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R3 Investors part 1



R3
R3 is a financial innovation firm dedicated to the design and deployment of DLT to build the new operating system for financial services.

Categories 
FinanceFinancial ServicesInnovation Management
Headquarters Regions 
Greater New York AreaEast CoastNortheastern US
Founded Date 
2014
Founders 
David RutterTodd McDonald
Operating Status 
Active
Last Funding Type 
Venture - Series Unknown
Number of Employees 
101-250

Company Type 
For Profit

R3 is leading a consortium with over 80 banks, clearing houses, exchanges, market infrastructure providers, asset managers, central banks, conduct regulators, trade associations, professional services firms and technology companies to develop groundbreaking commercial applications of distributed ledger technology for the financial services industry.
Operating in nine countries from all regions of the world, the R3 team is made up of financial industry veterans, technologists, and new tech entrepreneurs, bringing together expertise from electronic financial markets, cryptography and digital currencies.

R3
R3 is funded by 43 investors. CLS and Barclays PLC are the most recent investors.




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Lead Investor 




Funding Round 




Partners 

CLS
Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

No
Kristina Söderberg

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

UBS
No

No

No

No

No


Commerzbank




Crunchbase

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