On this blockchain business directory page:

- Blockchain Venture Builders

- Blockchain Incubators



Blockchain Startup Studios, Venture Builders

The venture builder model is far more hands-on than you might be used to from venture capital.

Startup studios, or startup builders, provide more than simply the funding for the upstart of a new company. Their specialty are the human resources needed to execute the actual startup building.

Usually venture builders work as loose, semi-independent structures. Experts on behalf of the studio will join the emerging company as "entrepreneurs-in-residence".

This approach is a good fit for blockchain technology industries where skilled professionals are still rare but deep insight into the technology is crucial.

Company Focus Geo Funding Ledger Project Ledger Project is an EU-funded venture builder for human-centric solutions in the blockchain space. They are currenntly building a portfolio of MVPs built around privacy by design, openness and citizen data sovereignity. Ledger Project receives funding from the EU and has the total of 5.6 MM EUR to invest. There is network access, partnerships, mentoring and experts available for each venture it supports. Primarily Builder Focus: Business Network, Investor, Startup Studio, Advisory EU Raised funding 6.304284 MM USD Ledger Project invested in 1st open call ends 30 April 2019: https://ledger-open-call.fundingbox.com/. Ledger Project partnered with IOTA Foundation , decode, c-voucher, RobotUnion, Telefonica Open Innovation, bottish association. Thesis Thesis is a creative venture studio that focuses on how to bridge the crypto/real-world purchase gap. They mainly work with public blockchains, a lot with bitcoin. Part of their work ventures into enabling private data storage on public blockchains. Thesis follows the venture builder model, they participate in the actual building of the tech and are backed by larger organizations. Their main verticals are Data, Payments and Gaming.

// Marked as "hiring" Primarily Builder Focus: Venture Builder, Startup Studio, Investor, Public Blockchains Atlanta, US Thesis invested in Fold App, Keep Network. Thesis partnered with Andreesen Horowitz, Polychain, Draper Associates, DHVC. Personalities involved in Thesis include Matt Luongo, Corbin Pon, Michael Gluzman, Andrew Nalbland. Uniq Ventures Uniq Ventures is a fintech venture builder following the classic startup studio model: They have in-house specialists who form, test and build their entrepreneurial ideas to form a successful venture in the space of fintech, insurtech and blockchain technology.

// Marked as "hiring" Primarily Builder Focus: Venture Builder, Startup Studio, Public Blockchains Barcelona, Spain Personalities involved in Uniq Ventures include Andre Cacador. Next Big Thing AG Next Big Thing (NBT) is a Berlin-based IoT and blockchain company builder and VC. NBT focuses mainly on IoT, sensors, data processing and smart contracts. The model NBT follows is not that of full-fetched dedicated startup building with entrepreneurs in residence, but one of co-founding with equity stakes and strong advisory through a network of partners. Key NBT employees are very active and influential in Berlin’s startup and innovation space.

// Marked as "hiring" Primarily Builder Focus: Startup Studio, Investor, IoT - AI - Blockchain Germany Next Big Thing AG invested in AssistMe.io, metr.systems, weeve.network, NRGEN, EverTrace.io. Personalities involved in Next Big Thing AG include Harald Zapp, Jasmin Skenderi, Sandra Panknin, Michael Bommer, Martin Buhl. Outlier Ventures Outlier Ventures is an investor and builder focusing on IoT, AI, blockchain and broadly any kind of distributed or tokenized systems. They have offices in London, Chicago and Toronto and are very open to new pitches. They do not provide dedicated entrepreneurs in residence but they invest and their investees benefit from their extensive network of partners. The company is also active in the research area and organizes webinars and events.

// Marked as "hiring" Primarily Investor Focus: Investor, Partner, Advisor UK, USA & CA Outlier Ventures invested in IOTA, DEX Data Marketplace, Sovrin identity management, FetchAI, OrbitDB. Personalities involved in Outlier Ventures include Jamie Burke, Stephan Apel, Aron van Ammers, Rumi Morales. Starkus Starkus is a venture builder and advisory for startups that provides backoffice support & expertise for new ventures in the blockchain tech industry. They specialize in strategizing, audits and legal advisory but they do not provide funding or entrepreneurs in residence. Primarily Advisor Focus: Consultancy, Advisory Argentina Personalities involved in Starkus include Brian Prilick, Cesar Levene, Nicolas Belgrano, Bernardo Chapar. Catena Capital Catena is a German blockchain startup builder and investor, actively sourcing projects in scalability, identity management, KYC, AdTech and blockchain-based marketplaces. Catena provides entrepreneurs in residence, ICO service and full legal and operational support for new entrants. They also run a coworking office with event space in Berlin - the CryptoTank. Primarily Builder Focus: Venture Builder, ICO Accelerator Germany Catena Capital invested in Herdius, Cryptonator1337. Personalities involved in Catena Capital include Miriam Neubauer, Michael Ambros, Gunther Schmidt, Fabian Spielberger. Realm Labs Realm Labs is a venture builder and consulting agency that focuses on building dApps. They specialize in business-ready blockchains - Ethereum, Hyperledger, Corda and Quorum. Primarily Consultant Focus: dApp Development, Blockchains, Venture Builder San Francisco, US Coinsilium Coinsilium is a venture builder, investor and advisor, supporting early-stage blockchain technology companies and the digital token economy. They were the first global blockchain accelerator to IPO already back in 2015. Coinsilium invested in projects like Factom, Rootstock or Elevate Health. Primarily Investor Focus: Investing, Startup Builder, Consultancy, Seed Funding UK & Gibraltar Coinsilium invested in Factom, Rootstock, Elevate Health. Personalities involved in Coinsilium include Eddy Travia, Malcolm Palle. SSG Management SSG is a global venture builder & startup advisory that entered the blockchain tech space in 2018. Primarily Builder Focus: Startup Studio, Venture Management UK & USA SSG Management partnered with SwissOne Capital.

Blockchain Incubators & Accelerators

Blockchain incubators, like technology incubators in general, don't get involved in the startup development nearly as much as venture builders.

Typically, an incubator or accelerator provides the early-stage startup company with work space plus some degree of backoffice and business support.

Incubators and accelerators therefore need to be quite well focused, because they are bringing a bunch of different startups to essentially a single office hub. This aspect is a great opportunity to form strategic partnerships if the participating startups all relate to the same industry but are not primary competitors.

For example, a startup that is developing a fintech dApp will benefit from alliance with an information security startup that has expertise in blockchain technology.