Backstop Solutions Group (Backstop), a cloud-based productivity suite for institutional and alternative investors, and Mercer, a business of Marsh & McLennan, have formed a strategic alliance which will make Mercer’s institutional investment data, forward-looking research and ratings available through Backstop’s
Osmosis Investment Management, a London based sustainable asset manager, has closed an equity investment from Capricorn’s Sustainable Investors Fund, a seeding fund focused on sustainable and impact investment managers. The deal, which was closed in the first quarter of 2020, will
Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company (PAAMCO) has launched PAAMCO Launchpad, a co-investment platform for seeding and supporting emerging hedge funds. Employees Retirement System of Texas (ERS) is the inaugural PAAMCO Launchpad partner. ERS and PAAMCO believe the PAAMCO Launchpad platform will
Blue River Partners (Blue River), a US-based provider of outsourced solutions to private equity and hedge funds has been acquired by IQ-EQ.Read the full story at Private Equity Wire…
Postera Capital, a specialist in crypto-specific investment products and strategies, has acquired sentiment analytics start-up Augmento. In 2018, Berlin-based Fintech Augmento began developing the sentiment analysis algorithm for cryptoassets, quickly becoming a major player in the alternative data industry. With the
Steele Compliance Solutions (Steele) has acquired TransparINT, a technology company harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) technology to provide the next generation of compliance tools. TransparINT’s negative news monitoring application uses machine learning and natural language processing (NLP) to filter vast quantities
Digital currency trading and lending specialist Genesis has acquired Vo1t, an insured digital custody service.
Dutch gas transmission system owner and operator, Gasunie Transport Services, is to use pan-European gas trading platform PEGAS for the determination and provision of the Neutral Gas Price (NGP). 
 Gasunie Transport Services is pleased that after a temporary use
Outsourced trading solutions provider Tourmaline Partners has received a majority investment from Copley Equity Partners, a private investment firm that focuses on established businesses with significant growth prospects.
Digital asset trading platform FalconX has secured USD17 million in financing from investors including Accel, Accomplice VC, Coinbase Ventures, Fenbushi Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Avon Ventures, a venture capital fund affiliated with FMR LLC, the parent
