Insights

Cognito

March 6, 2024

Cognito attracts next round financing to launch its all-in-one, affordable mental health service in Ontario and expand partnerships with insurers, businesses and government.

Seed Funding Announcement Venture Capital Healthcare
Cognito Health

February 13, 2024

Cognito CEO & Co-Founder, Armon Arani, shares how the company is changing the way mental health is provided to all Canadians – through affordability, accessibility, immediacy and integration.

Venture Capital Technology Mental Health Healthcare
Built In 2024 Winning Workspace

January 9, 2024

Simplex Trading today announced that it has been honored in Built In’s 2024 Best Places To Work Awards. Specifically, the proprietary trading firm was named a “Chicago Best Midsize Place to Work.”

Trading Team
Prevu

December 6, 2023

From searching property listings to scheduling tours all through one seamless platform, hear from Chase Marsh, Prevu’s Co-Founder, to learn how the company is changing the real estate game.

Venture Capital Real Estate Technology
KYC Hospitality

October 10, 2023

Learn more about KYC Hospitality from Founder & CEO, Dina Yuen. She shares how growing up in and around hotels has shaped the company’s mission, why she believes hotels are the happiest place on earth and how they’re creating solutions for real problems hoteliers face daily.

Venture Capital Hospitality
CRS

September 29, 2023

CRS Co-Founder & CEO, Marco Buhlmann, shared in a recent interview the inspiration behind starting the company and the competitive advantages CRS offers its customers compared to other credit reporting services.

Venture Capital Fintech Compliance
Eko

August 23, 2023

Mart Vos, founder and CEO of Eko – a full-suite solution which provides digital investing to financial institutions – shares a look into his background and how Eko is revolutionizing the financial industry.

Venture Capital Fintech
SympliFi

May 31, 2023

In a recent interview with SympliFi CEO and Co-Founder, Maurice Iwunze, we go behind-the-scenes of the company and its mission to create economic opportunity and accelerate financial inclusion by radically increasing access and radically decreasing the cost of credit for the millions of underbanked micro & small businesses in emerging markets.

BluePallet

April 12, 2023

In a recent interview with BluePallet CEO and Co-Founder, Scott Barrows, we go behind-the-scenes of BluePallet’s early success and impact as a marketplace and network for the chemical industry.

iink

February 28, 2023

Go behind the scenes with the founder of Simplex Ventures’ portfolio company, iink, a revolutionary homeowner’s claim and endorsement management platform.

Venture Capital Fintech
Lynk

January 31, 2023

Go behind the scenes with the founders of Simplex Ventures’ growing list of portfolio companies starting with Lynk, a closed-loop payment and card issuing platform that is reducing processing fees and creating a unified full-stack banking experience.

Venture Capital Fintech
7 Fintech Leaders Predict the Top Trends for 2023

January 23, 2023

From embedded payments to the rise of Web 3.0, the venture-backed fintech industry is highly dynamic, agile and one of the first spaces to respond to the latest market trends. We asked fintech leaders across our portfolio companies to share what’s top of mind for them in 2023 – take a look at what they had to say!

Fintech Venture Capital
Authority Magazine

October 6, 2022

“If you have a fire and passion for what you’re doing then it’s worth it.” Authority Magazine interviewed Angela Lucas, Simplex Trading’s Chief Compliance Officer, on the top five things she believes women should know to succeed in a male-dominated industry.

Compliance
Traders Magazine

July 29, 2022

Erik Swanson, CEO at Simplex Trading, shared his thoughts on the regulatory environment surrounding retail options trading.

Trading
John Lothian News

July 13, 2022

Erik Swanson, CEO at Simplex Trading, sat down with John Lothian News at the 2022 Options Industry Conference (OIC) in San Antonio, Texas to share his story of leading Simplex and some insights on the industry.

Trading
Traders Magazine

May 12, 2022

Angela Lucas, Chief Compliance Officer at Simplex Trading, shared her thoughts on the challenges and opportunities created by the introduction of the Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) in 2019.

Trading Compliance
Kate Kitto

March 9, 2022

Simplex announced the hiring of Kate Kitto as the Principal of Venture Capital of Simplex Ventures, the firm’s venture capital arm. In her role, Kitto sources, evaluates and manages the firm’s investments in early-stage financial technology companies, with a particular focus on visionary founders who are driven to disrupt and transform institutional fintech industry.

Team
BuiltIn

November 11, 2021

David Haufe, Director of Technology at Simplex Trading, spoke with BuiltIn Chicago about how the company builds a culture of mentorship without the burdens of hierarchy.

Team
Angela Lucas

October 21, 2021

Angela Lucas, Chief Compliance Officer at Simplex Trading, was honored by Market Media in their U.S. Women in Finance Awards, an annual recognition of the women leading the future of finance.

Team
Chat With Traders

September 2, 2021

Erik Swanson, CEO at Simplex Trading, “pulled back the curtain” on how market makers operate in a conversation with the Chat with Traders podcast.

Trading
Traders Magazine

August 31, 2021

More new entrants entered the options market making wholesaler space in 2021 than ever before. Erik Swanson, CEO at Simplex Trading, spoke with Traders Magazine about what that means for the industry and how he’s adjusting the business strategy for the company.

Trading
TastyTrade

May 6, 2021

tastytrade invited Erik Swanson, CEO at Simplex Trading, on its podcast “An Evening with the Pros” to discuss the prop trading world and answer questions on a variety of topics. Erik shared how Simplex manages and approaches risk, how the company defines successful traders, and how he and Simplex addresses volatility in the market.

Trading Technology