Kursverdoppelung bei Actua Corporation (vorm. Internet Capital)

auf 5,3 Milliarden innerhalb von 9 Monaten gestiegen.

TAMP: $4.4 billion in AUM and $559 billion in AUA as of 9/30/15; VisX: $13.5M in AUM as of 9/30/15
Quelle:letztes Posting

$5.3 billion in regulatory assets under management  
As of 6/30/16 unless otherwise noted
Quelle: www.actua.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Q2-slides-Final.pdf

Hier kann man natürlich jetzt die Frage stellen, warum die Umsätze von Foliodynamix in den letzten Monaten nur mit Mühe und Not flat waren. Weiter oben haben wir ja schon über die Problematik des Zuflusses von Erträgen diskutiert: in nicht wenigen Fällen haben die Beteiligungen sogar das Geld schon in der Kasse, aber noch nicht als Umsatz gebucht, weil die Definition "vollständige erbrachte Leistung" und ihre Verbuchung sehr defizil ist.

www.thegreentie.org/voices/...f-ehs-and-sustainability-metrics

von Actua mit dem mickrigen von Hypoport,

Acutua's Kernbeteiligung Bolt macht es:

Key Facts of Bolt
         •§6 of the top 10 direct underwriters use the BOLT Platform™
         •§BOLT is enabling more than 50 of the biggest insurance companies to say "Yes" to their customers’ needs
         •§BOLT Insurance and The BOLT Insurance Platform have customer ratings that place them in the top 1% of all US businesses

www.actua.com/verticals/insurance/

www.govdelivery.com/blog/...ernment-technology-well-see-2017/

Growth of FedRAMP – Tied to #2, I think there will be a growth in the use of FedRAMP at not only federal but state and local levels.  With security becoming more and more important, one easy way for government agencies to ensure they are being safe is to buy only cloud software that has been heavily vetted by government through the FedRAMP process.  It’s a federal mandate, so agencies have to do this, plus if you are in state/local government it’s an easy checklist where someone has already done the work for you.

September 2nd, 2016

In a Digital World, Email Stands the Test of Time

The following blog post was originally published by Actua company, GovDelivery.
If there was ever a sign that the world is becoming increasingly digital, it was last month’s production of the last VCR.

To capitalize on the digital revolution, organizations around the world are adjusting their communications strategies with the purpose of increasing engagement and driving outcomes.
But no matter how you spin it, there is one channel that has stood the test of time: email.
Email marketing continues to have the highest ROI of any digital platform. According to Campaign Monitor, for every $1 spent on email marketing, it generates $38 in return.

In the public sector, we use external promotion to drive outcomes like increasing grant applications or addressing children’s literacy – and email continues to be a strong ally in those endeavors.

www.actua.com/digital-world-email-stands-test-time/

September 7th, 2016
FolioDynamix Increases Sales Presence in Key Markets
A Focus on Mew Markets and Initiatives Drives Targeted Hires
NEW YORK, NY – September 7, 2016 – FolioDynamix, a leading provider of wealth management technology and advisory services, expanded its national sales team with the hires of Chicago-based Sean Mullen and Dallas-based Jerome Hill.
Mullen, who was most recently with Envestnet, is focused on expanding the firm’s footprint with enterprise-type broker-dealer clients, at the national level. “I’ve seen a lot of different technology offerings throughout my tenure in the industry and I believe that Folio is hands down amongst the best for advisors,” says Mullen. “I think that there’s a tremendous opportunity in the marketplace as firms choose technology partners that integrate well and who will support them through the long-term. FolioDynamix has a great story, and I’m excited to be able to tell it.”
Hill, who has a background in financial services and institutional sales, is focused on the firm’s FDx Complete offering, a turnkey end-to-end wealth management and advisory solution ideal for RIA firms. FDx Complete allows a firm to onboard in less than 30 days with a technology platform that offers account opening, trading, rebalancing, reporting, and more—as well as the ability to leverage advisory options with various levels of control (including Rep as PM). FDx Complete offers an easy way for many firms to transition some of their traditionally commission-based business to a cost-effective fee-based model.
www.actua.com/...dynamix-increases-sales-presence-key-markets/

www.ehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2016-Sterigenics1.pdf

www.ehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2016-Ember-Resources1.pdf

www.govdelivery.com/company/careers/#jobs

of Actua

www.actua.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Q2-slides-Final.pdf

antizipiert:

"Year-to-date bookings are ahead of our expectations and we expect to see this momentum continue, leading to significantly stronger growth in the action half of the year."

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The share.-price don’t anticipate the gigantic change by Bolt

Turning to our businesses starting with slide six. While revenue growth was flattened, BOLT's bookings are pacing much higher. For the quarter, we added 400,000 of ARR from an existing customer and 300,000 in one time bookings. This brings year-to-date ARR bookings to over $3 million, which we should start recognizing as revenue in Q4. I should point out this is dramatically ahead of where we were a year ago, which was in the low six-figure bookings for the first half.
The sales pipeline continues to build nicely. We entered the quarter with 14 opportunities and added one. This, combined with the progress the Company has made in sales and marketing, positions the Company well for a strong second half. The investments we've made in the network have allowed us to get new customers up and running quickly. One of the top five carriers who recently signed with BOLT late last year has rapidly grown premiums to $1 million run rate by the end of June. This growth should continue as this customer continues to aggressively expand this utilization of the platform. Another top 10 carrier customer continues to increase its seat licenses with BOLT, having jumped from 25 at the start of the relationship to 350 today with more on the way.
We finished the quarter with 59,700 users on the platform, up from 56,000 at the beginning of the year. Additionally, the opportunities of qualified risk going through the platform grew to 3 million in the quarter, up from 2.5 million in Q1. This resulted in $1.5 billion of premiums on the platform, up from $1.4 billion at the end of the first quarter.
Finally, carrier connections are up over 5,300 from roughly 5,100 in Q1, but now 99 insurance carriers integrated into the platform. As a result of the platform basically being built out and strong bookings growth we've seen year-to-date, the Company's making excellent progress for being operating cash flow positive much sooner than we previously forecasted.

finance.yahoo.com/news/...a-earnings-conference-154356723.html

“We’re proud to be recognized as an IDC Innovator for Smart City Open Data Platforms and Location-Based Smart City Civic Engagement Tools,” said Scott Burns, CEO of GovDelivery. “The recognition reflects our work connecting more than 1,000 government organizations with more than 100 million people to truly transform the citizen experience. This is especially exciting coming on the heels of our achievement of Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) compliance, having met the industry’s most stringent security standards.”

www.streetinsider.com/Press+Releases/...tegories/11715888.html

California Makes GovOps Portal Open Source

Staff Report / September 2, 2016 / View Comments / Featured, Gov 2.0, Open Data
California’s Government Operations Agency has moved its open data portal to an open source platform.

California piloted the first statewide open data portal, GreenGov.data.ca.gov, with data sets and results from the GreenGov Challenge, a code-a-thon built around sustainability data sets hosted on the pilot site. GovOps is now moving the open data portal to an open source platform (DKAN) to ensure the longevity of continuous efforts to make government

GovDelivery worked with California’s GovOps to move over to the DKAN platform.

civsourceonline.com/2016/09/02/...-govops-portal-open-source/

Cash flow for the last two quarters of 2016 will be very strong as originally planned

Adjusted cash flow from operations was a positive $2.6 million in the second quarter of 2016, which was better than our expectation and compares to a positive $1.2 million in the 2015 quarter. We expect operating cash flow for the last two quarters of 2016 will be very strong as originally planned, and our cash balance will increase as the year progresses.
finance.yahoo.com/news/...a-earnings-conference-154356723.html


Across all of our businesses, it remains a focus for us to generate positive operating cash flow leverage

Let me provide some additional color on the businesses. Overall, the Company's recorded new bookings that exceeded our expectations, as Buck discussed. GovDelivery had a great quarter; solid top line revenue and bookings growth with the best second quarter positive operating cash flow they have reported. BOLT had its best quarter every from an operating cash perspective, reflecting the significant improvements in bookings where cash is received in advance of revenue - and also tight cost controls. While still negative operating cash flow is a significant improvement.
VelocityEHS had another great quarter from top line revenue growth, bookings, net income and positive operating cash flow. FolioDynamix had a solid quarter from a bottom line perspective, exceeding our expectations. While operating cash flow was slightly negative this quarter, reflecting timing around some working capital, we expect FolioDynamix to generate positive operating cash flow for 2016 and beyond. Across all of our businesses, it remains a focus for us to generate positive operating cash flow leverage. Expect to see more of these improvements looking forward.

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Over the last few decades, continued environmental, operational, and technological
changes have led to the development of multiple distribution channels in the
insurance industry. Insurers no longer rely solely on traditional channels such as
agents and brokers, but have developed new alternate channels to drive growth at
lower costs.

As competition in insurance markets is intensifying, cost savings and customer
retention has become critical, forcing insurers to look for ways to drive sales and
customer convenience while keeping costs low and maintaining profitability. These
factors are leading to the emergence of additional channels such as call centers,
mobile, and web.

Changes in customer behavior and preferences around products, distribution
channels, and processes are also acting as catalysts for the development of
alternative channels. For example, insurers are now partnering with banks and
affinity groups to help drive policy sales. While these trends began in the more
mature insurance markets, developing markets have been following suit.
With advancements in technology, insurers have started exploring ways to develop
newer distribution channels in the online space. As customers continue to integrate
the use of the internet in their daily lives, this has become an attractive medium
through which firms can advertise and distribute insurance products. We are
already witnessing a gradual change in the buying habits of customers as they make
use of the internet in the decision making and product buying process.

Insurance companies are also effectively using technology to better meet customer
demands by better integrating technology with the whole policy sales cycle. They
are focusing on speeding up the complete insurance distribution process while also
identifying processes that can be automated—improving efficiency and profitability.
These initiatives are enabling insurance firms to scale up their business models by
strengthening their internal processes with a goal of better customer service.

www.capgemini.com/resource-file-access/...urance_Channels.pdf

Insurance companies are also effectively using technology to better meet customer
demands by better integrating technology with the whole policy sales cycle. They
are focusing on speeding up the complete insurance distribution process while also
identifying processes that can be automated—improving efficiency and profitability.
These initiatives are enabling insurance firms to scale up their business models by
strengthening their internal processes with a goal of better customer service.

www.capgemini.com/resource-file-access/...urance_Channels.pdf

Implications 1
The online sale of insurance products has tremendous potential for distributing
policies while keeping overall costs low. Insurers should focus on increased
adoption of this channel to generate new product sales and also to provide related
services to their customers. They should also use it to provide customer service and
collect customer feedback. The online channel can also be leveraged to provide
claims management and related services to customers.

Products that have achieved high market penetration and for which there is intense
competition within the industry—leading to lower profitability—are more likely
to be the ones that can be sold online. Insurers should identify these products
and develop the necessary systems to sell them online. Insurers also need to study
the typical profile of a customer who is more likely to use the internet to get
information on insurance products, and then create targeted online sales strategies.
While developing an online portal, insurers should make sure that the portal works
as an integrated part of the whole multi-channel distribution network.

While the usage of SaaS-based solutions by insurance companies is still in its initial
stages, insurers need to understand the importance and utility of the SaaS model to
analyze how it can be leveraged to extract maximum value across multiple channels.
Firms should also explore the possibilities arising from SaaS-based solutions to
better collaborate with agents and brokers and to provide them with a robust
platform for better customer relationship management. Delivering applications using
the SaaS model while supporting it with cloud computing will help insurers provide
a strong value proposition to its agents and brokers.

At the same time, insurers should also understand the data security and regulatory
risks that arise from usage of the SaaS model. Currently, these serve as biggest
impediments to increased adoption of the SaaS model by insurers and need to be
explored as an industry.

www.trustpilot.com/review/www.boltinsurance.com

By Joy LePree | September 1, 2016

“The small, cellular devices allow us to take the data from any of our sensors, and will also connect to anyone else’s sensors, and send data to the cloud, allowing the data to be displayed on BinView. This makes the rates for viewing and seeing inventory and level data very economical, which means it is a simple and cost effective means of making sure there is always enough to material available.”

MSDSonline, the VelocityEHS Chemical Management product, (Chicago, Ill.; www.msdsonline.com) recently enhanced its Chemical Inventory Scanner app, making it easier for users to scan and search barcodes for improved access to container details, safety data sheets and other chemical inventory information.

“With better visibility of the chemical and quantities at a specific location, the app helps users meet a variety of regulatory reporting requirements for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) and other agencies,” says John Colon, business product analyst with VelocityEHS. “The app was created for workers where safety and compliance tasks include managing safety data sheets for chemicals and tracking containers of the chemicals. It is also suitable for employees who need in-the-field access to information about the chemicals in their inventory. Users of the app benefit from getting instant access to the most up-to-date information wherever an Internet connection is available and from the ......

www.chemengonline.com/...creasingprocess-efficiency/?pagenum=3  

we've ever seen at an earlier stage

Kurt Maddern, Evercor ISI - Analyst [4]
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Then just, Buck, obviously, great to see BOLT really starting to pick up here. I mean, do you feel like we're a little bit at a tipping point with that business now in terms of just a more regular cadence of signings? I know it's always going to be perhaps more lumpy than some of the other businesses. But do you feel good about sort of the pipeline and the ability to close the pipeline at a little bit more regular cadence going forward?
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Walter Buckley, Actua - Chairman, CEO [5]
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Yes, I do. I think we - not only are we saying good maturity from a top - it's sort of a late-stage pipeline activity. We've probably seen more activity than we've ever seen at an earlier stage. I really do think the industry's waking up to the power of this platform now that it's basically built out and the results that our current customers are seeing. So, I don't want to declare victory yet, but I think that we are well along the way. And it's impossible to completely pick the tipping point - the moment of the tipping point, but I think we're getting a lot closer. And I think we've - the Company has a real momentum; a momentum I don't think we've seen in a while.

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At VelocityEHS, one of our goals is to help you reach your EHS and sustainability goals faster. We design software solutions that are quickly scalable and that can be deployed enterprisewide. Our ergonomics solution allows you to provide expert, web-based online assessment and training to thousands of employees at the same time for less than it costs to support traditional live coaching programs at a single location.
Ergonomics focuses on helping workers lessen muscle fatigue, increase productivity and reduce the number and severity of work-related musculoskeletal injuries. The VelocityEHS ergonomics tool makes it easy for employees to perform self-assessments and self-correct issues. Your people can fit training into their busy schedules, with modular Training, Evaluation and Issue Resolution components that run 15-20 minutes in length and can be completed as time allows. By right fitting jobs to your workers with improved workstation layouts and workflows you set them up to achieve significant gains in productivity and job satisfaction.
Now, without leaving your desk, you can deploy and monitor an entire enterprise-wide system, monitor progress, provide remote assistance, track and report on ergonomic processes. You no longer have to choose which employees to protect, and can manage risk, control loss and contribute to your company’s bottom line in meaningful ways — through program efficiencies and reductions in worker injuries.

www.ehs.com/solutions/ergonomics/