From executing acquisitions to building a CVC fund at ICAP
“We were a series a investor in a collateral messaging company called Acagersoft, which London Stock Exchange acquired a couple of years ago.”
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and set up their CVC. So the first couple of things I did for them was transactional. We were a series a investor in a collateral messaging company called Acagersoft, which London Stock Exchange acquired a couple of years ago. I did the acquisition of a company called TriOptima, which is now the market standard in derivative trade compression and reconciliation. And on the side, I set up a CVC. We did a few investments there, one of which Nordic Capital now owns, one of which ICAP themselves ended up acquiring after I left. And then in 2013, I just heard myself saying over and over and again,
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Mark Beeston details his hands-on experience building ICAP's corporate venture capital arm, including successful investments like Acagersoft (acquired by London Stock Exchange) and TriOptima. He shares the tactical work of setting up a CVC fund and executing both investments and acquisitions in the fintech infrastructure space.
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Provides concrete examples of building and operating a corporate VC fund with specific deal outcomes and company names.
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