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In today's world, unnecessary overhead and administration costs for fundraising are astronomically high; in the end, leaving less than, for the actual organization at the heart of it all. The founders of TokenSpin aimed to change all of that by utilizing the Ethereum Blockchain. TokenSpin offers mini raffles where all takings are distributed to the charity under a decentralized autonomous structure. By fundraising on the blockchain and using smart contracts, the usual costs of running a fundraising campaign are dramatically reduced while at the same time providing a trustworthy, transparent platform on which to raise the funds.
Ominex is the team behind CrowdEngine, a leading white label equity crowdfunding solution in the US. Ominex is the new spin-off taking advantage of the experience they have, adding compliance services to the blockchain. They specialize in providing KYC and investor accreditation services on their platform so that token sellers can use their system as a complete user management system for a token sale. Ominex provides solutions for token sellers to ensure they are compliant. They act as a trusted third party helping sellers avoid legal problems, increase their revenue, and saves users from having to build everything themselves. Ominex makes it easy for investors to purchase tokens with an easy to use and easy to understand app that can be added to any website.
Minds is an open-source, encrypted social networking platform where users are rewarded with digital currency to increase their content's reach in lieu of their online activity. Users can exchange currency to use for free promotion of their content or peer to peer in exchange for exclusive content in a recurring crowdfunding platform.
Human Breast milk packs some of nature's most powerful ingredients. Sugarlogix, a small bio-tech company is using yeast fermentation and synthetic biology to recreate a group of complex sugars only found in humans. The purpose is to make these vital nutrients available to babies and adults alike. Chomvong tells the tale of what led her and her team to pour their time and resources into this significant research.
Cashbet, a frontrunner in iGaming, is the first real-money platform to disrupt the industry.A well established and licensed business, Cashbet entered the ICO space with its CashBet Coin (CBC), to solve trust issues and transaction speed and cost problems within the iGaming space. CBC is a utility token that will provide benefits to users around the world while offering responsible gaming modules for casino, skill-based, eSports, lottery and sports betting.
Grow VC Group is a world leader in a mix of investing and holding companies focusing on finech, crowd funding, peer to peer marketplaces, and new investment models.Partners include finance platforms, banks, finance services, investment companies, many alternative finance services, governments and public sector development agencies.
Cosimo Ventures is a deep tech investment firm based in Boston, New York, and Ireland. Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, cyber security, AR, and IOT are just a few of the flavors they have invested in.They have just completed a few major investments which are growing into the US markets: Gecko Governance, which was built on the blockchain for hedge fund and mutual funds, allows fund managers to meet regulatory and compliance requirements.Cosimo has also recently invested $3M in Oneiro to commercialize a true form of currency for the long-term store of value they hope will solve the downside volatility of cryptocurrency seen today. Additionally, they have backed Nova Leah, an Irish start-up, focusing on cyber-security risk management systems for medical devices.
There are roughly two million people globally who live without any form of identification or formal proof of existence. As a result, those people are excluded from economic, social and political systems. Yves Petitjean and Giorgio Zinetti are members of the team at Procivis, a Switzerland-based company that is developing digital identity applications on the blockchain in order to bridge the divide between those who do and those who don't have the benefit of government-provided, trusted forms of identification. "The convergence of what technology enables us to do today with this huge humanitarian problem creates an environment which is full of ideas and creativity, and we wanted to be a part of it. We wanted to start devising solutions…for these individuals…to provide them with a way to do it themselves through blockchain consensus," says Zinetti. Procivis began this project by trying to answer this question: how has Estonia- a small country in Europe widely recognized as the tech hub of the world- managed to successfully implement a nationwide digital ID system, and why has the technologically-advanced country of Switzerland failed? Tune in to hear the answer, and visit valid.global to learn more.
Gregory Kuehn is the co-founder and COO of Metabiomics, a company that has been developing tools and techniques for analyzing the human gut microbiome for the last 15 years. Their primary focus is on the early detection and prevention of colon cancer through the identification of colonic polyps, which are precursors to colon cancer. With the combination of carefully-controlled clinical trials and machine learning methods that view the entire microbial community in a stool sample, Metabiomics has developed a non-invasive test to predict the presence or absence of polyps in any given patient. Since analysis of the gut microbiome can also be used to characterize the general health of the lining of the gut, these tests will also be used as diagnostic tools for IBD and IBS. Metabiomics is developing several tests that will be available to patients through their primary care or gastroenterologist's office. "It's an exploding field, it's kind of a paradigm shift in that we are looking at human health differently and we are starting to take the health of the microbial communities inside us and on our skin a lot more seriously," says Kuehn. Kuehn also addresses how the gut microbiome is affected by diet, and how this correlates to high levels of colon cancer in certain regions of the world, and the complete absence of colon cancer in other parts of the world. Press play to learn more, and visit metabiomics.com.
As the head of IOT security and strategic business development at Irdeto, Mark Hearn brings 50 years of experience to provide customers the highest level of security. Any place where software is being written, there is a security need. Irdeto has three main priorities: help businesses identify and develop security strategies, monitor hacking activity on the dark web in order to stay current with what's happening behind the scenes, and invest in technology that makes hacking less beneficial to hackers. "IOT is growing exponentially, but we're also making it a little easier for hackers to get in…so very strong security strategy and making sure that companies understand the threats and the risks that they may encounter with their products is critical in today's environment," says Hearn. Hearn brings a wealth of information to the discussion, and also provides some insight into how the major 2013 hack on Target was carried out.
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