First Coverage Inc., a leading provider of financial information management solutions to the institutional investment community, today announced it has secured $9 million in Series B funding from a cross-border syndicate of venture capital investors led by Boston-based Commonwealth Capital Ventures. Also included in the syndicate are Boston-based GrandBanks Capital and Toronto-based JLA Ventures, both involved in First Coverage’s $5 million Series A round of financing in November 2006. This most recent expansion round will be used to further First Coverage’s growth via both product development and geographic expansion, among other activities.
In conjunction with this funding, Commonwealth General Partner Jeffrey M. Hurst will become a member of First Coverage’s Board of Directors. Mr. Hurst’s addition further strengthens the company’s expertise and experience, particularly in the relevant fields of Finance and Software as a Service (SaaS).
“Commonwealth is excited to be joining a team with such a wealth of experience and track record of success,” said
Founded in 2005, First Coverage provides the global financial markets with software-based tools developed to greatly increase efficiencies and communication within the investment management process. With its first production client going live in early 2007, First Coverage’s user base has grown to nearly 300 firms worldwide in just over a year.
“We are thrilled to welcome Commonwealth and Jeff Hurst to First Coverage’s Board of Directors.” said co-founder and CEO Randy Cass. “Over the last 12 months First Coverage has seen incredible growth in our user base, customer usage and company revenues, and has clearly solidified our place as the market leader in
Jeff Parker, current Chairman of First Coverage, founder of First Call and StreetEvents and former CEO of Thomson Financial added, “I’ve been here before with First Call and StreetEvents and once again see a significant change occurring in the way that the buy-side and sell-side look to interact and gather information from each other. The time is absolutely right for an innovative company like First Coverage to become the new market standard and I’m excited about what we’re going to be able to accomplish going forward.”
About First Coverage Inc.
Catering to more than 300 financial institutions worldwide, First Coverage provides a web-based platform that simplifies the gathering, evaluation and organization of all sell-side services and information. The First Coverage platform helps buy-side professionals easily and quickly find the information, data and other offered services that best align with their own internal investment process creating greater efficiencies and greater overall performance. For more information, visit www.firstcoverage.com.
About Commonwealth Capital Ventures
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About GrandBanks Capital
GrandBanks Capital invests in early stage technology companies located primarily in the eastern part of the
About JLA Ventures
JLA Ventures, a private venture capital firm with offices in
