Future Tech: Almost Here, Round-the-Corner Future Technology Podcast
1,842 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago -Future Technologies Poised to Transform Our Lives For The Better are the focus of this podcast. Almost here means these technologies are Now Here, or Just Around The Corner. Listen to the latest future tech news & interviews, featuring Artificial Intelligence, 3D printing, stem cells, regenerative medicine, Bitcoin, Blockchain & other cutting-edge stuff.
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Stuart Duncan – Vice Industry Token – An Adult Token Compensating User Activity
March 28, 2018 12:20 - 28 minutes - 20.7 MBStuart Duncan is the CEO of Vice Industry Token, a company that is based on a fork of the Steem blockchain and allows users to generate tokens each time they watch, upload or comment on adult programming on the network. Once a user has tokens, they can purchase a variety of goods and services from other people on the network, and make micropayments to their favorite performers. Several companies have already signed up to use the Vice Industry Token, including Ecstasy and Playboy. Having just ...
Hans Lombardo, CMO of Blockpass
March 28, 2018 10:26 - 30 minutes - 22.9 MBBlockpass provides an identity verification platform that is user-centric and greatly reduces the onboarding costs necessary for businesses to properly vet humans (KYC), objects (KYO) and connected devices (KYD). Also, Blockpass puts the user in control of data that is accessible by mobile phone. According to CMO Hans Lombardo, Blockpass has developed an identity verification process that is streamlined, low-cost, and reliable. Blockpass relies on blockchain technology to provide a secure co...
Chase Smith – Open Platform – A Blockchain-Agnostic ICO Fostering the Mainstream Adoption of Blockchain Payments
March 27, 2018 10:16 - 29 minutes - 67.1 MB“A lot of ICOs make it so you have to use their token to transact on their platform, but that creates these silos of utility…and you have to exchange tokens to go through these platforms. At Open, we’re making it so you can use any cryptocurrency to purchase something, and that’s powerful because you need to show people that every cryptocurrency is an asset you can purchase with,” says Chase Smith, who is the founder and lead architect at Open Platform. Open Platform is an ICO that differs f...
Dylan Senter and Nick Ravanbakhsh – Spectiv – Decentralizing and Tokenizing Ad Campaigns
March 27, 2018 10:15 - 31 minutes - 71.4 MBDylan Senter and Nick Ravanbakhsh are co-founders of Spectiv, a company that’s working concurrently on two exciting projects: a decentralized advertising platform and a virtual reality streaming platform. Rather than having to go through websites such as YouTube and Google in order to reach target audiences with ad campaigns, Spectiv is allowing advertisers to reach content publishers directly, in peer-to-peer fashion. Anyone who wants to help advertise for a product and who drives attention ...
Ashvin Nihalani- Blockchain at Berkeley- Consulting, Educating and Fostering Novel Ideas in the Blockchain Space
March 27, 2018 10:01 - 30 minutes - 24.4 MBIt started out as a simple Bitcoin club created by a handful of students at UC Berkeley during the earliest days of blockchain technology but has since become much more than that. Realizing the extent of how quickly blockchain technology was expanding and how many applications it has, Blockchain at Berkeley evolved into a multi-faceted organization with the primary goal of providing a learning space for the public and an opportunity for growth of the blockchain industry. Whether it's consult...
Philipp Pieper- Swarm Fund- Connecting Blockchain Tokenization with Real Assets and Encouraging Impact Investing
March 27, 2018 07:45 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBWith the use of a regulatory-compliant framework that connects tokenization with real assets, Swarm Fund is allowing investors better and easier access to those assets than traditional capital markets. The Swarm Fund framework is not only being applied to professional and alternative asset classes, but also to the realm of impact investing. This is allowing a variety of organizations that may not have otherwise had the ability to reach a global crowd of investors and generate both social and ...
Gwyn Clay-CA Automic- Seamlessly Integrating Generations of Technology
March 27, 2018 06:48 - 30 minutes - 22.5 MB“Within the automation business unit, we empower customers to accelerate and be more agile, enabling them to deploy software faster and ensure their infrastructure is continuously automated and that their mission-critical business processes run successfully and on time,” says Gwyn Clay, vice president of product management at CA Automic. Having been around for four decades, CA Automic is a global enterprise software company that grew alongside other major names in the industry, such as IBM an...
Ben Jessel, Head of Business Growth at Kadena
March 27, 2018 05:58 - 27 minutes - 21.6 MBKadena is revolutionizing the way businesses use blockchain technology by finding new ways to adapt blockchain to create a technology platform that allows businesses to maximize efficiency and explore new business models. As the Head of Growth, Ben Jessel has developed a variety of services powered by Chainweb, which provides fast throughput and latency. In addition to assisting businesses to reduce operational costs, Kadena provides access to information that a can lead to new products and ...
Arturs Ivanovs – CEO and Founder of FIC Network – Accelerating the Crypto Economy with a New Blockchain Protocol
March 26, 2018 11:45 - 25 minutes - 58.7 MBThe majority of investors have no option but to store their cryptocurrency in wallets and let it sit idly. But what if they could generate interest on that crypto by putting it in bonds or asset-backed securities? FIC Network is a blockchain protocol that ultimately aims to give investors that ability by allowing for secondary loan market transactions and bond issuances on the blockchain. Arturs Ivanovs, CEO and Founder of FIC Network, says that the “grand vision is to create an open and tra...
Mance Harmon, CEO of Hedera Hashgraph
March 26, 2018 11:39 - 36 minutes - 83.9 MBThe Hedera Hashgraph platform provide an alternative to blockchain technology and other distributed consensus algorithms by using a fundamentally different technology with unique capabilities. According to co-founder and CEO Mance Harmon, the hashgraph algorithm solves the most common problems with blockchain technology regarding performance, cost, and security. Both Harmon and co-founder Leemon Baird are deep technologists and Harmon taught cybersecurity at the US Air Force Academy where Bai...
Gil Beyda, Managing Director of Comcast Ventures
March 26, 2018 11:30 - 30 minutes - 70.8 MBAs Director of Comcast Ventures, Gil Beyda is interested in “hard technology problems.” Comcast Ventures is the investment arm of Comcast/NBC Universal and according to Beyda, he is incredibly “excited” about blockchain technology and the potential for new business models. Comcast Ventures works with a diverse range of products and businesses, but Beyda is mostly involved in B to B enterprises that deal with hard technology including cybersecurity, “the internet of things”, blockchains and IT...
Stephen Blum, CTO of PubNub
March 26, 2018 09:39 - 34 minutes - 24.7 MBPubNub is a data streaming network with connectivity in every country in the world and ensures low-latency data sharing through state-of-the-art APIs. An API, or application programming interface, allows one application to speak to another and according to CTO Stephen Blum, there is a chance that every IoT device currently in your home is already connected to PubNub. Using a single network capable of handling hundreds of millions of connections at once, PubNub provides a secure network that ...
Sergey Vasin, COO of Blackmoon
March 22, 2018 11:30 - 18 minutes - 14.6 MBBlackmoon offers a platform that connects investors and loan originators that bridges the gap between crypto space and traditional investments. According to COO Sergey Vasin, Blackmoon provides a one-stop solution for investors and utilizes the benefits of blockchain technology. The two primary services include tokenizing investment funds and providing investors access to approved originators. By bringing blockchain technology to the asset management industry, Blackmoon offers a platform for ...
Axel Schumacher – CEO of Shivom
March 22, 2018 09:51 - 27 minutes - 21.2 MBWhat is the most precious commodity that a person owns? DNA according to Dr. Axel Schumacher, CEO of Shivom. Shivom is linking two revolutionary technologies: genomics and blockchain to provide a safe, secure platform to store genetic data and improve health and well-being. Shivom provides users access to a global precision medicine platform that allows for the anonymous sharing of genetic information that may eventually help cure complex diseases. In addition, once genetic information is st...
Biomx Officers Jonathan Solomon and Assaf Oron – Biomx – Using Phage Therapy to Cure Disease
March 21, 2018 10:58 - 28 minutes - 65.7 MBPhage therapy is the next generation of medical treatment against bacterial infections, according to Jonathan Solomon, CEO of BiomX and may hold to key to curing chronic diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and cancer. Over 1.5 million Americans suffer from IBD and according to CBO Assaf Oron, the numbers of cases are growing rapidly. BiomX was founded by scientists with expertise in bacteriophages, or phages, which is the natural viruses that fight bacteria in the body. By seque...
Jacob Kowalewski – Lisk Academy – Providing Free Education on Blockchain Technology
March 21, 2018 10:56 - 26 minutes - 60.1 MBLisk Academy is a free educational platform that explains blockchain technology in a simple yet accurate way using non-technical terms. According to founder Jacob Kowalewski, the goal is to make complex concepts understandable to everyone. There is no denying the impact of cyptocurrency and blockchain technology, yet many people do not understand how it works. By providing an interactive, easy-to- understand platform, Lisk Academy is educating consumers with concise, articulate lessons that i...
Robert Rutherford – CEO/ Founder of Hedg.Fund – Integrating Crypto Currency with the Traditional Financial Market
March 21, 2018 10:53 - 24 minutes - 55.8 MBHEDG.fund is an investment platform that connects the crypto market and the traditional financial industry. According to CEO/founder Robert Rutherford, as the blockchain space matures, the next step is to integrate traditional financial service companies. HEDG provides a secure, regulated, compliant platform to store blockchain assets. Currently, HEDG offers services for custody, execution and clearing of assets with the goal of additional value-added services to address the needs of users an...
Brian Sweeney – IBM Consultant
March 21, 2018 10:22 - 30 minutes - 23 MBThere is a lot of hype surrounding blockchain technology, and according to IBM consultant Brian Sweeney, you should believe the hype. The impact of blockchain technology is “immutable,” Sweeney recently told Future Tech podcast, and “is happening whether you like it or not.” As a senior blockchain consultant with IBM, Sweeney provides education, consultation, implementation and maintenance of blockchain technology to businesses eager to be more efficient. According to Sweeney, any business ...
Joe Mohen – CEO of Chimes Media
March 20, 2018 11:33 - 45 minutes - 104 MBWhat does computer programming, blockchain, internet voting, ICOs and music have in common? They all contribute to the continuum of experience and knowledge that Joe Mohen, CEO of Chimes Media possesses and shares with Future Tech Podcast. Despite an impressive career involving technology, elections, church fundraising, fashion and music, Mohen is driven by two fundamental questions: how is the world different today and how can I use my technical and engineering skills to change the world? Mo...
Alan Safahi – CEO and Founder of ZED
March 20, 2018 11:31 - 29 minutes - 68.3 MBZED is helping small to medium sized MTOs compete with larger remittance services by providing solutions to key problems. The three most common challenges facing smaller MTOs are issues due to banking, technology, and cash flow. ZED Network provides a fully compliant and KYC verified crypto currency that is secure and designed to reduce transaction friction costs. CEO and founder Alan Safahi knows the problems facing smaller MTOs because he also runs one in Canada. With that valuable insight,...
Xueyuan She – Co-Founder Of WTZ Blockchain College – Bringing First Hand Blockchain Info From China
March 20, 2018 11:31 - 24 minutes - 56.3 MBWTZ Blockchain College is currently the second largest blockchain content producer in China, with over 26,000 online views per day. They are focused on delivering the guts and glory of the industry with stories on all things blockchain. Co-Founder, Xueyuan She, shares the fascinating story of WTZ, the founder of WTZ Blockchain College and how it all began. WTZ, (the person, not the company), was a college drop-out, just looking to start a successful business like anyone would. Long story shor...
Serge Milman – Partner of Starta Capital
March 20, 2018 08:05 - 26 minutes - 20 MBStarta Capital is providing unparalleled access to the venture capital market by creating a unique VC fund that will allow outside unaccredited investors to co-invest in Eastern European tech companies that show potential for success. According to managing partner Serge Milman, Starta Capital is creating a hybrid capital fund to provide opportunities for smaller investors that cannot afford the traditionally high cost of VC investments. By partnering with Starta Capital, investors will have ...
Eric Huang, CEO of BlockCAT
March 20, 2018 08:02 - 24 minutes - 18.7 MBThe primary goal of BlockCAT is to provide access to easy to use smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain and bring blockchain technology to the mainstream. According to CEO Eric Huang, the BlockCAT website allows anyone to create, manage, and deploy smart contracts with no programming knowledge or expertise necessary.Smart contracts provide unique and powerful capabilities and BlockCAT provides a decentralized web platform to allow users to customize smart contracts. Users chose pre-build...
Michael West – Ceo Of Agex Therapeutics – Exploring The Science Of Aging
March 20, 2018 07:53 - 56 minutes - 40.7 MBThe business of anti-aging has been the focus for scientists and anyone with a gray hair, for as long as we all can remember. Daily in magazines and on television, we are bombarded with buzzwords like free radicals, anti-aging, inflammation, preserving, skin-repair and so on. There are numerous companies all over the world dedicated to curing everything from cancer to wrinkles. Rather than focus on a specific ailment, AgeX Therapeutics, a biotechnology company formed in 2017, puts the spotlig...
Nick Conley – Chief Science Officer & Co-Founder of Epibiome – Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria
March 19, 2018 10:46 - 42 minutes - 97.5 MBEpiBiome, a microbiome engineering company based in San Francisco, is busy developing next generation antibacterials to fight a real problem; the growing threat of antibiotic resistant bacteria. Their focus is also on engineering the human microbiome using technology called“phages”, or bacteria-specific viruses. These “phages” are natural enemies of bacteria, essentially injecting it with the flu and killing it. They then go on to attach to other bacteria and do the same. Bacteriophages, or “...
Gunjan Bhardwaj – CEO and Co-Founder Of Innoplexus – Using Artificial Intelligence to Manage Data in Life Sciences Field
March 19, 2018 10:42 - 18 minutes - 41.2 MBThe problem: Data in the life sciences field is outdated. Methods are archaic and expensive or inaccurate. Old models of data gathering and interpretations in the health sciences industries just simply don’t work any longer. These fields are calling for change. Solution: Enter Innoplexus. Innoplexus, established in 2011 and is a leading provider of Artificial Intelligence products, aiming to overcome the data and talent challenges in life sciences and the AI fields. Gunjan Bhardwaj, CEO & Co-...
David Grainger – Methuselah – Investigating and Targeting the Ageing Process in an Unprecedented Way
March 19, 2018 10:35 - 29 minutes - 67.7 MBThe majority of research on the cause and treatment of ageing-related diseases has focused on the role of DNA in the ageing process. However, this area of research has proven to be one of the most difficult, and only a limited amount of progress has been made. What if the answer doesn’t lie in DNA at all? This is the question that David Grainger set out to investigate when he founded Methuselah Health in 2014. Rather than focusing on the role of DNA in the ageing process, the researchers at M...
Tu Doan- Stack- A User-Friendly and Automatic Crypto-Investment Tool
March 15, 2018 07:58 - 25 minutes - 19.5 MBGetting involved in the crypto space requires familiarity with certain technical terms, the ability to navigate advanced technology, and some experience with finance. For many people, that combination is overwhelming and discouraging. This is what Tu Doan set out to change when he founded Stack, a cryptocurrency investing platform designed with one primary goal: to attract more people to the world of cryptocurrency by streamlining and simplifying the process of participating in it. It’s simpl...
Paul Snow – Factom – Co-Founder & Ceo – The Power And Future Of The Blockchain
March 15, 2018 06:34 - 31 minutes - 24.8 MBPaul Snow, CEO, and Co-Founder of Factom sat down with us at the Bitcoin, Ethereum & Blockchain Superconference 2018 to offer his insight on what the blockchain is capable of today and what it may be able to do down the line. Factom, is a blockchain technology company focused on data management and security. The key is that the protocol is built on top of the Bitcoin blockchain, meaning it is decentralized and not run by any one person. This makes it impermeable to being shut down or hacked....
Marco Abele- TEND- Co-owning and Investing in Collectibles on the Blockchain
March 15, 2018 06:04 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MBMarco Abele is the founder and CEO of TEND, a platform that will allow its users to invest in and have access to a variety of items, such as collectible cars, vineyards, and jewelry. Based on the interests of their customers and using blockchain technology, TEND will create certificates for popular items and allow for them to be co-owned in the form of digital tokens via smart contracts. For example, rather than spending the money to buy an expensive collectible car outright, a user can find...
Dale Pfost And Mark Heiman – Co-founders Of Microbiome Therapeutics
March 14, 2018 06:11 - 37 minutes - 28.7 MBMicrobiome is all the rage when it comes to bitechnology. MicroBiome Therapeutics™ is at the forefront of the industry with products meant to help build a better biome.They have developed a microbiome modulator, BiomeBliss, a drink mix and dietary supplement, that serves to build a better microbiome function. It’s similar to probiotics but goes beyond in helping to promote a healthy GI microbiome.BiomeBliss is a powdered blend of three natural food ingredients combining a blend of prebiotics,...
Mr. X – Falling Victim To A Crypto Scam
March 13, 2018 07:47 - 22 minutes - 17.4 MBAs with most things in life, with the good, generally comes some of the bad. That could not be more true when it comes to the cryptocurrency world. With scammers at an all-time high in the space, we sit down with one user who fell deep and hard into such series of events. “Mr. X” shares his unfortunate tale of the dangers of scams in the crypto space and why it is important to do your due diligence to mitigate loss and rip-offs, before buying and selling in the space. Once it’s gone, it’s gon...
Alex Mashinsky – CEO & Founder of Celsius Network – Creating Financial Opportunities Around The Globe by Earning Interest on Crypto
March 13, 2018 07:28 - 15 minutes - 36.5 MBCelsius, Network, powered by a global community of members, aims to create a peer-to-peer platform for coin lending and borrowing by offering attractive interest rates for users. Founder of Celsius, Alex Mashinsky, explains the idea behind this vision. Celsius enables any coin holder to earn interest on their crypto, opening many financial doors for everyone around the world. One of the most important goals is to add millions of crypto users to the market, including serving populations being ...
Max Smetannikov – Chief Marketing Officer of VIMANA Global – Utilizing Blockchain & Drones to Solve Traffic Congestion Infrastructure
March 13, 2018 07:28 - 27 minutes - 63.5 MBTaking advantage of two hot trends, drones and the blockchain airspace technology, VIMANA Global, is a startup aiming to provide a solution to a key urban air mobility (UAM) challenge. There is a looming traffic congestion infrastructure crisis. VIMANA has plans to use the blockchain airspace market by launching drones to do package deliveries and, down the line, even human transportation. When looking at Smart Cities launching UAM programs, the developers of VIMANA realized one of the bigges...
Nikhil Jain – Ceo & Co-Founder Of Oben – Create Your Own Avatar With AI
March 13, 2018 05:57 - 30 minutes - 23.6 MBHave you ever dreamed of having your own avatar? Well now, ObEN is making it a reality – well maybe more like a virtual reality that is – with the help of Artificial Intelligence technology. ObEN is using the AI blockchain platform to create copies of humans. They look like you. they talk like you. They sound like you and hell, it’s even possible to pass on some of your own personality traits to your avatar.Take a selfie. Speak a few sentences into the app and bam – you’re on your way to cre...
Stephen Barrie – Viome – Understanding The Importance And Origin Of Microbiome
March 13, 2018 05:52 - 49 minutes - 35.1 MBViome is a gut microbiome testing service that is using artificial intelligence and machine learning to suggest personalized nutritional recommendations. The goal is to balance the gut microbiome inside the human body to improve one’s digestion.Stephen Barrie of Viome sits down to talk with us about the microbiome, its origin and its importance to everything in life. Barrie discusses in detail the relationship between one’s biome and health and just how crystal clear and important that bond i...
Josh Mclver – Uledger- Offering A New Level Of Data Integrity And Efficiency
March 12, 2018 07:40 - 25 minutes - 19.5 MBTraditional forms of auditing are time-consuming, prone to error and unable to capture and evaluate 100 percent of a company’s data. ULedger is offering a solution that allows companies to obtain a transparent, non-forgeable and mathematically immutable trail of every single financial transaction or event that occurs, including the exchange of company emails, pictures, documents, and contracts. ULedger is accomplishing this by underpinning a company’s existing technology infrastructure and da...
Alex Bojinov – Co-Founder & CEO Crowdholdiing – Connecting Entrepreneurs Globally Through Blockchain Tech
March 12, 2018 07:33 - 27 minutes - 63.4 MBThrough Blockchain technology, Crowdholding, aims to connect people from around the world to share in revenue with new entrepreneurial projects and businesses, by giving feedback and offering insight. By sharing the profits between creator and “crowd”, who contributed to the project’s success along the way, this platform is redistributing the wealth in all classes across the globe. The process really begins when a company or entrepreneur launches a new idea on Crowdholding. People who have j...
Marshall Taplits – NYNJA- A Global Messenger with a Built-in On-Demand Freelance Network
March 12, 2018 07:31 - 29 minutes - 66.7 MBMarshall Taplits is the CSO and co-founder of NYNJA, a company that is building a global communications app featuring an on-demand freelance network. This network will allow NYNJA users from around the world to complete work or have work completed for them in real time. Once a user completes a project, they will be paid in accordance with the contract and in NYNJA’s own cryptocurrency- the NYNJACoin. The NYNJACoin is an ERC20 token that can be stored in any Ethereum wallet. NYNJA was develope...
Victor Chapela – Co-Founder of Suggestic – Augmented Reality App Helping People Choose Correct Diet and Nutrition Plan
March 12, 2018 07:31 - 30 minutes - 69.9 MBSuggestic, an AR nutrition and diet app powered by AI, helps users select an eating plan. Whether the goal is weight loss, health optimization, or chronic disease reversal, Suggestic aims to help people follow the plan wherever they go.
Co-Founders Bryce Thomas And Frederick Brien – Co-founders Of Tokenspin – Changing The Way Charities Operate With Blockchain Tech
March 12, 2018 05:28 - 21 minutes - 16.9 MBIn today’s world, unnecessary overhead and administration costs for fundraising are astronomically high; in the end, leaving less than, for the actual organization at the heart of it all. The founders of TokenSpin aimed to change all of that by utilizing the Ethereum Blockchain. TokenSpin offers mini raffles where all takings are distributed to the charity under a decentralized autonomous structure. By fundraising on the blockchain and using smart contracts, the usual costs of running a fundr...
Jim Borzilleri – Founder Of Ominex – The Blockchain Compliant Token Solution
March 12, 2018 05:24 - 20 minutes - 46.6 MBOminex is the team behind CrowdEngine, a leading white label equity crowdfunding solution in the US. Ominex is the new spin-off taking advantage of the experience they have, adding compliance services to the blockchain. They specialize in providing KYC and investor accreditation services on their platform so that token sellers can use their system as a complete user management system for a token sale. Ominex provides solutions for token sellers to ensure they are compliant. They act as a trus...
Bill Ottman – CEO and Founder of Minds – Earning Digital Currency and Views for Social Networking
March 09, 2018 10:49 - 18 minutes - 43.4 MBMinds is an open-source, encrypted social networking platform where users are rewarded with digital currency to increase their content’s reach in lieu of their online activity. Users can exchange currency to use for free promotion of their content or peer to peer in exchange for exclusive content in a recurring crowdfunding platform.
Kulika Chomvong – Co-Founder and CEO of Sugarlogix – Resynthesizing Human Milk Sugar for Babies and Adults
March 09, 2018 10:48 - 24 minutes - 56.5 MBHuman Breast milk packs some of nature’s most powerful ingredients. Sugarlogix, a small bio-tech company is using yeast fermentation and synthetic biology to recreate a group of complex sugars only found in humans. The purpose is to make these vital nutrients available to babies and adults alike. Chomvong tells the tale of what led her and her team to pour their time and resources into this significant research.
Mike Reaves, Ceo Of Cashbet – The World’s Only Crypto-Ready, Complete, Igaming Platform.
March 09, 2018 06:23 - 25 minutes - 19.8 MBCashbet, a frontrunner in iGaming, is the first real-money platform to disrupt the industry.A well established and licensed business, Cashbet entered the ICO space with its CashBet Coin (CBC), to solve trust issues and transaction speed and cost problems within the iGaming space. CBC is a utility token that will provide benefits to users around the world while offering responsible gaming modules for casino, skill-based, eSports, lottery and sports betting.
Jouko Ahvenainen – Founder & Executive Chairman Grow Vc Group – Global Leader In Fintech Innovations
March 08, 2018 06:56 - 24 minutes - 18.8 MBGrow VC Group is a world leader in a mix of investing and holding companies focusing on finech, crowd funding, peer to peer marketplaces, and new investment models.Partners include finance platforms, banks, finance services, investment companies, many alternative finance services, governments and public sector development agencies.
Ciaran Hynes – Of Cosimo Ventures – Deep Tech Investment Firm for Blockchain, Ai, A/R, Iot
March 08, 2018 06:01 - 18 minutes - 18.4 MBCosimo Ventures is a deep tech investment firm based in Boston, New York, and Ireland. Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, cyber security, AR, and IOT are just a few of the flavors they have invested in.They have just completed a few major investments which are growing into the US markets: Gecko Governance, which was built on the blockchain for hedge fund and mutual funds, allows fund managers to meet regulatory and compliance requirements.Cosimo has also recently invested $3M in Oneiro to c...
Yves Petitjean and Giorgio Zinetti – Procivis – Developing Digital Identity Apps on the Blockchain
March 07, 2018 06:37 - 32 minutes - 73.6 MBThere are roughly two million people globally who live without any form of identification or formal proof of existence. As a result, those people are excluded from economic, social and political systems. Yves Petitjean and Giorgio Zinetti are members of the team at Procivis, a Switzerland-based company that is developing digital identity applications on the blockchain in order to bridge the divide between those who do and those who don’t have the benefit of government-provided, trusted forms ...
Gregory Kuehn – Metabiomics – Non-invasive Detection and Prevention of Colon Cancer Via Microbiome Analysis
March 07, 2018 06:37 - 30 minutes - 68.6 MBGregory Kuehn is the co-founder and COO of Metabiomics, a company that has been developing tools and techniques for analyzing the human gut microbiome for the last 15 years. Their primary focus is on the early detection and prevention of colon cancer through the identification of colonic polyps, which are precursors to colon cancer. With the combination of carefully-controlled clinical trials and machine learning methods that view the entire microbial community in a stool sample, Metabiomics ...
Mark Hearn- Irdeto- A Digital Platform Security Provider With 50 Years Of Experience
March 06, 2018 06:40 - 26 minutes - 21 MBAs the head of IOT security and strategic business development at Irdeto, Mark Hearn brings 50 years of experience to provide customers the highest level of security. Any place where software is being written, there is a security need. Irdeto has three main priorities: help businesses identify and develop security strategies, monitor hacking activity on the dark web in order to stay current with what’s happening behind the scenes, and invest in technology that makes hacking less beneficial t...