World’s First Truly Global Blockchain Equity Fund Welcomes Five New Founding Partners to Global Team
True Global Ventures 4 Plus is a Singapore-regulated venture fund, which invests in serial entrepreneur late-stage equity blockchain companies globally, now with increased presence in USA, Canada, Sweden, Switzerland, Poland and Taiwan.
True Global Ventures 4 Plus is a Singapore-regulated venture fund, which invests in serial entrepreneur late-stage equity blockchain companies globally, now with increased presence in USA, Canada, Sweden, Switzerland, Poland and Taiwan.
October 6, 2021 8:00 PM Singapore Time
GLOBAL — October 6, 2021 — True Global Ventures 4 Plus (TGV 4 Plus) Fund had announced its recently closed TGV 4 Plus Fund on September 1st, 2021, where the world’s first truly global blockchain equity fund was oversubscribed — surpassing its US$100 million target. The fund is dedicated to blockchain companies, primarily in late-stage Series B and C across four verticals: Entertainment, infrastructure, financial services, data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI). Typical size of each investment ranges from US$3 million to US$10 million, together with entrepreneurs, business angels, family offices and institutional investors, many with co-investment rights in future equity rounds.
As part of its rapid expansion of TGV 4 Plus, the fund welcomes 5 new Founding Partners to the Global Team of Partners, that will identify new investment opportunities as well as post-investment, help portfolio companies with commercial relationships, investment promotions, introductions to VCs, loans, private equity firms for refinancing, and company acquisitions and exits:
Laurent Féral-Pierssens, who is based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, is a serial entrepreneur and investor specializing in the evolution of the financial and payment infrastructure. He has been focusing on blockchain innovation, digital assets and the crypto-economy since 2016. Laurent is Chief Operating Officer of global fintech company Bitt, leading CBDC infrastructure provider to Central Banks and Financial Institutions; Founding Partner of BlockZero, a management and risk consulting firm specializing in digital asset infrastructure; and an early investor of Canada Computational Unlimited (CCU), Bitcoin mining company with 100% renewable energy. Laurent has anchored himself as a strategic investor and advisor with over 20 years of experience leading technology companies in Canada, the United States and Europe as a founder and CEO. Today, Laurent is an international thought leader on emerging technology. He is a regular speaker on the subject of fintech, transformation of the financial infrastructure, blockchain innovation and digital assets.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/pierssens/
Henrik von Schoultz, who is based in Stockholm, Sweden, is a tech entrepreneur who since 2013 has been active as a business angel and invested in about 25 companies. 8 have gone public and some have been acquired. In Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), his experience is mainly from early investments in Safello and more recently Goobit (Crypto markets), both which recently went public in an IPO. He is also involved in photographic art that will, among other things, sell digital originals (NFT). With his strong track record in investments, Henrik is deeply integrated into the dynamic Scandinavian startup scene.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/henrikvonschoultz/
David S. Rose, who is based in New York City, USA, has been described as "New York's Archangel" by Forbes, "patriarch of Silicon Alley" by Red Herring, and a "world conquering entrepreneur" by BusinessWeek. He is a serial entrepreneur, Inc 500 CEO, active angel investor, CEO of the US Real Estate Market and Executive Chairman of Gust, the SaaS platform powering over 1,000,000 start-ups and 85,000 early-stage investors. He is the New York Times best-selling author of "Angel Investing" and "The Startup Checklist." He was the first investor and Chairman of the Board of both ComiXology (acquired by Amazon) and JUMP Bikes (acquired by Uber). He also had exits to Google, Facebook, Intel, Oracle, S&P Global, CBS, Kodak and many others. David has been a founding partner of True Global Ventures 1,2 and 3 and has gained Blockchain and DLT experience with True Global Ventures 3.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidsrose/
Konrad Wawruch, who is based in Warsaw, Poland, tech entrepreneur for over 20 years, is active advisor and investor in best early-stage tech funds in the region. Having co-founded 7bulls, a software house focused on AI, cloud and blockchain, responsible for investments and venture building. As a Coalition for Polish Innovation board member, he is active on blockchain interest groups and collaboration with lawmakers, policy makers where he created with brokers and banks the standard for blockchain-based shareholding.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/konrad-wawruch-549278/
Corrado von Planta, a Swiss tech entrepreneur for 15 years who is based in Taipei City, Taiwan. His company 4i Tech developed the first digital publishing platform in Asia in 2010, which was highly successful. He has strong connections to Switzerland’s “Crypto Valley”, and other areas like in Blockchain Financial Services.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/corrado-von-planta-061508/
The TGV 4 Plus fund has invested in five companies to date: Animoca Brands, Unicorn global market leader in “Play-to-Earn” blockchain gaming and non-fungible tokens (NFTs); Forge Global, soon to be a Unicorn and global market leader in secondary private markets with a US$2b SPAC deal announced; The Sandbox, global market leader in gaming metaverse; Canada Computational Unlimited (CCU), Bitcoin mining company with 100% renewable energy that is now listed on TSX Venture Exchange (TSX.V) under the ticker “SATO”, and QuantumRock, AI asset management market leader. Under TGV 4 Plus, these portfolio companies have seen material value creation and commercial traction in the past months, where 2 of them have gone or are going public.
With the growing recognition of blockchain equity as an asset class, TGV4 Plus plans to deploy and invest into talented serial entrepreneurs through more equity funding rounds with globally ambitious blockchain start-ups, following the fund’s highly successful recent launch. Start-ups can reach out to these Partners if they are in the aforementioned countries directly via LinkedIn or through the Fund’s Contact page: https://www.tgv4plus.com/contact.html
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About True Global Ventures
True Global Ventures (TGV) is a global Venture Capital firm built by a group of serial entrepreneurs with a solid track record of investing their own money together with Limited Partners into a few early and mainly late-stage ventures run by serial entrepreneurs. Portfolio companies leverage technology, data, AI and blockchain as a competitive advantage to drive change with proven products. TGV is present in 20 cities: Singapore, Hong Kong, Taipei, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Moscow, Stockholm, Paris, Warsaw, New York, San Francisco, and Vancouver, among others. Visit us at www.tgv4plus.com, and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Media contact: [email protected]
GLOBAL — October 6, 2021 — True Global Ventures 4 Plus (TGV 4 Plus) Fund had announced its recently closed TGV 4 Plus Fund on September 1st, 2021, where the world’s first truly global blockchain equity fund was oversubscribed — surpassing its US$100 million target. The fund is dedicated to blockchain companies, primarily in late-stage Series B and C across four verticals: Entertainment, infrastructure, financial services, data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI). Typical size of each investment ranges from US$3 million to US$10 million, together with entrepreneurs, business angels, family offices and institutional investors, many with co-investment rights in future equity rounds.
As part of its rapid expansion of TGV 4 Plus, the fund welcomes 5 new Founding Partners to the Global Team of Partners, that will identify new investment opportunities as well as post-investment, help portfolio companies with commercial relationships, investment promotions, introductions to VCs, loans, private equity firms for refinancing, and company acquisitions and exits:
Laurent Féral-Pierssens, who is based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, is a serial entrepreneur and investor specializing in the evolution of the financial and payment infrastructure. He has been focusing on blockchain innovation, digital assets and the crypto-economy since 2016. Laurent is Chief Operating Officer of global fintech company Bitt, leading CBDC infrastructure provider to Central Banks and Financial Institutions; Founding Partner of BlockZero, a management and risk consulting firm specializing in digital asset infrastructure; and an early investor of Canada Computational Unlimited (CCU), Bitcoin mining company with 100% renewable energy. Laurent has anchored himself as a strategic investor and advisor with over 20 years of experience leading technology companies in Canada, the United States and Europe as a founder and CEO. Today, Laurent is an international thought leader on emerging technology. He is a regular speaker on the subject of fintech, transformation of the financial infrastructure, blockchain innovation and digital assets.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/pierssens/
Henrik von Schoultz, who is based in Stockholm, Sweden, is a tech entrepreneur who since 2013 has been active as a business angel and invested in about 25 companies. 8 have gone public and some have been acquired. In Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), his experience is mainly from early investments in Safello and more recently Goobit (Crypto markets), both which recently went public in an IPO. He is also involved in photographic art that will, among other things, sell digital originals (NFT). With his strong track record in investments, Henrik is deeply integrated into the dynamic Scandinavian startup scene.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/henrikvonschoultz/
David S. Rose, who is based in New York City, USA, has been described as "New York's Archangel" by Forbes, "patriarch of Silicon Alley" by Red Herring, and a "world conquering entrepreneur" by BusinessWeek. He is a serial entrepreneur, Inc 500 CEO, active angel investor, CEO of the US Real Estate Market and Executive Chairman of Gust, the SaaS platform powering over 1,000,000 start-ups and 85,000 early-stage investors. He is the New York Times best-selling author of "Angel Investing" and "The Startup Checklist." He was the first investor and Chairman of the Board of both ComiXology (acquired by Amazon) and JUMP Bikes (acquired by Uber). He also had exits to Google, Facebook, Intel, Oracle, S&P Global, CBS, Kodak and many others. David has been a founding partner of True Global Ventures 1,2 and 3 and has gained Blockchain and DLT experience with True Global Ventures 3.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidsrose/
Konrad Wawruch, who is based in Warsaw, Poland, tech entrepreneur for over 20 years, is active advisor and investor in best early-stage tech funds in the region. Having co-founded 7bulls, a software house focused on AI, cloud and blockchain, responsible for investments and venture building. As a Coalition for Polish Innovation board member, he is active on blockchain interest groups and collaboration with lawmakers, policy makers where he created with brokers and banks the standard for blockchain-based shareholding.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/konrad-wawruch-549278/
Corrado von Planta, a Swiss tech entrepreneur for 15 years who is based in Taipei City, Taiwan. His company 4i Tech developed the first digital publishing platform in Asia in 2010, which was highly successful. He has strong connections to Switzerland’s “Crypto Valley”, and other areas like in Blockchain Financial Services.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/corrado-von-planta-061508/
The TGV 4 Plus fund has invested in five companies to date: Animoca Brands, Unicorn global market leader in “Play-to-Earn” blockchain gaming and non-fungible tokens (NFTs); Forge Global, soon to be a Unicorn and global market leader in secondary private markets with a US$2b SPAC deal announced; The Sandbox, global market leader in gaming metaverse; Canada Computational Unlimited (CCU), Bitcoin mining company with 100% renewable energy that is now listed on TSX Venture Exchange (TSX.V) under the ticker “SATO”, and QuantumRock, AI asset management market leader. Under TGV 4 Plus, these portfolio companies have seen material value creation and commercial traction in the past months, where 2 of them have gone or are going public.
With the growing recognition of blockchain equity as an asset class, TGV4 Plus plans to deploy and invest into talented serial entrepreneurs through more equity funding rounds with globally ambitious blockchain start-ups, following the fund’s highly successful recent launch. Start-ups can reach out to these Partners if they are in the aforementioned countries directly via LinkedIn or through the Fund’s Contact page: https://www.tgv4plus.com/contact.html
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About True Global Ventures
True Global Ventures (TGV) is a global Venture Capital firm built by a group of serial entrepreneurs with a solid track record of investing their own money together with Limited Partners into a few early and mainly late-stage ventures run by serial entrepreneurs. Portfolio companies leverage technology, data, AI and blockchain as a competitive advantage to drive change with proven products. TGV is present in 20 cities: Singapore, Hong Kong, Taipei, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Moscow, Stockholm, Paris, Warsaw, New York, San Francisco, and Vancouver, among others. Visit us at www.tgv4plus.com, and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Media contact: [email protected]