BitAngels Names Three Global Startups to Showcase at Money 20/20
BitAngels has announced three winners of its global startup competition, the top two of which are set to showcase at the forthcoming Money 20/20 conference in an event called CoinDebut. India-based pre-launch mobile bitcoin wallet ZebPay received first place and best presentation. Austin, TX-based Factom, a 'proof of existence' technology for tracking and auditing documents through the block chain, placed second and was recognized for being the best pre-launch company; and Mountain View, California-based Rivetz, a developer of hardware-based security products for bitcoin and other....
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BitAngels, the first international incubator focused exclusively on bitcoin start-ups, announced that it has invested $7m (roughly 8,200 BTC) in twelve different bitcoin startups since 2013. The startups feature some interesting names, including mining hardware company CoinTerra, bitcoin instant exchange Cash Into Coins, bitcoin layer MSC Protocol, payment platform GoCoin and Seasteading incubator Blueseed. The company said: "BitAngels have nearly $50m in bitcoins soft-circled by its now 324 angels across the globe ready to be invested in bitcoin startups." The BitAngels assembled at the....
Startup incubator BitAngels announced today that it has invested somewhere on the order of $7 million (close to 7,000 BTC) in bitcoin-related start-up businesses since May of 2013. BitAngels has invested the funds into about 12 companies, of which include mining hardware manufacturer CoinTerra, instant bitcoin exchanger Cash Into Coins, and GoCoin. "It has been an incredible time for Bitcoin since the May 2013 Bitcoins show in San Jose, and it has been an even more incredible one for BitAngels," said David A. Johnston, who serves as Executive Director of the incubator. "Like the digital....
One time-tested measurement of an industry's promise is the amount of investment capital flowing into new ventures in the space, and now angel investor group BitAngels has closed a new fund that highlights the bright future of digital currencies and decentralised applications. Billed as the world's first "distributed veteran entrepreneur and angel investor group," BitAngels has been an active organization in the bitcoin community, having invested $7m into digital currency startups since its inception in 2013. BitAngels co-founders Michael Terpin and David Johnston sat down with CoinDesk at....
I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with David Johnston, the executive director of BitAngels, which is a network of investors that was sporadically formed a couple of weeks ago during a San Jose technology conference to create the first ever angel investment network for Bitcoin startups. David hopped on Skype with me after having just flown into Mountain View, California for the week, where he was staying at an AirBnB location he dubbed the "Zen Pad". "AirBnB is part of the share economy," he stated enthusiastically. "You rent out your place to travelers and they pay you like a....
CoinAgenda, a highly popular fintech and investor conference, will hit the Las Vegas Strip this week on October 25 and 26. The third-annual BitAingels Global Conference will coincide with CoinAgenda, both events bringing the biggest names in digital currency to Vegas. Both conferences are located in the Skyview Ballrooms of the Ballys Las Vegas. On Monday, October 24, organizers will host a pre-conference with a “mini-hackathon” and cocktail party. BitAngels, the organizers of the two conferences, organizers told press that the event is “aimed at both mainstream investors, as well as....