The Columbia | IBM Blockchain Accelerator

LAUNCH Program Demo Day

Please join us for the culminating event of the LAUNCH Blockchain Accelerator program, showcasing innovative blockchain applications developed by our cohort teams. Each team will present their startup concept and progress made over the 10-week program.

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Presented by: Dmytro Pokhylko, Columbia Lab-to-Market Accelerator Network

Presented by: Jules Miller, Partner, IBM Blockchain Ventures

Presented by: Lars Seier Christensen, Chairman, LSC; CEO, Saxobank

Presented by: Dmytro Pokhylko, Columbia Lab-to-Market Accelerator Network
Jack Steele, Columbia Lab-to-Market Accelerator Network

BitRights is a blockchain-powered SaaS solution that helps creative enterprises efficiently license, monetize, and protect their digital assets

Universities: Columbia University

Team Members: Chris Robichaud, Charlie Hanna

A blockchain and AI integrated image and smart contract processing platform for the produce industry
Universities: Columbia University
Team Members: Sunand Iyer, Sridhar Iyer

Blockchain-backed financial platform to serve the needs of the world’s most vulnerable people – refugees and displaced persons

Universities: Columbia University
Team Members: Soraya Beheshti, Shikhar Bakhdar, Jon Schory

forem is building a second medical opinion marketplace. Their vision is to empower patients and enable access to easier, cheaper, faster, and multiple second opinions.

Universities: Columbia University, UNC

Team Members: Kevin Han, Nir Kabessa

Smart Contract interface for MakerDAO, allowing multiple parties to separate risk and leverage (CDP) from stability (DAI).

Universities: Columbia University
Team Members: David Watkins, Gilad Penn, Zachary Seligman-Karen

Utilizing blockchain to help farmers connect to consumers by improving transparency towards food provenance

Universities: Parsons New School
Team Members: Mariana Lustosa da Costa Porto, Jidapha Tiantongnukul, Pradubwong Hongvisedchai

A trustless peer-to-peer marketplace, connecting buyers/sellers within the streetwear fashion community

Universities: CUNY CCNY
Team Members: Taehun Lim, Denny Liang, Kartikeya Sharma

Curating DNA data on a permissioned blockchain for use by laboratories, doctors, and patients

Universities: Columbia University, Rutgers University
Team Members: Roger Hahn, Ryan Downs, Siddharth Murali

Tokenizing real estate asset for distribution among retail investors

Universities: Columbia University

Team Members: Kushagra Aggarwal, Sumeet Kotaria

Presented by: Jack Steele, Columbia Lab-to-Market Accelerator Network

Presentation Videos

BitRights

BitRights is a blockchain-powered SaaS solution that helps creative enterprises efficiently license, monetize, and protect their digital assets

Universities: Columbia University

Team Members: Chris Robichaud, Charlie Hanna

Odefi

Smart Contract interface for MakerDAO, allowing multiple parties to separate risk and leverage (CDP) from stability (DAI).

Universities: Columbia University

Team Members: David Watkins, Gilad Penn, Zachary Seligman-Karen

YouGene

Curating DNA data on a permissioned blockchain for use by laboratories, doctors, and patients

Universities: Columbia University, Rutgers University

Team Members: Roger Hahn, Ryan Downs, Siddharth Murali

Dype

A trustless peer-to-peer marketplace, connecting buyers/sellers within the streetwear fashion community

Universities: CUNY CCNY

Team Members: Taehun Lim, Denny Liang, Kartikeya Sharma

forem

forem is building a second medical opinion marketplace. Our vision is to empower patients and enable access to easier, cheaper, faster, and multiple second opinions.

Universities: Columbia University, UNC

Team Members: Kevin Han, Nir Kabessa

Honest Farmers

Utilizing blockchain to help farmers connect to consumers by improving transparency towards food provenance

Universities: Parsons New School

Team Members: Mariana Lustosa da Costa Porto, Jidapha Tiantongnukul, Pradubwong Hongvisedchai

Karvan

Blockchain-backed financial platform to serve the needs of the world’s most vulnerable people – refugees and displaced persons

Universities: Columbia University

Team Members: : Soraya Beheshti, Shikhar Bakhdar, Jon Schory

Propshare

Tokenizing real estate asset for distribution among retail investors

Universities: Columbia University

Team Members: Kushagra Aggarwal, Sumeet Kotaria

Produce Pics

A blockchain and AI integrated image and smart contract processing platform for the produce industry

Universities: Columbia University

Team Members: Sunand Iyer, Sridhar Iyer

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The Columbia | IBM Blockchain Accelerator is a non-dilutive set of programs for building and scaling successful blockchain companies. The goal of the program is to help the best emerging blockchain companies succeed through education, mentorship, and business model design. As a pillar of the new Columbia IBM Center for Blockchain and Data Transparency, IBM and Columbia University are partnering to offer top blockchain companies from around the world a customized program with education from industry and academic research experts, hands-on value-added workshops, active mentoring and curated customer meetings.

The program is broken up into two tracks, NETWORK (focused on growth-stage teams) and LAUNCH (focused on university-stage teams). To learn more please visit the program website or contact: js5085@columbia.edu.

sECURITIZE

Blockchain Network 1

Tokenizing corporate debt with Securitize

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Lucidity

Blockchain Network 2

Preventing fraud in digital advertising with Lucidity

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Tigertrade

Blockchain Network 3

Trade finance in emerging economies with TigerTrade

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Phunware

Blockchain Network 4

Loyalty with Phunware

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connecting food

Blockchain Network 5

Audit Of Food Supply Chain With Connecting Food

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Ferrum

Blockchain Network 6

Equipment Leasing With Ferrum

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bandwagon

Blockchain Network 7

Ticketing With Bandwagon

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ipwe

Blockchain Network 8

Patent Registry And Licensing With IPwe

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metame

Blockchain Network 9

Outcomes Based Health Insurance With MetaMe

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credly

Blockchain Network 10

Education And Professional Credentials With Credly

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Agenda

8:30 AM

Arrive + Breakfast

9:00 AM

Welcome + Review of Agenda

9:30 AM

Keynote

Presented by: Marie Wieck

10:00 - 12:00 PM

NETWORK Company Pitches

12:00 - 12:30 PM

LAUNCH Company Introductions

1:00 - 2:00 PM

Lunch + Networking

Join our PowerBridgeNY Judges and Cycle 4 applicants to see the final pitches that will determine which teams will receive $150K in funding to build their prototype and conduct in-field testing.

Location

Thank you for attending!

Pitching Teams

Faizaan Ghauri

Design Partner, The Minimal NYC

Faizaam Ghauri founded The Minimal NYC in late 2012 at the height of the mobile advertising boom. In just 3 years, the agency has emerged as the premier provider of unique mobile ad solutions and has won more creative awards than any agency in North America.

JESSICA ANNAS

Design Partner, Sparkwave Media

Jessica Annas has studied the art of complex data design for more than a decade. Data Designer at Sparkwave Media, Annas works with the company's roster of Fortune 500 brands to make data more beautiful, relatable, and accessible across every screen.

ASHTON AJAYI

VP Of Product Experience, Pixel Palace.

Ashton Ajayi leads sustainability initiatives at Pixel Palace, an agency founded on helping companies make good money while doing good things. He primarily focuses on inventing custom business models for companies who want a higher purpose without sacrificing profit.

The Judges

Andrew Reid

Con Edison

Ben Sampson

GE Ventures

Blake Stevens

LaunchLabs

Christopher Cavanagh

National Grid

Cyril Yee

IP Group

David Cruikshank

Arch Ventures

David Dorsey

Osage Partners

Edward Greer

Dow Chemical Company

Jake Berlin

ICF International

Jean-Noel Poirer

Clean Energy Venture Group

Josh Gould

Con Edison

Mike Shimazu

NYSERDA

Parker White

Usurp Power

Serena Lee

Con Edison

Shirley Speakman

Cycle Capital

Steven Kloos

True North Ventures

Map

Block #3

TBD

“Design is not making beauty, beauty emerges from selection, affinities, integration, love.”

Louis Kahn

The Minimal NYC

Architect

LAUNCH Blockchain Program Demo Day

With $10M in funding from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), PowerBridgeNY’s mission is to turn cleantech innovations from the academic research labs of our six partner institutions into strong, cleantech businesses in New York State. We do this by offering teams up to $150K each to conduct 100 Customer Discovery interviews and develop a prototype or conduct in-field testing to move the technology closer to commercialization via a startup (preferable) or license. During the program, we host a series of events and monthly check-ins using the NSF I-Corps/Lean LaunchPad Methodology as well as subsidize the cost of necessary services, provide industry Mentors, and arrange pro bono office hours with experts in law, finance, grant writing, and more.

PowerBridgeNY is two separate proof-of-concept centers (POCC), both funded by NYSERDA, collaborating as one program. One POCC is led by Columbia University and includes Brookhaven National Laboratory, Cornell Tech, and Stony Brook University. The other POCC is led by the Tandon School of Engineering at New York University and includes the City University of New York.

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