​TGV 3rd Global Blockchain Competition, 12th March 2018

Building on 3 years of successful competitions, True Global Ventures is proud to have executed yet another successful one in the heart of Asia's very own Fintech Hub, Singapore.

This competition was initiated by Dusan Stojanovic, Founder and Director of True Global Ventures - in his mission to bridge the gap between blockchain entrepreneurs and investors. 

We were proud to have  120+ investor judges onboard to assess more than 200+ stunning blockchain startups across 5 very exciting verticals of Blockchain Infrastructure, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence, Entertainment and "Nikola Tesla" Open Category. This was a feat that has never been seen before globally.

We aim to continue replicating this success in the future and continue to help startups in the blockchain space seek funding opportunity, international exposure, growth and recognition. 

Our winners for this competition were awarded cash prizes between USD$5k - USD$15k. We had 5 winners for each respective category and an overall winner for the competition. Many of them went out to clinch corporate partnerships and funding deals to propel them to the next level. ​

Blockchain Infrastructure Judges

Laurenz Apiarius

Co-founder & General Partner of Blockwall Capital

Petter Sehlin

Founder of Youcal & Partner at ​True Global Ventures

Ken Berger

Co-founder of Crypto Explorers

Eric Feddal

COO ASEAN at British Telecom
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Lasse Clausen

Partner at 1kx​
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Sven Laepple

Founder - ASTRATUM, Blockchain Angels Germany

Laura Grimmelmann

Vice President at
Accel Partners

Benedicte N. Nolens

Senior Director at Securities & Futures Commissior

Renqi Shen

Partner - BlockAsset​
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Dirk van Quaquebeke

Managing Partner at BeeNext
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Christoph Fisher

Managing Partner at Click Ventures​

Winnie Chang

Managing Director at OrionW LLC

Jeffrey Premer

Managing Director at ICO Capital Management​

Viveka Ekberg

Private Investor

Leslie Chan

Vice President at
Credit Suisse​

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Blockchain Financial Services Judges

Ian Love

Founder & CEO of Blockchain Assets

David Yue

CEO of Sky Fund (Cryptofund) / Skycoin

Sheel Mohnot

 Partner - 500 Startups

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Joo Seng Wong

Partner of True Global Ventures & CEO of Spark System​

Tek Yew Chia
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​Private Investor​
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ipen R Metha

Head Digital Innovation (APAC) of Amazon Web Services

Philip Glickman​

Regional Head of Commercial Payments APAC
Mastercard

Stein Erik Nordmo

Vice President - Telenor Financial Services
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Jitendra Gupta

Managing Director of PayU India
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Ankur Nandwani

Principal at Ribbit Capital
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Tim Rehder

Principal - Earlybird VC

David Wang

Executive Director at Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange​

Joe Seunghyun Cho

Co-founder & CEO of Marvelstone Group

Alexander Tkachenko

General Managing Partner - 2be.lu Investments

Shailesh Naik

Founder & CEO of MatchMove​

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Martti Granberg​

Head of Market Development - BBVA
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Christophe Pechoux

Global Head of Innovation at Santander Bank

Klas Hesselman

Innovation & Strategic Partnerships at Visa​

Chipper Boulas

Co-Founder of Firestartr
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Steve Benett

​Partner at Cross Coin Ventures

Kenrick Drijkoningen

Head of Growth - Golden Gate Ventures
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Jun Dam

Founder & CEO at bitCash
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Marco Barth

VP Group Strategy & Business Development of Scout24 Group

​Peter Stephens

Head of Blockchain and UK Group Innovation - UBS

Bo Ji

Assistant Dean
Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business​

Pranav Seth

​SVP, Digital & Innovation - OCBC
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Yale ReiSoleil

CEO - IOB Fund LLC

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Roland Schwinn

Executive Director at Deutsche Börse (Eurex)

Eu Khoon Ang

Co-founder of Q investment partners, Partner of Fintonia and TGV

Pauline Wood

Partner at True Global Ventures
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Frank Desvignes

Founder & CEO of AXA Lab Asia​

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Tomasz Kurczyk

Digital Transformation Director at AXA Singapore​

Steve Melhuish

Co- founder and Partner - Property Guru and True Global Ventures​

Alex Kimura

​Chief Strategy Officer of Aviva​

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Blockchain Artificial Intelligence Judges​​

Christian Nagel​

Partner - Earlybird VC​
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Dan Feld​

Head of Developer Relations at Google
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Alexander Prokhorov

​Partner - Finsight VC

Jonathan Cooper

Investment Director of SEAF Qatar and Partner of True Global Ventures

Hendrik Schwartz

Managing Partner of Sanpei Ventures and Partner of True Global Ventures ​

Lara Druyan ​

Managing Director, Head of Innovation, West Coast - RBC (Royal Bank of Canada)

Nicklas Ilebran

Head of Products (Personal Banking) - Nordea

Gerald Mackenzie

Head of Innovation & Business Transformation at Credit Suisse

Dusan Stojanovic

Founder & Director - True Global Ventures

Tom McNerney​

Partner TrueGlobal Ventures,Co-founder IHS Markit
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Erik Tobieson​

​Partner at True Global Ventures

Bruce Gallager

​Partner at True Global Ventures

Jon-Tzen Ng

​Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer - Ping An​​

Kevin Monserrat

Dealflow Manager at Microsoft Accelerator​
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Heng Soon Pang

Head of Investments at SGInnovate

Gwen Cheni

​Private Investor

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Florent Mamelle

Partner - True Global Ventures
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Claire Calmejane​

Director of Innovation at Lloyds Banking Group
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Hayk Hakobyan

Expert-in-Residence and Advisor SOSV.com, Partner PRYSMGroup.io​​

Steve Monaghan

Chairman & CEO of Gen.Life, Former CIO of DBS & AIA, Partner of TGV

David Kelnar

Partner & Head of Research MMC Ventures

Yasutaka Fukushima

Executive Director - Head of eFX Sales Japan - UBS​

Eckhard Ortwein

​Partner - True Global Ventures

Magnus Grimeland

​Founder & CEO - ANTLER Innovation

James Gong 

CEO - Cybex
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Blockchain Entertainment Judges

Sebastian Quinn-Watson

Partner at Blockchain Global Limited

Alex Lange

Private Investor, Former: Associate - Early Bird Venture Capital

John Lee

Chairman Asia of ESL Gaming
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Wei Zhou
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​Managing Partner - FZ Global Partners

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Rik Willard

Founder of Agentic Group
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Steven Chien

Principal - Meet Venture Labs
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David S. Rose

Founder GUST
& Managing Partner Rose Tech Ventures

Sandhya Devanathan

Country Director Singapore, Regional Lead - Ecomm, Travel & Finserv - Facebook

Remington Ong

Partner at Fenbushi Capital
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Kristian Hansson

Mentor Founder Institute, Partner - True Global Ventures​

Jonathan Cai

Investment Manager
at Mojo Partners

Tyler He

New Platforms and Technology (E-sports, VR/AR) at Tencent​

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Bruce Ellliot

Managing Director at Boston Ventures
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Hannes Graah

Private Investor


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Yat Siu

CEO, Co-founder of Outblaze, Animoca Brands

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Blockchain "Nikola Tesla Innovation" Open Category Judges

Paul Veradittakit ​

​Partner at
​Pantera Capital

David Lee

Co-founder - Block Asset
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Rich Brenner​

Chairman Woodside Capital Partners and
Partner True Global Ventures

Daniel Tu

President Gen.Life
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Ari Korhonen

Angel Investor - Lagoon Capital


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Jani Rautiainen

Co-founder Property Guru and Partner - True Global Ventures

Jalak Jobanputra

Founder, Managing Partner of FuturePerfect Ventures​

Yo Nakagawa​​

Executive Director, Global Management Committee Office of Monex Group ​

Charlz Ro

Vice President at Vickers Venture Partners​

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Renu Bhatia

Founding Partner - Supercharger

Jane Zhang

Founder & CEO - Shellpay
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Ankur Kamalia​

Head of Group Venture Portfolio Mgmt / ​DB1 Ventures - Deutsche Börse

Andy Tang​

Partner - Draper Associates

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Nick Cowan

Managing Director & Founder - GBX


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Drew Aldrich

Principal at
​American Family Ventures

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Eric Denovitzer

 Investor, EIR - FJ Labs

Vincenzo Ciummo​

Partner - True Global Ventures


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Yannick Even

Head of InsurTech Solutions Asia - Swiss Re

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Bo Dong

Partner at FBG Capital

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Leigh Travers

CEO - Digital X



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Carman Chan

Founder & Managing Partner at Click Ventures
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Kelly Choo

Partner - True Global Ventures

Jason Lee

Global Director, Partnerships & Strategic Alliances at NEM.io Foundation

Chantelle Chiew

Digital Transformation Director - BNP Paribas Wealth Management

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Agenda
 
12th March 2018
 
08:00 – 08:30 Networking and Registration
 
08:30 – 08:45 Opening Address
*Dušan Stojanović, Director and Founder of True Global Ventures with 9/18 exits and 3 exits in a week in 2012 awarding him “Business Angel of the Year” in 2013
 
08:45 – 09:25 Panel Discussion (Blockchain Infrastructure)
* Laurenz Apiarius, Partner, Blockwall Capital, Berlin
* Lasse Clausen, Partner, 1kx, Berlin
* Chipper Boulas, CEO and Cofounder, Firestartr, New York
* Dirk van Quaquebeke, Managing Partner at BEENEXT, Singapore
 
Moderated by: Petter Sehlin, Partner, True Global Ventures, Stockholm
 
 
09:25 – 10:20 Startup Pitch (Blockchain Infrastructure)
 
Moderated by: Pavel Bains, CEO, Bluzelle, Singapore
 
 
10:20 – 10:50 Networking Refreshments
 
10:50 – 11:30 Panel Discussion (Blockchain Financial Services)
* Ian Love, Founder & CEO of Blockchain Assets, Perth
* Jun Dam, Investor, Meriver Capital, San Francisco
* Altona Widjaja, Head of Fintech and Innovation Group / The Open Vault, OCBC, Singapore
* Roland Schwinn, Executive Director of EUREX, Singapore (Deutsche Börse Group)

Moderated by: Celine Le Cotonnec, Chief Data Officer, AXA, Singapore
 
 
11:30 – 11:55 Startup Pitch (Blockchain Financial Services)
 
Moderated by: Leo Costes, Managing Director, AXA, Singapore
 
 
11:55 - 12:15 Networking Refreshments
 
12:15 – 12:55 Panel Discussion (Blockchain AI)
* Gerald Mackenzie, Head of Innovation, Business Transformation, Credit Suisse, Singapore
* Jon-Tzen Ng, Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer at Ping An Technology, Shanghai
* Magnus Grimeland, CEO & Founder, ANTLER Innovation, Singapore
 
Moderated by: Dusan Stojanovic, Founder & Director, True Global Ventures, Singapore
 
 
12:55 – 13:40 Startup Pitch (Blockchain AI)
 
Moderated by: Steve Melhuish, Co-Founder & Vice Chairman at PropertyGuru Group, Partner, True Global Ventures, Singapore
 

13:40 – 14:40 Lunch and Networking
 
14:40 – 15:20 Panel Discussion (Blockchain Entertainment)
* Hannes Graah, Global Head of New Markets, Spotify, Stockholm
* Steven Chien, Partner, Meets Venture Group, Los Angeles
* Remington Ong, Partner, Fenbushi Capital, Shanghai
* Dorjee Sun, Director at Zero Knowledge Capital, Singapore
 
Moderated by: Joo Seng Wong, CEO & Founder, Spark System, Partner, True Global Ventures, Singapore
 
 
15:20 – 16:05 Startup Pitch (Blockchain Entertainment)
 
Moderated by: Kelly Choo, Partner, True Global Ventures, Singapore
 
 
16:05 – 16:35 Networking & Refreshments
 
16:35 – 17:15 Panel Discussion (Nikola Tesla Innovation Blockchain Open)
* David Lee, Partner, BlockAsset Ventures, Singapore
* David Wang, Executive Director, Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange, Hong Kong
* Leigh Travers, CEO, Digital X, Perth
* Winnie Chang, Managing Director, OrionW, Singapore
 
Moderated by: Kelly Choo, Partner, True Global Ventures, Singapore
 
 
17:15 – 17:40 Startup Pitch (Nikola Tesla Innovation Blockchain Open)
 
Moderated by: JP Thor, CEO Bountysource & CanYa, Melbourne
 
 
17:40 – 17:50 Surprise Speaker
 
17:50 – 18:20 Prize Ceremony
 
18:30 – 20:30 VIP Dinner (By private invite only)
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And many more!
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