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Globtec Investment Group Debuts US$300 Million Investment Program to Capitalize Globalization-Ready Businesses in Turkey
Globtec Investment Group and a consortium of partner investors have embarked on a broad mandate to invest in suitable Turkish companies, with a focus on the Mechanical Engineering, Mining, and Tourism sectors. The program is designed to assist in the capitalization and development of Turkish companies by expanding their access to international markets and creating global business connections. - January 18, 2019 - Globtec Investment LLC
Michael W. Drummond, AAMS®, Financial Advisor, Earns CEP®
The National Institute of Certified Estate Planners (NICEP) is pleased to announce the graduation of Mr. Michael W. Drummond from the Certified Estate Planner™ course. Mr. Drummond has successfully completed the advanced course work and qualifying examination to earn the professional... - January 14, 2019 - Drummond Wealth Management of Raymond James & Associates
Starter Homes s.r.o. Prepares DSO to Raise Funds for Global "Business Class" Apartment Rental Chain and Fractional Real Estate Ownership
Prague property developer Starter Homes s.r.o. prepares Digital Security Offering to bring fractional real estate ownership and disrupt the property rental market for corporates and millennials. - January 10, 2019 - Starter Homes s.r.o.
Puerto Rico Based Real Estate Firm Begins to Ramp Up
Investment is coming back to Puerto Rico - December 31, 2018 - Direct Source Wealth
Globtec Investment Group Announces $170 Million Investment in Public Infrastructure and Real Estate Projects in the Visegrád States
Globtec Investment Group, a leading global investor in innovative infrastructure projects, today announced it is making a major and highly-anticipated entry to the European Union market. The company is investing $170 million in capital in public infrastructure and real estate projects in the V4, in partnership with an international investor consortium. Globtec is currently in talks with local authorities to finalize project details, including potential locations. - December 26, 2018 - Globtec Investment LLC
Olson Capital Investments to Prepare New $50 Million Real Estate Fund
Olson Capital Investments has started talking to investors about a plan to raise up to 50 million for a fund to invest in American Hotel properties and opportunistic acquisitions on assets such as multifamily or office buildings. The real estate private equity firm that’s principally based... - December 24, 2018 - Olson Capital Investments
Direct Source Wealth Announces Acquisition and Sale Recap for 2018; A Great Year for Investors
Direct Source Wealth makes giant strides in 2018. - December 23, 2018 - Direct Source Wealth
Barra & Associates Named One of the "Best Entrepreneurial Companies in America" by Entrepreneur Magazine’s Entrepreneur 360™
Barra & Associates was recently recognized as one of the “Best Entrepreneurial Companies in America” by Entrepreneur magazine’s Entrepreneur 360™ List, a premier study delivering the most comprehensive analysis of private companies in America. Based on this study forged... - December 21, 2018 - Barra & Associates, LLC
John Netto, Author of The Global Macro Edge, to Launch Central Bank Index Product
The ability to quickly assess the result of pivotal central bank decisions has been made easier through the creation of indexes by combining John Netto's expertise with the robustness of MPACT! Software. - December 18, 2018 - The Protean Trader
Casino Resort Limassol Cyprus Investment Apartment Tower
Located in a new, upcoming and fast-growing area in West Limassol, close to the Akrotiri Salt Lake and Lady’s Mile beach, both part of an EU protected plan. The Investment Project is adjacent to the future casino resort, which is scheduled for completion at the beginning of 2021. - December 18, 2018 - Utopian Investors Group
Dubai Startup Reality Show, The Equity Room Launches Its Pilot Run
16 startups pitched their business ideas to investors, angel investors, and venture capitalists in The Equity Room, the Middle East version of Shark Tank. - December 14, 2018 - ASA Ventures
CerraCap One Completes Successful Exit of Swych
The result is a 4.3X return in less than 2yrs. - December 08, 2018 - CerraCap Ventures
Vanjia Corporation Announces Initial Coin Offering (ICO) for Vancoin
OTC Market: Ticker Symbol: VNJA. Vanjia Corporation is pleased to announce the Initial Coin Offering (ICO) launched worldwide on December 5, 2018. The initial reaction from the crypto-currency community has exceeded expectations, with positive responses from individual and institutional investors... - December 05, 2018 - Vanjia Corporation
Dathena Announces Closing of Pre-Series a Round, Led by CerraCap Ventures
Dathena Science, the Leading AI-powered Data Protection and Management Platform, announces closing of Pre-Series A funding round led by CerraCap Ventures, a global AI investment Venture fund headquartered in California. "At a time when organizations are investing significantly in the Data... - November 12, 2018 - CerraCap Ventures
Toronto Based Crypto Exchange Correx.io Adds Bitcoin Escrow Service
Correx.io, fast becoming one the world's most popular crypto exchanges, has added yet another feature to it's growing list of services. In early October, they launched a Bitcoin escrow service for three different kinds of contractual agreements involving the use of Bitcoin as consideration:... - November 09, 2018 - Correx International
Witlingo Launches Castlingo for Micro-Casting on Amazon Alexa
Voice First Startup Witlingo launches Castlingo(SM), an offering that enables anyone to launch and maintain a voice experience on Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and Microsoft Cortana by simply using a Mobile App. - November 08, 2018 - Witlingo
SA's Knife Capital Invests in Pharmaceutical Temperature Monitoring Solution: PharmaScout
Knife’s investment in PharmaScout will accelerate product rollout to pharmacies, medical practitioners and pharmaceutical warehouses and enhance new product development for the international market. - November 08, 2018 - KNF Ventures
Advisors Capital Management Adds Former Salient Global Equity Team
Nationally recognized investment advisory firm, Advisors Capital Management (ACM), is pleased to announce the addition of the former global equity investment team from Salient Partners, along with the assets managed by the team. This addition brings to ACM’s investment committee three... - October 13, 2018 - Advisors Capital Management
Meridian Partners International Announces New Member Firms in Brazil and Argentina
South Star Human Capital in Argentina, and Reciprhocal HR in Brazil join Pitcairn Partners in the US, JAH! Consulting in Holland, and Guru Management in India as members of Meridian Partners International, a global network of talent management and talent acquisition consulting firms. - October 10, 2018 - Pitcairn Partners LLC
Provenance Invests in Marine Layer
Marine Layer, an omnichannel casual lifestyle brand headquartered in San Francisco, has received a significant minority investment from Provenance, a growth equity investment firm based in Los Angeles. Originally founded in 2010, Marine Layer currently has 37 stores across the country, with plans... - September 25, 2018 - Provenance
Digital Future Invests in Splitmetrics Inc., an App Store Marketing Powerhouse
Digital Future, a Kyiv-based venture capital firm, provided seed financing to Splitmetrics Inc., the powerhouse behind professional Apple Search Optimization (ASO) services and SaaS products for mobile marketers: app store conversion optimization (SplitMetrics) and Apple Search Ads management... - September 21, 2018 - Digital Future
Digital Future Invests in FriendlyData, a Natural Language Search Solution for Enterprise Data
Digital Future, a Kyiv-based venture capital firm, provided seed financing to FriendlyData, Inc., an enterprise SaaS enabling non-technical people to query corporate data in a plain language. FriendlyData’s FETCH technology connects to databases and transforms natural language inputs into... - September 20, 2018 - Digital Future
Digital Future Invests in YouTeam, a Platform for Hiring Offshore Developers
Digital Future, a Kyiv-based venture capital firm, provided seed financing to YouTeam, a marketplace connecting businesses with talent from vetted outsourcing agencies. With YouTeam, customers get access to qualified developers working in top outsourcing companies worldwide. Developers come from... - September 19, 2018 - Digital Future
WCP Acts as Exclusive Financial Advisor to iS5 Communications Inc. on Its CDN $22 Million Round of Funding
WCP is proud to announce that it served as exclusive financial advisor to iS5 Communications Inc. on its CDN $22 million round of funding. iS5Com is an innovative provider of cyber-secure industrial platforms headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The company will use the funding to further enhance its... - September 11, 2018 - Woodside Capital Partners
Elios Financial Group Announces New Partnership with Custodian TD Ameritrade Institutional
Elios Financial Group, Inc. (EFG) announces it has entered into an agreement with TD Ameritrade Institutional to serve as Custodian, effective immediately. The new relationship was the result of a thorough evaluation and a careful search process for a partner who would support Elios... - September 04, 2018 - Elios Financial Group, Inc.
Topex.io - Cryptocurrency Exchange Trading Platform with Daily Loss Compensation and Profit Distribution Between TPX Token Holders
Cryptocurrency exchanges in our time are a common phenomenon in the financial world. Enterprising people have long paid attention and are using this tool. However, it is worth noting that the market includes many variations of exchanges, and each of them has positive and negative aspects. Topex.io is a cryptocurrency exchange with daily loss compensation and profit distribution between TPX token holders. - August 28, 2018 - Topexio
Witlingo and Walrus Partner to Launch Sophie Sprout on Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant
Voice First startup, Witlingo and award winning creative agency Walrus, today announced the availability of Sophie Sprout by Sprout Foods on Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant. - August 08, 2018 - Witlingo
First Capital Advisors Sells Half of Assets in Fund I and Launches Real Estate Fund II
FCA's Fund I has closed on half of the assets as Fund II launches looking to raise $100M. - August 03, 2018 - First Capital Advisors
AquaQ Analytics Releases q-REST v1.0 – a RESTful Web Interface for the kdb+ Database
AquaQ Analytics Limited (www.aquaq.co.uk), the Belfast-based software and consultancy services company to clients operating within the Finance and Utilities sectors, is pleased to announce the release of q-REST v1.0 – a RESTful web interface for the kdb+ database. This open source package... - July 26, 2018 - AquaQ Analytics Limited
Russell Hill, CEO of Ellwood Associates, Announces Retirement in 2019
Russell Hill, longtime CEO of Chicago-based investment consulting firm Ellwood Associates, has announced that he will retire from the firm in February 2019. Hill will remain with the firm as chairman of the board of directors. Hill has served as CEO of Ellwood since 2004. Under his leadership, the... - July 25, 2018 - Ellwood Associates
New VC Fund Powers Up a Fresh Generation of Wisconsin Startups
Rock River Fund announced its first close June 15. - July 23, 2018 - Badger Fund
Digital Future Invests in Let’s Enhance, an Image Enhancement SaaS
Digital Future, a Kyiv-based venture capital firm, provided early seed financing to Let’s Enhance Inc., a company developing a self-service image upscaling and enhancement software. Let’s Enhance enables lossless upscaling of images using neural networks, software’s application... - July 18, 2018 - Digital Future
Indigenous Media Group Engages Knoll Global Business Partners to Grow Nativeflix Value and Market Share
Nativeflix, with over 500 hours of streaming programs, takes action to accelerate acquisition of content, and growth of subscriber base. - July 16, 2018 - Knoll Global Business Partners
Neto Financial Group Opens Office in Nashville, Tennessee
Neto Financial Group Inc., an Accounting, Tax, and Wealth Advisory firm founded in Miami, Florida, has opened an office in Nashville, Tennessee. Elizabeth Morton, CPA, and Arturo Neto, CFA, CPWA, opened the office in early June to provide a full suite of financial services to small business owners... - July 10, 2018 - Neto Financial Group
Prosperment Launches Website
Prosperment is excited to announce the launch of their website Prosperment.com. Prosperment's mission is to empower you to make the most of your money by choosing the right investment platform so you can live better and invest in your future. - July 03, 2018 - Prosperment
Dimensions Network Token Sale Commencing 12 August 2018 - Cryptocurrency Trading for the Next Generation
Built specifically for the fast expanding cryptocurrency markets, Dimensions Network is a fully scalable and full-featured trading platform bringing all the best features together in one place. In addition to regular trading, the platform will feature advanced trading features such as Options and Futures trading as well as an industry first Exchange Aggregator. - July 01, 2018 - Dimensions Network
MEDICI Has Partnered with UBI Banca in Milan to Enhance Their Strength in FinTech Innovation
MEDICI (formerly Let's Talk Payments) has announced UBI Banca as a new member of the MEDICI Enterprise program that helps banks drive FinTech-at-SCALE. - June 19, 2018 - Medici
Correx.io and Changelly Announce a Lucrative North American Partnership
"Instant Trade" kings Changelly.com have signed on with Canadian based crypto exchange Correx.io. According to the agreement, Correx clients will have direct access to Changelly's trading platform through an API known as "QuickTrade.” This will provide Correx clients with a... - June 15, 2018 - Correx International
Hotel Capital Acquires The Tremont Chicago Hotel at Magnificent Mile and Mike Ditka’s Restaurant
Hotel Capital recently acquired The Tremont Chicago Hotel at Magnificent Mile and Mike Ditka's Restaurant located in Chicago, IL from seller Marriott International, Inc. - June 15, 2018 - Hotel Capital, LLC
New Canadian Based Crypto Exchange, Correx.io, Takes on the Global Giants
Correx.io is a new cryptocurrency exchanged based in Toronto, Canada. They are licensed in the US as a Money Services Business. Traders have two platforms to trade on, a traditional exchange where makers (sellers) are paid 0.1% for every transaction and a QuickTrade option where dozens of altcoins are available to buy and sell. - June 07, 2018 - Correx International
Anjli Jain, Managing Partner of EVC Ventures Joins United States #1 University-Affiliated Business Incubator, 1871 as a Mentor
1871, the hub for technology and entrepreneurship in Chicago, ranked as the #1 university-affiliated business incubators in the United States, welcomed Anjli Jain, Managing Partner at EVC Ventures, in the 1871 family as a Mentor. She will work with 1871 to help and support start-ups accelerate... - May 15, 2018 - EVC Ventures
Pitcairn Partners LLC Adds Managing Director
Kristi Thompson, a seasoned Talent Management Executive with over 20 years of managerial, consulting and leadership coaching experience has joined Pitcairn Partners, and will head the new Houston office. - May 14, 2018 - Pitcairn Partners LLC
THK Securities Ltd. Was Honored at 2018 Hong Kong Fund Awards
THK Securities provides a broad range of wealth management and investment products and services to more than 2000 customers and conducts business through three operating groups: Stock Investment, Corporate Bonds and Overseas Property. - May 09, 2018 - THK Securities
Ally Medical Services and Preston Wound Care Merge to Become Acentus. New Platform Represents a Compelling Alternative for Healthcare Entrepreneurs.
Principles from Tampa, FL based Ally Medical Services, LLC and McKinney, TX based Preston Mobility Plus, Inc. dba Preston Wound Care announced this week that the two companies have merged effective April 14, 2018. The two companies are now wholly owned subsidiaries of Acentus LLC based in... - May 03, 2018 - Ally Medical Services, LLC dba Acentus
Badger Fund Plants Another Seed to Grow Wisconsin’s Startup Ecosystem
The Badger Fund is committing capital to another start up. - May 02, 2018 - Badger Fund
More Than 2 Million Pets Now Insured in North America, According to 2018 NAPHIA Report
North America’s pet health insurance sector posted another record year in 2017 with the total number of pets insured in the U.S. and Canada reaching over 2 million. This represents a market average increase of almost 17 percent year over year, according to the just released 2018 NAPHIA State... - April 27, 2018 - NAPHIA - North American Pet Health Insurance Association
Ciklum Founder Invested in AVentures Capital Fund
Danish entrepreneur, Torben Majgaard, founder of the company Ciklum (technology service provider), invested in AVentures Capital fund and became its financial partner. United with the fund's capital, the investments will be used to finance globally oriented Ukrainian startups and IT companies in various stages. - April 26, 2018 - AVentures Capital
Automakers Can Find New Profits and Workforce in Africa, Says New Book by Edward T. Hightower, Managing Director of Motoring Ventures LLC
"Motoring Africa," a new book by veteran auto executive Edward T. Hightower, reveals how the world's soon-to-be largest workforce can help automakers profitably and sustainably build more cars. - April 13, 2018 - Motoring Ventures
JF2 Capital Invests in Austin-Based Remedy
JF2 Capital announces 4th Investment since inception with an early stage equity investment into Austin, Texas-based Remedy. - April 05, 2018 - JF2 Capital Partners
Hotel Capital, LLC Acquires Holiday Inn Market Center in Dallas, Texas
Hotel Capital has acquired the Holiday Inn Market Center in Dallas, Texas with plans to renovate and re-brand to a Marriott Delta. - April 04, 2018 - Hotel Capital, LLC