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Forbes | Ben Cukier | August 19, 2019 For financial services firms, especially fintechs, baby boomers should be seen as the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. They control 50% of the nation’s wealth, outspend younger generations, and are more likely to spend their retirement savings on themselves rather than passing them down. To [...]
By Elizaveta Chistyakova As the amount and complexity of data continue to evolve, an increasing number of asset managers are turning to artificial intelligence tools to augment and enhance their research capabilities. If someone were asked to assign value to a Twitter post, many wouldn’t know where to begin. But we all remember a [...]
EaseCentral Announces $19 Million in Series B Funding, Rebrands to “Ease” with Enhanced Capabilities
Funding to support Ease’s goal to simplify and enhance HR and benefits administration – Rebrand reflects the release of new SMB carrier connectivity. San Francisco, CA, March 19th, 2019 - Ease, a leading HR and benefits software solution for SMBs, insurance brokers, and insurance carriers, today announced the close of its $19 million Series B funding round [...]
Back to News JMI Equity leads growth capital investment, joined by existing Vena investor Centana Growth Partners. TORONTO, Jan. 09, 2019 -- Vena Solutions, one of the fastest growing providers of cloud-based financial planning and analysis (FP&A) software, is proud to announce it has raised $115 million in equity financing. Software-focused growth equity firm JMI [...]
What does it take to succeed as an entrepreneur in fintech? Ben Cukier offers insight on founding Centana and key lessons from his experience with fintech entrepreneurs in his interview with John Siracusa from BANK ON IT Podcast. Check it out here ← Back to Insights
Centana partners Eric Byunn and Ben Cukier named in this year’s Institutional Investor Fintech Finance 40 list. To read the full article, click here ← Back to Insights
TechCrunch | Josh Constine | October 30, 2018 To get an edge on the market, investors must look beyond traditional financial info like revenue and profits. Our every online activity generates data exhaust like web traffic, Twitter mentions, app downloads, and search trends. It’s the ability to overlay the old and new data sets to [...]
Marks continued growth for financial research platform with over 700 buy-side, corporate, and sell-side clients Unique tech offering leverages AI and natural language processing to surface financial insights San Francisco, CA - October 30, 2018 – Sentieo, a next-generation financial research platform, announced today that it has closed a $19 million Series A funding round led [...]
Forbes | Ben Cukier | October 3, 2018 Following the 2008 financial crisis, banks have gone head-to-head with online lenders to win over customers, but who's winning? Hint: it's actually data. To read the full article, click here ← Back to Insights
