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TribalScale Venture Studios Announces Harp Gahunia as Vice President

FTB News DeskOctober 16, 20187 min

TribalScale Venture Studios brings on Harp Gahunia, affirming its commitment to corporate innovation and startup growth. TORONTO, Oct. 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/ – TribalScale, an innovation firm headquartered in Toronto with seven offices around the world, welcomes Harp Gahunia as Vice President of Venture Studios. Venture Studios leverages TribalScale’s teams, processes, and tools, which have produced leading digital products for brands around the world, to source, invest in, and scale startups in conjunction with corporate partners. At TribalScale, Harp will oversee the day-to-day...

Analytics/BI Data & Analytics

ActiveAether CEO on Distributed Ledger Technology Panel at Silicon Valley All Hands Meeting

FTB News DeskOctober 16, 20185 min

ActiveAether CEO Robert MacInnis, Ph.D., joined representatives from Baker Botts and Ernst & Young yesterday on a distributed ledger technology panel at the 30th Annual All Hands Meeting, Silicon Valley’s signature conference for in-house legal, IP and HR professionals. The session, titled “Distributed Ledger Technology: A Guide for the Perplexed”, provided an overview of cryptocurrencies, tokens, blockchain and other applications of distributed ledger technology. Dr. MacInnis, who raised $4.5M earlier this year for FogCoin, the cryptocurrency used in his company’s...

Banking Banking Platform

Verrency accelerates global expansion as the first FinTech to be selected into Plug and Play

FTB News DeskOctober 16, 20186 min

Verrency today announced expansion into Germany and another selection into Plug and Play’s prestigious Fintech Program. Verrency has been selected for Plug and Play’s accelerator programs in the Silicon Valley, Singapore and now in Frankfurt, Germany as the company extends its global reach in the FinTech market. Thousands of start-up companies apply to Plug and Play’s accelerator programs each year before being thoroughly reviewed by Plug and Play executives and their corporate Financial Institution partners. Only a handful get the opportunity...

Investments Personal Finance/Investment

Skyview Capital, LLC’s Skyview Ventures Completes Seed Round Investment in Pr3vent, Inc.

FTB News DeskOctober 16, 201811 min

Skyview Ventures’ Investment Accelerates Pr3vent’s Development of Breakthrough Eye Screening Diagnostic Service for Newborns Skyview Ventures http://www.skyviewcapital.com/home/ventures/, the early and growth stage investment arm of global private investment firm Skyview Capital, LLC, has completed its seed round investment in Pr3vent, Inc. (“Pr3vent”). Pr3vent is a Palo Alto, California-based healthcare technology company founded by noted medical field veterans Jochen Kumm, PhD and Darius M. Moshfeghi, MD. Further expanding Skyview Ventures’ interests in disruptive biotechnology companies, the seed round financing will...

Brokers/Trading Platforms

Ed Plummer Joins OC&C Strategy Consulting

FTB News DeskOctober 16, 20185 min

New partner brings deep experience in due diligence and value creation for software companies and their investors OC&C Strategy Consultants, a leading global strategy consulting firm, today announced that Ed Plummer has rejoined the company as a partner in its Private Equity and TMT practice. Plummer has extensive experience in both B2B information and software, and often works at the intersection of enterprise application software and information services, for clients whose customers span a range of industry...

Business Tools Financial Software

Dental Healthcare FinTech Startup, BidMySmile, Announces Equity Financing

FTB News DeskOctober 16, 20185 min

Bid Doc, Inc., developers of the BidMySmile platform, a digital marketplace that connects qualified patients with orthodontic specialists, announced this week that it has closed a seed-round of equity financing. This transaction represents the company’s first outside capital. It was previously financed exclusively by its founders. “The proceeds from this investment will be used entirely for marketing and creating awareness to drive online traffic,”reported Greg Pellegrom, CEO. He added, “We have experienced a level of success in our pilot...

Payments POS Payments

Epson Booth to Feature Partners with latest POS Solutions at Money20/20

FTB News DeskOctober 15, 20188 min

Who: Epson will be featuring six key partners who will be showcasing a variety of POS solutions at Money20/20, a trade show whose mission is to create a simpler, fairer, faster and more inclusive financial system for individuals, businesses, and society as a whole. Money20/20 is where the payments, FinTech and financial services ecosystem unites to create and explore the disruptive ways in which consumers and businesses manage, spend and borrow money. What: Epson Showcase...

Data & Analytics Real Estate Platform

AvidXchange and ClickPay Launch Partnership to Help Accelerate Payments in the Real Estate Market

FTB News DeskOctober 15, 20187 min

AvidXchange™, the leading provider of accounts payable and payment automation solutions for midsize companies, and ClickPay, a leading provider of comprehensive electronic payment solutions for the multifamily, HOA, condominium and co-op segments of real estate industry announced a partnership to help accelerate payment processes in the real estate market. Through this partnership, real estate businesses will now have access to the most innovative real estate payment solutions to improve cash management. This partnership offers benefits such...

Crowdfunding Equity Based Crowdfunding

Katipult Announces Question and Answer Seminar with CEO Brock Murray

FTB News DeskOctober 15, 20184 min

Katipult Technology Corp. (“Katipult” or the “Company”) (TSXV: FUND and FRA: K10), an industry leading and award-winning fintech company, is pleased to announce it will be hosting an “Ask Me Anything” question and answer session with Brock Murray, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, between October 15th and October 17th, 2018. The “Ask Me Anything” seminar will not be conducted in real time to ensure compliance with the applicable continuous disclosure and filing requirements prescribed by securities...

Investment Platforms Investments

Ping An Explained the Structure of the Company’s Value and the Application of Technology in its Traditional Businesses

FTB News DeskOctober 15, 201810 min

Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. (hereafter “Ping An” or “the Group” or “the Company”, HKEx: 2318; SSE: 601318) held its Investor Day, in Shenzhen, themed “Core Finance”. Mr. Jason Yao, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Actuary of the Group; Mr. Xie Yonglin, Vice President of the Group and Chairman of Ping An Bank; Mr. Timothy Chan, Chief Investment Officer of the Group; and Ms. Yu Hong, President of Ping An Life, respectively, delivered presentations and analyses of Ping An’s value, retail banking...

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