- Financial technology company Capital Markets Gateway (CMG) announced it has raised $25 million
Financial technology company Capital Markets Gateway (CMG) announced it has raised $25 million to modernize the equity capital markets (ECM). Financial firms Barclays, Citi, Fidelity Investments, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, and Morgan Stanley. And existing investors Canaccord Genuity, Franklin Templeton, StageDotO, and Shea Ventures joined the round. The funding will be used to support the company’s growth and expand its solution to be the first ECM platform in the U.S. to provide digital connectivity between the buy-side and sell-side.
Capital raising is known to be a time-consuming and costly process for every constituent involved. And CMG’s platform addresses an otherwise fragmented and inefficient process through a common solution that establishes a cohesive channel between equity capital markets participants, providing transparency into the deal flow.
CMG has grown to support nearly 100 buy-side firms representing $12 trillion in AUM and 15 investment banks. And the company’s current customers benefit from actionable intelligence through its existing products like DataLab – which currently includes streamlined workflow tools, real-time data, and analytics. Now with strategic partners from the sell-side, the company will launch new platform functionality to create greater efficiencies for the ECM capital formation process.
Key Quotes:
“It’s clearer now more than ever in the current environment that the way we do business today demands modern, agile, accessible, and transparent solutions – no matter where your desk is and no matter where your team members and partners are. Companies access the capital markets to raise money that will ultimately drive expansion, innovation, and employment growth, which is why we have built an integrated capital markets platform that will optimize the deal flow process for all market participants. We are humbled by this tremendous validation from some of the top names in finance – all of whom share in our vision.”
– CMG CEO and co-founder Greg Ingram
“CMG’s unique platform provides an efficient service in accessing the global capital markets. We have actively followed the company’s growth in recent years and are proud to support its mission to make transactions more efficient and less resource-intensive for the industry and for our clients. We look forward to its continued innovation in the space.”
– Todd Sandoz, Interim Co-Head of Global Equities at Barclays
“As significant technological innovations continue to be implemented across many facets of Wall Street, we are delighted that CMG is bringing much-needed enhancement to the ECM capital formation process. A more efficient market translates to more business getting done – business that results in job creation, innovation, and economic growth.”
– Ben Batory, SVP, Equity Trading at Franklin Templeton.
“Vanguard is dedicated to advocating for investors by providing innovative, world-class solutions that help advance the financial services industry. As a strategic partner of CMG’s, we are looking forward to working to improve the current capital markets infrastructure and provide better outcomes for investors.”
– Warren Pennington, Principal, Head of Vanguard Fintech Ventures
