HashKey Capital leads the Series B1 round, with follow-on participation from BlockBooster and AppWorks. GS served as sole financial advisor.

HONG KONG, June 1, 2026 — SignalPlus, a leading provider of institutional digital assets options and derivatives trading infrastructure, today announced the closing of its US$50M Series B1 funding round at a post-money valuation of US$500M. This round was led by HashKey Capital, with follow-on participation from BlockBooster and AppWorks. This investment reflects institutional conviction in SignalPlus’s evolution from a digital assets specialist into an institutional-grade, multi-asset trading infrastructure provider.

Goldman Sachs served as the sole financial advisor on the transaction.

Empowering Institutional Options & Derivatives Trading with Best-in-Class Technology

Founded by a team of capital markets veterans and enterprise tech builders, SignalPlus has established a reputation as the industry-leading options trading platform for institutional traders in the digital assets space. The company’s flagship trading terminal offers a Wall Street-grade position and order execution management system made accessible to the professional trader. Featuring multi-venue connectivity to the industry’s largest exchanges, it delivers unparalleled risk attribution, position analytics, and comprehensive ‘what-if’ scenario analysis exceeding the standard of current market alternatives.

Additionally, its comprehensive risk management and pricing infrastructure enables professional clients and centralized exchanges to operate automated risk management and structured product pricing around the clock. Trusted by the industry’s largest market makers and CEXs, the company achieved a record US$160 billion in platform volumes during Q4-2025, including nearly US$70 billion in Block-RFQ transactions cleared via Deribit alone. Furthermore, terminal volumes have grown at a 74% quarterly CAGR since 2023, driven by a significant rise in institutional onboarding, with the SignalPlus platform now servicing the industry’s largest options players including Cumberland, FalconX, and Galaxy Digital.

Bridging the Technology Gap Between Digital Assets & Traditional Finance

As the institutional adoption of digital assets accelerates, SignalPlus has expanded its technology suite to support structured commodity products, bringing vital modernization to a market long reliant on outdated legacy infrastructure. Proceeds from this latest fundraising round will drive product diversification and geographic expansion, building upon a trajectory that has seen the company’s market share multiply tenfold over the past 18 months.

Furthermore, SignalPlus will be releasing a comprehensive platform upgrade integrating agentic AI into its existing product workflow. Powered by the company’s proprietary QuantLab engine, users will soon be able to analyze volatility market structure, perform strategy back-testing, and create actionable trading modules — a step-change improvement over the workflow available at incumbent brokerages.

“SignalPlus was founded with the ambitious goal to be the leading infrastructure bridge connecting digital assets with traditional capital markets, a journey defined by strict operational discipline at every cycle. This funding round powers the next inflection point – growing our crypto leadership against a maturing regulatory backdrop, extending our institutional-grade infrastructure into traditional finance, and launching the SignalPlus 2.0 platform to bring agentic AI capabilities into a secure trading environment accessible to every user,” said Chris Yu, Co-Founder and CEO of SignalPlus.

“The digital asset market is entering a new phase of institutional maturity, and SignalPlus has established itself as the leading infrastructure provider in the crypto options space, delivering a platform that meets the highest standards of operational rigor, risk management, and liquidity demanded by top-tier institutions globally. We believe the next wave of digital finance will win at the infrastructure layer, and in options, SignalPlus is already defining that standard. As regulatory clarity accelerates across key markets, this partnership will be central to expanding HashKey Group’s product offerings and reinforcing our leadership across the institutional digital asset ecosystem. We are pleased to lead this round and to deepen our long-term partnership with the team,” said Deng Chao, CEO of HashKey Capital.

“SignalPlus provides the infrastructure underpinning institutional participation in digital asset derivatives, combining the liquidity, risk management, and operational rigor that sophisticated players demand. Our relationship with the team long predates this round, and this investment directly aligns with a core thesis BlockBooster has long held: that institutional capital will enter digital assets through credible, enterprise-grade infrastructure. As a full-stack alternative asset manager pairing an incubation engine with capital management, we see SignalPlus sitting precisely at that intersection. We anticipate deep collaboration as their infrastructure connects with our capital strategies and broader ecosystem, and we are proud to back that vision with a significant commitment as the team enters its next phase of growth,” said Samuel Gu, Founder and CEO of BlockBooster.

About SignalPlus

Headquartered in Hong Kong, SignalPlus builds institutional-grade derivatives trading infrastructure for the converging capital markets. Its platform provides professional options analytics, real-time risk management, and execution tools to hedge funds, market makers, proprietary trading desks, and asset managers across digital and traditional financial markets. The company partners with the industry’s leading exchanges and trading institutions, and is backed by HashKey Capital, AppWorks, Tencent, and other prominent technology and financial investors.

Media Contact

Corri Wang
+65 88107289
[email protected]
www.signalplus.com

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Growth capital will fund new CardsHQ stores in major U.S. markets, increased investment in the Market Movers data platform, and deeper integration of content, commerce, live breaking, and community for trading card collectors.

ATLANTA, June 1, 2026 — CardsHQ and Sports Card Investor, today announced a strategic growth investment led by Shamrock Capital, a Los-Angeles based investment firm specializing in the media, entertainment, communications, sports, marketing, and technology services sectors alongside EnOne Ventures, a new early- to growth-stage investment platform co-founded by OneTeam Partners and EnTrust Global. The investment merges CardsHQ and Sports Card Investor into a single company operating together as CardsHQ, creating the largest commerce, media and technology platform in the sports card and trading card game (“TCG”) ecosystem.

The investment will accelerate CardsHQ’s national retail expansion strategy, advance the development of its collector-facing technology platform, and create new ways for collectors and fans to engage with the hobby and community. The combined company will serve as a scaled, well-capitalized, and trusted retail and distribution partner at a pivotal moment for the category, as the hobby market continues to evolve across physical retail, live events, digital media, and data-driven experiences.

Growth initiatives include opening additional retail locations, expanding breaking and e-commerce experience, hosting more live events, and significantly broadening inventory selection. CardsHQ’s next retail location is expected to open later this year, with additional flagship locations planned in major markets across the U.S.

The investment will also support the continued growth of Sports Card Investor’s digital media platform, including expanded sports card and TCG content across YouTube and social media. In addition, the company plans to further enhance the Market Movers data platform, which hobbyists use to research, value, and track their card collections.

Founded by entrepreneur and lifelong collector Geoff Wilson and co-founded with Carter Musgrave, the original CardsHQ flagship in Atlanta established a new standard for modern hobby retail by combining expansive inventory, live breaking, events, and e-commerce in a single trusted destination for collectors. Wilson will serve as CEO of the newly formed CardsHQ.

“Everything we do at CardsHQ and Sports Card Investor starts with the community,” said Wilson. “This investment lets us bring the CardsHQ experience to more cities, build better tools for collectors to research and value their cards, and create more ways for athletes, fans, and the broader hobby community to come together. The trading card industry is one of the most vibrant consumer categories in the country right now, and this partnership lets us serve it at a much bigger scale.”

Wilson added: “Shamrock and EnOne bring deep expertise across media, sports, licensing, and technology — exactly the partners we need for this next phase. EnOne’s connection with the players associations will also open new opportunities to engage athletes directly with the collector community, which is something we know our customers care deeply about.”

“We’re excited about the collectibles market, growth of the communities across sports and other card categories and partnering with CardsHQ, which has built a market leading platform in this category,” said Ryan Smiley and Sam Halls, Partners at Shamrock Capital. “The combination of media reach, data products, experiential retail, and commerce infrastructure creates a highly differentiated flywheel that’s well suited to serve these passionate communities and drive growth going forward.”

“Sports cards are one of the most authentic ways athletes connect with fans, and that connection has never been more important,” said Frank Arthofer, President at OneTeam Partners and Investment Committee Member at EnOne Ventures. “CardsHQ has built the platform, the audience, and the retail presence to make those connections meaningful at scale. Through EnOne’s relationships with the players associations, we’re excited to help bring athletes closer to the collector community in new ways.”

The investment in CardsHQ reflects growing institutional interest in the continued growth and evolution of the trading card market — a category increasingly defined by experiential retail, live and social commerce, analytics platforms, and a more connected relationship among athletes, collectors, and content.

About CardsHQ

CardsHQ is a collector-first sports and trading card company that elevates the collector experience through compelling content, insightful apps, engaging commerce, a thriving community, and an incredible selection of fairly priced products. CardsHQ operates across retail, e-commerce, breaking, live selling, content, data and technology, including the Sports Card Investor content network and the Market Movers pricing and collection tracking platform. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information, visit Cardshq.com and SportsCardInvestor.com.

About Shamrock Capital

Shamrock Capital is a Los Angeles-based investment firm specializing in media, entertainment, content, communications, sports, marketing, education and technology services. Shamrock invests through a multi-fund strategy centered on private equity investments, as well as ownership and financing of content and media rights. Originally founded in 1978 as the family investment company for the late Roy E. Disney, Shamrock has evolved into an institutionally backed firm with approximately $7.4 billion of assets under management as of May 8, 2026. Shamrock Capital partners with strong management teams and takes an active, collaborative approach to creating value in each investment. For more information, visit www.shamrockcap.com.

About EnOne Ventures

EnOne Ventures (EnOne) is a collaboration between EnTrust Global’s over $17 billion global investment platform with nearly three decades of opportunistic investing, and OneTeam Partners, the leading athlete-driven commercial platform that manages and monetizes proprietary intellectual property on behalf of professional players associations and tens of thousands of professional and collegiate athletes.  This new fund partnership represents a differentiated market position, access, and suite of capabilities for investing in the sports, media, and entertainment ecosystem.  As an early- to growth-stage fund, EnOne targets companies where athletes and their IP play a central role in value creation across areas such as consumer products, technology, health and wellness, and youth sports.  For more information, visit www.enoneventures.com.

Media Contact

Kelly Bell
EVP, Media and Marketing
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(404) 590-1665

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Sports technology startup raises seed round led by Parlay Capital to build the real-time market engine that turns live game moments into tradable markets

NEW YORK, June 1, 2026 — SpeedLabs, the real-time market engine for sports, today announced a $6.5 million seed round led by Parlay Capital, with participation from Bullpen Capital, TA Ventures, EdgeEquity, and additional investors with deep experience across sports, gaming, and consumer technology. The company will use the funding to scale its team as they launch Momentum Markets in summer 2026.

Momentum Markets are designed to capture the moments fans actually care about – the injury that swings a game, the run that flips the score, the big play that changes everything. A sportsbook’s answer to a momentum swing is a new price on an old market. SpeedLabs’ answer is a new market entirely – created in response to what just happened and priced instantly, instead of an outcome a sportsbook decided to offer hours earlier.

SpeedLabs is building the first market layer designed for what is actually happening on the field. Powered by foundation models purpose-built for sports, the SpeedLabs engine reads the flow of a live game, then creates and prices new markets instantly. The result: live, in-game markets that let fans take a side on whether the game’s momentum continues.

The category is already proving itself in adjacent verticals. On Polymarket, five-minute Bitcoin price markets have generated more than $4 billion in total trading volume, with $153 million in a single day. The lesson, according to SpeedLabs, is that short-duration markets capture demand no existing instrument has captured before. Sports is already the dominant category on US prediction markets, accounting for roughly 90% of activity on Kalshi. SpeedLabs is building the engine to power what comes next.

“Sports betting is getting lapped,” said Nick Meader, CEO of SpeedLabs. “Prediction markets are minting new categories every week. Meanwhile sportsbooks are stuck on the same pre-set markets and bet types. The market for trading on what is happening right now is enormous, and sports – the most-watched, most-discussed, most-emotional category on the planet – is the one place where you still can’t really do it. SpeedLabs is building the engine that fixes that.”

“SpeedLabs is doing something we have not seen before: using AI to create the market itself, not just price markets that already exist,” said Greg Buonocore, CEO and Managing Partner at Parlay Capital Holdings. “Every other company in this space is building incremental improvements to a category that has been structurally unchanged for decades. Nick and the SpeedLabs team are building the layer that the next generation of sportsbooks and prediction markets will run on. We are thrilled to lead this round.”

The $6.5 million round will fund SpeedLabs’ build-out ahead of its summer 2026 launch. The company is hiring across C-level leadership, engineering, machine learning, trading and sports betting expertise, and growth.

About SpeedLabs

SpeedLabs is the real-time market engine for sports, pioneering Momentum Markets – live, in-game markets that let fans take a side on whether the game’s momentum continues. Built on foundation models purpose-built for sports, SpeedLabs reads the flow of a game, then creates and prices new markets in seconds, replacing the pre-set offerings the rest of the industry still relies on. SpeedLabs partners with sportsbooks, prediction markets, and the platforms where fans trade on sports. Learn more at speedlabs.dev

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COSTA MESA, Calif., June 1, 2026 — Veritas Aortic Solutions, the latest company to spin out of inQB8 Medical Technologies, is pleased to announce the closing of $12M in Seed financing to advance innovative solutions for the treatment of Root and Ascending Aortic Diseases. The funding round was led by a group of experienced MedTech angel investors with strong participation from Cedars-Sinai Intellectual Property Company along with inQB8’s existing investors. The funds will support the continued development of the Veritas Transcatheter Valved Aortic Root Conduit (TVARC) through First-in-Human clinical use. The Veritas TVARC is designed to offer a comprehensive, interventional, non-surgical treatment for high-risk Root and Ascending Aortic Diseases, including Dissections, Aneurysms, and other pathologies that specifically involve the aortic root, coronary ostia, and/or the ascending aorta.

As part of the financing, Chad Martinson (former Medtronic CoreValve executive and former CEO of ACOVA Integrated Health), Judd Nordquist (CEO of Ibis Scientific), and Nirdesh Gupta PhD (Managing Partner of Cedars-Sinai Intellectual Property Company (CSIPCo)), joined Veritas and inQB8 co-founders, Arshad Quadri, MD and J. Brent Ratz, on the company’s Board of Directors.

“With combined mortality and morbidity rates as high as 65%, it is hard to overstate the risk associated with current surgical treatments for acute conditions of the ascending aorta,” said Arshad Quadri MD, Co-Founder, Executive Chairman and Chief Medical Officer of Veritas Aortic Solutions. “As a cardiac surgeon myself, I have performed these procedures numerous times. They are complex, challenging, and highly invasive. Endovascular options for the descending aorta and the arch have been available for a long time, but open-heart surgery remains the only approved option for patients with root and ascending aortic pathologies. It has always been a dream of mine to be able to offer these patients a faster, safer, less-invasive option, and today we are one step closer to making that a reality.”

The Veritas TVARC system is a single permanent implant that combines a bioprosthetic aortic valve, ascending aortic graft, and the company’s proprietary Chameleon Eye™ coronary perfusion ports and is designed to seal-off the diseased or damaged part of the aorta and restore healthy blood flow to the coronaries and the rest of the body. The system includes a custom transfemoral delivery catheter that is intended to eliminate the need for open-heart surgery and allow for precise positioning and controlled deployment of the implant.

“The Veritas TVARC system represents the type of patient-centered innovation we seek to support at Cedars-Sinai,” said Nirdesh Gupta, PhD, Managing Partner of Cedars-Sinai Intellectual Property Company. “We are pleased to participate in this financing to help advance a novel endovascular approach to Aortic Root and Ascending Aortic Disease—an area where treatment options have remained largely unchanged for years despite significant patient risk. We believe this technology has the potential to meaningfully improve outcomes for patients facing life-threatening cardiovascular disease.”

“After establishing the Veritas program within inQB8 Medical Technologies and rapidly advancing it through prototyping, bench testing, and successful chronic animal studies, we are honored to have the support of seasoned MedTech investors, leading physicians, and a world-class healthcare organization like Cedars-Sinai to accelerate our development and bring this technology towards its first clinical application,” added J. Brent Ratz, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Veritas Aortic Solutions. “In our 20+ year partnership, Dr. Quadri and I have collaborated to create solutions for several cardiovascular issues. Given the complexity of Root and Ascending Aortic Diseases and the dire need for an interventional solution, I believe Veritas is poised to be the most meaningful of all in terms of patient impact.”

About Veritas Aortic Solutions
Veritas Aortic Solutions is a privately held medical device company committed to improving outcomes for patients with Aortic Disease. The company’s flagship technology, the Veritas Transcatheter Valved Aortic Root Conduit (TVARC) is a single permanent implant that combines a bioprosthetic aortic valve, ascending aortic graft, and the company’s proprietary Chameleon Eye™ coronary perfusion ports and is designed to seal-off the diseased or damaged part of the aorta and restore healthy blood flow to the coronaries and the rest of the body. Veritas was founded and incubated within inQB8 Medical Technologies, LLC and spun-out as a standalone company in late 2025 to provide a comprehensive solution to pathologies affecting the most critical areas of the heart, including the aortic root, coronaries and ascending aorta. www.veritasaortic.com

About Cedars-Sinai Intellectual Property Company (CSIPCo)
Cedars-Sinai Intellectual Property Company is the investment arm of Cedars-Sinai, focused on healthcare and life sciences startups across med tech (devices & diagnostics), biotech (drug discovery programs) and health tech (regulated digital health). CSIPCo invests in companies that strongly align with Cedars-Sinai Health System’s mission of advancing healthcare and improving patient outcomes.

About inQB8 Medical Technologies LLC
inQB8 Medical Technologies is a privately held medical device incubator with offices in Massachusetts and California co-founded by Dr. Arshad Quadri, MD, and J. Brent Ratz, MBA. inQB8 specializes in developing cutting-edge interventional solutions for major cardiovascular diseases, accelerating projects through prototyping, bench, and pre-clinical testing. Veritas is the fourth program to come out of the inQB8 team. Previous successes include CardiAQ Valve Technologies (Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement, acquired by Edwards Lifesciences in 2015), MonarQ (Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement, acquired by Peijia Medical in 2021), and Relief Cardiovascular (interventional Heart Failure management, formed in 2024 with Series A and FIH completed in 2025).

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The Richmond office opens June 1, followed by a Chesapeake office July 1. Together, the locations establish Insurcomm’s footprint in Virginia and extend its 24/7 emergency response across both the Richmond metro and Hampton Roads. Customers can rely on Insurcomm for emergency response, remediation, reconstruction, and environmental services—all handled by one team that sees the job from start to finish.

“Virginia property owners and the carriers who serve them deserve a team they can count on when things don’t go as planned,” said Kelly Brewer, CEO of Insurcomm Restoration and Fortify Companies. “Opening in Richmond and Chesapeake lets us be closer, respond faster, and deliver the full set of capabilities people need—whether it’s a single property loss or a larger, more complex event. That’s what everything going right looks like.” 

Strengthening Regional Response and Support

Virginia properties face year-round risk, from Atlantic hurricanes and coastal storms to water intrusion, fire and smoke damage, and mold. With local teams now on the ground backed by national resources, Insurcomm can respond quickly, manage every stage of recovery under one roof, and maintain consistent service across the region when demand surges. Clients work with a single accountable team and a single point of contact from first notice of loss through final walkthrough, eliminating the handoffs and delays that characterize a typical restoration claim.

A Growing National Network

The Virginia offices are part of a broader, coordinated network built through Fortify Companies, bringing together local response capabilities with national scale. As part of the Fortify platform, Insurcomm connects prevention, emergency response, and reconstruction under one roof—helping reduce delays, improve visibility, and deliver a more seamless recovery experience from initial loss through long-term property care.

Need Emergency Restoration in Virginia?

For more information or to request emergency service, visit www.insurcomm.com or call (844) 424-9283.

About Insurcomm

Insurcomm delivers full-service restoration and emergency response you can count on when everything needs to go right across residential, commercial, and catastrophe response. For more than 30 years, we’ve helped property owners, facility teams, and communities recover from water, fire, mold, storm events, and environmental hazards.

We believe people deserve to know what’s happening, who’s handling it, and when it will be done, without surprises and without delays. From the first call to the final walkthrough, our mission is simple: You deserve everything going right, so we built a company that makes it happen.

To learn more about Insurcomm, visit our website or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, or Instagram.

About Fortify Companies 

Fortify Companies is building the nation’s most trusted property protection platform by uniting exceptional local teams across restoration, property services, and loss prevention under one operating standard. Faster response. Better outcomes. More resilient properties and communities. Learn more at fortifycompanies.com.

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Capital Used to Finance Battery Storage and Solar Power Projects

SAN DIEGO, June 1, 2026 — Maxwell Power (“Maxwell”), formerly known as HDM Renewable Finance, today announced the successful closing of an investment commitment of $750 million from Fairtide Partners to finance battery storage and solar power projects. This investment increases Fairtide’s total commitment to more than $1 billion for projects developed by Maxwell.

Maxwell will use the investment to strengthen its position as a trusted partner to sales and installation companies that help consumers save money with advanced energy technologies. The capital also allows the Company to expand into new state markets where consumers experience structurally-high and rising energy costs. Retail electricity prices in Mid Atlantic, New England, and Pacific states increased 19% or more between 2022 and 2025, according to the US Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration.

“Skyrocketing utility and gasoline costs are pinching everyone’s pocketbook,” said Dustin Dunaway, Maxwell’s Chief Revenue Officer. “Fairtide’s $1 billion commitment allows us to help more homeowners and businesses get affordable energy they can count on.”

Fairtide Partners cited Maxwell’s origination, underwriting, and management track record as the key catalysts for this additional capital commitment.

“We have worked with the Company’s leaders since 2010 and partnered with Maxwell since its founding in 2018,” said Nat Kreamer, Fairtide’s founder and lifetime chairman emeritus of the Solar Energy Industries Association (“SEIA”). “Maxwell has a great track record of delivering high-quality assets that create value for consumers and investors.”

About Maxwell Power

Homeowners and businesses are Powered for Life™ when they work with Maxwell. We are the power company that guarantees energy and savings to homeowners and small commercial customers. We deploy solar and battery storage systems to customers’ homes, monitor and maintain those systems, and ensure they deliver power. Our customers purchase power on long-term contracts that lock in savings. Since 2018, Maxwell has invested over $1 billion to help customers save an estimated $200 million. For more information about us please visit maxwellpower.com

About Fairtide Partners

Fairtide Partners makes infrastructure, tax equity, and private equity investments. The Firm has facilitated the financing of more than $1 billion battery storage and solar energy projects since 2018. Its private equity portfolio includes category-defining companies such as AMP for the waste industry and Highland for fleet vehicle electrification. Fairtide’s managing partners have over 40 years of combined experience as entrepreneurs, executives, investors, and industry-leading policy advocates. For more information about Fairtide please visit fairtidepartners.com

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And while technology has transformed nearly every aspect of retail, the commercial agreements that underpin the $18.8 trillion industry still rely heavily on spreadsheets, email chains, siloed systems, and informal ‘handshake’ agreements. 

Today, fewer than 50% of suppliers have written agreements with the retailers they sell to.

Handshake’s AI-powered platform gives retailers, wholesalers, and suppliers a single transparent system to make, track, and execute commercial agreements, replacing fragmented processes with a faster, more accountable, and data-driven way to manage deals.

The retail industry is already under immense pressure from inflation and cost volatility. Coupled with tighter margins, more complex supplier relationships, and increasingly scrutinised compliance, the need for efficient, scalable deal-making has never been greater.

By seamlessly unifying all commercial agreements in one platform, Handshake strengthens partnerships and empowers retail leaders to drive more effective change across their large trading teams.

Victor Angline, Director of Merchandising Strategy and Supplier Relations at Gopuff, says: “At Gopuff, our merchandising teams oversee hundreds of supplier partnerships across multiple categories, so it’s important we have the right tools to manage all the details. We chose Handshake to empower our merchants with a platform that enables seamless management of contracts, agreements, and joint business plans. They have been amazing partners, and we look forward to continued collaboration.” 

“Technology has transformed almost every corner of retail over the past decade, but retail buying still runs largely on spreadsheets, disconnected systems, and anecdotal memory,” says Alex Lindsay, co-founder and CEO of Handshake.

“That creates enormous operational complexity in an industry where margins are tight and every commercial decision matters. We believe there’s a huge opportunity to build the AI-native operating system for retail buying, one that gives retailers and suppliers the visibility, structure, and accountability they need to work better together.”

This funding will accelerate Handshake’s product development, expand its engineering and customer success teams, and support deeper partnerships with leading retailers and suppliers.

Peter Welch, co-founder and CTO of Handshake, adds: “Retail buying is a brutally tough job, and the sector faces structural headwinds that show no signs of easing. The commercial teams at the heart of it deserve better tools, visibility, and outcomes, which is why we built Handshake.

Handshake is a fundamental reimagining of how retailers and suppliers work together, and there’s never been a better moment to bring this to the sector. We believe this category is one of the largest untapped opportunities in retail.”

Delivering on this vision requires more than modern software. It requires deep retail expertise combined with world-class AI and product engineering. Handshake’s team brings together experience across retail operations, enterprise technology, and AI product development to build an operating system designed specifically for the realities of modern commerce.

And if Handshake gets this right, it won’t just modernise retail buying, it will help the entire industry deliver better value to millions of customers.

“Handshake is transforming how retailers and suppliers work together, and its team combines the technical depth and category expertise this problem demands. This is a category ripe for disruption in the age of AI,” says Cameron Ramsay, Director at Future Back Ventures by Bain & Company.

“Handshake’s platform offers a genuinely credible path forward on a problem the entire sector has wrestled with for years. And our Bain experience only reinforced our conviction in both the team and opportunity. Its potential to unlock value across retailers, wholesalers, and suppliers is substantial.” 

To learn more about Handshake, visit handshake-solutions.com or reach out to [email protected]. 

About Handshake

Handshake is the first AI-powered agreement platform built for retail. Designed to help retailers, wholesalers, and suppliers make, track, and execute commercial agreements in one transparent system, Handshake reduces operational complexity, improves commercial decision-making, and empowers leaders to drive effective change.

Founded in 2024 and headquartered in London, Handshake is backed by Triple Point Ventures, Future Back Ventures by Bain & Company, and Octopus Ventures. To learn more, visit handshake-solutions.com.

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Cette nomination renforce la présence de TGV aux États-Unis et lui permet de se concentrer sur la région de la baie de San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO et SINGAPOUR, 29 mai 2026 — True Global Ventures (TGV), société mondiale de capital-risque investissant dans des fondateurs visionnaires qui créent des entreprises technologiques de premier plan dans le domaine de l’IA, annonce aujourd’hui la nomination de Tal Elyashiv en tant que general partner.

Entrepreneur chevronné, investisseur en capital-risque et cadre dans le secteur des technologies, Elyashiv a mené une brillante carrière dans la Silicon Valley, à Wall Street et à Tel Aviv. Il apporte à l’entreprise une combinaison rare d’expertise en investissement dans les technologies de pointe, d’expérience en tant qu’opérateur et de leadership dans le domaine de la finance institutionnelle. Il s’installera aux États-Unis dans le courant de l’année, renforçant ainsi la présence croissante de TGV dans la région de la baie de San Francisco.

Israélien d’origine américaine ayant des racines dans deux des principaux écosystèmes d’innovation du monde, Elyashiv a passé des décennies à l’intersection de la technologie, des services financiers et du capital-risque.

Elyashiv est cofondateur et managing partner de SPiCE VC, le premier fonds de capital-risque entièrement tokenisé au monde. SPiCE VC est également reconnu comme un fonds de capital-risque très performant, avec de solides distributions par rapport au capital versé et une valeur totale par rapport au capital versé, surpassant de manière significative les indices de référence du secteur. Elyashiv poursuivra ses fonctions de direction au sein de SPiCE VC (actuellement dans sa phase finale de conversion de ses investissements) parallèlement à sa contribution à TGV.  Les mandats des fonds sont substantiellement différents et les deux fonctions ne présentent pas de conflit d’intérêt.

Outre son rôle de pionnier au sein de SPiCE VC, Elyashiv est également cofondateur de Securitize, qui est aujourd’hui la principale plateforme de tokenisation des actifs du monde réel à l’échelle mondiale et une entreprise déterminante dans le domaine des titres numériques. Il est également l’auteur de deux livres à succès, Blockchain Prophecies et l’ouvrage récemment publié Investing in Revolutions: Creating Wealth from Transformational Technology Waves, faisant de lui l’un des principaux leaders d’opinion sur la convergence de l’IA, de la blockchain et de l’informatique quantique.

Dans le domaine de la finance institutionnelle, il a été cadre supérieur chez Capital One et Bank of America, directeur de l’exploitation chez BondDesk Group, où il a dirigé le redressement majeur de la technologie et de la prestation de services, et directeur technique et responsable des nouvelles activités chez 888.

La nomination d’Elyashiv intervient alors que TGV continue d’accélérer sa focalisation sur les applications commerciales fondées sur l’IA par le biais du TGV Fund 6, qui dirige les investissements aux stades de l’amorçage tardif et de la série A, en mettant l’accent sur les startups basées en Californie.

« Tal apporte l’expérience de la gestion de fonds d’une société de capital-risque performante que nous recherchons chez TGV – en plus de cela, une personne qui a créé des entreprises, dirigé des institutions et investi avec conviction à travers de multiples cycles technologiques. Ses racines américaines et israéliennes lui confèrent une vision véritablement mondiale, et son retour aux États-Unis s’inscrit parfaitement dans le cadre de l’accent mis par TGV sur la région de la baie de San Francisco. Nous sommes ravis de l’accueillir dans notre équipe »
– Dušan Stojanović, managing partner, True Global Ventures

« TGV a construit quelque chose de rare – un fonds véritablement mondial avec le réseau, le portefeuille et la conviction de soutenir des fondateurs qui définissent des catégories aux stades les plus critiques de leur croissance. Après des décennies de construction à la frontière de la fintech et de la blockchain, je suis ravi de rejoindre une équipe qui partage ma conviction que l’IA et la blockchain sont les thèmes d’investissement déterminants de notre époque. Je me réjouis à la perspective de mettre mon expérience au service de True Global Ventures et de sa prochaine phase de croissance »
– Tal Elyashiv, general partner, True Global Ventures, managing partner, SPiCE VC

« La combinaison de Tal en tant qu’investisseur en capital-risque chevronné, opérateur prospère, dirigeant d’entreprise et expérience en matière de redressement est exceptionnelle. Il n’a pas seulement investi dans les domaines d’avant-garde, il les a construits. La profondeur et l’étendue de l’expertise de Tal et son exécution pratique seront un atout pour TGV et les entreprises de notre portefeuille au fur et à mesure qu’elles se développent. »
– Beatrice Lion, general partner, True Global Ventures

À PROPOS DE TRUE GLOBAL VENTURES
True Global Ventures (TGV) est une société mondiale de capital-risque qui investit dans des entreprises d’IA en phase de démarrage. Le portefeuille actuel de TGV comprend Prezent, Cynch, COVU, Obligo, Ledger, Animoca Brands, Jus Mundi, Coding Giants et bien d’autres. Presque toutes les sociétés de portefeuille se trouvent aux États-Unis ou entrent sur ce marché. Avec une présence à San Francisco, New York, Paris, Londres, Stockholm, Dubaï, Singapour et Hong Kong, TGV soutient les fondateurs visionnaires qui construisent la prochaine génération d’entreprises technologiques transformatrices. www.trueglobalventures.com

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Ernennung stärkt die US-Präsenz mit vertieftem Fokus von TGV auf die Bay Area

SAN FRANCISCO und SINGAPUR, 29. Mai 2026 — True Global Ventures (TGV), ein globales Risikokapitalunternehmen, das in visionäre Gründer investiert, die kategoriedefinierende KI-First-Technologieunternehmen aufbauen, gab heute die Ernennung von Tal Elyashiv zum General Partner bekannt.

Als erfahrener Unternehmer, Risikokapitalgeber und Führungskraft im Technologiebereich mit einer herausragenden Karriere im Silicon Valley, an der Wall Street und in Tel Aviv bringt Elyashiv eine seltene Kombination aus fundiertem Fachwissen im Bereich der Technologieinvestitionen, Erfahrung als Unternehmer und Führungsqualitäten im institutionellen Finanzwesen in das Unternehmen ein. Er wird noch in diesem Jahr in die USA umziehen und damit die wachsende Präsenz des TGV in der San Francisco Bay Area weiter verstärken.

Als amerikanischer Israeli mit Wurzeln in zwei der wichtigsten Innovationsökosysteme der Welt hat Elyashiv Jahrzehnte an der Schnittstelle von Technologie, Finanzdienstleistungen und Risikokapital verbracht.

Elyashiv ist Mitbegründer und Managing Partner von SPiCE VC, dem weltweit ersten vollständig tokenisierten Risikokapitalfonds. SPiCE VC ist auch als ein VC-Fonds mit Spitzenleistungen anerkannt, mit starken Ausschüttungen im Verhältnis zum eingezahlten Kapital (DPI) und dem Gesamtwert im Verhältnis zum eingezahlten Kapital (TVPI), die die Benchmarks der Branche deutlich übertreffen. Elyashiv wird seine Führungsrolle bei SPiCE VC (das sich derzeit in der Spätphase befindet) parallel zu seinem Beitrag bei TGV fortsetzen.  Die Mandate der Fonds sind sehr unterschiedlich und es besteht kein Interessenkonflikt zwischen den beiden Funktionen.

Neben seiner bahnbrechenden Führungsrolle bei SPiCE VC ist Elyashiv auch Mitbegründer von Securitize, der heute weltweit führenden Plattform für die Tokenisierung von realen Vermögenswerten und ein wegweisendes Unternehmen im Bereich der digitalen Wertpapiere. Er ist auch der Autor von zwei Bestsellern, Blockchain Prophecies und dem kürzlich veröffentlichten Investing in Revolutions: Creating Wealth from Transformational Technology Waves, wodurch er sich als einer der führenden Vordenker im Bereich der Konvergenz von KI, Blockchain und Quantencomputing etabliert hat.

Zu seinen früheren Funktionen im institutionellen Finanzwesen gehören die leitende Position bei Capital One und der Bank of America, die Position des Betriebsleiters bei der BondDesk Group, wo er den großen Turnaround der Technologie- und Servicebereitstellung leitete, sowie die Position des Technischen Leiters und Leiter für neue Geschäfte bei 888.

Die Ernennung von Elyashiv erfolgt zu einem Zeitpunkt, an dem TGV seinen Fokus auf KI-basierte Geschäftsanwendungen durch den TGV Fund 6 weiter verstärkt, der Investitionen in der späten Seed- und Series-A-Phase mit einem starken Fokus auf kalifornische Startups tätigt.

„Tal bringt die Erfahrung im Fondsmanagement eines erfolgreichen VCs mit, die wir bei TGV suchen – und darüber hinaus hat er über mehrere Technologiezyklen hinweg Unternehmen aufgebaut, Institutionen geleitet und mit Überzeugung investiert. Seine amerikanischen und israelischen Wurzeln verleihen ihm einen wahrhaft globalen Blickwinkel, und seine Rückkehr in die USA passt perfekt zum verstärktem Fokus von TGV auf die Bay Area. Wir freuen uns sehr, ihn in unserer Partnerschaft begrüßen zu dürfen.”
– Dušan Stojanović, Managing Partner, True Global Ventures

„TGV hat etwas Seltenes aufgebaut – einen wirklich globalen Fonds mit dem Netzwerk, dem Portfolio und der Überzeugung, kategorieprägende Gründer in den kritischsten Phasen ihres Wachstums zu unterstützen. Nachdem ich jahrzehntelang an der Grenze von Fintech und Blockchain gearbeitet habe, freue ich mich, einem Team beizutreten, das meine Überzeugung teilt, dass KI und Blockchain die entscheidenden Anlagethemen unserer Zeit sind. Ich freue mich darauf, meine Erfahrung in die Unterstützung von True Global Ventures und dessen nächstes Kapitel einzubringen.”
– Tal Elyashiv, General Partner, True Global Ventures, Managing Partner, SPiCE VC

„Tal bringt eine außergewöhnliche Kombination aus erfahrenem Risikokapitalgeber, erfolgreichem Betreiber, Unternehmensführung und Turnaround-Erfahrung. Er hat nicht nur an der Grenze investiert – er hat dort gebaut. Das umfassende und breit gefächerte Fachwissen von Tal und seine praktische Erfahrung werden für TGV und unsere Portfoliounternehmen bei ihrer Expansion von großem Nutzen sein.”
 – Beatrice Lion, General Partner, True Global Ventures

INFORMATIONEN ZU TRUE GLOBAL VENTURES
True Global Ventures (TGV) ist ein globales Risikokapitalunternehmen, das in der Frühphase in Unternehmen investiert, die auf KI spezialisiert sind. Zum aktuellen Portfolio von TGV gehören Prezent, Cynch, COVU, Obligo, Ledger, Animoca Brands, Jus Mundi, Coding Giants und viele andere. Fast alle Portfoliounternehmen befinden sich in den USA oder gehen in die USA. Mit Niederlassungen in San Francisco, New York, Paris, London, Stockholm, Dubai, Singapur und Hongkong unterstützt TGV visionäre Gründer, die die nächste Generation von transformativen Technologieunternehmen aufbauen. www.trueglobalventures.com

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