Palo Alto, CA and New York, NY - December 9, 2019 - Centana Growth Partners, a specialized growth equity firm focused on the future of financial services, today announced the closing of its second fund, Centana Growth Partners II, L.P. (“Fund II”) with capital commitments from limited partners of $375 million. Fund II was oversubscribed [...]
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NYC FinTech Women's Inspiring FinTech Females of 2019 embody the mission of the organization: to strengthen the FinTech ecosystem by empowering and sponsoring women who are transformative. To read the full article, click here.
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Portland, Ore. — Nov 13, 2019 — SheerID, the industry leader in the burgeoning identity marketing space, today announced the close of a $64 million equity round led by CVC Growth Partners (“CVC Growth”). CVC Growth will join SheerID’s board alongside Centana Growth Partners and Voyager Capital, which led SheerID’s earlier financing rounds in 2017 [...]
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Business Insider | October 9, 2019 Meet 2019's Rising Stars of Wall Street shaking up investing, trading, and dealmaking. To read the full article, click here>
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Forbes | Ben Cukier | August 19, 2019 For financial services firms, especially fintechs, baby boomers should be seen as the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. They control 50% of the nation’s wealth, outspend younger generations, and are more likely to spend their retirement savings on themselves rather than passing them down. To [...]
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By Elizaveta Chistyakova As the amount and complexity of data continue to evolve, an increasing number of asset managers are turning to artificial intelligence tools to augment and enhance their research capabilities. If someone were asked to assign value to a Twitter post, many wouldn’t know where to begin. But we all remember a [...]
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EaseCentral Announces $19 Million in Series B Funding, Rebrands to “Ease” with Enhanced Capabilities
Funding to support Ease’s goal to simplify and enhance HR and benefits administration – Rebrand reflects the release of new SMB carrier connectivity. San Francisco, CA, March 19th, 2019 - Ease, a leading HR and benefits software solution for SMBs, insurance brokers, and insurance carriers, today announced the close of its $19 million Series B funding round [...]
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Back to News JMI Equity leads growth capital investment, joined by existing Vena investor Centana Growth Partners. TORONTO, Jan. 09, 2019 -- Vena Solutions, one of the fastest growing providers of cloud-based financial planning and analysis (FP&A) software, is proud to announce it has raised $115 million in equity financing. Software-focused growth equity firm JMI [...]
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What does it take to succeed as an entrepreneur in fintech? Ben Cukier offers insight on founding Centana and key lessons from his experience with fintech entrepreneurs in his interview with John Siracusa from BANK ON IT Podcast. Check it out here
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Centana partners Eric Byunn and Ben Cukier named in this year’s Institutional Investor Fintech Finance 40 list. To read the full article, click here
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