Industry Leaders Join the Blockchain Capital ICO
We announced today that major industry names were joining our offering as early supporters and investors in the ICO. There’s so much excitement and buzz about what we are doing, both in the blockchain world and in the venture capital industry, that some of the brightest figures and thought leaders have chosen to join us on this journey. More details at vctoken.com
Industry Thought Leaders and Investors Participating in the Offering:
Tim Draper — Founder at Draper Associates/DFJ/Draper University
Erik Voorhees — CEO & Founder at ShapeShift.io
Matt Roszak — Co-Founder & Chairman of Bloq
Anthony Di lorio — CEO & Founder at Jaxx and Decentral, Founder at Ethereum
Vinny Lingham — Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Civic
Andrew Keys — Head of Global Business Development at ConsenSys
Gadi Ruschin — CEO of Wave
Wayne Vaughn — CEO of Tierion
Nick Sullivan —CEO and Founder of ChangeTip
Joey Krug — Co-Founder of Augur
Jeremy Gardner — Co-Founder of Augur
Will O’Brien — Co-Founder of BitGo and COO of Keen
Craig Sellars — Co-Founder of Tether and Omni
Stan Miroshnik — Co-Founder & CEO of The Argon Group
Steve Beauregard — Founder & CEO of GoCoin, CRO of Bloq
Simon Dixon — CEO & Co-Founder BnkToTheFuture.com
Galia Benartzi — Bancor, Founder/CEO Particle Code, VP Founders Fund
Eyal Herzog — CEO, Bancor, Founder/CEO Mytopia
Brendan Blumer — Block.one
If you are interested in participating, please go to www.TokenHub.com and pre-register for the offering as we have strong book-building momentum
We at Blockchain Capital are driving innovation based on blockchain technology, and pursuing an offering of Ethereum-based tokens that would for the first time allow many to have access to venture capital as an asset class. This is especially pertinent to the blockchain community because it is so early in its development and the best way to get exposure to quality companies is to invest at the early stage.
There are few to none legitimate “blockchain” companies trading in the public markets, and most non-institutional investors can’t get access to early funding rounds — directly or through a major venture fund. Most investors can’t get exposure to leading blockchain companies like our past investments in Abra, Ripple, or Kraken, among others — names we all know and support. We wanted to change that and allow the community in. Welcome to democratized venture capital — welcome to investing in what you believe in.
Brock Pierce, our Managing Partner talks about this very passionately:
“These thought leaders and investors have made Blockchain Capital’s pursuit of the first liquidity-enhanced venture capital fund a reality. Our investors see the same gap in venture capital that we did when we started down the ICO path — the need for venture funds via a liquid, tradable, digital token that still abide by all regulatory compliance rules. Together we expect to democratize the venture capital industry and provide a unique product to the broader crypto investment community.”
Vinny Lingham of Civic has also been massively supportive:
“Blockchain Capital and I share a unique vision for the future of blockchain technology. The initial coin offering not only aligns with our traditional values and investment beliefs, but furthers our confidence that the venture capital industry will soon offer more flexibility in today’s market climate.”
Andrew Keys of ConsenSys, whose prescient blog posts we all follow is behind us and focused on liquidity:
“Blockchain Capital is revolutionizing venture investing by unlocking liquidity in previously illiquid secondary venture markets by tokenizing assets via Ethereum. Capital markets will be forever changed by this type of financial instrument innovation.”
Join us for this journey and see the full details at vctoken.com
Our Advisors Are Excited About The ICO and Are Behind Blockchain Capital:
Alison Davis — Director, Royal Bank of Scotland, XOOM, and First Data
Kathryn Haun — U.S. DOJ
Chris Pallotta — Special Advisor MIT Media Lab
Bobby Lee — CEO, BTC China
Weill O’Brien — Co-Founder, BitGo
Charlie Lee — Founder, Litecoin
Michael McAdam — CFO, Union Bank
Niccolo De Masi — CEO, Glu Mobile
Matt Ocko — Partner, Data Collective
Joey Krug — Co-Founder of Augur
Gavin Wood — Co-Founder of Ethereum and CEO of Parity/Ethcore
Eric Sippel — Former General Counsel, Robertson Stephens
