ICO Night: VC Perspectives

Due to popular request we will be looking at ICOs again, examining the state of the industry in 2018. We will focus especially on perspectives from a traditional VC viewpoint, aiming to reach a balanced conclusion at the end of the evening.

On the one hand, we have articles pointing out that most ICOs of 2017 have already failed. https://news.bitcoin.com/46-last-years-icos-failed-already/

On the other hand, more and more traditional startups are discovering this new way of funding, and are about to actively put it into practice. https://www.coindesk.com/ico-tokens-already-changing-traditional-startups/

Speakers tonight include:

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Max Lautenschläger

Venture Developer and blockchain enthusiast with years of experience in Consulting, Company Building, Venture Capital, FinTech and Private Equity. BA in controlling, MBA and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst. Co-Founder, Managing Partner and Sourcing Director of Iconiq Lab, an ICO accelerator program for blockchain and crypto startups. Advisor of several ICO projects and working with the German Blockchain Association.

• https://iconiqlab.com/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/maximilian-lautenschl%C3%A4ger-4a8507115/

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Simon Vogt

Founder of hicrypto, the first crypto solution that actively assists you to invest smarter and in alignment to your investment goals and interest. Simon has a background in Marketing, Finance, digital Product Management and Company Building. He’s passionate about the idea to create our own, independent financial future and contribute a great product solution to it.

• https://www.hicrypto.io/
• https://de.linkedin.com/in/simon-vogt-24377b150

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Daniel Wingen

Daniel is an early Bitcoin investor and crypto enthusiast with an entrepreneurial spirit. He is well experienced in building up new markets for tech startups, and loves selling products which are great and useful.

• https://blockkeeper.io/
• https://de.linkedin.com/in/danielwingen
• https://twitter.com/danielwingen

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Of course we'll also have an extensive discussion round.

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Program so far:

18:30 Doors open, get-together, drinks, socializing

19:00 Daniel Wingen: ICOs 2.0: How should ICOs look like in the future to enable sustainable economies and products?

19:30 Simon Vogt: ICOs from a Startup perspective

• About hicrypto
• ICO planning
• Problems and challenges
• The concept of DAICO

20:00 Max Lautenschläger:

• ICO vs. Venture Capital in the early stage investment environment
• Chances and challenges of ICOs
• Solutions and what Iconiq Lab does
• Pipeline insights: use cases of blockchain technology for ICOs

20:30 Q&A, discussion round

21:00 End of official part, networking

Thanks so much mantro GmbH for hosting us again! https://mantro.net/

(Our meetup group is organized by independent enthusiasts and not affiliated with venues, sponsors, or presenters of this or past events. Viewpoints expressed by our speakers do not necessarily represent our own. We aim to educate by putting forward the various viewpoints and opinions in the crypto-currency and blockchain space, encouraging discussions to enable everyone to make up their own minds. In particular, our program is not to be understood as investment advice.)