Deutsche Börse is a major exchange organisation operating post-trading services through Clearstream.
Portfolio
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companies
CloudMargin
CloudMargin provides cloud-native collateral and margin management solutions for the financial sector.
Proxymity
Digital proxy voting and shareholder communication platform.
Tilman Fechter
Head of Banking, Funding & Financing at Clearstream
Tilman brings extensive board-level banking and financial advisory experience from Deutsche Boerse, Clearstream, and related institutions. He currently operates as a business owner alongside his advisory and angel investment activities.
LinkedInSamuel Riley
Head of Clearstream Investor Services & Financing
Samuel Riley
Head of Clearstream Investor Services & Financing
Mediant led the latest financing alongside participation from Citi Ventures and Deutsche Börse Group.
"We are pleased to support Proxymity and their transformative platform for global proxy voting and disclosure, as they work to bring the benefits of digital investor communications to the industry as a whole."
The investment round was backed by a consortium of major financial institutions including BNY Mellon, Citi, and Computershare.
"We’re delighted to announce this successful round of fundraising, both in terms of the confidence our investors have shown in us, and in accessing new funds to fuel our significant global momentum. We continue to work closely with all our founding consortium members, and together, the Proxymity team is delivering on our vision, changing the industry ecosystem for the better."
The Series B round was led by Deutsche Bank alongside participation from Deutsche Börse and Citi.
"We’re delighted to enjoy the confidence of these premier global institutions and to give them an important voice on our Board of Directors as we continue on our exciting growth trajectory. During this unprecedented period of global turmoil and market volatility, it speaks volumes for the CloudMargin business model, achievements and strategy that we were able to successfully close this meaningful investment round with such high calibre partners as Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Börse and Citi. For financial services institutions, the impact of COVID-19 has further reinforced our value proposition by highlighting many challenges the industry has faced for a prolonged period and acting as a catalyst to drive transformational change; firms are placing a strategic priority on adopting modern, Software-as-a-Service based cloud technologies that provide agility as well as operational and cost efficiencies."