In the fall of 2017, ConsenSys Academy, the educational core of ConsenSys, launched the inaugural MBA Blockchain Venture Competition, an annual competition bringing together MBA students in interdisciplinary teams with backgrounds ranging from law and design to medicine and engineering, to develop product ideas and compete to win venture capital funding. 150 teams from 10 schools globally participated, resulting in 17 finalist teams delivering their product/business pitches. We are thrilled to announce the results, 3 winning teams and 4 runners-up:

Toquity | INSEAD |Ownership recording on the Ethereum blockchain

d.rect | Berkeley Haas FinTech Club |Decentralized international roaming data exchange protocol

Carriage | TECH CLUB — Harvard Business School |Electric vehicle charging infrastructure

Celeri | Berkeley Haas FinTech Club |Securitization

Go-To-Market Pangea | Berkeley Haas FinTech Club |Real estate investment democratization

Kivio | MIT FinTech Club |Smart Contracts and document management for ocean-freights

Judg.io | Penn Blockchain club|Dispute resolution infrastructure via smart contract subjectivity

The winning teams each will receive cash prizes of $3,000 and all participating teams are eligible for internship and full-time roles at ConsenSys. This competition will be back in the fall of 2018 for a bigger and even better program.

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