Building the operating system for retail investor relations

Retail investors are the net-new buyers of listed companies' shares, yet investor relations was built for institutions. Connect by Curation gives IR teams what they've always had for institutions (research, distribution and measurement), rebuilt for retail.

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38%

of US equities are owned directly by retail investors

Goldman Sachs, 2025

Why retail

The fastest-growing shareholders are the ones nobody talks to

Retail is a black box. Retail investors are forming their view of your company on Reddit, in forums and through AI, with or without you. For institutions, IR has a full playbook: research, roadshows, targeting, feedback. For retail, most companies have nothing. Connect was built to close that gap.

Our story

From the trading floor to the retail register

Curation was founded in 2012 by Nick Finegold, after a career building equities businesses at Deutsche Bank and founding the brokerage Execution.

Today Curation runs Curation AI, where retail investors discover and research listed companies, and Curation Studios, which makes films that explain complex equity stories in minutes. Connect is the division that brings that audience, that craft and our data to the IR teams of listed companies.

More than 60 listed companies across the UK, Europe and North America work with Connect today. We’re backed by VEON, which led our $3m+ seed round, and we’re building ConnectOS: everything a one- or two-person IR team needs to run retail, in one system.

What we build

Built for retail from the start

Coming soon: ConnectOS, bringing all four together in one system. Register your interest

Recognised for retail communication

The team

The people behind Connect

Nick Finegold
Founder and Executive Chairman
Founded Curation in 2012. Before that, set up Deutsche Bank's European equities business, ran its global sales trading, and founded the brokerage Execution, later acquired by Espirito Santo Investment Bank.
Nirav Karia
Co-Founder and CEO
Co-founded Connect and leads Curation. A decade across fintech, corporate finance and consultancy, and a two-time founder before this.
Calum Marris
Partner, Head of Connect
Runs Connect. Nine years in equity sales at Berenberg, Panmure Gordon and Stifel before joining. CFA charterholder.
Charles Wells
Partner, Head of Product
Leads product across Connect. Five years building early-stage and scale-up technology and AI companies.
Robin Schmidt
Partner, Head of Studios
Leads Curation Studios. Award-winning film director whose commercial work spans Shell, VW, BMW, BBC, Philips, ABN Amro, Bosch, MTV and Vice, now working at the leading edge of AI video.