Proxymity, the digital investor communications platform developed within Citi‘s investor services business, has raised USD20.5m from eight market participants and will become a global, industry-led consortium. The consortium is comprised of BNY Mellon, Citi, Clearstream, Computershare, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, J.P. Morgan, and State Street. The Proxymity team will be based in London, with a technology and R&D team in Tel Aviv. Co-founders Dean Little and Jonathan Smalley, who have over 30 years of combined industry experience in custody product development, have been appointed CEO and COO, respectively.