Evan Rapoport

It’s been nearly two months since revolutionary investing platform, HedgeCoVest, then in beta, was crowned overall winner at the Benzinga FinTech Awards in New York City. This week, as the company went “live,” HedgeCoVest founder and CEO, Evan Rapoport told Benzinga...

Financial expert and media personality Jeff Macke was the fireside chat host at the 2015 Benzinga Fintech Awards gala in New York on April 8. Below is a video and full transcript of his talk with Founder and CEO Evan Rapoport of HedgeCoVest. Jeff Macke: It’s the BZ Awards, baby. It...

Who will be the next Apple? What company with what disruptive idea will turn the world of technology upside down? In this series, Benzinga interviewed CEOs of several technology startups that are making waves today in hopes of making a difference tomorrow. One of the problems with defining a...

Crowdsourcing has been used for centuries, according to Jeff Howe. He coined the term in a 2006 article for Wired magazine. Crowdsourcing exists in countless shapes and sizes, most notably in places like the restaurant industry with Yelp Inc (NYSE: YELP), and the travel sector with the likes of...

Oil and water do not mix. What about oil and hedge funds? Benzinga reached out to Evan Rapoport, CEO of leading hedge fund database, HedgeCo.Net for comment. With regard to energy-focused funds that trade oil-related equities, Rapoport shared three important observations: 1. Portfolio...