Introducing...
Fidelity International Strategic Ventures

Welcome to the first edition of the FISV newsletter. After founding the Eight Roads Fintech Strategic Investments practice in 2018, we are delighted to unveil our new brand – Fidelity International Strategic Ventures. Our mandate remains the same; we make strategic venture investments into the most promising fintechs globally and supercharge their growth through capital, operational support and industry expertise. We seek to partner with visionary entrepreneurs that are redefining Wealth and Asset Management.

We have launched our brand new website, where you can see our existing portfolio and meet the team tasked with identifying and partnering with the next generation of Fintechs.

Moneybox closes £37m Series C, with 16,741 new shareholders

Whether its Sport, Film or Regulatory Reporting there is no getting away from the fact that award ceremonies are different at this time. That said, it takes more than a global pandemic to take the sheen off of SteelEye winning four separate awards for its compliance technology and data analytics. Congrats!

• Best Regulatory Reporting Solution – HFM European Services Awards 2020
• Best Solution for Records Retention – RegTech Insight Awards 2020
• Best Trade Reporting Solution – TradingTech Insight Awards USA 2020
• Best Reporting Platform or Service for the Sell-Side – WatersTechnology Sell-Side Technology Awards 2020

Elsewhere in the portfolio

• Conquest partnered with IG Wealth to provide Canadians with enhanced financial advice
• Digital Wealth Manager StashAway raised $16m in their Series C round
• Clear completed an on-chain settlement of annual roaming discount agreements between Deutsche Telekom, Telefónica and Vodafone
• Clear were also recognised in Gartner's 'Cool Vendors in Blockchain Business' 
• Indian fintech Kuvera launched loans against mutual funds
• Alpima has opened a new office in Zurich following strong growth with wealth managers in the region
• Hivemind will join the fifth cohort of Lloyd's Lab, applying their Agora platform to help the insurance industry better price systemic risks such as pandemics or hurricanes

Team news