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3rd
Global Blockchain Competition

Held in Singapore between February - 12th March 2018
Industry Speakers
Startup Companies 
Investor judges

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TGV 3rd Global Blockchain Competition, 12th March 2018

Building on 3 years of successful competitions, True Global Ventures is proud to have executed yet another successful one in the heart of Asia's very own Fintech Hub, Singapore.

This competition was initiated by Dusan Stojanovic, Founder and Director of True Global Ventures - in his mission to bridge the gap between blockchain entrepreneurs and investors. 

We were proud to have  120+ investor judges onboard to assess more than 200+ stunning blockchain startups across 5 very exciting verticals of Blockchain Infrastructure, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence, Entertainment and "Nikola Tesla" Open Category. This was a feat that has never been seen before globally.


We aim to continue replicating this success in the future and continue to help startups in the blockchain space seek funding opportunity, international exposure, growth and recognition. 

Our winners for this competition were awarded cash prizes between USD$5k - USD$15k. We had 5 winners for each respective category and an overall winner for the competition. Many of them went out to clinch corporate partnerships and funding deals to propel them to the next level. 

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Blockchain Infrastructure Judges
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Laurenz Apiarius
Co-founder & General Partner of Blockwall Capital
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Petter Sehlin
Founder of Youcal & Partner at ​True Global Ventures
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Ken Berger
Co-founder of Crypto Explorers
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Eric Feddal
COO ASEAN at British Telecom
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Lasse Clausen

Partner at 1kx​
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Sven Laepple
Founder - ASTRATUM, Blockchain Angels Germany
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Laura Grimmelmann
Vice President at
Accel Partners
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Benedicte N. Nolens
Senior Director at Securities & Futures Commissior
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Renqi Shen
Partner - BlockAsset​
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Dirk van Quaquebeke
 Managing Partner at BeeNext
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Christoph Fisher
Managing Partner at Click Ventures
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Winnie Chang
Managing Director at OrionW LLC

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Jeffrey Premer
Managing Director at ICO Capital Management​
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Viveka Ekberg

Private Investor
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Leslie Chan
Vice President at
Credit Suisse
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Blockchain Financial Services Judges
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Ian Love
Founder & CEO of Blockchain Assets
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David Yue
CEO of Sky Fund (Cryptofund) / Skycoin
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​Sheel Mohnot​
 Partner - 500 Startups​


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Joo Seng Wong
Partner of True Global Ventures & CEO of Spark System​
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Tek Yew Chia
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Private Investor​
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Dipen R Metha
Head Digital Innovation (APAC) of Amazon Web Services
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Philip Glickman
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Regional Head of Commercial Payments APAC
Mastercard

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Stein Erik Nordmo
​Vice President - Telenor Financial Services
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Jitendra Gupta
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Managing Director of PayU India​
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Ankur Nandwani
Principal at Ribbit Capital
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Tim Rehder
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Principal - Earlybird VC
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David Wang
Executive Director at Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange​
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Joe Seunghyun Cho
Co-founder & CEO of Marvelstone Group
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Alexander Tkachenko
General Managing Partner - 2be.lu Investments
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Shailesh Naik
Founder & CEO of MatchMove​

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Martti Granberg
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Head of Market Development - BBVA
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Christophe Pechoux
Global Head of Innovation at Santander Bank
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Klas Hesselman
Innovation & Strategic Partnerships at Visa​
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Chipper Boulas
Co-Founder of Firestartr


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​Steve Benett
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Partner at Cross Coin Ventures

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Kenrick Drijkoningen
Head of Growth - Golden Gate Ventures
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Jun Dam
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Founder & CEO at bitCash
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Marco Barth
VP Group Strategy & Business Development of Scout24 Group
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​Peter Stephens
Head of Blockchain and UK Group Innovation - UBS
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Bo Ji

​Assistant Dean
Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business​
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Pranav Seth
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SVP, Digital & Innovation - OCBC
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Yale ReiSoleil
CEO - IOB Fund LLC

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Roland Schwinn
Executive Director at Deutsche Börse (Eurex)
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Eu Khoon Ang
Co-founder of Q investment partners, Partner of Fintonia and TGV
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Pauline Wood
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Partner at True Global Ventures
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Frank Desvignes
Founder & CEO of AXA Lab Asia​

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Tomasz Kurczyk
Digital Transformation Director at AXA Singapore​
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Steve Melhuish
Co- founder and Partner - Property Guru and True Global Ventures​
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Alex Kimura
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Chief Strategy Officer of Aviva​
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Blockchain Artificial Intelligence Judges​
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Christian Nagel​
 Partner - Earlybird VC​
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Dan Feld​
Head of Developer Relations at Google

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Alexander Prokhorov
Partner - Finsight VC
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Jonathan Cooper
Investment Director of SEAF Qatar and Partner of True Global Ventures
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Hendrik Schwartz
Managing Partner of Sanpei Ventures and Partner of True Global Ventures 
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Lara Druyan 
Managing Director, Head of Innovation, West Coast - RBC (Royal Bank of Canada)
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Nicklas Ilebrand
Head of Products (Personal Banking) - Nordea
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Gerald Mackenzie
Head of Innovation & Business Transformation at Credit Suisse
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Dusan Stojanovic
Founder & Director - True Global Ventures
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Tom McNerney​
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Partner TrueGlobal Ventures,Co-founder IHS Markit​