Charlie Shrem’s Private Equity Platform to Hold Crowdsale Capped at $25 Million
Mainstreet Investments will hold a crowdsale of 50 million tokens on Jan. 15, 2017 to March 15, 2017, capped at $25 million. An initial token offering memorandum outlines the sale’s goals and objectives according to Intellisys Capital, the fund’s manager and general partner. The fund, led by Intellisys’ Chief Executive Officer Jason Granger and Charlie Shrem, the company’s chief technology officer, will try to change the way investment can occur through the use of blockchain technology. Raising The Bar. “We want to be as upfront and transparent as possible about the token offering and what....
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Charlie Shrem’s latest ventures, Mainstreet Investment and Intellisys, are to launch the crowdsale of their joint Mainstreet token in January. Intellisys ‘Changing Worldwide Investment Game’ The former BitInstant creator is working with CEO Jason Granger on a project which will “merge investment, securities law and technologies in a way that has not yet been done.” “The Mainstreet Investment token offering will change the game for investing on a worldwide stage,” Granger continued in an “Initial Token Offering Memorandum” issued Friday. Mainstreet is a private equity fund powered by the....
Charlie Shrem, the founder of BitInstant and vice chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation who served time in jail over alleged money laundering, has joined a new venture called Intellisys Capital which will allow investors to invest in profitable companies by buying a digital token backed by real assets. According to the company’s website, Shrem is a founder of Intellisys, along with CEO Jason Granger, who has built teams in banking, real estate, construction and private equity. Shrem’s 2014 Scrape. Police arrested in 2014 on charges of money laundering and acting as an unlicensed money....
When Charlie Shrem was released from prison he was bombarded with hundreds of emails, according to the long-time entrepreneur and Bitcoin advocate. One, however, stood out. It began: “I am working on a private equity and portfolio management project on the blockchain.” “It’s like saying I’m working on world peace. It’s such a big idea,” said Shrem, 27.....
Reality content creation platform and marketplace Voxelus has completed its private pre-sale of in-game cryptocurrency Voxels (VOX) with 1.2 million VOX sold for a total of 1,022 BTC. The private pre-sale of 1.2 million VOX for a total of 1,022 BTC (approx. $350,000) has resulted in a record for the largest amount raised in a private crowdsale of a cryptographic token. A majority of the orders came in during the final 48 hours of the private pre-sale. Deemed as the "coin of the realm," Voxels can be used to purchase digital assets, animations, games and more on the Voxelus marketplace that....
Entrepreneurs and blockchain technology advocates Charlie Shrem and Jason Granger are preparing to launch a blockchain-based private equity investment platform. Intellisys will live on the Ethereum blockchain, with a structured organizational framework focused on transparency and sound investment strategy. It will be first private equity investment offered as a digital ledger security. Additionally, it marks the first foray back into the blockchain business space for Shrem, former CEO of the now-defunct early bitcoin exchange BitInstant. The new organization will consist of two companies.....