Our development team has been also working on an external widget, that will feature all token and investment details about each specific Equity Token Offering. This will enable companies, which are conducting the offering through Neufund, to easily integrate all relevant token sale information into their websites.

In the coming month we will finalize the book building process and here is already a click through the investor dashboard.

The entire Bookbuilding flow has been finished and is now in development. This is how it will look like:

After finalizing our new information architecture and doing a number of design workshops we will be working on a new Neufund Website with a stronger focus on Product and explaining the legal tech behind our Protocol.

Back End

Our backend team has been busy working on a bug bounty program, for which we will announce details soon. On top of that, we are looking into migrating our backend to a private kubernets cloud for better maintainability and stability.

We have also implemented crucial Ethereum infrastructure in the form of our own gas price calculator, Ethereum price oracle and a system of asynchronous tasks and messages for signing, sending and verifying transactions

Announcements

ERC-725

Neufund joined as a partner of the ERC 725 Alliance, a proposed standard for blockchain-based identity authored by Fabian Vogelsteller, creator of the ERC 20 standard and a prominent member of the Neufund community. erc725alliance.org

Secondary Markets

The Neumark token got added to the well respected multi-signature wallet BitGo. Many crypto exchanges use BitGo as a wallet provider. Neumark also got added to the BitBay exchange. It’s the first exchange where NEU can be traded with FIAT pairs like EUR, USD and PLN. Read more about the announcement here.

Ecosystem Work

Token Up

August has been a busy time also for our Investor Relations Manager Alex Molé, who prepared a fantastic research on the security tokens landscape. One of the results is a valuable reading list on tokenized securities, which he will be sharing through the first-ever Neufund Investor Letter. The first letter will go out soon and will include important and interesting content from the crazy world of crypto that we come across in our daily lives — so sign up for our mailing list if you haven’t yet!

Together with Neufund’s Blockchain Reporter Marlene Ronstedt, Alex has recorded another podcast in the Token Up series, this time focused on secondary exchanges for trading security tokens. You can listen to it on iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify or Stitcher.

Blog Posts

Alexandra Kelemen, one of our two very talented KYC Specialists, showed off her knowledge in a post, State of Blockchain in Latin America, which tackles the development of DLT legislation in the region. Her work was featured at a blockchain meetup in NYC!

Piotr Stroinski, VP of Secondary Markets, put together a post called DEX vs. CEX, where he discusses the pros and cons of decentralized versus centralized crypto exchanges.

Marlene Ronstedt, our Blockchain Reporter, wrote an article for our German-speaking community members where she gives an overview of Neufund called Neufund auf Deutsch. Alexandra wrote a Spanish version which you can find here.

Neufund on Tour

Platform Operations

We have finally finalized our AML manual. The manual describes the on-boarding, monitoring and maintenance of our investors and companie’s account verification. It also describes our risk assessment approach and how Neufund will protect its investors and companies from Money Laundering. The procedure combines both traditional procedures that apply for any financial institution, but also adds solutions for monitoring money laundering actions in the on-chain world.

We have a new High risk countries list which was published by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). The list contains all the jurisdictions with AML/CFT deficiencies that have not made sufficient progress in addressing the deficiencies or have not committed to an action plan, every three months the FATF publishes anew list.

Team life

Offsite on Malta

Our office administration team put a lot of effort into organizing our offsite on Malta, which is scheduled after the Delta Summit in October. During the offsite we will run a number of workshops to develop our knowledge and skills in the area of blockchain and traditional finance. All team members will prepare a specific presentation.

Looking for a new office

On top of that, we started to look for a new office space in Berlin. We love our terrace and meeting areas, but it is time to find a bigger space, which will fit the needs of our growing team. If you got a hint for an office space in Berlin Kreuzberg, let us know.

Who’s new on board

Mikolaj has joined the team as a Junior Graphic Designer and his key responsibilities include moving our product forward with the emphasis on interaction design, consistency and usability. As an integral part of the product team, Mikolaj will closely work with our Head of Design, Kirstyn in creating prototypes and polishing mockups ready to hand off to developers.

Frontend developer and DevOps engineer still wanted!

We are actively looking for candidates to support our development team. After many interviews with potential candidates, we hired two freelance Frontend Developers. However, our goal is to have full-time working colleagues working with us together in the office. Being close to the product is important.

Mindfulness workshop

Neufund supports development of the team in many different areas. Recently we signed up for an extensive workshop about the practice of mindful meditation held by a renowned Buddhist monk Gelong Thubten. This workshop will explain the practice of mindfulness meditation, particularly how it reduces stress and creates better emotional balance.

Join our team in Berlin!

Neufund is growing! Join our great team in Berlin and shape the future of security tokens with us. Enjoy many perks including ESOP programme, Flexi Fridays, Smoothie Tuesdays and free lunches twice a week. If you’re interested in participating in a positive disruption, if you like dynamic environments, and are up for lots of learning in a culturally diverse workplace, Neufund is the right space for you! Please check our current offers.