• Kapitall

  Participated · Equity · Feb 2014

  Kapitall offers a visual, social, and educational investing platform for users to learn about markets, research stocks and funds, share investing ideas, and build virtual and real brokerage portfolios. The company reported more than 170,000 community members. Kapitall raised $13M in a new financing round to develop new products and grow the community. The round was led by Linden Venture Fund LLC with participation from Bendigo Partners. The company has now raised nearly $25M in total. Kapitall was founded in 2008 by Gaspard de Dreuzy and Serge Kreiker and is New York–based; Jarrett Lilien, former E*TRADE President and COO, joined as CEO in 2012. KAPITALL develops an investing application that facilitates stock research and trading using a video-game‑inspired interface. It enables both experienced and novice individual investors to learn the market and test new investment strategies. The company’s offerings include analytical tools, live trading and Facebook integration to make online investing more social. KAPITALL is based in New York City and was founded in 2008 by a team of designers, producers and developers from Apple, Bloomberg, Morgan Stanley, Pearson and Electronic Arts. The company recently raised $7.3M in new cash and converted more than $5.5M of previously issued promissory notes. It intends to use the funds to roll out new developments and make product enhancements.

• HazelTree

  Led · Equity · Dec 2009

  Hazeltree provides cloud-based treasury and liquidity management technology for the alternative asset and investment management industries. Its solutions deliver enhanced transparency, liquidity, risk mitigation, streamlined operations, and seek to increase IRR by optimizing counterparty interactions, credit facilities, margin requirements, and fees. The platform is used across the alternative asset management space, particularly by hedge funds and private equity, and is cited as a user by Hamilton Lane. Hazeltree is headquartered in New York with offices in London and Hong Kong. The company plans to use the new investment to expand customer success and support, scale its commercial model, and continue innovating across its product suite. Management describes the business as resilient amid market volatility and expects the capital to support the next era of growth. HazelTree Fund Services is a New York-based vendor of technology products and supporting services for hedge funds. Its core offerings are designed to reduce operational costs, improve risk management, and boost fund performance. The company received a $6m equity investment as part of a majority acquisition by Bendigo Partners. That capital is earmarked to fund the upcoming commercial launch of HazelTree's products and services. Michael Deleray, a Bendigo founding partner, will serve as HazelTree's interim chief executive while a search for a permanent CEO is conducted. The article does not disclose operating metrics such as revenue or user counts.

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