The US$12m raised by Halo are aimed at expanding its operations around the world and pursue two strategic initiatives on analytics and automation to “drastically changing the way structured products are manufactured, purchased and traded”.

Following the company’s most recent Series B financing round, which saw Allianz Life Ventures, part of Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, becoming the latest venture capitalist to invest in the platform, SRP caught up with its chief executive Biju Kulathakal ( pictured ) to talk about the competitive landscape and the current focus at Halo. “We were introduced to Allianz a while ago and this relationship has been on the making for some time now,” says Kulathakal.

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