Tachyon
[May 11th, 2018] ConsenSys Ventures invests in six companies and launches its Ethereum accelerator Tachyon [no website yet]. The 8 week accelerator program will see a cohort of 8-10 projects work towards building an MVP and work towards raising pre-seed/seed funding. [TC]. Sample investees:
- Ink - Transparent cryptocurrency (vs anonymous)
- RocketPool - Ethereum proof-of-stake (stake what you do/say)
- Dada - Digital art whose sale is limited by tokens top image
- Aikon - Monetize your API for a $ 2.2 trillion API economy
- Colendi - Credit scoring and financial passport for a global economy
- Weeve -Turn IoT into EoT by monetizing data & services (E=Economy)
ConsenSys Labs
ConsenSys Labs is an Ethereum venture studio. Sample ventures:
- Benefactory - An economy of communities (vs of CEOs)
- Civil - Journalism as a marketplace (vs as a hierarchy)
- Variabl - Ethereum-based, trustless derivatives trading