Spark Capital set to launch alternative Singapore based institutional FX platform LeapRate

February 08, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Spark Capital set to launch alternative Singapore based institutional FX platform

Singapore-based Spark Systems will start a live trial of its currency platform in March, hoping to lure traders with lower fees than existing offerings in the city, as Bloomberg reported. The firm won financial support from Singapore’s central bank and is part-owned by Dymon Asia Capital, the $5.5 billion investment manager whose currency hedge fund…

June 25, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Blockchain startup Colu raises $9.6 million to create local currencies

Israel based Blockchain startup Colu has announced that it has raised $9.6 million from venture capital investors Aleph (headed by former Benchmark partner Michael Eisenberg), Spark Capital, and Digital Currency Group, as well as former Thomson Reuters CEO Tom Glocer. The current financing round brings the amount raised by the company to over $12 million. Colu is…

November 23, 2014 BY LeapRate Staff

WSJ – eToro set to raise $15 million from China's Ping An and Russia's Sberbank

The Wall Street Journal has reported that CySEC-regulated retail forex broker eToro is close to finalizing a $15 million investment from Chinese insurance giant Ping An and Russia's largest bank, Sberbank. The financing is strategic, with both Ping An and Sberbank to help eToro expand in their respective home markets, China and Russia, following the…

May 06, 2012 BY Gerald Segal

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