Decades of leadership and achievements.
The team behind Profety has spent more than five decades, combined, building, funding and running ventures from zero to one, across finance, media and the creator economy.
Building Ventures
More than five decades of combined experience building, launching and operating new ventures from 0 to 1.
Capital Markets
Capital formation, fundraising, public and private equity, debt financing, investment banking, VC, PE, M&A, valuations, risk management, investments and exits.
Digital Marketing & Dealmaking
Together we have structured, arranged and facilitated more than $2 billion in digital marketing and financial transactions.
Global Networks
A deep network of contacts and expertise across global high-tech, startups, venture capital, professional investors, talent scouting and the influencer ecosystem.
The Creator Economy
We serve a wide variety of content creators who use digital tools, platforms and networks to create and monetize their work and to reach broad audiences.
Gen Z Markets
Through our past GenZ.vc influencer venture studio initiative, the Profety team now harnesses its multidisciplinary, forward-thinking experience to fuel predictions of what comes next.
How we got here.
Founded in New York
Norbert “Norby” Mehl starts the company that becomes BanxCorp. Its BanxQuote unit became a leading provider and licensor of banking and mortgage rate indexes and analytics, until the company’s exit in 2015.
Online banking platform launched
BanxQuote Interactive Banking and Financial Information Services on the Internet was introduced on April 7, 1995, in New York. The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg and Reuters featured the BanxQuote Banking Center for about two decades.
Panache Privée
An international luxury lifestyle magazine, in print and online, for ultra-high-net-worth readers. It covered arts and culture, food and wine, philanthropy, travel, fashion, jewelry, real estate and automotive, and produced exclusive, invitation-only events.
From media to real estate
After exiting its magazine publishing business in 2010, Panache Privée continued operating as the group’s real estate brokerage arm.
M&A advisory and venture studio
Mehl Partners, also known as Global I Ventures, and ExitHub ran a high-tech venture studio across several sectors and advised on cross-border mergers and acquisitions.
GenZ.vc influencer venture studio
The founders launch GenZ.vc, an influencer venture studio initiative, exited in 2026.
A new chapter
Profety Prediction Market Awards, sponsored by BanxCorp, launches in Miami, Florida.
Profety is built by the team behind the Panache Privée luxury magazine and BanxQuote.
Our aim is the democratization of prediction markets: a scoreboard open to everyone.
Our Team's Past Business Relationships and Partnerships
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