Latest posts of: Peter

The Investx Platform is a regulated equity crowdfunding platform based in the UK

Built on blockchain technology it will allow Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) with a financial track record to raise funds and give investors new access to shares of their choosing in successful businesses which are currently inaccessible.

The Investx Platform will revolutionise the access and cost of investing, making it affordable and rewarding, allowing investors to support and share in the success of businesses they believe in. It will provide access to shareholdings at a reduced price for investors because of the value of its use and the cost efficiencies it creates.

Our Key Blockchain Innovations

Real world adoption of blockchain technology: We expect over 500 SME companies to transact investments on the Investx Platform in the first two years, thanks to our extensive UK SME connections, our easy to use platform and our blockchain expert team.
Currency design: A payment token backed by a fiat liquidity reserve and reduced transaction costs. The Investx token (INX) ecosystem is designed to expand and contract based on supply and demand.
Fundraise innovation: Digital representation of investments in businesses is the next disruption in financial technology, and Investx will use blockchain technology to open a brand new market for investments in SME businesses.
Investor community: Crypto investors will be able to invest in shares in privately held companies and then later sell these shares without using fiat currencies - a new way to help the crypto world build a diversified portfolio.

Our Key Crowdfunding Innovations

Crowdfunding using security tokens: Powered by the Ethereum blockchain using security tokens for automated legal contract execution, fundraising, share registry, dividend and exit payments.
A new currency for investments: INX used as the preferred payment currency on the platform.
New asset class: Equity crowdfunding targeted at SME businesses with proven financial track records, not just start-ups. A wide range of deal types available, from minority investments and Management Buyouts (MBOs), through to full shareholder exits.
Secondary share market: Investx intends to develop a secondary market to provide additional liquidity for the security tokens created on our platform.
Global investor reach: Allows SMEs to raise funds they can’t currently access, and allow global investors entry to growing UK businesses they can’t invest in at present.

Why does the Investx Platform use the INX token?

INX tokens are designed to power the Investx platform, and by using blockchain technology the platform offers the following advantages over traditional crowdfunding:

The use of INX tokens allows our dynamic currency supply model to be implemented, transacting according to deal funding, dividends and company sale pay-outs, with controlled authorisations for minting and burning of tokens.
INX will be used to purchase shares during a fundraise using smart contracts which will execute the necessary legal processes with total autonomy and reliability.
INX will use the Ethereum public blockchain which is inherently self-administering, secure and scalable.
The use of INX tokens allows Investx to transact a high volume of deals with speed and costs traditional crowdfunders cannot achieve.
Having INX tokens already distributed and marketed creates an engaged global investor pool primed to commit to investment opportunities and long term engagement.

Why does the Investx Platform issue security tokens?

Investx-issued security tokens provide a digital record of the legal share ownership recorded on the Ethereum blockchain, thereby providing the following advantages over other traditional solutions:

A real-time up to date accurate ledger of every company’s shareholders will be maintained without reliance on manual reporting or trust in central software.
It provides an autonomous self-governing mechanism to pay dividends and exit proceeds directly to investors.
We will design and deploy security tokens for each completed fundraise, which will be tradeable according to ERC-20 protocols allowing investor-to-investor transfers.
Once we have received the necessary permission to operate our own secondaries market, the platform will enable fully regulatory compliant autonomous investor-to-investor share exchanges with deeper liquidity - just like a stock exchange.

See our INX token currency paper which details its design, tokenomics and interaction within the phases of the ecosystem, enabling our token purchased at ICO to retain real world purchasing power despite token price increase over time.

What Problems are Investx Solving?

Key Delivery Partners

Investx is partnering with Equal Experts and CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP.

	Equal Experts is an award-winning agile software platform consultancy, specialising in simple software solutions for big business challenges. It uses highly-productive working methods to deliver innovative software for a wide range of public and private-sector clients. Equal Experts has an established track record of delivering successful, large-scale projects to blue-chip clients. Recent examples include replatforming O2’s Priority Tickets loyalty programme, delivering the UK Home Office’s Single Intelligence Platform (SIP), and Camelot Global’s web and mobile platform for the UK’s National Lottery.
	CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP are ranked as the world’s 6th largest law firm by lawyer headcount and 6th largest in the UK by revenue, CMS has 74 offices in 42 countries. CMS’s clients include banks, insurance companies and intermediaries, investment managers, broker-dealers, investment advisors, payment institutions, FinTech companies, pension funds, consumer finance providers, and a wide range of platforms - from investment exchanges to crowdfunding.
______________

Team and Advisors - please click on names for LinkedIn links

We’re a diverse team of finance, technology, agile software, cryptocurrency, private equity, banking and business development specialists all passionate about building a new way to invest and encourage business growth.

	Peter Edgar - CEO & Co-Founder A highly motivated, ambitious and dynamic professional with demonstrable success in all areas of finance and due diligence, Peter graduated in Mathematics then excelled as a financial auditor, developing a keen eye for detail and an analytical mind right from the beginning of his career. He qualified in accountancy (ACCA) in 2004 with subsequent industry experience leading teams within start-ups, SMEs and PLCs. As Investx Ltd. Co-Founder and CEO Peter has delivered over $25m in value to equity holders (last exit was 72X return) and is a Non-Executive Director for 3 SME’s. Previous roles: Chief Finance Officer, Investx Ltd \| Chief Finance Officer, Oxalis Group Ltd \| UK Financial Controller, EDI Plc
	Dave Hewett - CTO & Co-Founder With over twenty years of experience working in techno-managerial roles and having graduated in Finance & Business Law, Dave is passionate about fintech and currently works for one of the most exciting and fastest growing technology consultancies, Equal Experts. As a member of their leadership team he helps organisations deliver large-scale change programmes in the newly emerging digital domain. Dave leads large teams that cut across the IT domain including development, support, environments and architecture, and is heavily involved with IT strategy and transformation. Current roles: Partner, Equal Experts Previous roles: Delivery Manager, RWE Trading \| Development Manager, EON Energy Trading
	Leon Sloyan - Chief Commercial Officer Leon is an experienced SME banking professional with a strong business development focus, and well networked within UK SME businesses, brokers and corporate financiers. He was awarded the top performing Commercial Manager at HSBC in the Midlands, 3 years in a row, and later at Santander was finalist for the UK regional ‘Professional of the Year’ on 2 separate occasions. Leon has worked at Investx since July 2016. Previous roles: Investment Director, Investx Ltd \| Relationship Director, Santander UK Plc \| International Commercial Manager, HSBC Bank
	Richard Chambers - Chief Operating Officer Richard is an experienced banking and finance professional who has operated in the corporate finance and private equity markets since 2004. He has worked with a wide range of companies, management teams and private equity houses to structure tailored finance packages which have supported business growth and value creation for all stakeholders. He has a broad experience base across Corporate Finance, Leveraged Finance, Private Equity, Accounting, Legal Documentation and Transaction Management. He has a BSc in Economics from the University of York and a BSc in Banking and Finance. Previous roles: Director, Corporate Finance Transactions Team, Royal Bank of Scotland \| Relationship Director, Leveraged Finance, HSBC \| Senior Associate Director, Leveraged Finance / Mid-Market Financial Sponsors, HSBC Bank
	David Feher - Digital Marketing Executive A creative web developer and marketer David has a diverse background, allowing him to combine technical solutions and engaging communications As our in-house expert David applies his strategic thinking to delivering our marketing, graphic design, social content and IT. David’s background in engineering gives him valuable insight into how to engage both SME’s and their target audience. Fluent in both English and Hungarian David is consistently updating his knowledge. Previous role: Web Developer, Eaton Oxalis Group
	Andy Gray - Blockchain & Smart Contract Consultant A Senior Developer with over 20 years of commercial experience developing IT systems. Now focusing primarily on emerging Blockchain technologies, Andy consults with businesses on blockchain implementation, smart contract writing, and ICO strategy. An expert in Lean and Agile management Andy brings vast real-world experience of applying technology to enhance business processes and customer experience as well as being at the forefront of emerging blockchain technologies. Andy also runs a popular growing community group: Blockchain Manchester. Current roles: Co-founder, Blockchain Manchester \| Co-founder, BlockRocket.tech \| Associate, Equal Experts Previous roles: DApp/Solidity Developer, Barclaycard \| Full-stack Developer, Globility Ltd.
	Matthew McGuire - Advisor, Technology Consultant As CTO at Zopa, the world’s first peer-2-peer finance company and a leading Fintech firm, Matt helped realise the peer-2-peer vision and kick-start its exponential growth. He developed a team of smart software engineers, data scientists, and business professionals to shape a culture in which Zopians work in collaborative, cross-functional teams that focus on customers and their needs. Matt joined Zopa after his MBA. Before that, he led teams that created and ran multi-asset trading technology platforms over several years when the Capital Markets industry was going through rapid technology-driven transformation. Current role: Engagement Manager, Equal Experts Previous roles: Software Delivery Manager at MF-Global, GNI, Fidessa \| CTO, Zopa.com
	Arun Chauhan - Advisor, Financial Crime Compliance Regulatory Arun is a solicitor specialising in financial crime compliance, investigations and litigation arising from fraud. When advising companies or not-for profit organisations, Arun principally advises Board members, in-house legal, finance and compliance teams. He is also a Fraud Advisory Panel board trustee, a board member at Today Advisory and a member of the Commercial Fraud Lawyers Association. Arun regularly speaks on counter-fraud, financial crime compliance and fraud matters having featured on BBC television from 2016 onwards and is regularly quoted in the national press. Current role: Director, Tenet Compliance & Litigation Previous role: Partner, Head of Commercial Fraud & Risk at DWF LLP
	David Atkinson - Advisor, ICO & Tokenomics Running businesses and helping those who run them is David’s life. He is currently involved in building and running Holo & Holochain which focuses on deep strategy design after delivering their successful 2018 ICO. David is known for his understanding of legal, financial, regulatory, strategy, ecosystem and currency landscapes. David was previously the COO of Mind Gym plc, a behavioural change consultancy, which grew revenue 3x in 4 years during his tenure, and prior to that was advising CEOs on growth strategy at Marakon. David has advised 30+ businesses over the last 24 months. David’s speciality is building an underlying infrastructure for a company that works. Current roles: Founder, Holochain \| Founder, Heartificial Intelligence \| Co-Founder, Fetchh Ltd \| Non-Executive Director, Up Learn Previous role: Chief Operating Officer, Mind Gym plc
	Alison Bradley - Advisor, Finance Broker Alison is Managing Director of leading independent business finance advisors Central Business Finance. Her firm are peer-to-peer finance experts and are a Funding Circle Champion – one of only 25 in the UK and were awarded Funding Circle broker of the year for 4 years. With 20 years of experience in small business finance, Alison has completed numerous types and sizes of deal from £15,000 to £10 million, and has raised finance for 600 businesses in the past 12 months. Current role: Managing Director, Central Business Finance Previous role: CEO, The Arrow Fund
_________

Video - click for Youtube

Token Sale

Roadmap

We have a private sale open already - please email ico@investx.io or send an enquiry via our website www.investx.io