Founder World 2018: Blockchain Impact, is the Bay Area’s largest community-based, public event dedicated to startup founders and developers in the blockchain space featuring “Founder World Championship” and the “Global Community Leadership Summit.” Blockchain startups will compete for a chance to win $2M+ in crypto investment and the title of Founder World Champion.

Thousands of world-class founders, developers, community leaders, investors and entrepreneurs from Silicon Valley and around the globe will gather to engage with industry experts, network with potential partners, and see groundbreaking companies that will define our future. Founder World is produced by F50- partnered with SVE, BFC, and SVDN together with over 200 communities globally while reaching over 1,000,000 members worldwide.

Founder World 2018 will feature two main tracks to cover the agenda for the event:

Day #1: Sep 7th, 2018 - Global Community Leadership Summit

Day #1 is exclusive for VIP, Community Leaders, Top 20 teams, and Registered Investors

Venue: Draper University, 55 East 3rd Avenue, San Mateo, CA 94401

Founder World 2018 features a Global Community Leadership Summit (GCLS) represented by over 200 global community leaders, organizers and community managers. The Summit is powered by keynote speech, panel debates, and discussions on the challenges and opportunities present in the local blockchain communities across the globe.

Day #2: Sep 8th, 2018 - Founder World Championship

Venue: Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA.

The Top 20 Startups competing for the Founder World Championship are listed below: (also visit https://founderworld.com)

Alza
Beam
ChanceChain
The Digital Reserve P.B.C.
Enumera
Equiti Games
Frequency Music Foundation
GSCPlatform.io
PHILEO
QOBIT
Random Chain
Scanta.io
SEAL
Seva Exchange Corporation
Social Chains
Taurus0x
TIIQU
Yesbit
YottaChain
Zeehaus

A group of world-class judges & mentors comprised of global blockchain leaders, top-tier investors, VCs, and successful entrepreneurs will mentor the 20 finalists before they pitch on the main stage on September 8th. The Grand Prize winner will receive $2 million in crypto investment and services, and the title of the Founder World 2018 Champion.

"We are excited to include some of the most promising blockchain companies from around the world in the Top 20 startups list. They are tackling a variety of interesting use-cases pushing towards the next wave of innovation in blockchain technology," said Jim Steele, Venture Partner of F50 Ventures and Secretary-General of the Founder World selection committee. The Judges are composed of professional VCs, Angeles, Media, and experts.

Featured Speakers:

Gary Aguirre, Aguirre Law, APC

Satya Bajpai, JMP Securities

Zhen Cao JLab

David Cao, F50

David Chen, Sequoia CBC Cross-Border Digital Economy Fund / Hysta

Jun Du, Node Capital

X Eyeé, Microsoft

Alicia Ferratusco, Starfish Network

Glenn Gow, Clear Ventures

Rana Gujral, Renu Ventures

David Haimes, Oracle

Darin Kotalik, Dispatch Labs

Gregory LaBlanc, Berkeley

Eric Lee, Google Blockchain Community

Mattew McGraw, Dispatch Labs

Dave Misra, Galaxy Capital Partners

Daisy Ozim, Blockchain for Social Justice

Mark Rakhmilevich, Oracle

Ajay Ramachandran, Happiness Ventures

Bill Reichert, Garage Technology Ventures

Marco Robinson, NAKED technologies

Martin Stroka, Decentralized SF

AndyTang, Draper Dragon Fund

Gaurav Tewari, Omega Venture Partners

Zane Witherspoon, Dispatch Labs

Emi Yoshikawa, Ripple

Frank Yuchi, Hash Capital

Yubo Ruan, 8 Decimal Capital

John Ricci, US Angels

Henry Xue, CUC

Andrew Gu, DHVC

Featured Sponsors:

Dentons

Coindesk

IBM

Google

Nebulas

TechCrunch

OnePiece

CUC

CoinEgg

DFJ

Consensys