ORLANDO, Fla .– (FILO D & # 39; BUSINESS) –Global
Blockchain Ventures, LLC, (GBV) announces the launch of theirs
$ 100,000,000 focused on blockchain technology, the global venture capital fund
Blockchain Ventures Fund, LP, with principal investor Stonegate
Digital Capital Group commit a seven-digit investment to seed
the bottom.
Global Blockchain Ventures has a central focus on blockchain investments
synergistic technologies and technology platforms including the Internet of
Things, medical technology and artificial intelligence. GBV is led by Al Weiss,
David Metcalf Ph.D., Max Hooper, Ph.D. and Dieter Kondek. Everyone leads to
unique and exceptional curriculum at the table for decades
venture capital, international institutional investment experience
entrepreneurial and business success with the main Fortune 500 companies
like Disney, IBM, Dell, NASA and Techdata.
The President and General Partner of GBV, Al Weiss, commented on this
ad, "This is a very emotional moment in history and we are
blessed to be at the forefront of a technology that owns the
potential, and is on track, to destroy all industries. My
partners and I truly believe and understand this technology and we are
enthusiastic about nurturing innovation in the blockchain and in the distributed ledger
technology. This technology has great potential for benefits and
cases of practical use for economic growth and positive social impact ".
GBV is developing a strong and capable team
consultants and risk partners, as well as forming solid relationships
with other similar Venture funds. Together they want to run theirs
mission to assist the most disruptive and promising projects with the
ability to offer real and practical linked applications a
benefit to the state of Florida and the global economy.
Global Blockchain Ventures will have a unique approach to bridge the
traditional venture capital investment worlds and the world of
blockchain and investments in digital resources. GBV will not provide only
capital, will be involved and will provide their portfolio companies
with a supportive ecosystem to position them for long-term success. GBV
and its consortium has created an ecosystem in which promising technology
companies can grow and prosper.
An example of this is the close collaboration with the University of
Central Florida (UCF) and its Mixed Embedded Technology Integration Lab
(METIL), which is led by Dr. David Metcalf. Dr. Metcalf, too
founded and managed a spin-off of NASA, said: "We have collected a dream
team of leaders in finance and technology that will accelerate
Blockchain innovations from around the world. Our platform is fine
over the investment of cryptocurrency to unlock the power of Blockchain
transforming our world, in particular health, education and business
systems ".
Global Blockchain Ventures was formed to take advantage of the decades of
experience of this investment team and the ecosystem they have built
offer sophisticated investors a unique fund structure to exploit
of this opportunity. The growing list of GBV global alliances, found here,
provide global business flow, expertise and growth support for GBV
portfolio company.
As part of their investment and execution strategy, the Fund intends to
take advantage of its strategic alliances around the world, like its alliance
with Blockchain Financial Group (BFG), a company with blockchain technology
with operations in financial services, ICO consulting, consulting and
research, as well as blockchain technology and cryptocurrency
investments. The holdings of BFG include Stonegate Global Fund Services,
Stonegated Global Financial Technologies and Stonegate Digital Capital
Group.
John McCorvey III, GBV Board of Advisors and Blockchain CEO
Financial Group and Stonegate Digital Capital Group have commented on the
venture, saying: "We have had a long-standing relationship with the GBV
team and made an investment in the fund given the opportunity to work
more closely with them to support the promising Blockchain initiatives. The
the background of the team members speaks a lot about their abilities
and the global alliances they have built in Israel, Europe and India will do it
create a strong flow of blockchain solutions company offers for the fund,
in particular in the areas of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity,
Health care, MedTech, games and the Internet of Things. "
More information on GBV's general partners:
Al Weiss has a 39-year career at Disney. His last position was President
of operations worldwide for Disney $ 10 billion + / 95,000 Walt employees
Activities of Disney Parks and Resorts. He serves on multiple boards and has
It was a crucial part of many mergers and acquisitions in all sectors.
He was named "the most influential business man in Central Florida" since
Orlando Business Journal in 2005.
David Metcalf, Ph.D. is more than 20 years old; experience in design
and search for converging web and mobile technologies to allow
learning and health care. After having founded and managed a spinoff for NASA,
Dr. Metcalf has become and is currently the director of Mixed Emerging
Technology Integration Lab (METIL) at the University of Central
Florida Institute for Simulation and Training. Dr. Metcalf is active
on several tips for profit and non-profit and launched several
for-profit and non-profit enterprises.
Max Hooper, Ph.D. has over 30 years of experience serving leadership
positions for financial services with a specialty for debt and equity
financing, studied FinTech and Blockchain with cohorts at MIT e
Crypto Currencies and Business Break with cohorts in London
School of Economics. Dr. Hooper and dr. Metcalf were co-authors
"Blockchain enabled applications" [2017].
Dieter Kondek has over 30 years experience as an entrepreneur, startup
investor and senior executive in the technology sector. Dieter is
currently Ambassador of Florida for the World Innovation Forum of the Society3. he
he co-founded and came out with several successful startups and was CEO e
other senior leadership positions in software and infrastructure
technology industries for companies like IBM, Dell, Pivot3 and
Techdata. Mr. Kondek has played crucial roles in launching and downsizing
companies from $ 0 to $ 10 million, $ 10 million to $ 50 million and $ 100 million to $ 1.5 billion.
For more information please contact the Investor Relations team at [email protected]
or via our website at www.globalblockchain.ventures