Pathway to Decentralisation

Why we invested in CUDOS

Introducing CUDOS, the billion dollar distributed compute network We began working with Cudo back in 2019 impressed by their team, traction and fit with our belief in a new distributed internet stack of critical infrastructure. Over that time we help them design, develop and now successfully launch a token optimised instance of their network through […]

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Why We Invested In Biconomy

Biconomy joined our Spring 2020 Web 3 Accelerator (Base Camp) to solve the industry-wide problem of gas-fees on Ethereum, which has limited the ability of DApps to mainstream and also represented our first investment into the Indian ecosystem.

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Web 3 funding: November 2020 in numbers

November continues a very strong trend for 2020. Markets are booming, fundraising is following...

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Web 3 funding: October 2020 in numbers

October is proving once again the industry is here to stay. Despite slight slowdown in the markets, fundraising is booming...

Why We Invested In TapMyData

When we invited TapMyData into our accelerator because we believed by their leveraging of SAR (Subject Access Request) to empower users to exercise their digital rights they were the thin end of the wedge to open up for data emancipation and this paradigm shift and were encouraged by the impressive user growth. 6 months on […]

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Crypto regulation globally is at a critical inflexion point. Regulators must choose to either embrace these new technologies and adopt proportionate, clear regulation or continue to rely on outdated, inconsistent enforcement regimes that stifle innovation.

Crypto Regulation: A crossroads?

Earlier in October, here in the UK the FCA published final rules banning the sale of derivatives and ETNs that reference certain types of cryptoassets to retail investors (coming into effect on 6 January 2021); despite the fact that 97% of respondents to the original consultation opposed the ban.

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Crypto Spring: The Awakening

2020 has been a turbulent year with no middle ground in business. Tech has generally done alright as an industry with the exception of a couple of tech enabled industries. Web 3 has its root in decentralised cooperation which made it quite resilient to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, we are seeing more companies enter the space and more product building than ever.