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Tracxn – Analyst Notes # 438 – Blockchain Applications

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A daily newsletter summarizing recent activity & interesting start-ups globally 

RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – BLOCKCHAIN APPLICATIONS

  • Distributed ledger consortium R3VEC has tied up with Micosoft Azure where the latter would provide cloud-based infrastructure for R3 labs. Link
  • Bank of Ireland and BNP Paribas have announced successful proof-of-concept trials and pilot schemes. Link
  • Ethereum partners with R3CEV to create a new blockchain based cryptocurrency, Lizardcoin. Link
  • Blockchain security intelligence company Elliptic raises $5M in series A funding from Digital Currency Group, Santander Innoventures, Paladin Capital Group, Octopus Ventures. Link

SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND

Blockchain Health Corporation (2016, SF) – Patient records management over a permissioned ledger, based on device identity model
Grid Singularity (2016, Vienna) – Decentralized energy data exchange platform

LEADER BOARD – BLOCKCHAIN APPLICATIONS

FinTech
Digital Asset Holdings (2014, NYC, $60M) – Blockchain based trade settlement solution provider. Backed by ABN AMRO Bank, Accenture, ASX, BNP Paribas, Broadridge, Citigroup, CMEGroup, Deutsche, ICAP, J.P. Morgan, Santander InnoVentures, DTCC, PNC Bank.
Ripple Labs (2012, SF, $36M) – Open source payment protocol. Backed by IDG Capital Partners, AME Cloud Ventures, China Rock Capital, Core VC, RRE Ventures, CME Group, Seagate, China Growth Capital, Digital Currency Group, Vast Ventures, Venture 51, Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mariano Belinky, Venture51, IDG Ventures, Camp One Ventures, Pantera Capital, Google Ventures.

Smart Contracts
Mirror 
(2011, NYC, $13M) – OTC trading and hedging platform provider. Backed by Boost VC, SecondMarket, Crosslink Capital, Battery Ventures, Pascal Bouvier, RRE Ventures.
Symbiont (2015, NYC, $8M) – Smart securities issuance and trading platform.

Enterprise Solutions
Filament Networks (2012, Reno, $6M) – A decentralized Internet of Things stack. Backed by VegasTechFund, Resonant Venture Partners, James Conlon, Verizon Ventures, Crosslink Capital, Samsung Venture Investment Corporation, Working Lab Capital, Techstars, Pantera Capital.
Keybase (2013, NYC, $11M) – Identity mapping service via a public key encryption tool. Backed by Andreessen Horowitz.

Technology Enablers
Blockstream (2014, SF, $76M) – Provides sidechain solutions to improve blockchain. Backed by Khosla Ventures, Real Ventures, Future Perfect Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, Mosaic Ventures, Ribbit Capital, AME Cloud Ventures, Cryptocurrency Partners, Horizons Ventures, AXA Strat Ventures, Garage.
Chain (2014, SF, $44M) – Provider of blockchain networks and applications to businesses. Backed by Khosla Ventures, Thrive Capital, RRE Ventures, Pantera Capital, Capital One, Fiserv, NASDAQ, Orange, VISA, SV Angel, Crypto Currency Partners, Bitcoin Opportunity Corp.

Social Networks
Augur Project (2014, SF, $5M) – Decentralized prediction market based on blockchain.
The World Table (2013, Orem, $1M) – Decentralized comment system to improve online engagement and build writer credibility.

Marketplaces
OB1 (2015, Fairfax, $1M) – Blockchain based P2P marketplace that enables users to offer their goods and services directly to each other. Backed by Union Square Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz.
aidsafe (2013, Troon, $6M) – Crowd-sourced internet platform and identity storage.

 

Leaderboard includes all the top funded, IPO and successfully running bootstrapped companies along with their location, founding year and funding amount.

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