Douglas Monieson
Angel Investor
Chicago, United States
Douglas Monieson is a seed investor in Chicago focused on Legal and FinTech. Douglas has board responsibilities for two of HPA’s portfolio companies: UICO, a touch-screen manufacturing company, and Group Gift, a crowd-sourced B2B group gifting site. He also led the successful exit of Gradebeam, which was purchased by Textura in 2011. Gradebeam.com was a SAAS business that connects general contractors and subcontractors inthe construction industry. Douglas has been involved in the financial trading community for more than twenty years. He began his career in 1989 as a spot foreign exchange dealer at Manufacturers Hanover. He became a Commodity Trading Advisor in 1991 and worked for Commodities Corporation, where he successfully traded from both their Princeton and Chicago offices. Since 1994, he has been an active member of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). He is a founding member of the NASDAQ100 futures pit, and served as the Vice Chairman of the Pit Committee from the pit’s inception until 2001. He worked closely with the CME Board of Directors and staff on pit design, pit space allocation and helped with the successful launch of the e-mini NASDAQ contract in 2001. Douglas is a valued member of the CME Pit Supervision Committee (1999-Present) and has served on the CME Group’s Political Action Committee since 2007. Douglas has made regular appearances as a financial commentator on Bloomberg TV and has made guest appearances on CNBC, CNNFN, and Canada’s Report on Business TV. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Modern Asset Group, an alternative investment management firm with an expertise in managed futures.Douglas graduated from the University of Michigan in 1987 with a BA in Economics and received his MBA in finance from the University of Chicago in 1989. He and his wife Leslie live in Lincoln Park with their two children, Aaron and Sarie.
- Total investments:
- 2
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
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Industries Douglas Monieson invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Legal 1 (50%)
- FinTech 1 (50%)
- Compliance 1 (50%)
- Legal Tech 1 (50%)
- Financial Services 1 (50%)
Stage
- Seed 1 (50%)
- Series A 1 (50%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Ascent provides a cloud-based platform that helps financial services firms to keep their businesses compliant. Its platform analyzes business activities, informs about potential compliance obligations, and assists in tracking and complying with relevant requirements. The company's cloud-based solutions include issue tracking and management,industry reference and research materials, and compliance manual documentation.. | $6M / Series A / Mar 01, 2018 | ||
| Ascent provides a cloud-based platform that helps financial services firms to keep their businesses compliant. Its platform analyzes business activities, informs about potential compliance obligations, and assists in tracking and complying with relevant requirements. The company's cloud-based solutions include issue tracking and management,industry reference and research materials, and compliance manual documentation.. | $1.2M / Seed / Aug 30, 2016 |
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What does Douglas Monieson invest in?
Douglas Monieson invests primarily in Legal, FinTech and Compliance startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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