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We Believe Blockchain Marks the Next Step in the Evolution of Digital Transformation.

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Dr. Georg (Juri) Stricker, Mar 2020 | EDITORIAL

Doing It for the Money

The fight against the Coronavirus causes companies and scientists to collaborate closer, which accelerates the evolution towards open knowledge and data ecosystems and is bound to reshape the financial landscape

Manuel Trojovsky, Feb 2020 | EDITORIAL

Early Blockchain Projects Are Starting to Scale

Recent VC-driven financing rounds within the blockchain industry indicate that an increasing number of companies are reaching important milestones and that company growth is gaining momentum.

Florian Huber, Jan 2020 | NEWS

We are backing Finoa

Happy to announce that Signature Ventures joined the seed round of Finoa GmbH. Looking forward to supporting Christopher May and Henrik Gebbing in building the leading custody solution for digital assets in Europe.

Juliane Schiefer, Nov 2019 | EDITORIAL

The Path to Blockchain Adoption Is Not Paved Yet

Ideas of decentralization might be concrete for those who cope with them on a daily basis, but highly abstract for those who are still living in the mostly centralized reality.

Manuel Trojovsky, Sep 2019 | RESEARCH

The Promises and Perils of DeFi

The advent of Ethereum along with its flexible smart-contract language that provides developers with a broad toolkit to build decentralized applications has led to a slew of ambitious projects ranging from decentralized exchanges to trading and insurance.

Georg (Juri) Stricker, Jul 2019 | RESEARCH

Banking the Un(der)banked: Opportunities and Limits of Blockchain Technology

Recently, Facebook released their specification for the Libra project, a global currency to connect the world. In this piece we take a closer look at the unbanked and underbanked and the role Blockchain technology could play to accelerate progress towards resolution.

Georg (Juri) Stricker, Jun 2019 | RESEARCH

Decentralized Identity: The Dawn of the Self-Sovereign Individual

In recent years, decentralized identity has regained attention due to numerous data breaches and the advent of blockchain technology. In this piece we take a look at the evolution of digital identity, Microsoft’s Identity Overlay Network (ION), and how decentralized identity could contribute to the digital transformation.

Livia Roschdi and Thomas Meier, May 2019 | RESEARCH

Global Blockchain VC Study

In our Global Blockchain VC study, we analyzed the portfolios of 172 venture capital firms based in the US, Europe and Asia. By categorizing 881 portfolio companies according to clearly defined Blockchain sectors, we compiled a comprehensive overview of the Blockchain VC landscape.

Manuel Trojovsky, Apr 2019 | RESEARCH

Why Blockchain is a Game Changer

Blockchain has the potential to redefine gaming in terms of ownership of digital assets, interoperability of games and governance. A number of gaming publishers have already been dipping their toes into blockchain games. But gamers should not hang their hopes up too high, at least in the short to medium term.

Livia Roschdi, Mar 2019 | RESEARCH

Enterprise Cryptocurrencies: A Corporate Attack on Crypto?

Our team dug deeper into the news of a potential Facebook cryptocurrency and JP Morgan's JPM Coin. We explored what these coin projects could potentially look like and how they compare to traditional cryptocurrencies.