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Ali Hussain |
Vice President of Information Technology | Profile |
Bob Morgan |
Chief Information Officer | Profile |
CircleUp is an online private company investment platform. They provide accredited investors free access to direct investments in high-growth consumer product and retail private companies that were previously difficult to identify and access. For retail and consumer product entrepreneurs, they offer an efficient way to access a network of sophisticated investors as well as value added partners. Typical investments on CircleUp are food, personal care, pet product, apparel or retail/restaurant companies with >$500K in revenue and are looking to raise $100,000 to $2.0 million in growth equity. A highly selective percentage of companies that apply are listed on their site. As the largest equity based crowdfunding site, CircleUp provides not only access to interesting consumer and retail private company investments, but also a wide ranging, sophisticated investor network. Their investor base includes retail and consumer product industry experts, venture capital, private equity and other financial professionals, business leaders, angel investors and others interested in expanding their investment portfolios with private company investments. Investors can review a curated list of private company investments, ask questions to the management team, request product samples and complete their private company investment online via CircleUp.
Baton Systems is the fastest, on-demand, highly secure clearing and settlement platform – bringing a new level of efficiency to the payments infrastructure across the capital markets. Batons shared, permissioned ledger serves as a real-time clearing and settlement gateway, enabling instant reconciliation down to the sub-account level. Accelerate payments and enjoy full control over the flow of capital. Baton Systems was founded as Ubixi in 2016 by industry veterans in technology, payments and capital markets, and is backed by venture capital. Baton works with numerous market participants – including major global banks, custodian banks and exchanges – to meet todays demands for cost savings, regulatory requirements and better capital management.
Central 1 is the central financial facility and trade association for the B.C. and Ontario credit union systems. Central 1 represents a consumer-oriented, full-service retail financial system that serves 3.3 million members and holds $116 billion in assets and is owned primarily by its member credit unions, 42 in B.C. and 70 in Ontario. With offices in Vancouver, Mississauga, and Toronto and more than 500 employees, Central 1 provides a wide range of services such as liquidity management, direct banking, and flexible payment service solutions to a wide range of credit union and institutional clients Central 1 is governed by a 14-member Board of Directors drawn from credit unions in the two provinces.
Clearent is a complete payment processor that leverages its proprietary payments platform to make doing business easier and more profitable for its sales partners. Clearent`s commitment to honesty and transparency has made it one of the most trusted companies in the industry. Clearent is one of the fastest-growing credit card processing companies, processing $14 billion in annual transaction volume for 45,000 plus merchants nationwide.
Trycera Financial, Inc. is a financial services company specializing in the delivery of prepaid card programs, prepaid card program management, alternative credit products and bill payment reporting. The Company also markets a diverse suite of personal financial management solutions and pay as you go services that allow consumers the ability to have recurring and non traditional payment information such as rent, utilities, insurance and wireless phone service payments reported to national credit reporting agencies.