focusing on consumer credit, auxmoney plays a significant role in promoting financial inclusion across Europe.

Capitolis

Series C in 2021
Capitolis develops an online SaaS platform that connects global banks with institutional investors. Its technology enhances the efficiency of capital markets by facilitating seamless transactions, improving access to diversified capital, and optimizing risk management.

Feedzai

Series D in 2021
Feedzai is a data science company that provides an artificial intelligence platform for fraud prevention and financial crime risk management. The platform combines fraud prevention and anti-money laundering capabilities to help banks, payment providers, merchants and retailers prevent, detect, and remediate fraudulent activity across channels. It ingests and transforms data from multiple sources, creates hypergranular risk profiles, and analyzes structured and unstructured data to identify anomalies and related transactions in real time. Key offerings include Any Data. Any Payment, a risk engine for fraud prevention; Feedzai Pulse for real-time business intelligence and analytics; Data Science Studio for building and deploying predictive models; and Feedzai Genome to visualize financial-crime networks and support investigators. Feedzai serves global financial institutions, processors and retailers, aiming to reduce losses and improve customer experience.

Genesis Global

Series B in 2021
Genesis Global Technology Limited specializes in developing custom software and solutions tailored for the capital markets. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in London, with an additional office in New York, the company provides a range of platforms designed to enhance trading and operational efficiency. Its offerings include an automated quoting system for managing requests for quotes, an order execution management system, and a trade allocation manager that facilitates various trading processes. Additionally, Genesis Global offers tools for data management and reconciliation, such as a short/long code manager and a matcher. The company is led by a team of industry veterans with substantial experience in trading technologies across multiple asset classes, aiming to deliver innovative solutions that align with the evolving needs of clients in the financial sector.

Centrical

Series C in 2021
Centrical is a software company that offers an AI-powered, gamified employee performance ecosystem designed to improve learning, engagement, and performance. Its platform unifies real-time performance management, continuous feedback, microlearning, and employee engagement, while providing managers with interactive coaching and managerial tools. Built on principles of behavioral psychology and motivation, the solution aims to help employees connect emotionally to their work and foster a positive, productive culture. The company serves clients through offices in New York, Ra’anana, Israel, and London.

Swixx Biopharma

Debt Financing in 2021
Swixx Biopharma is a specialized company that provides comprehensive representation for biopharma, over-the-counter (OTC), and medical device firms in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Founded in 2014 and based in Baar, Switzerland, Swixx Biopharma operates fully-owned affiliates across various CEE countries, including Albania, Bulgaria, Poland, and Romania, among others. The company aims to fill the gap left by multinational corporations that choose not to enter or exit specific markets or therapeutic areas. With a focus on rare diseases, oncology-hematology, specialty treatments, and self-medication, Swixx Biopharma leverages its research expertise to deliver effective health solutions tailored to the needs of the region.

Solidatus

Series A in 2021
Solidatus is a leading provider of data lineage and conceptual modeling solutions, focused on helping organizations manage their metadata, data, and processes effectively. The company offers software that enables businesses to visualize data flows within their systems, facilitating regulatory compliance, improving governance, and optimizing data landscapes. Solidatus builds interconnected digital maps of organizations, which simplifies complexity and enhances operational efficiency. Its unique approach validates the integrity of AI-generated data and supports transformational change initiatives, making it an essential tool for data-rich and regulated sectors such as finance, pharmaceuticals, and utilities. With a growing global presence, Solidatus operates from its headquarters in London and an office in Singapore, with plans for expansion into the US, Europe, and the Middle East.

Genesis Global

Corporate Round in 2020
Genesis Global Technology Limited specializes in developing custom software and solutions tailored for the capital markets. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in London, with an additional office in New York, the company provides a range of platforms designed to enhance trading and operational efficiency. Its offerings include an automated quoting system for managing requests for quotes, an order execution management system, and a trade allocation manager that facilitates various trading processes. Additionally, Genesis Global offers tools for data management and reconciliation, such as a short/long code manager and a matcher. The company is led by a team of industry veterans with substantial experience in trading technologies across multiple asset classes, aiming to deliver innovative solutions that align with the evolving needs of clients in the financial sector.

CloudMargin

Series B in 2020
CloudMargin Ltd. is a London-based company that specializes in a cloud-based collateral and margin management platform tailored for financial institutions of all sizes. Founded in 2014 by a team with extensive experience in collateral management and capital markets, CloudMargin aims to enhance efficiency and reduce costs for its clients, which include banks, asset management firms, brokerage firms, and insurance companies. The platform operates on a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model, providing real-time reports on collateral positions and automating workflows to facilitate streamlined processing and settlement. By addressing the inefficiencies and high costs associated with traditional collateral management solutions, CloudMargin seeks to make effective collateral management accessible to all market participants while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.

Capitolis

Venture Round in 2020
Capitolis develops an online SaaS platform that connects global banks with institutional investors. Its technology enhances the efficiency of capital markets by facilitating seamless transactions, improving access to diversified capital, and optimizing risk management.

Solidatus

Corporate Round in 2020
Solidatus is a leading provider of data lineage and conceptual modeling solutions, focused on helping organizations manage their metadata, data, and processes effectively. The company offers software that enables businesses to visualize data flows within their systems, facilitating regulatory compliance, improving governance, and optimizing data landscapes. Solidatus builds interconnected digital maps of organizations, which simplifies complexity and enhances operational efficiency. Its unique approach validates the integrity of AI-generated data and supports transformational change initiatives, making it an essential tool for data-rich and regulated sectors such as finance, pharmaceuticals, and utilities. With a growing global presence, Solidatus operates from its headquarters in London and an office in Singapore, with plans for expansion into the US, Europe, and the Middle East.

Proxymity

Corporate Round in 2020
Proxymity is a London-based digital platform for investor communications and proxy voting. It provides an end-to-end solution that connects issuers, intermediaries, and investors in real time, enabling efficient, accurate, and transparent proxy voting and shareholder disclosure. The platform automates requests and responses in regulatory-compliant formats and timeframes, supports a digital proxy voting process, and transmits meeting data and votes in real time, reducing manual data entry and eliminating paper-based transfer.

TransFICC

Series A in 2020
TransFICC specializes in low-latency connectivity solutions for banks and asset managers trading in Fixed Income and Derivatives markets. It offers a unified API that simplifies access to multiple execution venues, ensuring microsecond timestamping of data and comprehensive audit trails to support best execution requirements.

Komgo

Venture Round in 2020
Komgo operates a blockchain-based platform for digitalizing trade and commodities finance. Incorporated in Switzerland in 2018, it offers secure peer-to-peer transactions, mitigating fraud risk and providing benchmark data.

OilX

Seed Round in 2020
OilX Limited is a London-based startup founded in 2018 that specializes in providing real-time insights into the global oil market. The company designs and develops an analytical platform that combines expertise in the oil sector with data science to integrate oil, satellite, and shipping data. This approach generates hyper-relevant, real-time insights for traders and analysts, enabling them to make informed decisions based on accurate supply-demand balance information. OilX's services include digital oil analytics and solutions, offering a comprehensive view of the oil market through its platform and intelligence tools.

Cashforce

Series A in 2019
Cashforce BV, established in 2013, is a Belgian company with offices in Antwerp, New York, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, and London. It specializes in a smart cash flow management and forecasting platform, enabling users to predict cash inflows and outflows across multiple companies, bank accounts, and currencies. The platform integrates seamlessly with various ERPs and banking systems, providing detailed transaction-level insights and AI-based cash flow scenario simulations. Cashforce serves multinational corporations across diverse industries in over 120 countries, empowering CFOs, finance teams, and treasury departments to enhance cash visibility, optimize working capital, and make data-driven decisions.

Fidel API

Series A in 2019
Fidel API is a financial infrastructure platform that allows developers to create programmable experiences during transaction events on payment cards. Established in 2018 and headquartered in London, with additional offices in Lisbon and New York, Fidel API provides tools that enhance interactions between merchants and consumers by facilitating real-time, event-driven engagements. The platform is designed to integrate seamlessly with major payment networks, such as Visa and Mastercard, to deliver detailed transaction data, including amount, location, date, and merchant. This capability supports improved marketing strategies and customer engagement through tailored loyalty and rewards programs, as well as streamlined processes for reimbursements and expense management. The company serves a diverse clientele, ranging from startups to large enterprises, and has established partnerships with prominent firms across various sectors.

Symbiont

Series B in 2019
Symbiont.io, Inc. is a financial technology company that specializes in developing a smart contracts platform tailored for institutional applications of blockchain technology. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York City, with an additional office in Amsterdam, the company provides a comprehensive infrastructure for capital markets. This includes a unified ledger for sharing business logic and market data, as well as the Symbiont Assembly platform, which facilitates the issuance, tracking, and management of financial instruments such as loans, securities, and commodities. By enabling complex financial instruments to exist within a decentralized blockchain network, Symbiont aims to enhance transparency, reduce risk, and lower costs for financial institutions and government entities. The company has established partnerships with industry leaders, including Vanguard and the State of Delaware, to drive innovation and improve operational efficiency in the capital markets sector.

Privitar

Corporate Round in 2018
Privitar Ltd. is an enterprise software company specializing in privacy-preserving data mining and advanced data anonymization solutions. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in London, the company serves a diverse global client base across North America, Europe, and Asia. Privitar's product suite includes Privitar Publisher, which allows organizations to securely manage and audit data access, and Privitar Lens, which facilitates the creation of privacy-preserving APIs for reporting and analytics. Additionally, its SecureLink system focuses on data de-identification, while the Privitar Data Privacy Platform enhances data utilization while safeguarding sensitive information. The company's technologies enable clients to analyze potentially sensitive data in compliance with regulations such as GDPR, CPRA, and HIPAA, thereby fostering data-driven innovation and maintaining customer privacy across various sectors, including finance, healthcare, telecommunications, and marketing.

Airtel Africa

Private Equity Round in 2018
Airtel Africa is a telecommunications company offering mobile voice and data services across Nigeria, East Africa, and Francophone Africa. As of March 2020, it served approximately 110.6 million customers with prepaid/postpaid wireless voice, data communication services, and mobile money services.

TransFICC

Corporate Round in 2018
TransFICC specializes in low-latency connectivity solutions for banks and asset managers trading in Fixed Income and Derivatives markets. It offers a unified API that simplifies access to multiple execution venues, ensuring microsecond timestamping of data and comprehensive audit trails to support best execution requirements.

QC Ware

Series A in 2018
QC Ware, Corp. is a company that develops enterprise software solutions tailored for quantum computing. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with an additional office in Paris, France, QC Ware focuses on creating hardware-agnostic applications that address complex problems in areas like combinatorial optimization and machine learning. Their offerings include a graphical web application that serves various sectors, including finance, deep learning, and cybersecurity, as well as software development kits (SDKs) and data connectors. By providing tools that enable clients to integrate quantum computing capabilities into existing applications, QC Ware aims to enhance efficiency and performance while addressing challenges traditionally faced by high-performance computing solutions.

Oodle Car Finance

Debt Financing in 2018
Oodle Car Finance is a UK-based car finance company that specializes in connecting customers with reputable car dealers and facilitating a streamlined car buying experience. By integrating the processes of search and finance into one digital platform, Oodle Car Finance enhances the customer journey in the used-car market. Utilizing advanced algorithms, the company enables clients to quickly receive pre-approved financing, ensuring they find their ideal vehicle efficiently. With a focus on delivering a best-in-class consumer experience, Oodle Car Finance aims to redefine how individuals approach car purchasing and financing in the UK.

CurveGlobal

Venture Round in 2018
CurveGlobal Markets is the brand name of the London Stock Exchange derivatives market.

Behavox

Series B in 2017
Behavox provides a unified enterprise platform that combines various data types into a single data lake. This enables real-time querying of data and application of machine learning to identify misconduct, insider threats, and other risks in capital markets. The company's software is designed for large-scale deployment at major financial institutions, offering sophisticated engineering solutions based on cutting-edge academic research.

Braze

Series D in 2017
Braze is a customer engagement platform that helps brands deliver relevant, human experiences across channels. It offers a mobile marketing automation and customer relationship management solution with AI-powered tools for engagement orchestration, including messaging, chatbots, and content management, plus campaign optimization insights, data analysis, and segment analytics. The platform enables cross-channel personalization across mobile, email, web, television, and connected devices, and provides data security, data warehousing and streaming capabilities. Braze uses AI to power functionality across its stack. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in New York, it has offices in London, San Francisco, Chicago, and Singapore. Braze serves industries such as retail and e-commerce, media and entertainment, financial services, and travel and hospitality, focusing on timely, contextually relevant interactions between consumers and brands.

AUTO1 Group

Series E in 2017
AUTO1 Group GmbH is a Berlin-based technology platform that specializes in the buying and selling of used cars. Founded in 2012, the company connects individual customers and professional car dealers through its digital marketplace, facilitating seamless transactions without the need for negotiation. AUTO1 Group sources used vehicles from various channels, including original equipment manufacturers and dealerships, and offers a certified and diverse inventory through its brands, such as AUTO1.com and Autohero.com. Operating in nearly 30 countries across Europe and North America, Auto1 Group serves both the retail market for private customers and the merchant segment for commercial car dealers. Its services include auction fees and logistics, ensuring a streamlined and transparent process in the used car trade.

Axoni

Series A in 2016
Axoni is a technology company specializing in real-time data replication solutions tailored for the financial industry. Established in 2017, it focuses on serving major financial institutions, including banks, asset managers, hedge funds, and market infrastructure firms worldwide, with offices located in New York and London. The company's platform facilitates the rapid and reliable deployment of critical financial networks, ensuring automated, real-time data replication among market participants. Additionally, Axoni develops distributed ledger software that integrates traditional financial technologies with blockchain capabilities, enhancing market information, trend analysis, and communication networks. This innovative approach allows financial entities to modernize their systems related to legal records, lifecycle events, and cash flow calculations, thereby improving operational efficiency and data management.

Feedzai

Venture Round in 2016
Feedzai is a data science company that provides an artificial intelligence platform for fraud prevention and financial crime risk management. The platform combines fraud prevention and anti-money laundering capabilities to help banks, payment providers, merchants and retailers prevent, detect, and remediate fraudulent activity across channels. It ingests and transforms data from multiple sources, creates hypergranular risk profiles, and analyzes structured and unstructured data to identify anomalies and related transactions in real time. Key offerings include Any Data. Any Payment, a risk engine for fraud prevention; Feedzai Pulse for real-time business intelligence and analytics; Data Science Studio for building and deploying predictive models; and Feedzai Genome to visualize financial-crime networks and support investigators. Feedzai serves global financial institutions, processors and retailers, aiming to reduce losses and improve customer experience.

Tesla

Post in 2016
Tesla designs and manufactures electric vehicles and energy generation and storage systems, pursuing a vertically integrated approach to product and software development. It offers a full range of electric cars, including sedans and crossover models, and markets its vehicles through company-owned stores and its website. The company also produces and sells stationary energy storage batteries for residential, commercial, and utility use, and provides solar energy generation and solar storage products. It operates a fast-charging network and develops autonomous driving software. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, Tesla serves international markets and aims to accelerate the transition to sustainable mobility through innovation across vehicles, energy, and software.

Braze

Series C in 2016
Braze is a customer engagement platform that helps brands deliver relevant, human experiences across channels. It offers a mobile marketing automation and customer relationship management solution with AI-powered tools for engagement orchestration, including messaging, chatbots, and content management, plus campaign optimization insights, data analysis, and segment analytics. The platform enables cross-channel personalization across mobile, email, web, television, and connected devices, and provides data security, data warehousing and streaming capabilities. Braze uses AI to power functionality across its stack. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in New York, it has offices in London, San Francisco, Chicago, and Singapore. Braze serves industries such as retail and e-commerce, media and entertainment, financial services, and travel and hospitality, focusing on timely, contextually relevant interactions between consumers and brands.

Persado

Series C in 2016
Persado Inc., established in 2011, specializes in AI-generated marketing language solutions. Headquartered in New York, with offices in San Francisco, Chicago, Europe, and the UK, Persado serves major brands across retail, finance, travel, telecom, and healthcare. Its AI platforms, including Pro Email, Pro Social, and Persado Enterprise, create emotionally resonant language for emails, social ads, and personalized consumer interactions, driving short-term sales and long-term relationships. Persado's solutions have generated over $1.5 billion in incremental revenue for clients like Ally Bank, JPMorgan Chase, and Verizon, demonstrating an average 41% lift in conversion rates.

Optimizely

Series C in 2015
Optimizely operates a website optimization platform that enables organizations worldwide to conduct A/B testing, multivariate testing, and personalization. Its platform facilitates data-driven decisions through experiments, available in multiple languages. Serving diverse industries like agencies, e-commerce, enterprises, and small businesses, Optimizely was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco with offices globally.

Acadia

Venture Round in 2015
AcadiaSoft, Inc. is a provider of workflow and communication solutions specifically tailored for derivatives collateral management. The company offers a range of products, including the AcadiaSoft Messaging Platform, which facilitates communication for collateral calls between investment managers and broker-dealers, and the AcadiaSoft Collateral Manager, a software solution available both as an installed product and via SaaS. Additionally, AcadiaSoft provides the MarginSphere Xpress platform, extending messaging capabilities to counterparties not currently connected to its electronic messaging service. The company also offers consultative services to assist clients in navigating regulatory compliance, along with guidance for obtaining regulatory approval for the ISDA SIMM framework. Established in 2009 and headquartered in Pembroke, Massachusetts, AcadiaSoft has operations in Boston and London, operating as a subsidiary of SSB Investments LLC.

Tanium

Series F in 2015
Tanium Inc. is a provider of security and systems management solutions designed for enterprises and government organizations. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Kirkland, Washington, the company offers a comprehensive platform that enables real-time data collection and management of millions of endpoints. Its key offerings include the Tanium Endpoint Platform for securing and managing endpoints, as well as tools for asset tracking, software deployment, threat detection, and incident response. The platform enhances visibility and control, allowing security and IT teams to respond swiftly to potential threats and maintain business resilience. With applications in various industries, including banking and retail, Tanium also has strategic partnerships with firms like PwC and Palo Alto Networks. The company operates globally, with additional offices in several major cities across the United States and internationally.

Persado

Series B in 2015
Persado Inc., established in 2011, specializes in AI-generated marketing language solutions. Headquartered in New York, with offices in San Francisco, Chicago, Europe, and the UK, Persado serves major brands across retail, finance, travel, telecom, and healthcare. Its AI platforms, including Pro Email, Pro Social, and Persado Enterprise, create emotionally resonant language for emails, social ads, and personalized consumer interactions, driving short-term sales and long-term relationships. Persado's solutions have generated over $1.5 billion in incremental revenue for clients like Ally Bank, JPMorgan Chase, and Verizon, demonstrating an average 41% lift in conversion rates.

DocuSign

Series E in 2014
DocuSign provides cloud-based software that enables organizations to prepare, execute, and manage agreements electronically. Its platform delivers e-signature functionality and an end-to-end Agreement Cloud that automates the entire contract process, from generation and routing to signing, storage, and analytics. Additional capabilities include AI-powered insights for contract search, Salesforce integrations for generating and negotiating documents, and tools for guided forms, identity verification, and digital signatures with certificates, as well as payments. Industry-specific offerings include Rooms for Real Estate and Rooms for Mortgage, and a FedRAMP-authorized eSignature for U.S. federal agencies, supporting compliance for regulated industries. The company serves enterprise, commercial, and small-business customers across sectors such as professional services, finance, technology, life sciences, real estate, and government, with global reach. Founded in 2003, the company is headquartered in San Francisco.

G4S

Post in 2013
G4S is a leading international security solutions group, headquartered in London, England, and founded in 1901. The company specializes in providing a range of security services and solutions tailored for various businesses and industries, particularly in sectors where safety and security risks are significant concerns. G4S combines expertise, a skilled workforce, and advanced technology, including data analytics, to enhance security measures and help organizations minimize risks and costs. Its mission is to safeguard the welfare and prosperity of millions of people globally by delivering effective security solutions.

MBA Polymers

Venture Round in 2010
MBA Polymers, Inc. is a manufacturer specializing in post-consumer recycled plastics derived from end-of-life durable goods, such as automobiles, electronics, and appliances. Founded in 1992 and based in Hackensack, New Jersey, the company operates advanced recycling facilities in Kematen/Ybbs, Austria, and Guangzhou, China. It is recognized as a leader in the recovery of high-value engineering plastics, including acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene, high impact polystyrene, and various polypropylene blends. MBA Polymers focuses on sustainability by providing recycled materials for a range of applications, including consumer products, building materials, and automotive components, while also aiming to reduce energy usage and greenhouse gas emissions in the recycling process.

Uplogix

Series C in 2008
Uplogix, Inc. is a provider of local network management and monitoring solutions, established in 2003 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, with additional offices in London and Monterrey. The company specializes in integrated remote management solutions, including secure remote management appliances and a Remote Management Operating System that automates system maintenance, configuration, fault diagnosis, and recovery tasks. Uplogix's products, such as the Uplogix 5000 Local Manager and Control Center, are designed to manage distributed IT infrastructures, enabling enterprises to address routine IT issues at remote locations, branch offices, and data centers. Uplogix serves various sectors, including federal, financial, healthcare, energy, and retail, and also offers program consulting and training services. The company's technology aids in reducing operational costs and site visits by providing comprehensive security management and compliance solutions.

Quilter Cheviot

Acquisition in 2006
Founded in 1771, Quilter Cheviot is a leading independent discretionary investment management firm based in London, UK. It serves private clients, trustees, charities, pension funds, and corporate bodies, offering tailored investment solutions.

Wagestream

Wagestream Ltd., founded in 2018 and headquartered in London, United Kingdom, develops a financial services application designed to enhance employee benefits and financial well-being. The platform allows employees to access their earned wages instantly, providing them with greater control over their pay schedules. This innovation aims to alleviate financial stress related to unexpected expenses by eliminating the need for advances, loans, and the burdens of high-interest credit or payday loans. Additionally, Wagestream offers various financial tools that help businesses support their employees in managing expenses, setting savings goals, and developing financial plans. By addressing these financial challenges, Wagestream seeks to reduce the poverty premium and prevent employees from falling into cycles of debt.
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