Capital markets insights

We’re excited to be a part of Canada’s largest technology investment conference, Cantech, in just a few days!

It all happens at the Metro Toronto Convention Center in Toronto on January 31st—when this incredible conference brings together over 3500 of Canada’s top investors and more than 100 leading technology companies.

In August 2017, Katipult appointed Paul Sun to its board of directors. Sun brings over two decades of investment banking experience to the role, having held senior roles at Scotia Capital, Desjardins, and Beacon Securities. In addition to being a member of Katipult’s board, he is the acting CFO of Draganfly Innovations Inc. and sits on the board of Global Gardens Group (TSXV:VGM).

We sat down with Sun to learn more about why he joined Katipult’s board, his impact on the firm, and what he sees for Katipult’s future.

One of the issues with private markets is that liquidity can be difficult. For investors , there are situations when they have taken equity or debt positions in a company or investment product but have been unable to withdraw their investment.

Life brings challenges, and sometimes a shareholder is better off with cash than with shares. If the company is not in a position to buy those shares back, the investor may want to trade them with another investor.

This seems like a simple idea, but in practice there are some challenges. Without computational trust, a third party needs to facilitate the transaction. This brings in fees, extended processes, and, in general, complication.

At Katipult, we imagine a world where this is a straightforward process with as little interference between the two parties as possible. And we believe that BlockChain technology and its inherent computational trust make this a real possibility.

The internet is always evolving, and BlockChain is a great example that our ways of thinking about the internet are changing.

At Katipult, we believe that the main benefit BlockChain brings to the digital ecosystem is the idea of ‘computational trust’. This is a brand new concept to the human brain, and it’s going to take us quite a long time before we truly understand all the implications behind this idea.

In this article, we’ll do our best to explain what computational trust means, and how BlockChain makes it possible.

We’ll be opening the Toronto Stock Exchange on January 17th!

With more than 30,000 attendees from over 100 different countries, the highly anticipated Singapore Fintech Festival was once again a great success! Financial leaders and Fintech firms from across the globe have come together to discuss cutting-edge topics including blockchain and ICOs. Among other topics, one of the burning discussions was how fintech was becoming more mainstream in the financial sector.

Katipult was one of eight companies selected to exhibit at FIT Tokyo 2017, an annual event organized by The Japan Financial News in Tokyo’s financial district since the year 2000. Over 15,000 attendees from Japan's finance sector will be present to identify FinTech products gaining traction in other key financial hubs.

If you’re relying on Excel, Google Sheets, or other generic spreadsheet software for your private equity firm, you’re only hurting your business.

How much of your private equity firm relies on Excel, Google Sheets, or similar spreadsheet software?