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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​
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Erik Tobieson​
Partner at True Global Ventures
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Bruce Gallager
Partner at True Global Ventures

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Jon-Tzen Ng
 Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer - Ping An​​
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Kevin Monserrat
Dealflow Manager at Microsoft Accelerator​
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Heng Soon Pang
Head of Investments at SGInnovate
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Gwen Cheni

​Private Investor

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Florent Mamelle
Partner - True Global Ventures​

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Claire Calmejane​
Director of Innovation at Lloyds Banking Group
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Hayk Hakobyan
Expert-in-Residence and Advisor SOSV.com, Partner PRYSMGroup.io​
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Steve Monaghan
Chairman & CEO of Gen.Life, Former CIO of DBS & AIA, Partner of TGV 
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David Kelnar
Partner & Head of Research MMC Ventures
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Yasutaka Fukushima
Executive Director - Head of eFX Sales Japan - UBS​
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Eckhard Ortwein
Partner - True Global Ventures
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Magnus Grimeland
Founder & CEO - ANTLER Innovation

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James Gong
CEO - Cybex



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Blockchain Entertainment Judges
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Sebastian Quinn-Watson
Partner at Blockchain Global Limited
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Alex Lange
Private Investor, Former: Associate - Early Bird Venture Capital
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John Lee
Chairman Asia of ESL Gaming
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Wei Zhou
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Managing Partner - FZ Global Partners

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Rik Willard

​Founder of Agentic Group
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Steven Chien
Principal - Meet Venture Labs
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​David S. Rose
Founder GUST
& Managing Partner Rose Tech Ventures
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Sandhya Devanathan
 Country Director Singapore, Regional Lead - Ecomm, Travel & Finserv - Facebook
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Remington Ong
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 Partner at Fenbushi Capital
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Kristian Hansson
Mentor Founder Institute, Partner - True Global Ventures
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Jonathan Cai
Investment Manager
at Mojo Partners

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Tyler He
New Platforms and Technology (E-sports, VR/AR) at Tencent​

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Bruce Ellliot

​Managing Director at Boston Ventures
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Hannes Graah
Private Investor

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Yat Siu
​CEO, Co-founder of Outblaze, Animoca Brands
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Blockchain "Nikola Tesla Innovation" Open Category Judges



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Paul Veradittakit 
Partner at
​Pantera Capital
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David Lee
 Co-founder - Block Asset



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Rich Brenner​
Chairman Woodside Capital Partners and
Partner True Global Ventures
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Daniel Tu
President Gen.Life
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Ari Korhonen
Angel Investor - Lagoon Capital
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Jani Rautiainen
Co-founder Property Guru and Partner - True Global Ventures
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Jalak Jobanputra
Founder, Managing Partner of FuturePerfect Ventures​
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Yo Nakagawa​​
Executive Director, Global Management Committee Office of Monex Group 
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Charlz Ro
 Vice President at Vickers Venture Partners​

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Renu Bhatia
Founding Partner - Supercharger
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Jane Zhang
Founder & CEO - Shellpay
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Ankur Kamalia​
Head of Group Venture Portfolio Mgmt / ​DB1 Ventures - Deutsche Börse

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Andy Tang​
Partner - Draper Associates
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Nick Cowan
Managing Director & Founder - GBX


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Drew Aldrich
Principal at
​American Family Ventures
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Eric Denovitzer
 Investor, EIR - FJ Labs
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Vincenzo Ciummo​
Partner - True Global Ventures
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Yannick Even
Head of InsurTech Solutions Asia - Swiss Re



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Bo Dong
 Partner at FBG Capital

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Leigh Travers
CEO - Digital X
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Carman Chan
Founder & Managing Partner at Click Ventures
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Kelly Choo
Partner - True Global Ventures

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Jason Lee
Global Director, Partnerships & Strategic Alliances at NEM.io Foundation
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Chantelle Chiew
Digital Transformation Director - BNP Paribas Wealth Management

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Agenda
 
12th March 2018
 
08:00 – 08:30 Networking and Registration
 
08:30 – 08:45 Opening Address
*Dušan Stojanović, Director and Founder of True Global Ventures with 9/18 exits and 3 exits in a week in 2012 awarding him “Business Angel of the Year” in 2013
 
08:45 – 09:25 Panel Discussion (Blockchain Infrastructure)
* Laurenz Apiarius, Partner, Blockwall Capital, Berlin
* Lasse Clausen, Partner, 1kx, Berlin
* Chipper Boulas, CEO and Cofounder, Firestartr, New York
* Dirk van Quaquebeke, Managing Partner at BEENEXT, Singapore
 
Moderated by: Petter Sehlin, Partner, True Global Ventures, Stockholm
 
 
09:25 – 10:20 Startup Pitch (Blockchain Infrastructure)
 
Moderated by: Pavel Bains, CEO, Bluzelle, Singapore
 
 
10:20 – 10:50 Networking Refreshments
 
10:50 – 11:30 Panel Discussion (Blockchain Financial Services)
* Ian Love, Founder & CEO of Blockchain Assets, Perth
* Jun Dam, Investor, Meriver Capital, San Francisco
* Altona Widjaja, Head of Fintech and Innovation Group / The Open Vault, OCBC, Singapore
* Roland Schwinn, Executive Director of EUREX, Singapore (Deutsche Börse Group)

Moderated by: Celine Le Cotonnec, Chief Data Officer, AXA, Singapore
 
 
11:30 – 11:55 Startup Pitch (Blockchain Financial Services)
 
Moderated by: Leo Costes, Managing Director, AXA, Singapore
 
 
11:55 - 12:15 Networking Refreshments
 
12:15 – 12:55 Panel Discussion (Blockchain AI)
* Gerald Mackenzie, Head of Innovation, Business Transformation, Credit Suisse, Singapore
* Jon-Tzen Ng, Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer at Ping An Technology, Shanghai
* Magnus Grimeland, CEO & Founder, ANTLER Innovation, Singapore
 
Moderated by: Dusan Stojanovic, Founder & Director, True Global Ventures, Singapore
 
 
12:55 – 13:40 Startup Pitch (Blockchain AI)
 
Moderated by: Steve Melhuish, Co-Founder & Vice Chairman at PropertyGuru Group, Partner, True Global Ventures, Singapore
 

13:40 – 14:40 Lunch and Networking
 
14:40 – 15:20 Panel Discussion (Blockchain Entertainment)
* Hannes Graah, Global Head of New Markets, Spotify, Stockholm
* Steven Chien, Partner, Meets Venture Group, Los Angeles
* Remington Ong, Partner, Fenbushi Capital, Shanghai
* Dorjee Sun, Director at Zero Knowledge Capital, Singapore
 
Moderated by: Joo Seng Wong, CEO & Founder, Spark System, Partner, True Global Ventures, Singapore
 
 
15:20 – 16:05 Startup Pitch (Blockchain Entertainment)
 
Moderated by: Kelly Choo, Partner, True Global Ventures, Singapore
 
 
16:05 – 16:35 Networking & Refreshments
 
16:35 – 17:15 Panel Discussion (Nikola Tesla Innovation Blockchain Open)
* David Lee, Partner, BlockAsset Ventures, Singapore
* David Wang, Executive Director, Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange, Hong Kong
* Leigh Travers, CEO, Digital X, Perth
* Winnie Chang, Managing Director, OrionW, Singapore
 
Moderated by: Kelly Choo, Partner, True Global Ventures, Singapore
 
 
17:15 – 17:40 Startup Pitch (Nikola Tesla Innovation Blockchain Open)
 
Moderated by: JP Thor, CEO Bountysource & CanYa, Melbourne
 
 
17:40 – 17:50 Surprise Speaker
 
17:50 – 18:20 Prize Ceremony
 
18:30 – 20:30 VIP Dinner (By private invite only)















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    • Past Events >
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    • Upcoming Events
  • Media & Press
    • Media Coverage
    • TGV Press Releases >
      • TGV invests in BUSUP
      • TGV Invests in BookitNGo
      • TGV Invests in Silicon Valley-based COVU
      • TGV Invests in Prezent.AI
      • Validation Cloud Secures $10M Lead to Scale AI for Web3 from True Global Ventures
      • Obligo Raises $35M to Expand Its Security Deposit Solutions Across Millions of U.S. Homes
      • Tookitaki, AI Compliance Solution Drives Expansion Across Key Asian Markets with Funding from True Global Ventures
      • TGV invests in Printler
      • True Global Ventures Opportunity Fund Invests in Jus Mundi
      • Bookit N Go, a Travel Technology Company, Announces the Successful Closure
      • Animoca Brands update on financial position
      • Animoca Brands Joins Chromia as a Network Provider
      • Appointment of Beatrice Lion as CEO
      • Insights on megatrends
      • AYA Platform of Enjinstarter Granted Virtual Asset Service Provider Licence by Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority
      • TGV 4 Plus Rebrands to Opportunity Fund
      • TGV Invests Over 24 M USD in Ledger
      • TGV's 5 Web3 megatrends for 2023
      • TGV4+ portfolio Pinktada oversubscribed on 1.3M USD
      • TGV4+ portfolio company Pinktada raises another round
      • Quantumrock partners with Bambu - enhancing B2B roboadvisory solutions with AI
      • TGV4+ invests total US$38m in Animoca Brands
      • TGV4+ FOF first investment following on in Animoca Brands
      • TGV4+ closes new US$146m Follow on Fund
      • TGV4+ continues to invests in Coinhouse
      • TGV Invest in First Asian Female Entrepreneur 26 May 2022
      • TGV's Forge goes public on NYSE!
      • TGV4+ invests in Iomob
      • TGV4+ Supports Unchain Ukraine
      • TGV4+ Backs First Female Founder
      • TGV4+ invests in EnjinStarter
      • TGV4+ invests in Coinhouse
      • TGV4+ invests in Chromaway
      • TGV4+ invests in GCEX
      • TGV4+ continues rapid global expansion
      • TGV4+ invests in Pinktada
      • TGV4+ invests in PictureThis
      • TGV4+ invests in Forza Ikonia
      • TGV4+ follows on investment in The Sandbox Series B with US$10m
      • TGV4+ exercises CAD$2.3M warrants in CCU
      • Animoca raises $65M at $2.2B valuation
      • TGV4+ Five New Founding Partners
      • TGV4+ 100 million closing
      • Canada Computational Unlimited, 22 June 2021
      • Animoca Brands May 13, 2021
      • Forge Global May 07, 2021
  • Contact