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Brad Levy joined Symphony in July 2020 as the president and chief commercial officer. In June 2021, he assumed the role of chief executive officer after former founder David Gurle stepped down from the executive position. Levy had previous experience working at Goldman Sachs and IHS Markit before
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as an internal messaging system called Live Current. In October 2014, Goldman Sachs and 14 other financial institutions invested $ 66 million to establish Symphony Communication Services LLC and acquire Perzo, Inc., a secure communication application known for its
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The Symphony Software Foundation has announced its decision to use the Apache License 2.0 for providing the software as open-source. The foundation will make the contributions available through its GitHub repository.
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in October 2019. The release of software components called Elements aimed to facilitate the development of custom applications on the Symphony platform. Symphony 2.0 was launched one year later.
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On November 28, 2014, Symphony Communication Services LLC completed the acquisition of technology assets from Collaboration Services, the open messaging network developed by
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The company's most recent funding round took place in December 2020, known as the Series E round, where it raised $ 50 million from existing investors.
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is an instant messaging service designed for use by financial firms. The software features include workplace chat, voice calling, video conferencing,
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in 2012, and he served as Symphony's CEO from 2014 to 2021. Gurle played a role in developing communication solutions for
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On August 2, 2021, Symphony Communication Services LLC acquired StreetLinx, a counterparty mapping platform.
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In June 2019, Symphony announced a funding round of $ 165 million with a valuation of $ 1.4 billion.
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and existing investors, resulting in a total valuation of the company surpassing $ 1 billion.
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On June 24, 2021, Symphony Communication Services LLC acquired Cloud9 Technologies, a voice
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In October 2015, Symphony announced a successful funding round of $ 100 million, led by
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By 2020, Symphony claimed to have amassed over 400,000 users on its platform.
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Symphony 2.0 was announced during the company's annual Innovate Conference in
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In May 2017, Symphony secured an additional $ 63 million in funding from
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The financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.
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In September 2014, fifteen financial firms, including
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Financial Technology
Communication software
www.symphony.com
encryption
Goldman Sachs
end-to-end encryption
David Gurle
Skype
Thomson Reuters
Microsoft
New York City
Bank of America
BNY Mellon
Google
Natixis
BNP Paribas
Standard Chartered
Markit Ltd.
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financial traders


"Goldman's Symphony of Babble"
"Goldman-Led Group of Firms Buys Perzo to Form Instant-Messaging Company"
"Goldman leads investment by Wall Street in new communications platform"
"Perzo: a military-grade messaging service that keeps the NSA at arms' length"
"Wall Street-Backed Symphony Wants To Revolutionize Financial Services Communication"
"Wall Street's Chat Plan Turns to Perzo's Chief"
"Announcing Symphony 2.0"

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