Michael Perklin

Bloq, Inc. provides enterprise grade blockchain technology solutions. Its software platform allows companies to build, manage, and scale blockchain-enabled ecosystems, backed by enterprise-grade service and support. Bloq is built on open source technology, and provides the key connective tissue to interoperate with existing business systems. The firm's technology focuses on solving key business issues surrounding security, provenance, authentication, and reconciliation. The company was founded by Jeff Garzik and Matthew George Roszak in November 2015 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Airswap Com Ltd. provides blockchain-based token trading network services.

Master Coin, Inc. is a private company based in Zephyr Cove, NV. Master Coin, Inc. was founded by Brock Pierce.

Bancor, Inc. provides financial services. The private company is based in Calgary, Canada. James Alexander Banister has been the CEO of the Canadian company since 1985.

SilkRoad Equity LLC (SilkRoad Equity) is a private equity/venture capital firm founded in 2003 by Andrew Filipowski and Matthew George Roszak. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

DNA Holdings LLC operates as a holding company. The company is headquartered in Bloomingdale, IL.

Shyft Network, Inc. is a Barbadian company that has developed a public protocol designed to aggregate and embed trust, validation, and discoverability into data stored on public and private ecosystems. The company is based in St. Michael, Barbados. The protocol also facilitates information transfer between permissioned and permissionless networks. The company was founded in 2017 by Juan Aja Aguinaco, Bruce Silcoff, Joseph Weinberg.

Element Risk Management LLC provides risk management and insurance services. Its products include business owners, general liability, business auto, commercial property, and flood insurance. The company is headquartered in West Chester, PA.

Paybook, Inc. provides payroll services. The company is headquartered in Rochester, NY.

Kirobo Ltd. provides tutorials on how to use their FCT system, including features such as simulate swap and inheritance protection from frontrunner bots. The company is based in Kfar Yona, Israel and was founded by Yonatan Kagansky, Asaf Naim, Nati Mark Schlesinger, and Tal Asa. The Israeli company also offers software development outsourcing services and a smart contract platform that allows businesses to build their logic on the blockchain quickly and easily. Asaf Naim has been the CEO since incorporation.

Blockv AG develops a platform for developers to create digital objects. The company is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland.

EverTune offers a guitar bridge that keeps guitar instruments in tune regardless of the temperature, humidity, and other factors. The company was founded by Cosmos Lyles and Brock Pierce in 2009 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Lingham Capital (Lingham) is a venture capital firm founded in 2006 by Vinny Lingham. The firm is headquartered in Cape Town,South Africa.

Satoshi Portal, Inc. provides bitcoin exchange services. The private company is based in Montréal, Canada. and has subsidiaries in Canada. The Canadian company was founded in 2015 by Francis Pouliot, David Bradley. Francis Pouliot has been the CEO since 2015.

t0.com, Inc. engages in the provision of finance technologies. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Identity.com is a nonprofit organization that specializes in identity verification. The American company offers an open-source, decentralized ecosystem that allows companies and developers to create on-demand identity verification solutions. The private company's marketplace focuses on verifying credentials rather than exchanging personally identifiable information, giving consumers more control over their digital identities. Identity.com uses blockchain technology to provide a secure and efficient decentralized identity verification system, making it easy to verify identities at scale.

Bloomable provides an ecommerce platform that enables customers to order flowers and gifts online from local florists. The company was founded by Nick Wallander, Fraser Black and Dave Moller in 2012 and is headquartered in Woodstock, South Africa.

Multicoin Capital Management LLC (Multicoin Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in May 2017 by Kyle Samani. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

SynthaSite (Pty) Ltd. provides web publishing services. The company was founded by Brent Viljoen and Vinodan Lingham and is headquartered in Cape town, South Africa.

Newtown Partners Pty Ltd (Newtown Partners) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Llew Claasen and Vinny Lingham. The firm is headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa with an office in San Diego, California.

Civic Technologies, Inc. provides a digital protection start-up. The company was founded by Vinny Lingham and Jonathan Smith and is headquartered in Los Altos, CA.

ChessCube Pty Ltd. operates an online chess platform. The firm offers live tournaments that include real-time games, instant pairings and results, different formats, win cubits, live chat rooms, interactive chess videos for all levels. Its products include Live Chess, ChessCube Shop and ChessCube Cinema. The company was founded by Mark Levitt in 2006 and is headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa.

Incubeta Intelligent Marketing (Pty) Ltd. provides online marketing services. The company was founded by Vinodan Lingham in 2003 and is headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa.

Gyft, Inc. develops a gift card platform for consumers and retailers. The firm enables customers to upload, buy and redeem gift cards conveniently from their mobile device. Its customers can ditch the plastic and use their mobile device to store, send and redeem cards. The company was founded by Vinny Linghamv, C. J. MacDonald and Mark Levitt in January 2012 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Personera (Pty) Ltd. provides personalized publishing services. It is a personalized products platform for brands on Facebook. The firm provides free of charge applications that, for the first time, allow brands to offer their communities a variety of custom print products or digital downloads, easily ordered directly from the brand's Facebook fan page and fully personalized with the end user's social network content. Personera's platform is white-labeled and completely customizable for any unique brand identity. The company was founded by Van der Spuy Brink, Sheraan Amod, Michael Champanis, and Jaco de Wet in November 2009 and is headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa.

Yola, Inc. provides web hosting services. It offers website hosting, domain name registration, ecommerce, mobile and facebook publishing, local directory submission, search engine optimization tools, lead generation and social network integration. The company was founded in 2007 by Vinny Lingham, Lourens Stefan, Bodechtel Peter and Brent Viljoen and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Noble Markets LLC operates a banking platform. The company was founded by John Betts, Chris Betz and Brock Pierce in 2014 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Spicy Horse is the largest Western AAA game development studio in China. Founded by a rag-tag collection of game industry vets, creative artists and adventure-seeking expats in late 2006. Spicy relies on a unique production model, strong culture, and interesting location to inspire and drive development of its game titles. Its production model utilizes local, outsourced content production (near-sourcing) to reduce turn-over and keep their studio headcount low. Only 'core development' groups exist within Spicy Horse - made up of designers, programmers, animators, producers, and concept artists. Large scale asset production is always handled externally. Its studio is actively engaged in development of content for a variety of platforms and markets.

Illinois Technology Association engages in the provision of programs and services focused on development, visibility and talent attraction. It focuses on the growth acceleration of technology companies where members benefit from access to programs in three key areas: development, talent, and visibility. The company was founded by Terry Howerton and Fred Hoch in 2005 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

National Venture Capital Association provides business association services. It facilitates networking opportunities and provides research data to its members. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Onramp Branding LLC provides Internet marketing consulting services. Its services include marketing strategy, talent branding, interactive marketing, traditional media marketing and Word of Mouth campaigns. The firm offers specialized services that include product launches, go-to-market strategies, global markets, one-to-one marketing, Hispanic marketing, creating a change-driven organization and internal strategic alignment. The company was founded by Redentor Perea Maxwell in 2004 and is headquartered in Winston-Salem, NC.

Vitalize Labs LLC provides health energy related products. Its products include Eboost, Pow and Spruce. The company was founded by Josh Taekman and John F. McDonald in 2007 and is headquartered in New York, NY.