Keynote Speech by Bundeep Singh Rangar I Vanfunding 2016

VanFUNDING 2016 is a not to be missed full day fintech crowdfunding conference that will provide unparalleled industry access, education, networking and funding opportunities to over 300 attendees in Canada’s rapidly growing alternative finance industry.

The conference featured a full day of high profile speakers, keynote(s), panel discussions, workshops, entrepreneurial pitches, industry pitch+meet, 1-1 expert meetings and exhibitor/demo lounge with leading fintech crowdfunding companies, investors, platforms, providers and the entire crowd-economy.

Fineqia was proud to be a Title Sponsor of the conference this year.

Bundeep Singh Rangar, CEO of Fineqia, was a key note speaker at the event. Watch his speech below: 

                                          

Most Successful British Companies Founded by Immigrants: Sassoon

Sassoon

This genius with Greek-heritage revolutionized women’s hairstyles in the post-war years. Mr. Sassoon’s salon on Bond Street in London became a hive of beautiful people, as did the ones he opened on Madison Avenue in New York in 1965 and, afterward, in Beverly Hills. Eventually he operated more than 20. He became a business pioneer creating a line of hair products under his name, building it into international hair-products empire.

Most Successful British Companies Founded by Immigrants: Toni&Guy

Toni&Guy

Toni&Guy, multi-award winning hairdressing and education business, was founded in 1963 by brothers Giuseppe (Tony) and Gaetano (Guy) Mascolo. Their first salon was opened in 1963 in London.  Today, Toni & Guy has more than 6,000 employees in more than 400 salons. It has won over 50 British Hairdressing Awards including Best British Artistic Team a record (11 times), British Hairdresser of the Year three times and Newcomer of the Year seven times. 

Most Successful British Companies Founded by Immigrants: Caffè Nero

Caffè Nero

This European style coffee house brand, ranked UK’s third-largest coffee chain, was founded in 1997 by Gerry Ford, an American businessman. In March 2001, the company joined joined the London Stock Exchange under the symbol CFN. After a highly successful period on the London Stock Exchange, in early 2007, Caffè Nero was taken private in order to give it more flexibility to grow the business. Today, the company runs more than 700 coffee houses worldwide and is established in seven countries: the UK, Ireland, Poland, Cyprus, Turkey, the UAE and the United States.

Most Successful British Companies Founded by Immigrants: Cobra Beer

Cobra Beer

Cobra Beer has been founded by an Indian entrepreneur, immigrant to Britain, Karan Faridoon Bilimoria. He launched Cobra Beer when he realised that Britain deserved a better, smoother, less gassy lager. Not just smoother, but one which complemented food, and could appeal to both ale and lager drinkers alike.

Most Successful British Companies Founded by Immigrants: Jimmy Choo

Jimmy Choo

Jimmy Choo is an iconic British luxury accessories brand defined by an empowered sense of glamour. It was founded in 1996 by a Malaysian fashion designer Jimmy Choo.

After learning from his father about the craft of shoemaking, Choo made his way to England in the early 1980s. Choosing to remain in England, Choo opened his first shop in Hackney in 1986 in an old hospital building. It didn’t take long for Choo’s reputation to build. Within two years of opening his shop, Choo’s shoes were featured in an eight-page spread in Vogue magazine. 

Most Successful British Companies Founded by Immigrants: New Look

New Look

New Look is a South African-owned British global fashion retailer with a chain of high street shops. It was founded by Tom Singh in Wellington, Somerset in 1969. Since then the company has rapidly expanded and now operates across a chain of over 1,000 stores internationally, including Belgium, France, the Netherlands, the Republic of Ireland, Romania, Malta, Malaysia, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, United Arab Emirates, China, Germany, Russia, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Azerbaijan and Poland, and a staff of over 30,000.

Most Successful British Companies Founded by Immigrants: WPP plc

WPP plc

WPP plc, a British multinational advertising and public relations company, owes its international success to Martin Sorrell. Martin Stuart Sorrell was born in London to a Jewish family with an electronics retailer father, whose ancestors came from Russia, Poland and Romania. Sorell took over shopping basket manufacturer WPP in 1985 and turned it into an advertising monolith. In 2015, Martin Sorrell ranked No. 5 in the Harvard Business Review’s 100 Best-Performing CEOs in the World. 

Most Successful British Companies Founded by Immigrants: N. M. Rothschild and Sons

N. M. Rothschild and Sons

N. M. Rothschild and Sons, a British multinational investment banking company, has been founded by a Jewish German banker, businessman and financier Nathan Mayer  Rothschild. Once the wealthiest man on earth, Nathan was one of five sons of the second generation of the Rothschild banking dynasty.

Rothschild is consistently in the top 10 global investment banks for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory. The firm competes against a wide range of investment banks such as JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. 

Most Successful British Companies Founded by Immigrants: Reuters

Reuters Group Plc

Reuters Group Plc, a worldwide provider of news and financial data, was started in 1851 by German immigrant Paul Julius Reuter at London’s Royal Exchange building. Drawing on his experience of running a news and stock price information service at Aachen, he established a reputation for speed, accuracy, integrity and impartiality by combining technologies of telegraph cables and a fleet of carrier pigeons. 

The Reuters News Agency today employs about 2,500 journalists and 600 photojournalists in some 200 locations worldwide. Reuters Group was acquired by Canada’s Thomson Corp. in 2008 for $17.2 billion.