NewFinance February FinTech Open Mic Night - Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs)

Hi Everyone,

Welcome to our FinTech Open Mic Night series in New York. This month's Topic is Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs). ICOs are a true FinTech phenomenon combining crowdfunding with cryptocurrencies to raise capital for companies, a genuine alternative to more conventional fundraising approaches. ICO's are new and there are many challenges to address as they evolve especially regulatory ones, some countries such as China have banned them altogether.

In this session we aim to learn about ICOs and to discuss their current and future uses and potential.

Agenda
Please be aware that the agenda is updated on a regular basis

6:00pm - Doors open

Refreshments and networking opportunities

7:00pm - Session starts

Welcome address

Sally Liang (https://www.meetup.com/NewFinanceNewYork/members/102958642/), NewFinance New York Chapter Organiser

Presentations

1. Steven Perricone (https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-perricone-92b570/), founder and Managing Partner of Pilot Mountain Ventures (http://www.pilotmtventures.com/), a New York based venture capital firm investing in seed stage companies.

2. Biser Dimitrov (https://www.linkedin.com/in/biserdimitrov/), Technical Director at BlockEx (https://www.blockex.com/) - Disrupting how the world trades.

3. Marko Cekic (https://www.linkedin.com/in/markocekic/), entrepreneur and Managing Partner at DV+E Partners (http://www.dvepartners.com/), discussing first-hand experiences fundraising in the Blockchain space

8:00pm - Closing

Shout-outs, communications, feedback and thanks

Further networking opportunities

9:00pm - Session ends

For those of you who would like to continue networking we'll retire to a local bar.

Cheers

Eddie

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