• Xignite

  Led · Series C · Feb 2016

  Xignite delivers cloud-based financial market data APIs on an elastic, multi-tenant infrastructure built on open standards and designed to be scalable with zero footprint. The company powers over 1,000 customers, including Betterment, SoFi, and Robinhood, and served more than 455 billion data requests from its APIs. Over the past year Xignite grew bookings by over 50 percent and says demand is doubling every six months. The company will use the new capital to scale sales and marketing and expand product capabilities to fuel continued global growth. Xignite is partnering with QUICK Corporation to bring its cloud data solutions to the Asian market and to distribute QUICK’s proprietary financial data through Xignite’s APIs. Xignite is based in San Mateo, Calif. Xignite provides a market data cloud platform that delivers real-time, historical and reference data via more than 50 financial cloud APIs. Its platform fulfills more than five billion service requests per month and serves over 900 clients in 47 countries. XigniteOnDemand enables exchanges and trading venues to distribute market data globally and powers front-, middle- and back-office applications as well as web, mobile and e‑commerce use cases. The company’s customers and partners include Citi, GE, Wells Fargo, NASDAQ OMX, CME Group and others. Xignite plans to use the new financing to expand sales and marketing operations and to extend the Xignite market data cloud platform.

• BitFlyer

  Participated · Equity · Aug 2015

  bitFlyer operates a bitcoin exchange serving more than 150,000 monthly users. Led by CEO Yuzo Kano, the company employs 23 people across Tokyo and Luxembourg. The firm raised ¥3bn (approx. $27m) in a Series C to support R&D of blockchain technology. It plans to use the capital to expand operations and hire new people. To date bitFlyer has raised over $34m in total funding. The company focuses on growing its exchange services and underlying blockchain capabilities. bitFlyer, led by CEO Yuzo Kano, is a Bitcoin marketplace and settlement platform based in Minato-ku, Tokyo. Its products include bitFlyer Lightning, a Bitcoin exchange designed for professionals; chainFlyer, a blockchain visualization website; the bitFlyer Android app; adFlyer, an advertisement service built on Bitcoin; and Bitcoin Multi-Sig security. The company emphasizes professional-grade trading via bitFlyer Lightning and blockchain visibility through chainFlyer. It plans to use new funding to improve security, expand its customer base, strengthen revenues, and pursue global business development. The company raised approximately JPY 510m in the disclosed funding round. bitFlyer operates a market-order style bitcoin exchange and has launched a mobile iOS app, offering multiple tiers of accounts for personal and business users. The exchange charges 0.5% plus 0.0004 BTC on buys and 0.01 BTC to sell. The company said it will use new capital to set up overseas offices, improve security, recruit talent, accelerate service development and run marketing and advertising campaigns. bitFlyer also plans to leverage relationships with investment partners and partners such as GMO Holdings to expand its customer and revenue base. Through GMO Holdings, bitFlyer has gained access to over 48,000 online merchants and started a bitcoin-based consumer rewards scheme via PointTown.

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