Analyst Picks
- Achain (2015, Beijing) – Smart contracts and Blockchain application development platform
Market: Blockchain > Technology > Application Development Platform
Funding Rounds
Post IPO, $34.5M
HIVE Blockchain Technologies (2017, Vancouver) – Crypto-mining solutions
Series B, $25M
Blockstream (2014, San Francisco, $101M) – Blockchain development focused on sidechains innovation
Investors: G Lab
Post IPO, $12.0M
BTL (2015, Vancouver) – Blockchain based development platforms for businesses
Series A, $11.6M
Neufund (2016, Berlin, $13.7M) – Blockchain-based platform to offer inital coin offering to startups.
Series A, $7.8M
Libra (2014, San Francisco, $10M) – Compliance and audit solution for blockchain platforms.
Investors: Liberty City Ventures, Boost VC, undefined, Lee Linden
Grant (prize money), $6.2M
Power Ledger (2016, Perth) – P2P energy trading
Investors: Government of Australia
Post IPO, $6.2M
BTL (2015, Vancouver) – Blockchain based development platforms for businesses
Seed, $5M
Omniex (2017, San Francisco, $5M) – Crypto asset trading platform
Investors: Sierra Ventures, Digital Currency Group, Clocktower Technology Ventures, ThirdStream Partners
Conventional Debt, $1.5M
Salt lending (2016, Denver) – Blockchain asset backed loans.
Series A, $1.2M
Stratumn (2015, Paris, $9.7M) – Development platform for blockchain applications.
Conventional Debt, $700K
Salt lending (2016, Denver) – Blockchain asset backed loans.
Seed, $200K
Cognate (2013, Boston, $200K) – Crowdsourced Trademark Listing and Search
Series A
Bitspark (2014, Hong Kong, $68K) – Bitcoin exchange, payment processor and remittance service provider.
Investors: Reinsurance Group of America
New Product Announcement
- Veem opens up global payments platform to developers with new API Starter Incubator
- Circle to Launch Cryptocurrency Investment App in 2018 CoinDesk
- BlockEx Looks to Clean up ICO Market Place PR Newswire
- iExec Announces First SDK Release of Its Decentralized Cloud at Devcon3 in Cancun, Mexico Newswire
- Heleum Launches Automated Savings App On Uphold Platform That Trades Between Cryptocurrencies And Fiat Currencies PR Newswire
- Streami launches cryptocurrency exchange theinvestor.co.kr
- LO3 to ‘lead an energy revolution’ with new blockchain platform Clean Energy News
- Hello Moon: Ethereum Developers Launch Lightweight Dapp Browser CoinDesk
- Waves Platform Launches New Technology, Aims To Become Faster profitmaker.tips
- Tech Bureau’s mijin ‘2.0 Catapult’ to Integrate NEM Protocol Finance Magnates
- ModulTrade Token Sale Now Open Newswire
- TOKIT, Ethereum’s First Blockchain Application Launches PR Newswire
New Geo Entry
- Chinese Blockchain Startup Onchain Launched in New York Business Wire
Business Partnership
- Veridium Brings Biometric Security to Unbanked Populations Through Zero-Fee Financial Services from Wala Business Wire
- R3 and Microsoft expand tech partnership FStech
- Air New Zealand, Swiss travel platform Winding Tree in blockchain tie-up Reuters
- Digital Garage and Blockstream Expand Partnership to Accelerate Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Deployments in Japan PR Newswire
- SIA and R3 Partner to Accelerate the Adoption of Blockchain Applications by 600 Banks and Corporates Business Wire
- BlockEx Partner with OpenText to Develop Blockchain-Based Supply Chain Finance Solution PR Newswire
- BurstIQ Partners With Unified Signal to Launch Crypto-Wallet Integrated Mobile Phone Service HIT Consultant
- RSK Brings Blockchain Regtech Leader Coinfirm and its AML/CTF Platform Into its Federation PR Newswire
- Ammbr Partners with Rivetz for Enhanced Network Security PR Newswire
Company Announcement
- Amex launches blockchain-based business payments using Ripple Reuters
- Vela Sells Part Stake In Canadian Technology Firm BTL Morningstar
- Waves to Implement New Technology to Become Fastest Blockchain Platform in the World Crowdfund Insider
- Ethereum-based digital ID registration platform opens to Zug citizens EconoTimes
New Feature Release
- Top banks and R3 build blockchain-based payments system Reuters
Key People Movement
- Former T. Rowe Price Senior Executive Todd Ruppert Joins Swiss Tech Firm MelonportCrowdfund Insider
Board Updates
- Salil Donde Takes on Chief Executive Role at AlphaPoint GlobeNewswire
- Electronic Trading Veteran Jose Marques Appointed to Omega One Advisory Board PR Newswire