Vestigo Ventures

⭐ Season’s Greetings, EKMH Innovators Readers! ⭐ This year’s 9th annual predictions address a gamut of sectors, topics and trends seeking to find solutions, equilibrium & wealth, analyzing AI-driven innovation, #GenAI, #femtech, #renewableenergy, #technology, #fintech, #blockchain, #cybersecurity, #Bitcoin, #Web3, #ESG, #ventureinvestment, #financialinclusion, #syntheticmedia, #compliance & #assetmanagement. Last year, more than half the world’s population went the polls; 2025 will reveal the impact of these elections, for better and for worse. In 2025, most experts concur that the convergence of #AI, blockchain, decentralized finance, tech, and #innovations in cybersecurity and fraud detection will drive major changes in both business and personal life. Readers, expect these technologies to be more integrated, sophisticated, and widespread, affecting everything from healthcare to finance, security and privacy. The major challenge will likely be balancing the immense #opportunities with the ethical & regulatory frameworks needed to ensure these advancements benefit society as a whole. Many thanks to the global experts who shared their insight and vision for 2025: OurCrowd, Cisco, Amy Harris, Zeebu, Raj Brahmbhatt, Agoric, E. Dean Tribble, Genius Avenue, Megan Wood, Jon Trask, Percent, Prath Reddy, CFA, Green Check, Mike Kennedy, Amdocs, Ben Zion (Bentzi) Aviv, Vestigo Ventures, Mass Fintech Hub , Mark Casady, Reading Cooperative Bank, Sydecar, Nik Talreja, CoreLogic, John Rogers, EverC, Ariel Tiger, BankTech Ventures, Pam Kaur, Visual Lease, Stratyfy, Deniz A. Johnson, Kueski, Andrew Seiz, Krishna Venkatraman, Uplinq, Abhishek Bhasin, Rembrand, Omar Tawakol... Best wishes for a peaceful and joyous holiday season!

We’ve got news. And it’s big. SEI® has acquired LifeYield. Together, we’re developing real-time, unified managed household (UMH) capabilities in a cost-effective, fully bundled solution for advisors and institutions. Please read the announcement to learn more about plans for combining LifeYield’s tax-smart technology with SEI’s investment, technology and custody capabilities.

🎉 We are thrilled to share that FinQore (Formerly SaaSWorks) has been named a 2024 Gartner® Cool Vendor™ in AI for Finance! This recognition underscores our mission to empower CFOs and finance teams with a single, accurate source of financial truth. With fragmented data and manual processes posing significant challenges, our AI-powered and fully-managed platform simplifies financial workflows, delivering real-time Revenue and Customer Cubes, actionable insights, and KPIs that drive strategic decisions. At FinQore, we’re committed to helping finance teams save time, reduce risk, and accelerate decision-making — transforming financial data into a competitive advantage. A heartfelt thank you to our team, clients, and partners for your trust and collaboration. This achievement is a testament to the shared vision we’re building together. Link to full press release included in comment below! #GartnerCoolVendor #AIForFinance #FinanceInnovation #CFOInsights

Co-founders Dr. Suchi Gopal & Joshua Pitts hosted a panel discussion on their new book published by Springer. As a company we strive to ensure our customers and stakeholders can see and understand trends before they arrive in the general market. As COP29 Azerbaijan moves into its fourth day, it's encouraging to see the same concepts and regulatory changes previewed as our founders, and exceptional network of thought leaders: Mary Stuart Freydberg, Mark Casady, and Mary Cerulli now featured at the most powerful sustainability body on the planet. Please review the insights and discussion points reviewed below. It's obvious that the markets have already priced in the changes noted in Suchi and Josh's new book, it stands to reason then that businesses can de-risk, and capture market share by applying the same principles to their 2025 planning and beyond. One excerpt from the book: "The world population stands at 8.025 billion as of 2023, with approximately 8-9% living in extreme poverty. Suchi Gopal and Josh Pitts (2025) The Fintech Revolution: Bridging Geospatial Data Science, AI, and Sustainability, Springer discuss the relevance of the Planetary Boundaries (PB) framework, introduced by the Stockholm Resilience Centre in 2009, that offers a scientific approach to understanding sustainability by defining critical thresholds essential for maintaining Earth’s system stability. These boundaries, covering areas such as climate stability and water cycle dynamics, provide measurable baselines to assess human impact on our planet. Alarmingly, four of the nine boundaries have already been crossed, indicating a marked shift toward the Anthropocene—a new epoch defined by significant human influence on Earth. The Floodlight team focuses on data analysis and DMRVs to quantify risks at an asset level within investment portfolios, specifically those posed by crossing these planetary boundaries."