Details the Blockchange Ventures investment map founded by Gavin Wood

2019-05-15 19:22

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Blockchange operates very quietly, but in the 17 years to date it has 43 portfolios in 12 subcategories across the industry

Blockchange Ventures was founded by Ken Seiff, Caroline Kassie, and Dr. Gavin Wood in the fall of 2017. The team has invested in companies that build rails, the foundation of blockchain technology, as well as companies that define new business categories that would not exist without blockchain.

Seiff, part of the team, previously founded Beanstalk Ventures, a venture fund focused on early-stage retail technology companies. Kassie is Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP companyCorporate lawyer specializing in mergers and acquisitions and private equity deals. Dr. Gavin Wood is the co-founder of ethereumRenren, a former CTO, is also a part-time partner in the fund's team.

The team is currently raising its second fund, Blockchange Ventures II LP.

Wood is the founder of Blockchange Venture, the Web3 foundation and founder and CTO, and Parity Technologies, a well-known ethereum client, is currently working on the Polkadot project.

Although Blockchange operates very quietly, during this time it has 43 portfolios in 12 subcategories across the industry. Below is an introduction to their investment map from the beginning of their establishment to the present.

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& have spent Data & have spent

FilecoinIt is a cryptocurrency and decentralized storage network

DataBlocks expects to decentralize ownership of data, eliminating data monopolies and private use

Storj is a decentralized cloud storage platform

& have spent Cryptocurrency assets & NBSP;

BTCIs the first consensus-based, uncensored, peer-to-peer cryptocurrency

Blink is trying to establish a way to goA centralized cryptocurrency that is scalable, secure, and provides almost instant settlement for transactions

GRIN is a decentralized cryptocurrency that USES the MimbleWimble protocol to increase privacy

Mobilecoin aims to be a privacy-conscious cryptocurrency that is easy to use on mobile devices and can be embedded in messaging apps such as WhatsApp and Signal

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& have spent Supply chain/Internet of things & NBSP;

IoTex is building a blockchain platform for the Internet of things (IoT)

Nodle is a provider of Internet of things connections

Skuchain develops smart contract management from order, delivery and invoice to final payment for trade agreements

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& have spent Dapp platform & have spent

Ethereum is a smart contract platform for decentralized applications

Solana is a decentralized platform designed to address scalability issues through PoH(historically proven) consensus mechanisms

Tezos smart contract platform, which has a built-in governance model to handle future network upgrades

Icon has a cross-chain platform that can be connected to other blockchains

Conflux intends to build a highly scalable blockchain that will be able to support decentralized applications

Aion (Nuco) aims to become a blockchain platform enterprise. It is building a platform for decentralized applications with built-in cross-linking, meaning it will be able to connect to other public and private blockchains

Hedera Hashgraph is a common block chain protocol for enterprises

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& have spent Infrastructure & NBSP;

FOAM Protocol is based on ethereum's decentralized geographic data Protocol

Skale Lab is developing a Layer 2 extension solution for the blockchain by using side chains

Tari is a platform for users to create programmable digital assets

Terminal Systems ，Allows network and dApp operators to deploy and manage platforms for smart contracts, wallets, and nodes using multiple protocols such as Ethereum, IPFS, Polkadot, Dfinity, Bitcoin, Filecoin, and more.All sensitive information, such as private keys and data, is handled in an untrusted manner, and the user has complete control over the information at all times.

Polkadot is a cross-chain protocol

& have spent Borrowing & have spent

Dharma Labs offers users encrypted assets that they can borrow fromservice

Figure Technologies hopes to transform home equity loans using blockchain technology

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& have spent Privacy & have spent

Orchid Labs is looking to build an alternative to Tor, aBrowse the client anonymously

Keep is developing a privacy solution for the public blockchain

Mainframe is a decentralized communication network that allows users to send messages and data privately

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& have spent Media and advertising & NBSP;

The Block is an encryption and blockchain media and research company

MadHive hopes to make advertising more efficient through blockchain technology

Hoot Live is a decentralized Live streaming service that allows users to upload videos

Nickl makes it easy for users to subscribe to and get memberships from sites around the world

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& have spent Market & have spent

Numerai, an ai-run hedge fund, trades on crowdsourced investment data

Cent is a project designed to act as a social media platform where users can earn revenue from uploading content

Prisma is building a marketplace platform that will allow the new company to offer new and innovative services to many companies in the sharing economy, such as Uber, Lyft, didi, Airbnb, Rent the Runway and others.

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& have spent Banking and payments & & NBSP;

Ripple Labs is a cross-border payment platform

GoodMoney is a banking platform where users will own a percentage of the equity

Zabo is a fintech company that makes it easy for users to use bitcoin as a salary

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& have spent Authentication & NBSP;

Blockstack A decentralized computing and identity network

Civic is an identity ecosystem that supports blockchain

The Token builds a wearable biometric ring that authenticates the user's identity and USES it for payments, passwords, bank CARDS, a badge symbol, and more.

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