Meet the rest of T-block’s Platform Partners — æternity, Harmony, R3, & SettleMint

Matic Network, Tezos, and then some!

If you’ve kept up with the T-block Accelerator’s newsstand, you’d have heard about us selecting 30 amazing startups to begin a journey to build their entrepreneurial dreams in the blockchain technology space. You’d have also heard that we have some awesome, leading blockchain platforms joining T-block as platform partners. In addition to Tezos and the Matic Network, we’re very excited to announce that we have not one, not two, but FOUR other blockchain protocols joining T-block as platform partners:

• aeternity blockchain;
• Harmony Protocol;
• SettleMint;
• R3.

These platforms that catalyse innovation with blockchain technology are joining the T-block cause along with the Matic Network and Tezos are joining hands with us (IBC Media), Tech Mahindra, and the Telangana Government to help up-coming Indian startups scale up.

Let’s get to know the platform partners!

æternity blockchain

æternity blockchain is an Erlang-based public blockchain protocol that enables the creation of scalable smart contracts and decentralised applications. The Protocol leverages a rich set of functionalities that make it far more scalable and interoperable. It can power several real-world use cases in the realms of games, payments, identity management, decentralised finance, registries, token-economies, supply chains & logistics, and more.

Harmony Protocol

The Harmony Protocol is a high-throughput, low-latency public blockchain platform for decentralised economies. Its sharding technique employs secure proof-of-stake and decentralised randomness, and its networking achieves optimal cross-sharding routing and fast block proposition. In their testnet, they have achieved 118,000 TPS with around 44,000 nodes.

R3

R3 is an enterprise blockchain software firm that is building blockchain technology-based solutions for enterprises, delivering privacy, and security. Equipped with Corda — R3’s open-source blockchain platform, they are working with a broad ecosystem with over 300 participants from various industries in both the private and public sectors to develop blockchain applications.

SettleMint

SettleMint is a blockchain platform that is focusing on simplifying the implementation of blockchain technology for businesses. Their blockchain-as-a-platform service allows developers to build and integrate blockchain applications with a suite of tools, features, frameworks and APIs.

How we’re working together

These platforms are all accomplished in rendering blockchain technology solutions and are invested in helping startups and developers in building these solutions as well. They are joining the T-block accelerator to enable the 30 shortlisted startups with platform adoption and implementation, advisory, and go-to-market opportunities.

We believe that these collaborations are the cornerstone of India’s growing blockchain tech industry, and Jayesh Ranjan — Principal Secretary, ITE&C Department, Government of Telangana, agrees. “Our new partnerships with global platform protocols strengthen our commitment to support these startups through their entrepreneurial journey and we look forward to their growth through the course of this accelerator program,” he said. He also stated that Telangana — as one of the forerunners in India to explore and leverage emerging technologies has always aimed at nurturing new startups and businesses and believes that the 30 startups selected for the bootcamp have tremendous potential.

Shahzad Fatmi — CEO, SettleMint India, also believes in the potential the 30 startups hold and expressed his enthusiasm for the accelerator. “SettleMint will bring its global experience and best practices to help the start-ups create robust applications and business plans for their company. We believe start-ups should focus on solving business challenges and taking their solutions faster to market. T-Block’s selected start-ups will have full support from SettleMint to achieve this goal,” he said.

Vivekdeep Gupta — Country Head, India at R3, spoke about how Blockchain has the potential to transform a wide range of industries across India and believes in India’s future in the blockchain technology space. “It is inspiring to see the innovation, creativity and passion that the 30 selected startups have shown,” he said. “The future of India’s blockchain industry looks bright; we are confident that they have the potential to augment India’s blockchain ecosystem and solidify India’s place in the world as the leader of innovation and emerging technologies,” he also added

Fostering T-block’s Vision for India

T-block aims to support startups in India that are leveraging blockchain technology to build solutions to real-world problems with funding, advisory, training, and go-to-market support. However, this is the means to an end. Through the accelerator, T-block envisions a thriving space where Indian developers can entrepreneurs can access the best facilities and resources to build amazing products and services. With the foremost enablers for blockchain development joining hands with as platform partners, we’re certain that we can provide the shortlisted 30 startups with the opportunity to grow, scale, and change the world.