Junod, Muhlstein, Lévy & Puder advised Taurus SA on its USD 65 million Series B financing round. The Series B included strategic investors Credit Suisse (as lead investor), Deutsche Bank, Pictet Group, Cedar Mundi Ventures, as well as Series A investors Arab Bank Switzerland and Swiss listed real estate group Investis. Taurus co-founders, Lamine Brahimi, CFA, Sébastien Dessimoz, Oren-Olivier Puder and Jean-Philippe (JP) Aumasson remain the largest shareholders of Taurus and at the helm of the Company. The transaction was approved by FINMA.
Taurus will continue to invest in its platform to service the world’s largest banks on any type of digital assets. The Company will accelerate its technology sales expansion with new offices in Europe, UAE, and soon after in the Americas and South-East Asia.
Our team was led by partner Lorine Meylan-Boissier (Corporate/M&A) and included partner Alain Bruno Lévy (Banking & Finance), partner Laurent Muhlstein (IP/IT) and associate Sabine Burgener.
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