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Club Tigres Signs Multi-Year Deal with Tradable Bits for Fan Engagement

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Tuesday, March 12, 2024

SAN NICOLÁS DE LOS GARZA, Mexico and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Club Tigres announced today it is partnering with Tradable Bits, a leading provider of fan engagement, data, and marketing solutions, to deliver the very best engagement experience to fans.

Key Points: 
  • The deal follows a highly successful pilot program between Club Tigres and Tradable Bits that saw the launch of more than a dozen fan engagement campaigns designed to harness the power of Tradable Bits’ proprietary fan CRM platform.
  • Miguel Hernández is Brand Director for Club Tigres, where he oversees the Tradable Bits’ relationship and is responsible for the development of the brand strategy of Club Tigres through its different points of contact.
  • This is something that can only be achieved in partnership with Tradable Bits whose innovative fan engagement platform is what’s driving our fan outreach campaigns.
  • Tradable Bits ensures we understand our fans and can activate on that data quickly and meaningfully.”
    “We look forward to expanding our partnership with Club Tigres, a Club that is truly at the forefront of sports marketing and a case study for best-in-class fan engagement models,” said Darshan Kaler, Chief Executive Officer, Tradable Bits.

AI-driven SaaS Company Kuona Announces $6 Million Round to Solve Brand Pricing and Promotion Challenges

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Friday, December 16, 2022

MONTERREY, Mexico, Dec. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kuona, the intelligent SaaS platform that uses machine learning to automatically optimize product prices, promotions, and inventories for consumer packaged goods (CPGs) and retailers, announced it has raised a $6 million seed round led by COMETA, with participation from Seaya Cathay Latam and FEMSA Ventures. The new capital will be used to expand Kuona's presence and team in key geographies, including Latin America, Europe and the United States.

Key Points: 
  • Kuona helps CPG and retailers dramatically increase the ROI of their promotions while maintaining or increasing their sales.
  • "When it came to optimizing promotions, we looked at a number of companies before settling on Kuona," said a spokesperson from OXXO.
  • "Our team chose Kuona because of their expertise in the industry and the accuracy of its neural networks, which translates into better results.
  • As a result of our successful partnership and our confidence in the future of the company's offerings, FEMSA Ventures has invested in the round."

QED Investors Makes First Investment in Southeast Asia

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Thursday, November 17, 2022

QED Investors, a leading global venture capital firm focused on investing in disruptive financial services companies, today announced its first investment in Southeast Asia.

Key Points: 
  • QED Investors, a leading global venture capital firm focused on investing in disruptive financial services companies, today announced its first investment in Southeast Asia.
  • As we saw in India, the opportunities for companies to make immediate and lasting change is tremendous, said QED Investors Partner and Head of Asia, Sandeep Patil.
  • QED first announced it was entering Asia in December 2020, hiring Sandeep Patil as Partner, Head of Asia, to lead its investments on the continent.
  • Founded by Nigel Morris and Frank Rotman in 2007, QED Investors is focused on investing in disruptive financial services companies worldwide.

Fintech Nexus Announces Largest Gathering Yet for its 2022 LatAm Event

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Monday, November 21, 2022

MIAMI, Nov. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Fintech Nexus, the world's leading fintech media company, today announced that the 2022 edition of their LatAm event is set to be the biggest one yet, with over 900 attendees anticipated to participate in Miami this December. With the LatAm region continuing to drive innovation in financial services, the appetite for Latin American fintech is very apparent in these robust attendance figures.

Key Points: 
  • MIAMI, Nov. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Fintech Nexus, the world's leading fintech media company, today announced that the 2022 edition of their LatAm event is set to be the biggest one yet, with over 900 attendees anticipated to participate in Miami this December.
  • With the LatAm region continuing to drive innovation in financial services, the appetite for Latin American fintech is very apparent in these robust attendance figures.
  • The speaker faculty features the leading names in Latin America, including:
    "We are thrilled to be bringing together the Latin American fintech community for our 4th annual event," said Bo Brustkern, Fintech Nexus Co-Founder and CEO.
  • Fintech Nexus LatAm is taking place on December 13-14 at the JW Marriott Marquis in Miami.

OatFi emerges from stealth to improve working capital for SMBs with $8 million in Seed funding

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Tuesday, October 11, 2022

OatFi, a company that provides working capital infrastructure for B2B payments platforms, today announced an $8 million Seed round.

Key Points: 
  • OatFi, a company that provides working capital infrastructure for B2B payments platforms, today announced an $8 million Seed round.
  • This brings the total funding to $11.25 million, following a $3.25 million pre-seed round co-led by Portage Ventures and Picus Capital earlier this year.
  • OatFi provides the end-to-end infrastructure for B2B payment platforms to launch embedded working capital tools such as buy now pay later (BNPL) or various receivables financing products.
  • An SMBs working capital issue could exist on both sides of their cashflow conversion cycle, depending on their relationship with suppliers and customers.

QED Investors Named to Inc.’s 2022 List of Founder-Friendly Investors

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Thursday, October 6, 2022

Inc. today announced QED Investors was named to its annual Founder-Friendly Investors list, honoring the venture capital and private equity firms with the best track record of success backing entrepreneurs.

Key Points: 
  • Inc. today announced QED Investors was named to its annual Founder-Friendly Investors list, honoring the venture capital and private equity firms with the best track record of success backing entrepreneurs.
  • QED is thrilled to again be named to Inc.s list of founder-friendly investors, said QED Investors Managing Partner, Nigel Morris.
  • To see the complete list, go to: https://www.inc.com/founder-friendly-investors/2022
    QED Investors is a global leading venture capital firm based in Alexandria, Va.
  • Founded by Nigel Morris and Frank Rotman in 2007, QED Investors is focused on investing in disruptive financial services companies worldwide.

QED Investors Announces Acquisition of Lingua Franca Search

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Friday, September 30, 2022

QED Investors, a leading global venture capital firm focused on investing in disruptive financial services companies, today announced the acquisition of Lingua Franca Search (LF Search), a boutique retained executive and professional search firm that places exceptional talent in fintech and financial services roles.

Key Points: 
  • QED Investors, a leading global venture capital firm focused on investing in disruptive financial services companies, today announced the acquisition of Lingua Franca Search (LF Search), a boutique retained executive and professional search firm that places exceptional talent in fintech and financial services roles.
  • QED Investors, which previously held a majority ownership stake in LF Search, increased its ownership of the business as part of QEDs strategic focus of investing in portfolio support capabilities.
  • We founded LF Search in 2017 to fill the void in placing world-class credit and analytics talent within the fintech and financial services space, said QED Investors Managing Partner Nigel Morris.
  • Although LF Search is now owned by QED Investors, the firm will continue to serve both QED portfolio companies, as well as companies outside of the QED orbit.

Remofirst Comes out of Stealth, Announces $14.1 Million Fundraise to Fix Payroll for Remote-First Teams

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Thursday, September 22, 2022

Remofirst, an employer of record provider, today announced a $14.1 million Seed round the largest of its kind in the industry.

Key Points: 
  • Remofirst, an employer of record provider, today announced a $14.1 million Seed round the largest of its kind in the industry.
  • Fueled by the global pandemic and a proliferation of tools for remote work, Remofirst CEO Serik is leveraging his product experience in building a payroll engine for an on-demand job search platform.
  • We are passionate about helping our clients build global teams and we want to enable freedom of work, Serik said.
  • Remofirst helps companies build global remote teams in 150 countries by allowing them to hire talent in countries where they do not have an entity.

QED Investors Hires Christian Limon to Expand Early Stage Investing

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Friday, September 16, 2022

QED Investors, a leading global venture capital firm focused on investing in disruptive financial services companies, today announced the hire of Christian Limon.

Key Points: 
  • QED Investors, a leading global venture capital firm focused on investing in disruptive financial services companies, today announced the hire of Christian Limon.
  • Christian joins QED as a principal focusing on domestic investments across multiple stages, with an emphasis on early stage companies.
  • QED has a wonderful track record of early stage investing and of building businesses out of the ground, including ClearScore, Mission Lane and Wagestream, said QED Managing Partner Nigel Morris.
  • Founded by Nigel Morris and Frank Rotman in 2007, QED Investors is focused on investing in disruptive financial services companies worldwide.

Leading Fintech VC Firm QED Investors Makes First Investment in Africa with a Financing Round in TeamApt

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Wednesday, August 10, 2022

TeamApt has just completed a financing round and brought onboard one of the worlds largest fintech specialists, QED Investors.

Key Points: 
  • TeamApt has just completed a financing round and brought onboard one of the worlds largest fintech specialists, QED Investors.
  • With this financing round, TeamApt is widening our credit offerings, said TeamApt CEO Tosin Eniolorunda.
  • As core fintech operators, QED is bringing the fintech expertise we need to scale in Nigeria and as we plan to expand our offering across Africa.
  • I am proud to bring Africa to QED and QED to Africa, said QED Investors Partner and Head of Africa Gbenga Ajayi.