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GUARDD, Inc.  is a SaaS platform service that collects, verifies, and disseminates private company information, including financial data, facilitating transparency for investors and Blue Sky compliance for issuers. With a Blue Sky GUARDD report a company's financial information is published in a National Securities Manual and their securities can trade on an ATS. Templum is excited to partner with Guardd to help clients navigate state Blue Sky laws, paving the way for new marketplaces to emerge and scale while enabling broader investor access. "GUARDD is an important service that drives transparency for both us and our issuers," says Christopher Pallotta, CEO of Templum Inc. "It allows us to focus on our technology, investor experiences, and new market infrastructure, while ensuring that our clients are compliant with state Blue Sky laws." ‍ For more information see the press release on MarketWatch .

May 3, 2021 - SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Mythic Markets, an investing platform and community for pop culture fans, is excited to announce that it now supports trading capabilities on its platform for investors. Mythic Markets' collection includes vintage comics, trading cards, fantasy art, video games, and memorabilia. As part of this strategic initiative, Mythic Markets chose SEC Registered Transfer Agent Vertalo of Austin, TX and FINRA  Registered Broker Dealer Templum Markets LLC of New York to, respectively, assist in managing the digital ledger and create a frictionless trading solution for Mythic to its investor clients. Mythic Markets is currently offering All-Star Comics #8  (Wonder Woman's debut) at $37 per share, the original  Metroid  video game at $25 per share, and Magic: The Gathering 's Benalish Hero  original art for $35 per share, with previously sold collectibles including Amazing Fantasy #15  (Spider-Man's first appearance) and Magic: The Gathering's   Alpha Black Lotus card. Previously, Mythic Markets simply allowed buyers to purchase fractional ownership or shares of these valuable collectibles with the hope that they will one day be sold for a profit. Alternative assets like collectibles and art have been increasing in popularity for decades. Pop culture collectibles, in particular, have surged in demand since "geekdom" went mainstream. However, opportunities to buy have been prohibitively expensive for most individuals. Now, the Mythic Markets platform will provide the capability for the buying and selling of the ownership interests in the collectible - making the market accessible to fans of all income levels. In order to achieve this type of active marketplace, Mythic Markets has tapped digital transfer agent Vertalo  and Alternative Trading System (ATS) provider Templum . Vertalo provides Mythic Markets with a digital transfer agent and data management platform. Templum and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Templum Markets, provide the trading solutions, including trade matching, order management, risk and surveillance, and market data. The continuous trading model provided by Templum and Vertalo will make the investor experience for Mythic Markets far more interactive. CEO of Mythic Markets, Joe Mahavuthivanij, says, "Trading has been our most requested feature since we debuted back in 2019. We're extremely excited to offer our investors a real-time trading system that brings liquidity, price transparency, and investment access to people all over the country. We have been working with Vertalo and Templum to implement a solution for our clients and they have been instrumental in helping Mythic Markets implement trading of these valuable real world assets without the necessity of physical fulfillment." Dave Hendricks, CEO of Vertalo, explains, "Mythic Markets represents the emerging convergence of real world and digital assets. By offering their clients the opportunity to own a digitized fractional ownership of an iconic collectible, Mythic Markets enables more collectors to participate in a vibrant market for  iconic pop culture assets, while reducing the amount that they have to invest in order to benefit from any potential upside. Vertalo helps Mythic Markets to offer this service without any customer having to know anything about digital assets, tokens, wallets, or other complex technology that might create buyer or seller friction. The Vertalo team is honored to work with pioneers like Joe, Deb, and Tony at Mythic Markets." For more information on Vertalo , visit   www.vertalo.com   or stay updated with Vertalo's communications: Telegram –   https://t.me/vertalotoken Twitter –   https://twitter.com/vertalo_?lang=en Medium –   https://medium.com/@Vertalo LinkedIn –   https://www.linkedin.com/company/vertalo For more information on Mythic Markets , visit https://mythicmarkets.com/   or stay updated with Mythic Markets' communications: Instagram –   https://www.instagram.com/mythic_markets/   Twitter –   https://twitter.com/mythicmarkets   Facebook –   https://www.facebook.com/mythicmarkets For more information on Templum , visit https://www.templuminc.com/   or stay updated with Templum's communications: Twitter - https://twitter.com/TemplumHQ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/templuminc ABOUT VERTALO Launched after their own March 2018 STO, Vertalo is a B2B SaaS company founded to map the gaps between primary and secondary trading of digital securities offerings. As the 'Operating System for Digital Assets', Vertalo is focused on connecting and enabling the digital asset economy, providing an industry-leading cap table and investor onboarding solution that facilitates direct ownership and direct listing of any private asset. In addition to offering direct issuance services to private companies, Vertalo also offers white-label, licensed, and joint venture opportunities to capital advisors, broker-dealers, and investment banks. A subsidiary of SeriesX, Vertalo is headquartered in Austin, TX with offices in New York City and Seoul. Learn more about SeriesX and Vertalo at www.vertalo.io . ABOUT MYTHIC MARKETS Mythic Markets is an investing platform that allows fans to buy, sell and trade equity shares of the alternative assets they love. The company facilitates faster, easier, more flexible investment opportunities for buyers who want to jump into high-end collectibles, including the most prestigious and sought-after comics, trading cards, artwork and video games. This curated set of premium collectibles is fractionalized so investors can have more control over their portfolio, avoiding the overheads and challenges associated with physically holding such items while still reaping the financial benefits. Learn more at https://mythicmarkets.com . ABOUT TEMPLUM Templum Markets is a New York-based broker-dealer and Alternative Trading System (ATS) approved to trade unregistered private securities in 53 U.S. States and Territories, and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Templum, Inc., a trading technology company. Templum is paving the way for investors to participate in new asset classes through integrated market technologies and API's for primary issuance and secondary trading. Templum's combined solution provides liquidity and distribution in private markets by enabling a continuous trading experience for investors, rather than the manual processes currently in place. In doing so, Templum delivers custom trading solutions to power marketplaces. For more information, please visit www.templuminc.com . MEDIA CONTACT Katie Campisano             Kamp Media Relations for Vertalo katie@kamprelations.com 1.908.247.8678

NEW YORK, June 16, 2021 - Templum, Inc.  ("Templum"), a provider of next-generation capital markets infrastructure for alternatives and private securities, announced it has closed a strategic financing round led by WestCap . WestCap's investment in Templum enables the technology company to expand on marketplace services for its growing list of global clientele and enhance liquidity for institutional and retail investors across the ecosystem. Templum and its wholly owned broker dealer subsidiary, Templum Markets LLC, deliver transparency and liquidity to investors and marketplaces with its frictionless, end-to-end white-label trading technology products, using its proprietary Alternative Trading System ("ATS") and brokerage solutions. "The most recent investment from WestCap advances Templum's strategy to transform the alternative asset sector," said Templum CEO Christopher Pallotta . "Our innovative modular infrastructure powers marketplaces by offering fractionalized investing in alternative assets such as private equity, limited partnerships, real estate, collectibles, art, commodities, and debt products. We're seeing increasing appetite from investors for alternative assets and have experienced that first hand with our clients. The partnership with WestCap accelerates distribution and adoption of alternative assets with Templum as the underlying infrastructure." The investment was led by Laurence Tosi , WestCap's founder and former CFO of Airbnb and Blackstone, and by Scott Ganeles , senior partner at WestCap, who will now join Templum's Board of Directors. As longtime partners, Tosi and Ganeles also co-founded iPreo, a leading capital markets fintech company acquired by IHS Markit . WestCap has been actively monitoring the alternative asset industry as investor allocation to alternatives has grown throughout shifting economic trends over the past year. Per research firm Preqin , the alternatives asset industry is projected to increase to $17.14 trillion AUM by 2025 as alternatives are expected to continue to outperform public markets and bring significant diversification benefits to an overall portfolio strategy. "We're excited to partner with Templum as their proven technology and efficient marketplace removes the complexity in the alternative asset industry for capital markets participants," said Scott Ganeles. "Templum's streamlined solution is key to driving liquidity and transparency for alternative assets. Our investment in Templum expands access to the industry and positions WestCap, Templum, and their clients to capitalize on a space that is growing exponentially."For more information, please visit templuminc.com . About Templum Templum Markets LLC. is a New York-based broker-dealer and Alternative Trading System (ATS) approved to trade unregistered private securities in 53 U.S. States and Territories, and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Templum, Inc., a trading technology company. Templum is paving the way for investors to participate in new asset classes through integrated market technologies and APIs for primary issuance and secondary trading. Templum's combined solution provides liquidity and distribution in private markets by enabling a continuous trading experience for investors, rather than the manual processes currently in place. In doing so, Templum delivers custom trading solutions to power marketplaces. For more information, please visit www.templuminc.com . About WestCap Group WestCap Group is a growth equity firm founded by Laurence A. Tosi, who, together with the WestCap Group team, has founded, capitalized, and operated tech-enabled, asset-light marketplaces for over 20 years. With over $2 billion of assets under management, WestCap Group has made notable investments in technology businesses such as Airbnb, StubHub, iPreo, Skillz, Sonder, Addepar, Hopper, iCapital and Bolt. To learn more about WestCap Group, please visit WestCap.com .

NEW YORK, March 15, 2022—Templum, Inc. ("Templum"), a provider of next-generation cloud-based capital markets infrastructure for alternative assets and private securities, announced today that it had filed a provisional patent application with the United States Patent Office. In addition, Templum is also announcing accelerated growth over the last year. The firm's momentum reflects the market demand for its proprietary trading platform ("Platform") as investors embrace alternative investments. The patent application covers the Platform's unique, comprehensive, and scalable nature. Specifically, the Platform is an end-to-end marketplace software-as-a-service solution  that allows for trading in almost any asset class—including, but not limited to—fractionalized securities and limited partnership interests. The Platform integrates with third parties to support a seamless trading experience—customer onboarding, capital raising, trading, market surveillance, and settlement—from a single technology stack. Moreover, the Platform is scalable and capable of efficiently supporting marketplaces of all sizes and transaction volumes. In this context, and when paired with Templum's broker-dealer and Alternative Trading System, Templum Markets, the Platform allows investors to participate in private securities markets with the same protections that they would receive when trading public securities. "Investors today demand greater access to liquidity for different types of investments. Investing overall is transforming as investors increasingly adopt alternative investment instruments. We are defining this space and helping propel alternative assets even further into the mainstream with our proven technology and strong regulatory infrastructure. Templum is at the center of the ecosystem and removes the complexities historically encountered in the growing alternative asset industry," said Christopher Pallotta, founder and CEO of Templum. Templum's business momentum, new scalable solutions, and support of its clients are all underpinned by its hiring strategy, with team growth of 215% over last year. Templum-powered marketplaces have seen a 1,997% increase in investors and witnessed a 3,922% increase in trading volume during the same period. Momentum and unprecedented growth will continue as existing marketplaces come online throughout 2022. “Templum’s rapid growth is driven by our unique Platform  and expertise. The Templum Platform provides fractionalization, democratization, regulation (via Templum Markets) and proprietary technology to unlock trillions of dollars in assets and create a brand-new global ecosystem. Our advances have led us to engage in opportunities such as collectibles, real estate, art, energy, agriculture, wine, autos, and much more,” said Jeffery Gangl, Chief Commercial Officer of Templum. Templum is quickly becoming the trusted industry standard because of its robust proprietary technology, regulatory approval set, customer success, and breakneck innovation. About Templum   Templum Markets LLC is a New York-based broker-dealer and Alternative Trading System (ATS) approved to trade unregistered private securities in 53 U.S. states and territories and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Templum Inc., a trading technology company. Templum is paving the way for investors to participate in new asset classes through integrated market technologies and APIs for primary issuance  and secondary trading . Templum's combined solution provides liquidity and distribution in private markets by enabling a continuous trading experience for investors, rather than the manual processes currently in place. In doing so, Templum delivers custom trading solutions to power marketplaces. For more information, please visit www.templuminc.com .

NEW YORK, April 7, 2022 -- Templum, Inc. ("Templum"), a provider of next-generation cloud-based capital market infrastructure for alternative assets and private securities, announced today that it has won the A-Team Innovation Award for the Most Innovative Alternative Data Solution for Trading and Analytics. The A-Team Innovation Awards celebrate innovative projects and teams across the vendor and practitioner communities that use new and emerging technologies to deliver high-value solutions for financial institutions in capital markets. "As the alternative assets industry grows exponentially , so does the need for alternative data sets in ready-to-use formats to help investors discover opportunities and minimize risk," stated Christopher Pallotta, Founder and CEO of Templum. "We are excited to have one of the most robust alternative data solutions in the industry powered by our marketplaces focused on alternative assets including real estate, collectibles, artwork, media royalties, agriculture, energy and many more. As a leader in the space, we are setting the standard for alternative data solutions for trading and analysis." The Innovation Awards recognize outstanding performance by the vendors of data and technology solutions to the financial industry, focusing on Data Management and Trading Technology. The awards are overseen by the A-Team Innovation Awards Advisory Board, which helps to shape the categories and review the nominations alongside A-Team Group editors to select the winners. Andrew Delaney, President and Chief Content Officer at A-Team Group, said, "Congratulations to the winners of our Innovation Awards 2022. Thank you to all the practitioners and vendors who entered their ground-breaking solutions and services and A-Team Group's independent, expert advisory board collaborating with our editorial team to select this year's winners. These awards are extremely popular and competitive, highlighting technological innovation that will be game-changing for capital markets participants." Templum's growing list of awards and accolades includes two recent shortlist nominations in the 2022 Trading TechInsight Awards in two award categories: Best Cloud-Based Trading Environment and Best Alternative Data Consolidator. The industry confirms the final winners via polling conducted  through April 11, 2022. Winners are announced in June 2022. About Templum Templum Markets LLC. is a New York-based broker-dealer and Alternative Trading System (ATS) approved to trade unregistered private securities in 53 U.S. states and territories and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Templum, Inc., a trading technology company. Templum is paving the way for investors to participate in new asset classes through integrated market technologies and APIs for primary issuance and secondary trading. Templum's combined solution provides liquidity and distribution in private markets by enabling continuous trading experience for investors rather than the manual processes currently in place. In doing so, Templum delivers custom trading solutions to power marketplaces. For more information, please visit www.templuminc.com . About the A-Team Innovation Awards The awards, now in their second year, celebrate innovative projects and teams across vendor and practitioner communities that make use of new and emerging technologies to deliver high-value solutions for financial institutions in capital markets. ‍

NEW YORK, June 24, 2022 — Templum, Inc. ("Templum"), a provider of next-generation cloud-based capital market infrastructure for alternative assets and private securities, announced today that it has won the TradingTech Insight USA Award for the Best Cloud-Based Trading Environment. These awards recognize excellence in trading solutions and services for capital markets and focus on technology leaders providing exceptional trading infrastructure, trading technology, and data solutions. These awards are overseen by the A-Team Innovation Awards Advisory Board, which helps to shape the categories and review the nominations alongside A-Team Group editors to select the winners. The TradingTech Insight shortlist is comprised of companies recognized as leaders in their space, shaping the future of trading infrastructure technology and data solutions, and finally chosen by the industry through a voting process. "It is an honor to be recognized by the TradingInsight Advisory Board and the capital markets industry for this award," stated Christopher Pallotta, Founder and CEO of Templum. "Perhaps the single most significant development in securities markets in the new millennium has been the explosive growth of private markets. This has presented a challenge in creating and building an institutional-grade market infrastructure for the primary issuance and secondary trading of private securities. Templum uniquely solves this challenge. Templum's cloud-based trading  environment paves the way for investors to participate in new asset classes. In addition, our combined trading solution provides an innovative and scalable ecosystem in private markets by enabling a continuous trading experience for investors/issuers rather than the current time-consuming manual processes." Angela Wilbraham, CEO at A-Team Group, stated, “Congratulations Templum for winning Best Cloud-Based Trading Environment in the fourth annual TradingTech Insight Award USA. This year’s TradingTech Insight USA awards have been extremely popular and competitive, highlighting established solution providers and innovative newcomers within capital markets that provide exceptional trading infrastructure, trading technology, and data solutions.” Templum's growing list of awards and accolades includes this recent prestigious win as well as the A-Team Innovation Award for the  Most Innovative Alternative Data Solution for Trading and Analytics and shortlist recognition for "Best Alternative Data Provider" for the WatersTechnology.com Rankings 2022. About Templum Templum is paving the way for investors to participate in new asset classes through integrated market technologies and APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) for primary issuance and secondary trading. Templum's award-winning and patent-pending combined solution provides liquidity and distribution in private markets by enabling a continuous trading experience for investors rather than the manual processes currently in place. In doing so, Templum delivers custom trading solutions to power marketplaces. Templum Markets LLC. is a New York-based broker-dealer and Alternative Trading System (ATS) approved to trade unregistered private securities in 53 U.S. states and territories and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Templum, Inc., a trading technology company. For more information, please visit www.templuminc.com . About the TradingTech Insight Awards The awards, now in their fourth year, celebrate innovative projects and teams across vendor and practitioner communities that make use of new and emerging technologies to deliver high-value solutions for financial institutions in capital markets. Interested in seeing Templum in Action?  Schedule a Demo Here. ‍

By Edward Lee Amid desultory returns elsewhere, retail and institutional investors are increasingly searching for new sources of diversification. –Alternative assets, specifically digital securities sold pursuant to Regulation A+, Regulation CF, and Rule 506(b) are now an asset class available to non-accredited investors to meet demand for diversification. However, as with any nascent asset class, investors seek the peace of mind that the alternative assets they diversify their portfolio with are traded in a marketplace that is required to follow a known, and standardized, set of risk management and compliance practices.  Automation has improved the efficiency of secondary markets, and technology has enabled market participants to solve problems with innovative solutions. Markets and market participants have also adopted advanced technologies to facilitate compliance with regulatory requirements in many areas. However, it is essential to remember that not all technology regarding risk and compliance is the same. What does good look like for today's private alternative marketplace?   Liquidity is undoubtedly the main risk facing investors in the fractionalized asset market. However, some allocators have yet to fully understand the differences between a fractionalized asset and traditional equity security. Accordingly, at Templum, we implement processes to help our clients overcome these various challenges. For instance, our ATS (Alternative Trading System) comes with a comprehensive and customizable surveillance engine, so you can tailor the monitoring of events and rules based on the marketplace you are running. In addition, users can configure rules for orders placed or trades executed based on various criteria, including order size (e.g., absolute or % of outstanding), trade value, price, or price differentials based on the last trade.  Rules can also be set up to alert specific parties, such as management or compliance, who can then initiate a trading halt. In addition to a comprehensive set of rules, you can customize how they apply to specific entities, assets, or investors to ensure your marketplace operates compliantly while enhancing investors' experience.  In terms of risk management and surveillance, what tools should be considered? Not all technology and solutions are the same, with some technology stacks offering nothing more than risk surveillance post-order match. What should you look for from your technology and broker dealer partner?   1. Pre-order match. Identifying risks once they already exist is good but the ability to identify risks before they happen is crucial, for example, the ability to prevent an insider from selling before being allowed to sell. Templum has several pre-order entry risk controls, setting it apart from other solutions. As a result, Templum's system reduces risk by not letting risk be created in the first place. 2. Post-order match. These rules are for items that the issuer does not necessarily want to prevent but be aware of as they occur.  For example, receiving an email notification when the last trade price for a security is up or down 10% from the previous trade price. 3. Customizable rules engine The flexibility to create rules based on concerns specific to your marketplaces vs the limitations of a one size fits all approach is paramount. We at Templum understand that issuers require that flexibility.  These risk and surveillance standards coupled with a registered broker-dealer ensure that investors can trade securities in a marketplace that offers automated, continuous trading in a regulated environment. The Opportunity is Front and Center According to Pitchbook data, global crowdfunding exploded from $8.61 billion in 2020 to $113.52 billion last year – a 1,021% increase. The US market alone doubled year on year through Regulation CF and A+, with much higher numbers being raised and over 32% oversubscribed, according to SEC (Securities & Exchange Commission) filings1. Today the growth is undeniable, and the demand from investors exists. The market is also expected to expand significantly in 2022 and 2023 as ATSs, start to list private securities; specifically, the market is projected to grow from $7 trillion in 2021 to $30 trillion in 2030, according to Forbes2. The traditional method of consummating a transaction in alternative assets was burdensome and complicated. However, the opportunities are enormous for firms that use technology to facilitate compliance with regulatory requirements at scale while bringing standardization and risk control to enhance the investor experience.   1 https://pitchbook.com/news/reports/q2-2022-pitchbook-analyst-note-analysts-advise-on-key-trends-to-watch-as-markets-return-to-turmoil 2 https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesfinancecouncil/2022/06/16/the-growing-popularity-of-the-private-secondary-market/?sh=6670fefd27ae‍ Is your firm looking to create a private personalized marketplace backed by a sophisticated technology stack? See Templum’s Award Winning Solution book a demo today.‍ ‍

The alternative asset class needs new infrastructure — who will build it? A recent article in TechCrunch authored by David Jegen and Abdul Abdirahman asked this question and we could not agree more that the alternative asset class need new infrastructure but, spoiler alert... the future is here now. Templum does this today.   Templum has recognized the growing problem of "the lack of digital infrastructure" for alternative assets. We knew the traditional alternative assets ecosystem was fragmented and ill-equipped to handle mass investor adoption and scale. We have witnessed investors and platforms cobbling together “tools and infrastructure,” to create inefficient "trading platforms" that fall well short of investor expectations.   So, we solved the problem; we architected and launched a purpose-built trading platform  and infrastructure solution. Our platform empowers issuer-centric marketplaces and provides market participants with an enterprise-grade trading experience  through its API powered technology stack, robust market data offering, and regulated trading and custodial workflows. For marketplaces, Templum empowers them to access additional end-investors through a single point of access. Moreover, Templum is continuing to expand its ecosystem, becoming a single access point for investment platforms, fintech platforms and wealth allocators to source alternative investments for the end investor across multiple alternative asset categories, in both the primary and secondary markets, through a single SEC-regulated brokerage or advisory account.   Custody, Clearing and Settlement Alternative Asset Brokerage Accounts Liquidity Opportunities   Broker-Dealer and ATS Services Asset Distribution Primary Issuance Data Aggregation and Analytics Market Surveillance Retail through Institutional Investors And More For firms seeking infrastructure focused on scale, efficient access to additional liquidity options and improving the investor experience, they do not need to look further than Templum. Here is a snippet from TechCrunch: ‍ “Just as these traditional alternatives are becoming a consistent part of the modern investment portfolio, a new era of alternative assets is emerging, fueling an even broader and more fragmented landscape for investing. Dozens of platforms have launched to fractionalize, package and distribute everything from farmland, litigation finance and P2P lending to art, wine and collectibles. Crypto added fuel to this trend and quickly became a mass-market asset category. Together with more established alternative classes like venture capital and private equity, these new alternatives give retail investors unprecedented access to asset classes that either never existed (like crypto) or were previously limited to high-net-worth investors. However, there is a problem in alternative assets: the lack of digital infrastructure. Traditional alternative assets like venture capital and private equity at least have an ecosystem built to serve them, but that infrastructure is aging and built for a narrower base of institutional investors, like endowments, pension funds and large family offices."   Read the full article from TechCrunch ‍   Is your firm looking to create a private personalized marketplace backed by a sophisticated technology stack? See Templum’s Award Winning Solution book a demo today. ‍