Cedar-IBSi Capital is the Venture Capital brainchild of global management consulting firm, Cedar (www.cedar-consulting.com), and global FinTech market intelligence firm, IBS Intelligence (www.ibsintelligence.com). The fund is structured to follow a classic LP-GP model Cedar-IBSi Capital I will leverage the strong knowledge and intelligence backbone of Cedar-IBSi’s 30+ year track record in global financial services and technology research and consulting. The $50-75 million fund will build a portfolio of 25-30 companies and invest $1-2 million in FinTech disruptors in the B2B and B2C space across Europe, GCC and India. The fund brings together the research, intelligence, experience, and network of Cedar-IBSi’s three decades of digital transformation experience across markets. Access to proprietary deal flow via Cedar-IBSi’s FinTech Lab will also be natural. Portfolio companies will have the unique advantage of accessing more than just capital from the Cedar-IBSi platform, in the form of access to in-house FinTech strategy experts, global networks and offices, data sandboxes, a wide global banking network, and more. Speaking on the announcement of the fund, Sahil Anand, Founder and Managing Partner, said “This fund is the logical next step for the group, leveraging the cumulative Financial Services and FinTech brainpower of both Cedar and IBS Intelligence. While we’re an emerging manager in the investing world, Cedar-IBSi’s research, consulting, and strategy experience in FinTech is unparalleled, and gives us a strong edge”. Sahil has prior investing experience via roles at Everstone Capital and DSG Consumer Partners, and is currently building out an investing team for the fund. The group also runs the CedarIBSI FinTech Lab, a FinTech accelerator in the heart of Dubai Internet City that aims to facilitate collaboration and innovation between global FinTechs and Banks. The lab model is being extended to India/UK and will play an important role going forward.