A 2017 recap and what’s next in 2018

Dear Agrello community,

With 2017 coming to an end, we want to thank you for an exhilarating year, which was made possible through your amazing support, informed feedback, and high standards to which we strive to adhere.

It has been just over a year since the Agrello vision began to solidify from the founding team’s intuition that the digital signature market is prone to be heavily disrupted by smart-contracting technology. However, while following the development of the blockchain industry since its early beginnings, it has been clear to us that digital identification and signatures are only the tip of the iceberg. Our true end-goal should be the creation of digital contracts that will forever change the way people interact with each other and with legal authorities. This is the vision we brought to the market during our token distribution event in June, and this is the promise that we plan to deliver in 2018.

From token sale to AppStore in five months…

Agrello founders: Addi Rull, Hando Rand, Teddi Rull and Margus Poola

Today, one amazing year older, our team comprises more than 30 members. Among them are two dozen engineers and a highly active business development team who onboard new clients and partners on a monthly basis. Thanks to our extremely diligent new recruits, we can cautiously pride ourselves on being among a very small number of tokenized projects that have managed to provide a usable alpha in less than half a year from their token-sale.

The Agrello-ID alpha, now available on AppStore and Google Play, is a single-use app that is designed to showcase Agrello’s digital identification technology during the blockhive case study. However, its generalization is already being developed, and it will be available and completely DLT-powered very soon.

Agrello CEO Hando Rand (on the right) with Veriff CEO Kaarel Kotkas

Through our recently created partnerships with Veriff and Rivetz, Agrello-ID will be the most advanced and secure digital ID solution available. It utilizes the same cybersecurity technologies that safeguard Estonia’s E-Residency cards and operates independently from location and jurisdiction thanks to blockchain technology.

Celebrating Agrello and Rivetz partnership

Using Agrello-ID, you’ll be able to perform almost everything online that you’d normally need to present a passport or ID-card for in person. This includes opening bank accounts, undergoing KYC in seconds, and of course, signing contracts and documents online.

This is only the beginning…

Digital Identity is rightfully regarded as one of the most pressing problems of the internet based-economy today. For us at Agrello, however, solving this is only the beginning.

The reason we chose to start our journey with the development of a state-of-the-art digital ID solution is that online identification is the very basis for our true end-goal: A digital contracting system that allows anyone to create self-aware, smart-contract based legal agreements.

In the first half of 2018, we plan to release the first specialized version of the Agrello digital contracting platform, enabling Agrello users to formalize, sign, and automate rental agreements. Shortly afterwards, our employment agreement system will go live. The system will be a one-stop solution on which contracts can be formalized, signed, and managed, while enabling employers to automate the calculation of salaries and working schedules, allocating HR automatically.

In 2020, we plan to release the full, generic Agrello solution on which any contract can be drafted, edited, managed, and connected to the Internet-of-Things for fully automated, self-executing contracts that constitute legally binding agreements.

Watch the video below to get the full tour of our Roadmap and planned milestones for 2018 and beyond.

Thank you again for being with us. As always, we invite you to join us on Telegram or write to us directly with your feedback, questions, and suggestions.

Warm regards and happy holidays from Tallinn, Estonia.

The Agrello Team