Address
CME Ventures LLC
Chicago, IL
United States
Industry
Business classification
VCID: 561401
Profile
Corporate information
Official name
CME Ventures LLC
Affiliate of
Registration country
Official name
CME Ventures LLC
Affiliate of
Registration country
Investment activity status
Active investor
Company type
The venture capital arm of the CME Group.Overview
CME Ventures is the corporate venture capital and strategic investment arm of CME Group focused on building and managing a portfolio of external minority equity investments. CME Ventures acts as a bridge between core CME Group businesses and external partners to inform a firm-wide understanding of emerging market structure changes while investing in key areas of opportunity.
Investments
Investment preferences
Selected investments
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BlockFills Trading ecosystem that combines world-class liquidity and professionaltrading connectivity with secure settlement. |
19 Jan 2022 | Series A Initial investment. Round participant. Active |
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Layer Inc Creative platform for presenting your work, discovering new art, and connecting with others. |
United States | 5 Mar 2017 | Series B Initial investment. Round participant. Exited (Write-off) |
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Ripple Labs Inc Provider of financial settlement solutions. |
United States | 6 Oct 2015 14 Sep 2015 15 Sep 2016 |
Series B Follow-on investment. Round participant. Exited |
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Orbital Insight Geospatial big data company. |
United States | 27 Jun 2016 | Series B Initial investment. Round participant. Exited |
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Research Exchange Ltd Online marketplace for unbundled financial research. |
N/A Initial investment. Round participant. Exited |
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Duco |
N/A Initial investment. Round participant. Exited |
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Privitar Ltd Data privacy solutions for enterprise organisations. |
N/A Initial investment. Round participant. Exited |
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ErisX Platform for cryptocurrency spot and futures trading. |
N/A Initial investment. Round participant. Exited |
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Digital Asset Holdings LLC Provider of distributed ledger technology to regulated financial institutions. |
N/A Initial investment. Round participant. Active |
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Maxeler Technologies Inc |
United States | N/A Initial investment. Round participant. Exited |
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1QB Information Technologies Inc Artificial intelligence for quantum computers. Quantum computers for artificial intelligence. |
Canada | N/A Initial investment. Round participant. Active |
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Eris Innovations LLC Intellectual property licensing company that partners with global financial exchanges to develop futures products. |
United States | N/A Initial investment. Round participant. Active |
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Fortscale |
N/A Initial investment. Round participant. Exited |
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AcadiaSoft Inc Provider of integrated risk management services for the derivatives community. |
United States | N/A Initial investment. Round participant. Active |
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Iguazio Ltd MLOps platform provider. |
N/A Initial investment. Round participant. Active |
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Crypto Facilities |
N/A Initial investment. Round participant. Exited |
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Schvey Inc Developer of blockchain technology for capital markets. |
United States | N/A Initial investment. Round participant. Active |
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OpenGamma Ltd Provider of derivatives risk analysis. |
United Kingdom | N/A Initial investment. Round participant. Active |