Connamara Technologies Achieves SOC 2 Type II Certification

Connamara Technologies is pleased to announce that it has successfully completed the Service Organization Controls (SOC) 2 Type II certification created by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). This certification demonstrates the company’s commitment to the highest standards of client confidentiality and information security with all of its policies, practices, and systems subjected to review. In collaboration with Vanta for continuous monitoring and Johanson Group for formal certification, Connamara demonstrated its scrupulous adherence to the highest standards for data security.

Achieving SOC 2 Type II certification marks a significant organizational milestone in the evolution of Connamara Technologies. SOC 2 is a cybersecurity compliance framework and a widely recognized and respected compliance standard for companies entrusted with sensitive data. Connamara Technologies’ successful certification provides enterprise customers and partners with enhanced confidence.  

“Many of our EP3 customers operate exchanges that are government regulated. Although Connamara Technologies is not a regulated entity, we wanted  to demonstrate  the same level of security controls, policies, and procedures that our customers must meet. The SOC 2 Type II certification allows us to show, on a yearly basis, that we do indeed meet the required levels of client confidentiality and information security,” remarked James Downs, Co-Founder and CEO of Connamara Technologies, upon certification. “We are committed to continually updating and enhancing our practices to keep this longstanding commitment to our customers.” 

The full SOC-2 Type II certification report is available upon request. Please reach out to a Connamara Technologies team member with any questions.

About SOC 2

SOC 2 is a component of the American Institute of CPAs‘ (AICPA) Service Organization Control reporting platform. SOC 2 reports assess and attest to an organization’s controls per AICPA’s 5 Trust Service Criteria: security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy. SOC 2 includes a technical audit and confirmation that comprehensive information security policies and procedures are documented and followed.

About Connamara Technologies:

Connamara Technologies builds future-ready exchange platforms and order-matching engines. It’s the company behind EP3, the advanced exchange platform, and order-matching engine incubated by Connamara Systems. Learn more: https://www.connamara.tech/company/

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Driving Sustainable Solutions: Connamara Tech Joins Environmental Markets Association

We are excited to announce that Connamara Technology has joined the Environmental Markets Association (EMA). This membership highlights our dedication to creating innovative exchange platforms for environmental markets. 

As an EMA member, we’ll have the opportunity to engage with industry leaders in the evolving landscape of environmental markets such as carbon offsets, alternative energy trading, and other asset classes still yet to be created. This will help Connamara develop tailored solutions that effectively address the unique challenges faced by this industry.

About the Environmental Markets Association (EMA)

EMA functions as a dynamic hub for collaborative efforts, uniting diverse perspectives with a shared objective: the effective implementation of market-driven solutions to benefit our environment. 

With members that include environmental asset brokers, exchanges, large utilities, law firms, project developers, consultants, academics, NGOs and government agencies, EMA acts as a focal point for sharing expertise, facilitating knowledge transfer, and advocating for industry-wide progress.

Notably, EMA assumes the role of vigilant oversight, closely monitoring legislative and regulatory developments that impact these markets, thereby ensuring their adherence to high standards of environmental responsibility.

Transforming Insights into Innovation

With our proven track record of delivering EP3, an exchange matching engine and platform, for a variety of markets worldwide, the alignment with the EMA furthers our mission to open new cutting-edge markets and improve infrastructure for existing markets to evolve with the industry. 

At Connamara, our expertise lies in crafting scalable, dependable, and adaptable exchange platforms that empower marketplaces to operate their market with confidence and ease. With our EMA membership, we strengthen our ability to engage directly with market participants so that EP3 has up-to-date functionality, providing comprehensive solutions that align with the highest standards of market integrity within environmental markets.

“Connamara has always been a leader in developing new markets so it was an obvious decision for us to join the Environmental Markets Association given our prior experience with environmental market technology and evolution going on in the industry,” Connamara’s Head of Growth Dan Davis said.

Delivering an Environmental Market Advantage

By choosing Connamara Technologies as your exchange matching software provider, you get an ecosystem of expertise, collaboration, and thought leadership designed to foster your growth and success in environmental markets.

Learn more about EP3, our exchange platform technology and stay tuned as we harness the power of the EMA community to deliver solutions that foster your growth and set you up for success. 

Connamara Tech Joins the Association of Futures Markets, Expanding Industry Influence

We are thrilled to announce that Connamara Technology has recently become a member of the Association of Futures Markets (AFM). This strategic move marks an important milestone for Connamara, reaffirming our commitment to excellence in capital market trading technology solutions and matching engine technology. It also serves as a testament to our expertise and deep understanding of the evolving needs of the futures markets.

By aligning with the AFM, we will have the opportunity to further gain invaluable insights into the evolving needs of the futures markets, facilitating the development of tailored solutions that address the industry’s most pressing challenges. 

About the Association of Futures Markets (AFM)

The AFM is a not-for-profit global organization dedicated to fostering collaboration, promoting best practices, and advancing the development of futures markets. Comprising leading exchanges, clearinghouses, technology providers, and market participants, the AFM acts as a hub for thought leadership, knowledge sharing, and industry advocacy. Through regular conferences, working groups, and research initiatives, the AFM plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of the derivatives industry.

Harnessing Collective Intelligence to Drive Innovation

Given our strong track record in delivering cutting-edge technology solutions for global capital markets, our membership in the AFM is a natural fit. At Connamara, we specialize in developing scalable, reliable, and customizable exchange platforms and order matching engines that empower you to seize opportunities while managing risks. With our AFM membership, we further bolster our ability to provide comprehensive solutions that align with the highest standards of market integrity and compliance.

Additionally, our membership in the AFM allows us to collaborate with other like-minded organizations and contribute to the collective efforts of advancing the futures markets ecosystem. This will further enable us to leverage industry best practices and regulatory expertise, ensuring that our offerings always align with the highest standards of market integrity and compliance.

Pioneering Solutions for Your Market Advantage

In this era of rapid technological advancements, our partnership with AFM demonstrates our commitment to pushing the boundaries of innovation. By choosing Connamara and EP3TM as your matching exchange software provider, you gain access to an ecosystem of expertise, collaboration, and thought leadership, fostering your growth and success in the ever-evolving futures markets landscape.

Stay tuned as we continue to leverage this influential alliance to deliver groundbreaking solutions that empower you to achieve your goals.

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BEE4 Selects Connamara Technologies’ EP3 to Connect Emerging Firms with Forward-Thinking Investors

May 24th, 2023 – Austin, TX – BEE4 is pleased to announce that it has chosen Connamara Technologies as the technology provider for its exchange platform that connects emerging businesses with investors. BEE4 is leveraging Connamara Technologies’ EP3™ exchange platform to create a scalable stock market in Brazil.

BEE4 is Brazil’s first regulated tokenized stock market built for companies with annual revenues between R$10 million and R$300 million to trade shares within a secure, regulated environment. BEE4’s stock market platform combines its own blockchain technology with Connamara Technologies’ EP3 platform to offer capital and funding to new and emerging companies in Brazil.

According to BEE4’s CEO, Patricia Stille, the firm is passionate about giving investors access to new markets and innovative companies. “We chose Connamara Technologies because EP3 fits our model very well. The system is complete and flexible to meet new parameters, inherent in a new market where everything grows at an accelerated pace and needs to be ready to adapt to future realities with agility and security. At BEE4 we have several technology initiatives and the evolution of our systems requires a series of decisions over time. Among them, what makes sense to develop at home, what is core/strategic, and what solutions are offered by third parties and widely used by exchanges and organized markets around the world. To gain scale with robustness and explore BEE4’s innovative potential, partnership with leading providers, with robust and reliable solutions, is essential,” she said.

When asked why they choose to work with Connamara Technologies to build their exchange, the team at BEE4 stated there aren’t many vendors out there like Connamara Technologies. In particular, the team mentioned they liked that EP3 is scalable, flexible, and global, enabling BEE4 to build an exchange that is authorized by CVM, Brazil’s regulatory organization. EP3 is also one of the few secure exchange platforms that can incorporate BEE4’s own blockchain technology.

BEE4 joins an elite roster of companies that have worked with Connamara Technologies. Other firms that have chosen Connamara Technologies to build exchanges and matching engines include TeraExchange, American Financial Exchange (AFX), MaterialsXchange, and many other production and pre-production exchanges.

Connamara CEO and co-founder Jim Downs said, “We are excited to work with BEE4 on designing and building this stock exchange to service the Brazilian market. It’s a thrill to unite the blockchain technology BEE4 created with the scalability of EP3. The team at BEE4 has an ambitious mission to provide financial resources to emerging firms and we are happy to provide the technology infrastructure to help them offer this important service.”

About Connamara Technologies:

Connamara Technologies builds future-ready exchange platforms and order matching engines. It’s the company behind EP3, the advanced exchange platform and order matching engine incubated by Connamara Systems. Learn more: https://www.connamara.tech/company/

About BEE4:

BEE4 is the first secure, regulated stock market in Brazil listing companies with annual revenues between R$10 million and R$300 million. With the use of proprietary blockchain technology, BEE4 created a system that processes trades in a safe, transparent, and compliant manner. Learn more: https://bee4.com.br/quem-somos/

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Connamara Technologies
Randy Williams
[email protected]

Bee4
Fernanda Christina Verlangieri Caio
[email protected]

TeraExchange Selects EP3 Platform from Connamara Technologies to Power Swap Execution Facility

SPRINGFIELD, NJ and AUSTIN, TX – March 13, 2023 – TeraExchange, LLC., announced today that it has selected EP3, from Connamara Technologies, Inc., to power TeraExchange, a CFTC-registered Swap Execution Facility (SEF) that delivers unconflicted swap market access and utility to its market participants at highly competitive rates.

TeraExchange’s centrally cleared swaps mitigate risk and improve the overall efficiency of the trading process and Connamara Technologies is a global provider of exchange solutions for capital markets and alternative assets. EP3’s cutting-edge technology provides industry-leading speed, state-of-the-art self-healing capabilities, and customized, flexible integrations. Its seamless infrastructure assures future-proof capabilities designed specifically to meet the unique needs of TeraExchange and its users.

“TeraExchange’s expertise in swaps trading, combined with EP3’s advanced capabilities, allows us to provide a reliable and secure trading platform for institutional players,” said Paul Jenkins, CTO. “The track record of Jim Downs and the Connamara team is second-to-none, and we’re thrilled to work with them to launch our innovative, agile platform.”

“At Connamara Technologies, we understand the changing landscape of today’s global capital markets. We are pleased to work with TeraExchange to develop a scalable solution that meets their needs — and the needs of their clients — at every step,” said Jim Downs, co-founder and CEO of Connamara Technologies. Connamara’s Head of Growth, Dan Davis, added, “SEFs are an important part of the capital markets ecosystem, providing stability, transparency, and risk management benefits, and clients like TeraExchange are the reason we developed our EP3 platform with modern, customizable and scalable functionality.”

For more information about TeraExchange, visit Teraexchange.com. Find more information on EP3, visit Connamara.tech.

About TeraExchange, LLC.

TeraExchange, LLC, an independent provider of Dodd-Frank Act compliant end-to-end exchange services, is a swap execution facility registered with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. TeraExchange utilizes advanced trading technologies and straight-through processing to deliver unconflicted swap market access and utility to its market participants at highly competitive rates. TeraExchange’s cloud-based exchange infrastructure provides global introducing brokers and other institutional market participants with compliant pre-trade credit confirmation, trade execution and regulatory reporting services across a broad range of centrally cleared financial products.

About Connamara Technologies, Inc. and EP3

Connamara Technologies is the company behind EP3, the advanced exchange platform and order-matching engine, conceived and incubated at Connamara Systems. EP3 represents years of accumulated knowledge and experience from successful deliveries to exchanges and marketplaces. Exchange operators can rely on a legacy of proven exchange technology when choosing an exchange platform and matching engine with unparalleled flexibility and reliability.

Connamara Media Contact:

Randy Williams
[email protected]

TeraExchange Media Contact:

Paul Jenkins
[email protected]