Global investment bank Nomura picks six Indian startups

MUMBAI: Global investment bank Nomura has closed the first edition of its ‘Voyager Nomura Fintech Partnership’, a global accelerator cum cocreation platform, having selected eight startups from across the world to build products and solutions specifically for capital markets and investment banking (CMIB), which can be deployed across Nomura and the financial industry.

The programme, which was launched in April, aims to create banking solutions for client on-boarding, business intelligence and market insights, enhanced risk & control, and human resources management, using emerging technologies.

Six of the eight startups are Indian, including Recommender Labs, Senseforth, Simility, Surukam, vPhrase and Tookitaki, with all of them having collaborated with the advisory firm to develop proof of concepts in the relevant areas using Nomura’s domain expertise.