Fontainebleau Development
Debt Financing in 2024
Fontainebleau Development is a real estate development company focused on creating large-scale lifestyle properties in the hospitality, retail, residential, and commercial sectors. The firm engages in the design, construction, ownership, marketing, and operation of its developments, ensuring expertise at every stage of a project's life cycle. Its portfolio includes a range of hospitality and residential properties, aiming to provide advanced entertainment and hospitality experiences. Through its comprehensive approach, Fontainebleau Development seeks to deliver innovative and high-quality real estate solutions.
Apex Group
Debt Financing in 2024
Established in Bermuda in 2003, Apex Group is a global financial services provider offering an extensive range of services to asset managers, capital markets, private clients, and family offices. With over $80 billion in assets under administration, the company delivers single-source solutions including fund services, digital onboarding, depositary and custody services, business services, and ESG ratings advisory.
Groupe Crystal
Acquisition in 2024
Groupe Crystal is a global financial advisory firm offering comprehensive wealth management services. They specialize in investment planning, retirement planning, estate management, tax planning, and risk management, serving French-speaking clients worldwide.
Axoni
Venture Round in 2023
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.
Vesttoo Ltd is a Tel Aviv-based company that operates an artificial intelligence-driven financial risk management platform. Established in 2018, Vesttoo focuses on creating a marketplace for non-catastrophic insurance-based risk transfer and investments, connecting insurance companies with institutional investors. Its proprietary technology enhances risk transfer and liquidity in the life and property & casualty insurance markets by facilitating faster deal structuring, risk modeling, pricing, and index calculation. Vesttoo provides a range of solutions that cater to the legal, regulatory, and accounting needs of its clients, which include insurers, reinsurers, and pension funds. By offering asset managers access to diverse, uncorrelated investment options linked to insurance and reinsurance premiums, the company positions itself as a significant alternative to traditional reinsurance models. Vesttoo's innovation has garnered recognition through participation in prestigious fintech accelerators and collaborations with industry leaders, further establishing its role in merging insurance with capital market dynamics.
Elwood Technologies
Series A in 2022
Elwood Technologies is a leading fintech company specializing in comprehensive software solutions for institutional digital asset trading. Its front-to-back platform connects clients to global crypto exchanges, liquidity providers, custodians, and fund administrators, offering advanced execution management, portfolio analytics, and risk management tools.
Mirae Asset
Debt Financing in 2021
Mirae Asset is a global investment firm founded in Asia in 1997, with operations spanning 12 countries, including Australia, Hong Kong, and the United States. The company focuses on identifying quality global assets and innovative companies through localized strategies and comprehensive research. It offers a range of services, including traditional equity and fixed income products, exchange-traded funds, and alternative investment strategies such as hedge funds. In addition to asset management, Mirae Asset also operates a real estate development and consulting division that provides property management services. The firm aims to deliver insightful financial strategies that cater to a diverse clientele, ultimately contributing to a secure retirement for its customers through effective global asset allocation and investment methods.
One River Asset Management
Series A in 2021
One River Asset Management is an investment company founded in 2013 by Eric Peters and is based in Greenwich, Connecticut. The firm specializes in delivering absolute-return strategies and constructing diversified portfolios for its clients. Additionally, it encompasses One River Digital Asset Management, which focuses on providing institutional clients with access to digital assets through well-developed investment products. The company aims to navigate the evolving landscape of both traditional and digital investment opportunities.
NN Investment Partners
Acquisition in 2021
NN Investment Partners is the asset management division of NN Group, a Dutch financial corporation with a significant presence in over 18 countries, particularly in Europe and Japan. Established in 1994, the firm focuses on portfolio management and a range of investment strategies, including multi-asset strategies and responsible investing. With its main investment hub in the Netherlands, NN Investment Partners emphasizes client partnership to help achieve financial objectives. The company offers a variety of integrated client solutions and has capabilities in tactical asset allocation, quantitative research, and both fixed-income and equity strategies. Although it has a global outlook, NN Investment Partners maintains regional centers across Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and Asia, ensuring a comprehensive approach to asset management.
Xuncetech
Venture Round in 2021
XunceTech is a Shenzhen-based company established in 2016 that specializes in risk management and data management services. It provides development, operation, and marketing services tailored for private equity funds, trusts, and high-net-worth individual investors. Leveraging big data and cloud computing technologies, XunceTech has developed a range of asset management products and intelligent transaction management solutions, all supported by independent intellectual property rights. The company’s platform centralizes data across various terminals and platforms used by clients, facilitating intelligent transaction management, transaction data analysis, and deep learning services related to transactions. This comprehensive approach aims to enhance decision-making and operational efficiency for investors.
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.
Quassar Capital
Venture Round in 2020
Quassar Capital is a United States-based investment firm founded in 2012 with a broad national presence. It relies on quantitative methods drawn from applied mathematics, statistics, financial markets, and advanced programming to guide investment decisions. The firm emphasizes technology and infrastructure to support research and execution and aims to deliver high-quality returns while adapting to changing market conditions. Quassar Capital is affiliated with Cabrera Capital Markets.
United Capital Finance
Series A in 2020
United capital finance is a global alternative investment management firm, since its founding in 2010, this firm has operated with a long-term approach to investing, focused on diversifying and uncorrelated alpha strategies.
The objective of this firm's discretionary global macro strategies is to produce a high risk-adjusted return over the long term by using a disciplined, repeatable investment process within a strong risk management framework.
United believes in integrity, transparency, and alignment of interest are essential, uncompromising parts of your busses model.
iCapital Network
Venture Round in 2020
iCapital Network is a fintech platform for alternative investments and investors. It has transformed the way the wealth management, banking, and asset management industries facilitate access to private markets investments for their high-net-worth clients by providing intuitive, end-to-end technology and service solutions. Wealth management firms use iCapital’s solutions to provide clients with quality funds at lower minimums and simplified digital workflows. Asset managers, RIAs, and banks leverage iCapital’s technology to streamline and scale their alternative investments operational infrastructure. Additionally, the iCapital ‘flagship’ platform offers wealth advisors and their high-net-worth client's access to a curated menu of private equity, private credit, hedge funds, structured investments, and other alternatives to help meet their investing needs for return and diversification. iCapital’s research and diligence team offers robust analysis alongside the firm’s extensive suite of advisor education, compliance, portfolio management, and portfolio analytics tools and services.
iCapital has been recognized on the Forbes FinTech 50 list each year from 2018 through 2002, the Forbes America’s Best Startup Employers in 2021 and 2022, and MMI/Barron’s Industry Awards as Solutions Provider of the Year in 2020 and 2021. As of May 31, 2022, iCapital services more than US$130 billion in global client assets, of which more than US$30 billion are from international investors (non-US Domestic), across more than 1,035 funds. Employing more than 800 people globally, iCapital is headquartered in NYC and has offices worldwide including in Zurich, London, Lisbon, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Toronto.
Standard & Poor’s Investment Advisory Services
Acquisition in 2019
Standard & Poor's Investment Advisory Services (SPIAS), a division of S&P Global Market Intelligence, has been delivering non-discretionary investment advice since 1995. SPIAS specializes in multi-manager, equity, and fixed income strategies, serving as a sub-advisor to institutional investment managers. Additionally, it provides institutional-grade investment advice to financial intermediaries through model portfolios. Leveraging the extensive resources of S&P Global, a leading provider of credit ratings and analytics, SPIAS is equipped to develop tailored strategies that meet diverse investment objectives.
Nutmeg is a UK-based online wealth management company offering a digital discretionary investment service for individuals. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in London, it provides a platform to build and manage diversified investment portfolios, including ISAs and pensions, with a focus on easy access to investing and transparent, cost-conscious charges. The platform enables clients to choose global portfolios and have investments managed online, aiming to simplify investing and help users meet their financial goals.
Rocaton Investment Advisors
Acquisition in 2018
Rocaton Investment Advisors, LLC is an investment advisory consulting firm that specializes in providing objective investment consulting and advisory services to institutional investors. Founded in 2002 and based in Norwalk, Connecticut, the company offers a range of services including alternative investments, asset allocation, manager search, performance reporting, and risk analysis. Rocaton serves a diverse clientele that includes defined benefit and defined contribution plans, insurance companies, endowments, foundations, hospitals, and high net worth families. Its expertise spans various industries such as automotive, retail, and media, as well as professional services firms in finance, law, and accounting. Rocaton operates as a subsidiary of Gsam Holdings LLC.
Public Investment Fund
Debt Financing in 2018
Established in 1971, Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund is a sovereign wealth fund focusing on sustainable investments both domestically and internationally. It manages a diverse portfolio across various sectors and asset classes, aiming to localize modern technology and spur economic growth.
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.
FOLIO
Venture Round in 2018
FOLIO Co., Ltd., based in Tokyo, Japan, operates a web-based asset management platform that simplifies the investment process through the use of artificial intelligence. The platform allows users to diversify their investments by selecting specific themes and provides tools for both active and passive stock traders to manage their personal trading securities. By enabling investors to engage with multiple companies, FOLIO helps users mitigate risks associated with stock price fluctuations, making asset management more accessible and efficient.
Cadre is an online marketplace established in 2014 that connects accredited investors with opportunities in commercial real estate. Founded by Ryan Williams, Josh Kushner, and Jared Kushner, the platform leverages proprietary technology and data analytics to streamline the investment process, allowing users to analyze assets quickly, identify market trends, and make informed decisions. Cadre introduces liquidity to the real estate market by enabling investors to sell their interests on a secondary marketplace, thus enhancing transparency and efficiency. The company manages various investment funds, including the Cadre Direct Access Fund, which focuses on value-added opportunities in multi-family, industrial, hospitality, and office asset classes within the United States. By utilizing data science, Cadre aims to provide an economical approach to real estate investment, helping investors diversify portfolios and mitigate risks while targeting long-term returns.
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.
Quassar Capital
Venture Round in 2016
Quassar Capital is a United States-based investment firm founded in 2012 with a broad national presence. It relies on quantitative methods drawn from applied mathematics, statistics, financial markets, and advanced programming to guide investment decisions. The firm emphasizes technology and infrastructure to support research and execution and aims to deliver high-quality returns while adapting to changing market conditions. Quassar Capital is affiliated with Cabrera Capital Markets.
Cadre is an online marketplace established in 2014 that connects accredited investors with opportunities in commercial real estate. Founded by Ryan Williams, Josh Kushner, and Jared Kushner, the platform leverages proprietary technology and data analytics to streamline the investment process, allowing users to analyze assets quickly, identify market trends, and make informed decisions. Cadre introduces liquidity to the real estate market by enabling investors to sell their interests on a secondary marketplace, thus enhancing transparency and efficiency. The company manages various investment funds, including the Cadre Direct Access Fund, which focuses on value-added opportunities in multi-family, industrial, hospitality, and office asset classes within the United States. By utilizing data science, Cadre aims to provide an economical approach to real estate investment, helping investors diversify portfolios and mitigate risks while targeting long-term returns.
SAMHI Hotels
Private Equity Round in 2016
SAMHI Hotels is a privately owned hotel development and investment company focused on operating branded hotels in India. It develops, acquires, and owns a multi-branded portfolio located in prime Indian markets with high barriers to entry and strong demand. The company operates hotels under long-term management agreements with major operators, including Marriott, Hyatt, and IHG, and uses well-known brands such as Courtyard by Marriott, Hyatt Place, Fairfield by Marriott, Four Points by Sheraton, and Formule 1. Its Pan-India footprint and diversified brand mix give access to global distribution, loyalty programs, and corporate relationships that support competitive pricing. SAMHI attracts strategic investments from global hotel groups, serving as a platform for joint ventures with firms like Marriott and Accor. Founded by industry veterans Ashish Jakhanwala and Manav Thadani, the company has a broad shareholder base and a growing portfolio, making it a prominent hotel owner and developer in India.
Pacific Global Advisors
Acquisition in 2015
Pacific Global Advisors is a qualified professional asset manager specializing in customized investment and risk management solutions for institutional investors, particularly corporate defined benefit pension plans. The firm boasts an interdisciplinary team with extensive expertise in asset-liability management, asset allocation, hedge implementation, collateral management, actuarial science, manager selection, and pension risk transfer strategies. By focusing on the core principles of corporate finance, Pacific Global Advisors addresses the unique challenges faced by senior decision-makers in pension plan management. This approach enables the firm to enhance clarity and efficiency while helping clients achieve their objectives, particularly in reducing funded status risk.
Ivanti is a software company that specializes in IT management solutions, focusing on automating IT and security operations to enhance service delivery and reduce risks for organizations. It provides a comprehensive platform for managing IT assets across various environments, including on-premises, cloud, and edge locations. Ivanti's offerings include system lifecycle management, endpoint security, and IT service management, which empower businesses to streamline service management processes, gain real-time visibility into their infrastructure, and optimize interactions among people, processes, and technology. The company also supports organizations in leveraging modern technology across supply chains and warehouses, improving operational efficiency without necessitating modifications to existing backend systems.
Mellon Ventures
Acquisition in 2007
Mellon Ventures, now known as Navigation Capital Partners, was a venture capital firm that focused on later-stage growth investments and buyouts. The firm operated through three primary groups: Financial and Business Services, Growth and Buyouts, and Technology. In the realm of Financial and Business Services, Mellon Ventures concentrated on the financial services industry, emphasizing areas such as trade cycle processing, asset management, treasury management, information services, application services, transaction-based services, and professional services and outsourcing. The firm typically targeted companies with revenues exceeding $3 million for its investments. However, it is important to note that Mellon Ventures is no longer actively tracked in the investment landscape, as its deals are not listed under its current name.