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FOUNDATION SOURCE ACQUIRES VENNFI, THE FINTECH POWERING DONOR-ADVISED FUND CHARITYVEST

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Acquisition expands Foundation Source’s range of enterprise-grade, tech-enabled offerings with donor-advised fund and workplace giving capabilities 

Reinforces Foundation Source as the leading provider of turnkey philanthropic solutions 

FAIRFIELD, Conn., Oct. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Foundation Source, the nation’s largest provider of cloud-based solutions for private foundations and planned giving, today announced it acquired Vennfi, the financial technology company powering Charityvest, an industry-leading donor-advised fund (DAF) sponsor. Foundation Source will harness the DAF functionality to deliver modern giving experiences and create new opportunities for innovation and growth in the philanthropic sector.

“With this acquisition, Foundation Source can now offer a DAF platform with an intuitive and frictionless user experience that sets a new industry standard for technology innovation,” said Joseph Mrak III, CEO of Foundation Source. “This strategic acquisition is an important milestone in Foundation Source’s mission to make giving easier and more impactful, and we’re excited to make these philanthropic solutions widely available to help people and companies drive change.”

The deal will broaden Foundation Source’s suite of offerings and accelerate the delivery of giving solutions across the wealth management industry through a turnkey private label platform that will make offering and administering a donor-advised fund easier and more efficient for DAF sponsors, broker-dealers, independent RIAs and other financial services organizations. The acquisition also includes a workplace program that allows employers to streamline corporate and employee giving efforts.

“As financial advisors and wealth management firms look for ways to differentiate themselves beyond traditional investment advisory expertise, a full set of philanthropic capabilities is essential for holistic client engagement,” Mr. Mrak continued.

Through this transaction, Foundation Source reinforces its position as the leader in philanthropic technology, administration, and professional services. Building on its market-leading suite of capabilities, Foundation Source will be the only provider to deliver scalable, end-to-end digital solutions across private foundations, planned giving, and donor-advised funds, making it the optimal choice for professional advisors, and financial institutions serving wealth management and private banking clients.

“Our organizations share a commitment to provide wealth managers and their clients with easier access to collaborative giving tools and resources,” said Vennfi CEO, Stephen Kump. “After a highly collaborative and exploratory process over many months, it became clear that, together, we can catalyze more giving by making it more accessible, secure, and efficient for more people. We are enormously excited to join the Foundation Source team to unlock even more purposeful giving in the years ahead.”

The Charityvest DAF program was launched to the public in December 2019 as a partnership between Vennfi, a financial technology company, and Charityvest, Inc., a 501(c)(3) public charity and donor-advised fund sponsoring organization. Following Foundation Source’s acquisition of Vennfi, Charityvest, Inc. will continue to operate as a separate, independent entity, managed by its own Board of Directors. Foundation Source technology will power the Charityvest DAF program, the turnkey DAF platform, and the workplace giving program.

“We are grateful for the past partnership with Vennfi and look forward to working closely with Foundation Source to harness additional capabilities to help our donors give more, and give more purposefully,” said Paul Glyer, Secretary of Charityvest, Inc.

The management team of Vennfi, led by Mr. Kump, will join Foundation Source, contributing their expertise and insights to sustaining a world-class client experience and the continued expansion of the combined entity.

Earlier this year, Foundation Source announced the acquisition of planned giving software and services leader, PG Calc, as part of its growth strategy to build a single platform for a wide range of flexible, popular, tax-advantaged resources that make giving easier.

The transaction was completed on October 17, 2024. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

About Foundation Source (foundationsource.com)
Foundation Source is the leading provider of enterprise-caliber and technology-led charitable giving solutions. At the forefront of philtech, Foundation Source is the partner of choice for turnkey software and services that offer end-to-end support for donor-advised funds, planned giving and private foundations. We offer a range of purpose-built, cloud-based platforms that facilitate all stages of giving and a configurable suite of administrative, compliance, tax, and philanthropic advisory services for donors, nonprofits and charities, and professional advisors, including RIAs and financial institutions serving wealth management and private banking clients.

With 65 years of experience, Foundation Source empowers people and companies to create a better world through philanthropy. We support more than 4,000 charitable organizations, administer more than $25 billion in foundation assets, and facilitate more than 120,000 grants and planned gifts annually.

About Vennfi
Vennfi Inc. is a financial technology company enabling the future of purposeful philanthropy. Its flagship offering is a next-generation, technology-enabled administrative solution for 501(c)(3) donor-advised fund sponsors, first launched in partnership with Charityvest Inc. in 2019. Headquartered in Atlanta, GA, Vennfi is backed by Y Combinator, Sovereign’s Capital, Teamworthy Ventures, and others.

About Charityvest (charityvest.org)
Charityvest, a donor-advised fund (DAF) sponsor, is on a mission to catalyze generosity via modern technology. It endeavors to enable everyone to engage more in philanthropy—to give, to give more, and to give better. In addition to serving individual and corporate donors, Charityvest partners with leading financial advisors and workplaces to launch modern giving programs for their stakeholders. Charityvest is headquartered in Atlanta, GA. For more information, or to start your personal giving account, please visit charityvest.org.

MEDIA CONTACT
Carly Taylor
foundationsource@neibartgroup.com
973-618-6993

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LITEON Debuts Integrated AI Cloud Server Rack Solutions Powered by NVIDIA at 2024 OCP Summit

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Pioneering Green Data Centers with Five Key Technologies: Power Supplies, Liquid Cooling, Racks, Software, and Systems

AI. Revolutionized. Green Resilience.

SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — LITEON Technology (2301.tw) is participating in the 2024 OCP Global Summit ( Open Compute Project ) in San Jose, USA, from October 15 to 17. Under the theme “AI. Revolutionized. Green Resilience,” LITEON will debut its new “Integrated AI cloud server rack solution.” This solution combines LITEON’s five key technologies: high-performance power supplies compliant with ORV3 standards, comprehensive liquid cooling systems, integrated mechanical design, intelligent power management software, and hardware-software system integration. Additionally, LITEON will showcase power supplies, racks, and liquid cooling systems compatible with NVIDIA architectures at the event. These include support for the NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 platform with a high-efficiency power system and NVIDIA MGX™ with modular system design racks, as well as liquid-to-liquid and liquid-to-air cooling solutions from LITEON. These innovations aim to enhance high-performance computing capabilities, efficient energy management, and cooling performance in data centers during the AI era, helping customers achieve low-carbon green data center energy management goals and creating comprehensive high-end AI computing system solutions.

Anson Chiu, the president of LITEON, states: “The AI-driven era has already transformed lifestyles and industries. Leveraging our deep technical expertise in high-end cloud server power supplies, LITEON integrates five key core capabilities: power, cooling, racks, software, and systems. This showcases LITEON’s comprehensive autonomous design and development technology. We continue to create sustainable and high-performance integrated server rack solutions, helping our customers achieve sustainable operations in green data centers, and pioneering a revolutionary new landscape in the AI field.”

“LITEON COOLING,” LITEON’s comprehensive liquid cooling solution, brings revolutionary changes to the cooling systems of green data centers, meeting the high-performance AI computing needs of data centers. At this event, LITEON showcases five liquid cooling series products. These include a fanless design 5600W Cold Plate Power Supply Unit with titanium-level efficiency, a liquid-to-liquid multi-intelligent in-row CDU 600kW,, liquid-to-liquid 120kW in-rack CDU compatible with the NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 platform, and liquid-to-air 140kW sidecar with the highest heat exchange efficiency, also compatible with the NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 architecture. These solutions offer flexible combinations for customers to meet various field and application needs, overcoming the limitations of traditional air cooling, significantly improving cooling efficiency, and enabling data centers to maintain high-performance workloads while reducing energy and carbon footprint consumption, creating more environmentally friendly green resilient data centers.

At this OCP exhibition, LITEON also showcases integrated cabinet power systems and solutions. These provide 97.5% high-density power conversion efficiency to meet the high-performance computing applications of AI servers. Additionally, LITEON’s self-developed intelligent power management system (PMC) offers customers digital management and remote real-time monitoring to assist decision-making, along with a robust power backup system featuring high-efficiency lithium battery backup power (BBU). Supported by intelligent power management software, it visualizes energy consumption patterns to ensure data center reliability.

LITEON integrates the advantages of five core energy management technologies, combining mechanical design, power system solutions, thermal management technology, and hardware-software integration capabilities. Paired with revolutionary server liquid cooling solutions, the integrated server rack design provides customers with rapid deployment in data center applications, committing to the advanced development of green resilient data centers.

For more information about LITEON’s power and liquid cooling solutions of green data center, please visit : https://www.liteon.com/en/solutions/green-data-center

LITEON’s Booth of OCP 2024 Information :

Date: October 15 – 17, 2024Location: San Jose McEnery Convention CenterBooth No.: C17-18Contact: Simon.Ong@liteon.com

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Taobao Malaysia Kicks Off 11.11 Sale, First Time in Both Chinese and English

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Exciting early-bird perks await new and existing Malaysian users

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Oct. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — The highly-anticipated Taobao 11.11 Sale (“11.11”) is back, set to be bigger and more inclusive for Malaysian consumers. With the theme “Shop As Far As You Can Think,” this year’s festival promises attractive offers and an unparalleled shopping experience made even more accessible through Taobao’s beta English Interface, introduced in September to complement the Chinese version.

Starting from 21 October, 8pm, Malaysian shoppers can indulge in a month-long celebration of exciting promotions, enticing instant discounts and chances to grab daily free shipping vouchers worth RM21, discovering exceptional bargains on a wide range of products across participating brands and merchants, from home essentials and fashion items to electronics accessories and more.  

Jess Lew, Country Manager for Tmall Taobao World, Malaysia, said, “We are thrilled to bring Taobao’s 11.11 Sale back to Malaysian consumers and enhance it to be bigger and better than ever. Our commitment is to create a shopping experience that is not only enjoyable but also tailored to the unique needs of local shoppers. With the beta English Interface now available, it has never been easier for everyone in Malaysia to immerse themselves in the excitement of this global shopping festival and discover all that Taobao has to offer.”

The festival kicks off with an early first sales window, running from 20:00:00 on 21 October to 23:59:59 on 24 October 2024, allowing shoppers ample time to check out their shopping cart items to enjoy early-bird 11.11 savings and early arrivals. The second phase will then follow, starting from 20:00:00 on 31 October and running until 23:59:59 on 11 November, where consumers enjoy extended promotional offers to secure their ideal products for the upcoming Christmas and Chinese New Year seasons.

Malaysia was one of the only two markets, alongside Singapore, where Taobao has rolled out a beta English Interface. Featuring artificial intelligence (AI)-powered translations, the new interface aims to bridge language barriers and provide non-Chinese-speaking Malaysian users with the opportunity to enjoy the platform’s diverse offerings in a seamless, user-friendly experience.

“We hope more Malaysian users will leverage this opportunity to shop for anything that comes to mind during this 11.11. Coupled with free shipping, shoppers can have their parcels delivered to their doorsteps in as fast as one week with our robust end-to-end logistics infrastructure,” added Lew.

To mark this year’s 11.11, Taobao Malaysia has curated a series of attractive promotions designed to give Malaysian consumers more ways to save:

Everyday Free Shipping: Stand a chance to grab free shipping vouchers daily at 10am worth RMB35 (equivalent to RM21) throughout the 11.11 period with no minimum spend.Buy More, Save More: Get a platform-wide discount of RMB50 for every RMB300 spent (equivalent to RM29 off for every RM170 spent).Surprise Instant Discounts: Check out daily at 8pm from 21 to 24 October to unlock an instant discount of up to RM300.Daily Promo Codes: Stand a chance to snag promo codes worth up to RMB111 (equivalent to RM66), released daily at 9pm on Taobao Malaysia’s Facebook and Instagram.New User Perks: New Taobao app users can claim exclusive benefits worth up to RM90, including:3 x Free shipping vouchers worth RMB105 (equivalent to RM65) in totalRMB30 off with a minimum spend of RMB31 (equivalent to RM18 off with a minimum spend of RM19)Service fee waiver of up to RMB15 (equivalent to RM10)Free return on first order (for West Malaysia only)

Additionally, Taobao Malaysia users making purchases with one of the following credit cards provided by third-party financial institutions can enjoy an instant discount of up to RM80 during the selected promotional periods:

31 October to 3 November; 10 to 11 November, 8PMCIMB: RM25 off with a minimum spend of RM180RHB: RM38 off with a minimum spend of RM250 OR RM50 off with a minimum spend of RM500PBB: RM30 off with a minimum spend of RM300 OR RM80 off with a minimum spend of RM600

Only on 31 October, 10AMRHB: RM25 off with a minimum spend of RM250

Only on 8 November, 10AMPBB: RM20 off with a minimum spend of RM200

The Taobao app is available to download for FREE on both the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. For more details on Taobao Malaysia’s 11.11 promotions, please stay tuned for updates on the Taobao Malaysia Facebook, Instagram and TikTok social media channels or visit the Taobao app.

* The platform rules will prevail over the specific promotion details.

About Taobao Malaysia
Taobao Malaysia aims to facilitate convenient shopping on Taobao and Tmall for consumers in Malaysia. Through the Taobao app, Malaysian shoppers can access billions of products, complete with logistics, payment and other services and offers tailored to their individual market needs. Taobao Malaysia is part of Alibaba International Digital Commerce Group.

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Sennheiser launches the MD 421 Kompakt – an appropriately named, compact version of legendary all-rounders, the MD 421 and MD 421-II

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“Anything. This is the mic for that.”

SINGAPORE, Oct. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — They say that if you’ve heard music, you are most likely to have heard the MD 421, a Sennheiser microphone featured in countless award-winning performances and productions over the past six decades. Now Sennheiser launches the MD 421 Kompakt, an incredibly versatile microphone that delivers the same legendary performance, but in a truly multipurpose package — including a completely redesigned mounting clip. The MD 421 Kompakt features a cardioid pick-up pattern and remarkable dynamic range, delivering crystal-clear sound reproduction in live sound and recording applications.

“The MD 421 is an incredibly versatile microphone. Since its inception in 1960, it excelled as a studio and a vocal microphone, but was also used a lot in broadcasting, where it appeared with many celebrities of the time. Today, its successor, the MD 421-II, which launched in 1998, is an all-rounder for multipurpose miking and well known to be used on drums, guitar cabs and horns,” says Bertram Zimmermann, Manager Live Sound & Studio. “It works on anything, capturing the sound source with precision, detail, and rich sound.”

“With the MD 421 Kompakt, we’re offering the same legendary sound and ability to handle high sound pressure levels, but with an incredibly compact form factor,” adds Jimmy Landry, Category Marketing Manager MI.

Compact design, same great sound

To give the MD 421 microphone its compact dimensions all while retaining the large-diaphragm capsule and the pristine sound of the much bigger MD 421-II, the bass roll-off switch was eliminated. “While this feature made total sense when the MD 421 was designed, and was carried over to the MD 421-II, this functionality has long since been taken over by mixing desks and DAWs,” says Zimmermann. “Omitting the switch allowed us to create a relatively small microphone body, making the Kompakt an ideal tom mic, but also a versatile tool for any recording or live application.”

Sound-wise, the MD 421 Kompakt delivers the same detailed and authentic reproduction of the sound source that the MD 421 and MD 421-II have become famous for. The microphone’s frequency response of 30 Hz to 17 kHz faithfully reproduces both high and low frequencies, with a bass tube ensuring an accurate and extended low-end response. The sound is rich and full-bodied, and incredibly clear and detailed at the same time.

The MD 421 Kompakt also provides effective feedback rejection, and is able to handle exceptionally high sound pressure levels even in demanding environments.

New clip

The clip of the MD 421 Kompakt has been entirely redesigned, and is now part of the microphone housing for easy, worry-free mounting. “The clip is the one thing that users have always criticised,” remarks Landry. “The new clip is an integral part of the mic, and the optional drum clamp securely screws into this clip, ensuring fail-safe mounting on drums.”

Rugged all around

The MD 421 Kompakt is designed to withstand the rigours of touring and heavy studio use. It features a rugged frame with a stainless-steel basket, and a gold-plated XLR-3 connector. A protective inner chassis enclosure reduces the exposure to dust and humidity.

Availability and pricing

The MD 421 Kompakt is available now for EUR 279 (MSRP), the version for drums comes complete with an MZH drum clamp and retails at EUR 299 (MSRP). The MZH drum clamp included with the drum version is also available separately for EUR 19 (MSRP). The MD 421-II will remain in the portfolio alongside the MD 421 Kompakt.

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